Augusto Di Giovanni

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Fumerie d'opium
5.8

Fumerie d'opium

Sep 05, 1947
Le chef d'une bande criminelle qui a transformé sa maison en fumerie d'opium, fait accuser un toxicomane de meurtre. Cependant, la soeur du jeune homme tente de le disculper, avec l'aide de Za-la-Mort, le sympathique chef d'une bande d'escrocs.
Thriller
L'allegro fantasma
5.1

L'allegro fantasma

Mar 16, 1941
The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a relationship with a circus rider that produced twin sons.
Comedy
San Giovanni decollato
6.6
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
Comedy
Il barcaiolo di Amalfi
1
"Antonio" leaves his family to live a prosperous life with Cristina. Her family live in a slum where their lives are complicated by young love and jealousy. A letter from a local priest that implicates "Antonio" in the murder of an English nobleman comes to light and soon they are all before the King.
Drama
Ripudiata
1

Ripudiata

Jun 01, 1955
A young countess is wrongly accused of adultery and shunned by her husband. She leaves and becomes a successful opera singer and when war comes returns to face her accusers, see her son and clear her name.
Drama
Accadde al commissariato
6.5
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
Comedy
La Luciana
1

La Luciana

Nov 24, 1954
A tale of the complicated Neapolitan lives and loves of Maria and Alberto; her smuggling father Don Gennaro and some espionage.
Drama
Buonanotte... avvocato!
6.4
A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.
Comedy
Alina
5

Alina

Aug 06, 1950
A woman takes her ill husband's place in a smuggling ring and steals the heart of his partner.
Drama
Se fossi deputato
1

Se fossi deputato

Oct 27, 1949
A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aunts. While in the city, he is a victim of a series of mishaps. His aunts hear about a man of the same name who is a candidate for Parliament; they think that he is their nephew and organize a series of celebrations. So, the youngster gets the idea of trying to replace the real candidate, but gets found out. The aunts forgive him.
Comedy
I morti non pagano tasse
1
The accountant Marco Vecchietti, a modest civil servant, leads a miserable life amidst the ferocious jokes of his colleagues, the reproaches of his mother-in-law, taxes, debts and citations.
Comedy
Pian delle stelle
1

Pian delle stelle

Sep 17, 1946
Italian fugitives from German war camps unite to form "Lupo", a partisan brigade which uses their knowledge of the countryside to wage their own personal war on the Germans.
War
Sperduti nel buio
1

Sperduti nel buio

Nov 09, 1947
Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries to blackmail the father.
Drama
Il brigante Musolino
6.5

Il brigante Musolino

Dec 06, 1950
Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
Drama
Giuseppe Verdi
10

Giuseppe Verdi

Aug 01, 1938
The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Music
Donne e briganti
1

Donne e briganti

Nov 03, 1950
Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also falls in love with Marietta, the king's illegitimate child.
Adventure
Il sogno di Zorro
6

Il sogno di Zorro

Mar 26, 1952
An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride.
Adventure
I cavalieri dell'illusione
1
Anthology film in which Hedy Lamarr plays 2 queens during 2 different time periods. Ulmer directed the Genoveffa di Brabante part whereas Allégret was responsible for the empress Josephine section after he left due to artistic differences with Lamarr.
Drama
Il barone Carlo Mazza
1

Il barone Carlo Mazza

Nov 11, 1948
Rosa Pezza, a beautiful young girl, is forced into a thousand maneuvers and subterfuges to gain possession of a rich inheritance. She is ultimately forced to marry the penniless and bizarre baron Carlo Mazza but the baron, tired of his wife's escapades, decides to divorce her...
Comedy
Arrivederci, papà!
1

Arrivederci, papà!

Sep 14, 1948
Two little angels, a boy and a girl, come down on earth to choose their parents prior to birth. They choose the daughter of a retired general as their future mother and an opera singer as their dad. But making the two chosen ones meet, fall in love and marry will prove to be anything but easy.
Comedy
Una bruna indiavolata!
6
Carlo wins some money and decides to go to Rome to celebrate, but he gets his money stolen on the train. He tries to find a friend of his for a loan. Unfortunately, he is at his wedding at the church. When Carlo goes there he met his runaway bride...
Comedy
Les enfants nous regardent
7.593
Le petit Pricò ne comprend pas les problèmes qui déchirent ses parents : sa mère est partie rejoindre son amant, et son père semble beaucoup souffrir de cette situation.
Drama