Ennio Flaiano

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Mio figlio professore
6.8

Mio figlio professore

Dec 09, 1946
During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
Comedy
Roméo et Juliette
5.1

Roméo et Juliette

Sep 01, 1954
Vérone. Lors d’un bal masqué, les jeunes Roméo et Juliette tombent éperdument amoureux l’un de l’autre, au mépris de la haine que se vouent leurs familles, les Capulet et les Montaigu. Le père de Juliette, afin de s’opposer à cette idylle, organise l’union de sa fille avec le Comte de Paris. Dans le même temps, Roméo tue un Capulet, Tyhald, pour venger Mercutio, son meilleur ami mort lors un duel. Alors que les noces de sa bien-aimée sont arrangées en toute hâte, il est poussé à l’exil loin de Vérone.
Drama
Roma città libera
5.1

Roma città libera

Dec 17, 1946
In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Drama
Fellini, je suis un grand menteur
6.3
Un portrait lyrique, divertissant et singulier de Federico Fellini explorant sa créativité exubérante, mais aussi les côtés profondément contradictoires d'un cinéaste décrit comme la géniale combinaison de Proust et de Picasso.
Documentary
L'ultimo paradiso
3.4

L'ultimo paradiso

Nov 20, 1955
A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, courtships, and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage, for males, on one island , is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankle breaking the fall at the last minute. The first bungee-jumpers?
Romance
Totò e Carolina
6.4

Totò e Carolina

Mar 02, 1955
A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, courtships, and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage, for males, on one island , is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankle breaking the fall at the last minute. The first bungee-jumpers?
Comedy
Juliette des esprits
7.256

Juliette des esprits

Oct 22, 1965
A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, courtships, and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage, for males, on one island , is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankle breaking the fall at the last minute. The first bungee-jumpers?
Comedy
La Fleur de l'âge
6.9

La Fleur de l'âge

Aug 23, 1965
A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, courtships, and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage, for males, on one island , is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankle breaking the fall at the last minute. The first bungee-jumpers?
Drama
La romana
6.2

La romana

Oct 27, 1954
During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.
Drama
Camilla
5.6

Camilla

Nov 24, 1954
Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
Drama
Camilla
5.6

Camilla

Nov 24, 1954
Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
Drama
Continent perdu
1

Continent perdu

May 10, 1955
Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Documentary
L'Inassouvie
5.6

L'Inassouvie

Nov 24, 1960
Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Drama
Fuga in Francia
6.9

Fuga in Francia

Aug 01, 1948
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Drama
Fuga in Francia
6.9

Fuga in Francia

Aug 01, 1948
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Drama
L'Enquête sacrée
4.695

L'Enquête sacrée

Apr 04, 2007
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
Drama
Un ettaro di cielo
6.8

Un ettaro di cielo

Aug 15, 1958
As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress. Besides the beautiful Marina, three gullible old friends live here, pensioners who live off poverty, to whom he proposes the sale of a hectare of sky.
Comedy
Dommage que tu sois une canaille
6.856
As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress. Besides the beautiful Marina, three gullible old friends live here, pensioners who live off poverty, to whom he proposes the sale of a hectare of sky.
Romance
Dommage que tu sois une canaille
6.856
As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress. Besides the beautiful Marina, three gullible old friends live here, pensioners who live off poverty, to whom he proposes the sale of a hectare of sky.
Romance
Les protagonistes
6.3

Les protagonistes

Jun 07, 1968
An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, the encampment comes under fire from a group of armed citizens acting as police. Bullets fly and violence overtakes the criminal's two henchman, as the thrill-seeking group and the wanted criminal find themselves under attack.
Drama
Cintura di castità
1

Cintura di castità

Mar 03, 1950
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
Gendarmes et Voleurs
7.536

Gendarmes et Voleurs

Nov 29, 1951
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
Les Vitelloni
7.643

