Italian Movies

Malombra is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Isa Miranda, Andrea Checchi and Irasema Dilián. Audio in Italian with English and Italian subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It is based on the novel Malombra by Antonio Fogazzaro, which had previously been adapted into a 1917 silent film of the same title. It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by Gino Brosio. It was produced by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film. The movie was shot in the Villa Pliniana, Torno (Como). The film is a gothic melodrama, set in the castle on the edge of Lake Como during the Nineteenth century. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. Cast & Characters: Isa Miranda as Marina di Malombra Andrea Checchi as Corrado Silla Irasema Dilián as Edith Steinegge Gualtiero Tumiati as Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo Nino Crisman as Nepo Salvador Enzo Biliotti as Il commendator Napoleone Vezza Ada Dondini as Fosca Salvador Giacinto Molteni as Andrea Steinegge Corrado Racca as Padre Tosi Luigi Pavese as Il professore Binda Nando Tamberlani as Don Innocenzo Doretta Sestan as Fanny Paolo Bonecchi as Il dottor Pitour Elvira Bonecchi as Giovanna, la governante Giovanni Barrella as L'ispettore della cartiera Giacomo Moschini as Giorgio Mirovitch, il notaio Anna Huala as La governante di Fosca

Il Fornaretto di Venezia (US TV title: The Scapegoat, French title Le Petit Boulanger de Venise or, alternatively, Le Procès des Doges) is a 1963 Italian-French drama film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote the screenplay with Marcello Fondato, based on a novel by Francesco Dall'Ongaro. Audio in Italian with English and French subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It tells the story of 16th century Venice where a young worker is sentenced to death on the suspicion of attacking a noble. Cast & Characters: Jacques Perrin as Pietro, il fornaretto Michèle Morgan as Princess Sofia Enrico Maria Salerno as Lorenzo Barbo Sylva Koscina as Clemenza, Barbo's Wife Stefania Sandrelli as Anella Gastone Moschin as Consigliere Garzone Fred Williams as Alvise Mario Brega Renato Terra NOTE: English subtitles translated on Subtitle Cat from original French subtitles.

Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei) is a 1968 Italian–Bulgarian biographical drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. Audio in Italian with English and Italian subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). The film It depicts the life of Galileo Galilei and particularly his conflicts with the Catholic Church over his scientific theories. Originally intended as a miniseries co-produced by Italian and Bulgarian film companies, radio and television company RAI refused to broadcast the finished film and sold the distribution rights to Cineriz, who trimmed the originally 105 minutes long film to 92 minutes running time. Cast & Characters: Cyril Cusack as Galileo Galilei Georgi Kaloyanchev as Giordano Bruno Nevena Kokanova as Marina Nicolai Doicev as Cardinal Bellarmino Georgi Cherkelov as Paolo Sarpi Piero Vida as Pope Urban VIII Gigi Ballista as Dominican Commissioner Paolo Graziosi as Gian Lorenzo Bernini Maia Dragomanska as Galilei's daughter Lou Castel as Father Charles Giulio Brogi as Sagredo

Bitter Rice (Italian: Riso Amaro) is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. Audio in Italian with subtitles in English and Italian (click on CC for subtitles). The story follows a pair of fugitives, who hide among the rice fields of northern Italy. The Italian title of the film is based on a pun; since the Italian word riso can mean either "rice" or "laughter", riso amaro can be taken to mean either "bitter laughter" or "bitter rice". Released by Lux Film, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and the United States. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Story. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Bitter Rice was the first credited role of actress Silvana Mangano. Prior to this, she had only appeared in a handful of uncredited parts. Director Giuseppe De Santis had sought an "Italian Rita Hayworth" for the role, and his first choice was Lucia Bosè. It was also the debut for Raf Vallone, who at the time was a writer for L'Unità. Mangano's voice was dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi, though she still uses her own singing voice. The film was shot on location in the countryside of Vercellese. The main locations are Cascina Selve in Salasco and Tenuta Veneria in Lignana. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Mario Monicelli worked on the film as an uncredited script doctor. Cast & Characters: Vittorio Gassman as Walter Granata Doris Dowling as Francesca Silvana Mangano as Silvana Raf Vallone as Marco Checco Rissone as Aristide Nico Pepe as Beppe Adriana Sivieri as Celeste Lia Corelli as Amelia Maria Grazia Francia as Gabriella Dedi Ristori as Anna Anna Maestri as Irene Mariemma Bardi as Gianna Maria Capuzzo as Giulia Isabella Zennaro as Rosa Carlo Mazzarella as Gianetto

