Giacomo Rondinella

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Porca miseria!
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Porca miseria!

Sep 12, 1951
Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.
Comedy
Où est la liberté ?
6.4

Où est la liberté ?

Mar 05, 1954
Totò, heureux d’être libéré après 19 ans de prison, se retrouve face à de nombreux problèmes. Impliqué à son insu dans une escroquerie, expulsé de son logement, complètement écœuré, il va utiliser toute son énergie pour retrouver un havre de paix.
Drama
Notte di tempesta
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Notte di tempesta

Jun 12, 1946
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another man who however secretly lusts after his stepdaughter until when, on a stormy night...
Drama
Natale al campo 119
6.4

Natale al campo 119

Dec 22, 1947
Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate , away from families , another sad Christmas. To dare a little rein to Their longing , they tell Episodes of Their Life . A Roman tells the USA difficult married life . A Neapolitan soldier tells of His lieutenant, a Neapolitan duke penniless . Meanwhile , the camp commander gave : Prisoners and a gramophone , So , Ai stories intertwine songs . Another soldier recalls the parties and the songs of the Sicilian spring , WHILE a Venetian gondolier evokes A HIS love affair . Sometimes , From Radio shabby listening news from abroad and Italy . Finally , one day , comes the ' pending release and All They return home .
Drama
Piscatore 'e Pusilleco
1
A wealthy and jealous merchant tries to lure a young girl away from her boyfriend by offering to pay to stage small singing concerts for her.
Drama
Le carrousel fantastique
6.5
Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.
Music
Viva il cinema
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Viva il cinema

Feb 05, 1953
Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen.
Comedy
Addio, mia bella signora!
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Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned.
Drama
Lettera napoletana
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Lettera napoletana

Jul 11, 1954
Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?
Drama
Cento serenate
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Cento serenate

Jul 31, 1954
When his girlfriend falls for a rich entrepreneur, an aspiring singer plots with the man's girlfriend so that they can get back their respective partners.
Romance
...e Napoli Canta!
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...e Napoli Canta!

Dec 28, 1953
Giorgio with some friends rehearses a show of Neapolitan songs financed thanks to an elderly artist. Having come to quarrel with the landlady, Giorgio rented a room with a good woman who lives with her beautiful daughter Maria. Love soon arises between the two.
Music
Il peccato di Anna
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Il peccato di Anna

Feb 26, 1953
Anna's Sin tells the story of a black American actor (Johnson) who falls in love with a white woman playing Desdemona to his Othello on the Italian stage.
Drama
Città canora
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Città canora

Oct 29, 1952
A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.
Drama
Quando tramonta il sole
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Alors que son ami chanteur rencontre le succès, un compositeur saisit sa chance et rencontre l'amour dans ce biopic romancé sur le musicien Salvatore Gambardella.
Comedy
Naples Millionnaire
7.4

Naples Millionnaire

Sep 21, 1950
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
Comedy
Cuore di mamma
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Cuore di mamma

Sep 24, 1954
An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
Drama
Fiamme sul mare
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Fiamme sul mare

Apr 28, 1948
A former war captain buys a wrecked ship, fixes it and starts a freight business with some fellow navy members.
Drama