Film Index
Italian cinema: Comedy
L'Arte di arrangiarsi (1954)
Luigi Zampa
In 1912, Rosario Scimoni lives in Catania, Sicily, an ambitious young man who will do anything to gets his hands on the two things he values most in life: women and money...
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Luigi Zampa
L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)
Claude Lelouch
Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business...
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Claude Lelouch
Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin (1957)
Jacques Becker
Paris, 1912. At a society gathering two priceless paintings are spirited away by an Italian diplomat who is none other than the infamous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin...
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Jacques Becker
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work...
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John Huston
Botta e risposta (1950)
Mario Soldati
Suzy, a well-known singer, is on her way to Rome to attend an audience with the Pope. During the train journey from Paris, her costume and jewels are stolen...
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Mario Soldati
Les Combinards (1966)
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Darò un milione (1937)
Mario Camerini
Monsieur Gold may be one of the wealthiest men in France, but he is bored with life and decides to drown himself by jumping from his luxury yacht... [More...]
Mario Camerini
Monsieur Gold may be one of the wealthiest men in France, but he is bored with life and decides to drown himself by jumping from his luxury yacht... [More...]
La Decima vittima (1965)
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
Don Camillo en Russie (1965)
Luigi Comencini
Don Camillo can scarcely believe his ears when he receives the news that, thanks to the machinations of his arch-rival Peppone, his Italian town is to be twinned with a village in Communist Russia... [More...]
Luigi Comencini
Don Camillo can scarcely believe his ears when he receives the news that, thanks to the machinations of his arch-rival Peppone, his Italian town is to be twinned with a village in Communist Russia... [More...]
Don Camillo Monsignor (1961)
Carmine Gallone
With both Don Camillo and his communist archenemy Peppone away in Rome, the little Italian village of Brescello is at last a haven of peace... [More...]
Carmine Gallone
With both Don Camillo and his communist archenemy Peppone away in Rome, the little Italian village of Brescello is at last a haven of peace... [More...]
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
Mario Bava
Whilst on holiday in Rome, a young American, Nora Davis, visits her bedridden elderly aunt. When her aunt suddenly dies that night, Nora rushes out into the street to fetch her doctor, Marcello Bassi, but is attacked by a mugger... [More...]
Mario Bava
Whilst on holiday in Rome, a young American, Nora Davis, visits her bedridden elderly aunt. When her aunt suddenly dies that night, Nora rushes out into the street to fetch her doctor, Marcello Bassi, but is attacked by a mugger... [More...]
La Grande bagarre de Don Camillo (1955)
Carmine Gallone
In a small Italian town, Don Camillo can scarcely believe his ears when he learns that his sworn enemy, the communist mayor Peppone, intends standing as a candidate for a government seat in the coming elections... [More...]
Carmine Gallone
In a small Italian town, Don Camillo can scarcely believe his ears when he learns that his sworn enemy, the communist mayor Peppone, intends standing as a candidate for a government seat in the coming elections... [More...]
I nostri sogni (1943)
Vittorio Cottafavi
Leo is small-time swindler who ekes out a meagre existence with his small-time scams, which include peddling razor blades that last forever... [More...]
Vittorio Cottafavi
Leo is small-time swindler who ekes out a meagre existence with his small-time scams, which include peddling razor blades that last forever... [More...]
La Loi c'est la loi (1958)
Christian-Jaque
The small town of Assola lies across France's border with Italy, a fact which is about to cause no end of distress for the dedicated customs inspector Ferdinand Pastorelli... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
The small town of Assola lies across France's border with Italy, a fact which is about to cause no end of distress for the dedicated customs inspector Ferdinand Pastorelli... [More...]
La Marcia su Roma (1963)
Dino Risi
In 1922, Domenico Rochetti, an unemployed First World War veteran living in Milan, enlists in the newly formed Fascist party, at the advice of his former captain... [More...]
Dino Risi
In 1922, Domenico Rochetti, an unemployed First World War veteran living in Milan, enlists in the newly formed Fascist party, at the advice of his former captain... [More...]
Miracolo a Milano (1951)
Vittorio De Sica
One day, an old woman finds a baby boy in her cabbage patch and decides to adopt him, christening him Toto. When the old woman later dies, Toto enters an orphanage, where he stays until he is 18... [More...]
Vittorio De Sica
One day, an old woman finds a baby boy in her cabbage patch and decides to adopt him, christening him Toto. When the old woman later dies, Toto enters an orphanage, where he stays until he is 18... [More...]
Le Petit baigneur (1968)
Robert Dhéry
The inventor André Castagnier, and his sister, Charlotte, win the coveted first prize of the San Remo regatta, thanks to Castagnier's revolutionary new dinghy... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
The inventor André Castagnier, and his sister, Charlotte, win the coveted first prize of the San Remo regatta, thanks to Castagnier's revolutionary new dinghy... [More...]
Quelle joie de vivre (1960)
René Clément
Rome, 1921. After completing his military service, an idealistic young man named Ulisse decides to enlist in the Fascist Party, believing this offers the best future for his country after WWI... [More...]
René Clément
Rome, 1921. After completing his military service, an idealistic young man named Ulisse decides to enlist in the Fascist Party, believing this offers the best future for his country after WWI... [More...]
La Route du bonheur (1953)
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Marina is a schoolteacher in the small Italian village of Montecarlone. One day, she launches an appeal on behalf of one of her more disadvantaged pupils, a little boy named Tonino... [More...]
Sous le ciel de Provence (1956)
Mario Soldati
Paul Verdier has a shrewish, sharp-tongued wife but thankfully he has a job - that of a travelling salesman - that keeps him away from home for most of the time... [More...]
Mario Soldati
Paul Verdier has a shrewish, sharp-tongued wife but thankfully he has a job - that of a travelling salesman - that keeps him away from home for most of the time... [More...]
Tempi nostri (1954)
Alessandro Blasetti
Five tales exploring the multiple facets of love. Vasco and Mara are a young couple who fall in love but soon suffer from the privations of poverty... [More...]
Alessandro Blasetti
Five tales exploring the multiple facets of love. Vasco and Mara are a young couple who fall in love but soon suffer from the privations of poverty... [More...]
Zorro (1975)
Duccio Tessari
Don Diego de la Vega is a young man who has set his heart on returning to Spain after a sojourn in the New World. Before his departure, he renews his acquaintance with an old friend, Miguel de la Serna, who is about to step into the shoes of his recently deceased uncle and become the new governor of Nueva Aragón... [More...]
Duccio Tessari
Don Diego de la Vega is a young man who has set his heart on returning to Spain after a sojourn in the New World. Before his departure, he renews his acquaintance with an old friend, Miguel de la Serna, who is about to step into the shoes of his recently deceased uncle and become the new governor of Nueva Aragón... [More...]