La lupa è un film del 1953 diretto da Alberto Lattuada. Liberamente tratto dall'omonima novella di Giovanni Verga, il soggetto cinematografico di Lattuada prende i personaggi e la storia verghiana, ambientandoli però in Basilicata in epoca contemporanea anziché nella Sicilia dell'Ottocento. Le riprese degli esterni sono state girate a Matera. Da notare anche che Giovanni Verga ne realizzò in seguito un adattamento teatrale (1896) – una delle opere fu diretta da Franco Zeffirelli con Anna Magnani e Lucia Bosé nel 1965 – e poi un libretto per un melodramma musicale, in collaborazione con De Robertis, composto da Giacomo Puccini e poi da G.-A. Tasca e rappresentato nel 1933. Interpreti e personaggi: Kerima: la lupa Ettore Manni: Nanni Lasca May Britt: Maria Maricchia Ignazio Balsamo: Don Antonio Malerba Mario Passante: Imbornone Giovanna Ralli: Agnese Salvo Libassi: Raffaele Anna Arena: Giovanna Vasilio Maresa Gallo: ragazzina Fanny Landini: Serva di Don Pietro Paolo Ferrara: Maresciallo dei carabinieri Maurizio Arena: Doppiatori originali: Lydia Simoneschi: la lupa Gualtiero De Angelis: Nanni Lasca Dhia Cristiani: Maricchia Fiorella Betti: Agnese Carlo Romano: Maresciallo dei carabinieri

No Peace Under the Olive Trees (Italian: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi) is a 1950 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé and Folco Lulli. Audio in Italian with English subtitles (hardcoded). It was the director's follow-up to Bitter Rice (1949) which also starred Vallone. It was originally planned to partner him with Silvana Mangano again, but due to her pregnancy she was replaced by Lucia Bosé. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Along with other films by De Santis, it belongs to the neorealist cinematic movement that developed in Italy between 1943 and 1952. The film was shot between Fondi, the director's hometown, the olive groves of Vallecorsa, Itri, and Sperlonga. Cast & Characters: Raf Vallone as Francesco Dominici Lucia Bosé as Lucia Folco Lulli as Agostino Bonfiglio Maria Grazia Francia as Maria Grazia Dante Maggio as Salvatore Michele Riccardini as the Maresciallo Vincenzo Talarico as the lawyer Pietro Tordi as Don Gaetano

Ossessione ("Obsession") is a 1943 Italian crime drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, in his directorial debut. Audio in Italian with subtitles in; English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish (click on CC for subtitles). It is an unauthorized and uncredited adaptation of the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by American author James M. Cain, and stars Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, and Juan de Landa in the leading roles. It is often considered to be the first Italian neorealist film, though there is some debate about whether such a categorization is accurate. Banned and ostracized by the Fascist regime during its initial release, the Italian Ministry of Culture has since placed Ossessione on its list of 100 Italian films to be saved, distinguishing films which "changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Ossessione was filmed between the summer and autumn of 1942. The exteriors were shot on-location in and around the Po Valley and the commune of Ferrara. Filming locations included the settlements of Codigoro, Ancona, Comacchio and Boretto. The interiors were shot at S.A.F.A. Studios in Rome. For the most part, Visconti retained the plot of the novel. He made changes such as tailoring the script to its Italian setting and adding a character (Lo Spagnolo), but the main departure from the novel and the defining characteristic of the film is the manner in which it confronts the realities of life. When Ossessione was completed and released in 1943, it was far from the innocent murder mystery the authorities had expected; after a few screenings in Rome and northern Italy, which prompted outraged reactions from Fascist and Church authorities, the film was banned by the Fascist government that had been reestablished in the German-occupied part of Italy after the September 1943 armistice. Eventually, the Fascists destroyed the film, but Visconti managed to keep a duplicate negative from which all existing prints have been made. After the war, Ossessione encountered more problems with mass distribution, both because Visconti had never obtained the rights to adapt Cain's novel as a result of the wartime production schedule and because Metro-Goldwyn Mayer produced an adaptation directed by Tay Garnett while the Fascist ban on Visconti's work was still in effect. Due to the copyright issues, the film was not released in the United States until 1976, but, despite the limited number of screenings, it was still able to gain acclaim among moviegoers who recognized in it some of the same sensibilities they had grown familiar with in neorealist films by Michaelangelo Antonioni, Puccini, and De Santis, among others. Cast & Characters: Clara Calamai as Giovanna Bragana Massimo Girotti as Gino Costa Juan de Landa as Giuseppe Baragana Dhia Cristiani as Anita Elio Marcuzzo as 'Lo Spagnolo' ('The Spaniard'), a street performer Vittorio Duse as Police Agent Michele Riccardini as Don Remigio Bonus material: https://rumble.com/v73rpne-ossessione-un-film-che-apriva-la-stradaobsession-a-film-that-paved-the-way.html