Les Vitelloni

Sep 17, 1953
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
Les Vitelloni
7.643

Les Vitelloni

Sep 17, 1953
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
La strada
7.9

La strada

Sep 23, 1954
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Il bidone
7.3

Il bidone

Oct 07, 1955
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Il bidone
7.3

Il bidone

Oct 07, 1955
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Les Nuits de Cabiria
7.994

Les Nuits de Cabiria

Oct 03, 1957
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Les Nuits de Cabiria
7.994

Les Nuits de Cabiria

Oct 03, 1957
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Huit et demi
8.143

Huit et demi

Feb 14, 1963
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Drama
Fortunella
5.938

Fortunella

Mar 14, 1958
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
Fortunella
5.938

Fortunella

Mar 14, 1958
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
La Dixième Victime
6.628

La Dixième Victime

Dec 02, 1965
In a castle, some actors are guests of a duke. It happens that a precious chastity belt, family heritage, disappears by a thief.
Comedy
L'Inchiesta
6.7

L'Inchiesta

Oct 26, 1986
A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Crime
Notre temps
6.4

Notre temps

Mar 16, 1954
A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Comedy
Boccace 70
6.93

Boccace 70

Feb 23, 1962
A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Comedy
Villa Borghese
6.4

Villa Borghese

Dec 18, 1953
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.
Comedy
Roma città libera
5.1

Roma città libera

Dec 17, 1946
In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Drama
Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde
5.1
In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Comedy
Liza
6.2

Liza

Aug 11, 1972
The owner of a cosmetics factory has made a contract with Radio Sibilla for the transmission of an evening program in which the products of his company are advertised.
Comedy
Liza
6.2

Liza

Aug 11, 1972
The owner of a cosmetics factory has made a contract with Radio Sibilla for the transmission of an evening program in which the products of his company are advertised.
Comedy
Una moglie americana
6.2

Una moglie americana

Apr 29, 1965
Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.
Comedy
La Fille du fleuve
5.8

La Fille du fleuve

Dec 29, 1954
Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.
Drama
Il mondo le condanna
1

Il mondo le condanna

Mar 07, 1953
Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job. When Paolo's wife humiliates her, Renata gains revenge by seducing the woman's husband.
Drama
Colpo rovente
4

Colpo rovente

Mar 31, 1970
Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job. When Paolo's wife humiliates her, Renata gains revenge by seducing the woman's husband.
Crime
Le Passé qui tue
5

Le Passé qui tue

Sep 08, 1945
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
Drama
Le Cheik blanc
7.2

Le Cheik blanc

Sep 27, 1952
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
Comedy
Vestire gli ignudi
1

Vestire gli ignudi

Feb 25, 1954
Ersilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the daughter of Consul Grotti she is wooed by Franco but soon after seduced by the very consul who drives her away after his daughter loses her life due to Ersilia's distraction. Because of economic difficulties she falls lower and lower until she meets Ludovico with whom she can perhaps hope for sincere love again. The consul's return, however, will lead her toward a tragic ending.
Drama
Les Feux du music-hall
7.05
Ersilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the daughter of Consul Grotti she is wooed by Franco but soon after seduced by the very consul who drives her away after his daughter loses her life due to Ersilia's distraction. Because of economic difficulties she falls lower and lower until she meets Ludovico with whom she can perhaps hope for sincere love again. The consul's return, however, will lead her toward a tragic ending.
Drama
Tonio Kröger
5

Tonio Kröger

Sep 02, 1964
This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.
Drama
Vergine moderna
5

Vergine moderna

Sep 22, 1954
The young Claudia wants to escape from the gray life of the province and aims rich men but each time with unhappy results. Only the brother will eventually succeed in shaking her from this purpose.
Comedy
Villa Borghese
6.4

Villa Borghese

Dec 18, 1953
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.
Comedy
Calabuig
7.4

Calabuig

Sep 28, 1956
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.
Comedy