An Italian in America
Giuseppe, an Italian gas station attendant, is invited to the United States to reconcile with his father, who he believed had been dead for years.
Smoke Over London
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a…
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one…
The Moralist
The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything “immoral” – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.
The Swindlers
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police…
The Great War
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving…
He Thief, She Thief
Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira’s help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But…
It Happened in Rome
Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.
Piccola posta
Polish countess Lady Eva is the authoritative signature of the correspondence of an Italian women’s magazine; behind the fascinating name hides a Roman girl whose advice will create a series…
A Day in Court
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
I Vitelloni
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group’s leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a…
The White Sheik
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda…
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.