Rocco and His Brothers (Italian: Rocco e i suoi fratelli) is a 1960 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, and Claudia Cardinale in one of her early roles. Audio in Italian with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). Set in 1960 Milan, it tells the story of a migrant family from southern Italy and its disintegration in the society of the industrial north. The film's title is a combination of the title of Thomas Mann's novel Joseph and His Brothers and Rocco Scotellaro, an Italian poet who described the feelings of the peasants of southern Italy. The screenplay, co-written by Visconti, is inspired by an episode from the novel Il ponte della Ghisolfa by Giovanni Testori. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 21st Venice International Film Festival. Rocco and His Brothers was filmed in Milan during the spring of 1960. Locations included Piazza del Duomo, the Milan Cathedral, and the Milano Centrale railway station. Other scenes were shot in Rome, Bellagio, and Civitavecchia. Renato Salvatori (Simone) and Annie Girardot (Nadia) romantically eloped during filming; they got married two years later. Martin Scorsese included the film on his list of "39 foreign films to see before you die", and Francis Ford Coppola cited Rocco and His Brothers as an inspiration for The Godfather (1972). In 2008, Roger Ebert added Rocco to his "Great Movies" list. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Boxer Rocco Mazzola, national light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, made a brief appearance. His story of a Lucanian immigrant to Lombardy was one of the film's inspirations. In the introduction and at the end of the film, the song "Paese Mio" is performed by Elio Mauro, with a melody by Nino Rota. It expresses, in dialect, the nostalgia of a man who has had to leave his homeland. A sign indicating Bari-Milan is visible on the train. Cast & Characters: Alain Delon as Rocco Parondi Renato Salvatori as Simone Parondi Annie Girardot as Nadia Katina Paxinou as Rosaria Parondi Alessandra Panaro as Franca, Ciro's fiancée Spiros Focás as Vincenzo Parondi Max Cartier as Ciro Parondi Corrado Pani as Ivo, one of Simone's friends Rocco Vidolazzi as Luca Parondi Claudia Mori as Raffaella, a laundry worker Adriana Asti as Giannina, a laundry worker Enzo Fiermonte as the boxing coach Nino Castelnuovo as Nino Rossi, one of Simone's friends Rosario Borelli as the manager of the gambling den Renato Terra as Alfredo, Ginetta's brother Roger Hanin as Duilio Morini Paolo Stoppa as Tonino Cerri, the boxing impresario Suzy Delair as Luisa, the owner of the laundry Claudia Cardinale as Ginetta, Vincenzo's fiancée

The Long Hair of Death (Italian: I lunghi capelli della morte) is a 1964 Italian horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Audio in Italian with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It stars British actress Barbara Steele in the roles of Helen Rochefort and Mary, Italian actor George Ardisson as Kurt Humboldt, and Polish actress Halina Zalewska in a dual role as Adele Karnstein and her daughter Lisabeth. It is set in a 15th-century feudal castle, and the nearby village. Most of the production was shot at Massimo Castle in Arsoli. Cast & Characters: Barbara Steele as Helen Rochefort / Mary George Ardisson as Kurt Humboldt Halina Zalewska as Adele Karnstein / Lisabeth Karnstein Giuliano Raffaelli as Count Humboldt Laura Nucci as Grumalda Umberto Raho as Von Klage Nello Pazzafini as the Servant

An Angel for Satan (Italian: Un angelo per Satana) s a 1966 Italian horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Audio in Italian with English subtitles (click on CC for subtitles). It stars Barbara Steele in a dual role, as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda, and is set in a small Italian village by a lake. It is based on a short novel by Luigi Emmanuele. This was Barbara Steele's last "Italian Gothic". The Countess of Montebruno, returning to her birthright, requests an old statue revealed in a lake be refurbished by an artist, despite it being associated with a curse. Mysterious deaths begin to occur with the villagers associating it with the return of the Countess Harriet Montebruno and the statue. Cast & Characters: Barbara Steele as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda Claudio Gora as Count Montebruno Ursula Davis as Rita Anthony Steffen as Roberto Merigi Marina Berti as Illa Aldo Berti as Victor Mario Brega as Carlo Lionesi Vassili Karis as Dario, the Teacher