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La tavola dei poveri
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La tavola dei poveri

Jan 02, 1932
A bankrupt aristocrat tries to keep up appearances while his situation worsens. To top it off the life savings given to him by a beggar to invest has been mistakenly claimed by the aristocrat's altruist society for their annual Feast of the Poor.
Drama
1860 - I mille di Garibaldi
6.4
The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to rescue part of his besieged land. Along the way, the peasant hero encounters many colorful Italians, differing in class and age, and holding political opinions of every type. There is a key train scene, and the film ends on the battlefield, Italian unification a success, despite brutal losses.
Drama
Les Hommes, quels mufles !
6.9
A Milan, Bruno, un jeune homme qui travaille comme chauffeur courtise une fille, Mariuccia, se faisant passer pour riche et la conduisant dans la voiture de son employeur. Entre querelles, déceptions et divers malentendus, leur histoire d'amour prend vie.
Comedy
Treno Popolare
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Treno Popolare

Nov 01, 1933
The film portrays the comic adventures of a group of summertime travellers. Produced at the height of the fascist era, Treno popolare was nonetheless free of propaganda, and featured the first film score by the legendary composer Nino Rota.
Comedy
Ginevra degli Almieri
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Ginevra degli Almieri

Dec 01, 1935
Ginevra degli Almieri's family has arranged a marriage of interest but the young Ginevra strenuously refuses until she falls into catalepsy and is buried alive. Once she wakes up she goes home but her family believes they are dealing with a ghost and they try to chase her away. She will only be welcomed by the penniless young painter who has always been in love with her.
Drama
100 di questi giorni
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100 di questi giorni

Jan 01, 1933
Count Agostino di Montecorvo's nephew and niece pretend they get married for his hundredth birthday since the old man has had this wish for a long time. But when the count wants them to beget a child as well they are forced to present him with a fake one. But then the child's mother wants it back...
Comedy
La segretaria privata
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La segretaria privata

Dec 31, 1931
During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him.
Comedy
Je donnerai un million
6.882
Gold est un millionnaire fatigué de l'hypocrisie qui l'entoure. Après avoir sauvé la vie d'un sans-abri, il s'empare de ses vêtements en errant dans la ville à la recherche de quelqu'un qui l'apprécie pour ce qu'il est vraiment, pas pour son argent.
Comedy
Lohengrin
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Lohengrin

Jan 01, 1936
The monotonous life of a bourgeois family is disturbed by the announcement of the imminent return from America of Mr. Lohengrin, who had left Italy years earlier, leaving behind the reputation of being an irresistible womanizer. Lohengrin's cousin, worried about the stability of his marriage, convinces some relatives who live in the countryside to welcome the dreaded guest into their home and then, to avoid meeting him, leaves. Meanwhile, in the country house everyone eagerly awaits Lohengrin, and envy and spite are unleashed during the wait. In particular, while the young landlady prepares the house, the woman's husband begins to be tormented by jealousy. But the arrival of the long-awaited guest will be a huge disappointment for everyone: the once seductive man is now just an aged, with glasses and a prominent belly.
Drama
Retroscena
4.8

Retroscena

Nov 26, 1939
Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic after his last performance in Milan, attempts to find a way to win over the audience and the critics, while wooing his love interest.
Comedy
Joe il Rosso
1

Joe il Rosso

Dec 07, 1936
A precious painting suddenly disappears from the house of a noble Italian family. A relative from America investigates the mystery.
Crime
Seconda B
1

Seconda B

Dec 31, 1934
A school teacher falls in love with one of his female colleague, who teaches gymnastics. She returns his love, but this discovered by his students who try and sabotage their relationship.
Vecchia guardia
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Vecchia guardia

Jun 01, 1934
There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. Gianfranco Giachetti is Dr. Cardini, a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, where a strike has been called by the local socialists. Cardini turns to the fascists to help avert the strike. His son Roberto (Mino Doro) rounds up fascist friends to fight those aligned with the strikers and the town's socialists.
Drama
O la borsa o la vita
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O la borsa o la vita

Dec 31, 1932
Daniele, a stockbroker, learns that he has lost a large sum entrusted to him by his friend Giovanni Bensi and he does not have the nerve to tell it in person, so he writes a letter to his friend, telling him that he may collect his life insurance, as he is going to commit suicide - but he can not tell, because he will find a way to make it appear as a misfortune. The insurance policy is valid until midnight, but does not cover suicide.
Comedy
L'ultima avventura
1

L'ultima avventura

Dec 31, 1932
A youth and an elderly libertine aristocrat vie for the favors of a beautiful woman, amid the setting of Rapallo.
Comedy
Stasera alle undici
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Stasera alle undici

Dec 01, 1937
A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster.
Comedy