Movie | Italy | 07/16/1954 | Drama | Society
When Gelsomina, a naive young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampano to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampano must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampano.
Movie | Italy | 11/24/1948 | Drama | Society
Antonio, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, at last finds a good job hanging up posters, the only requirement for which is that he must have his own bicycle. When Antonio’s bicycle is stolen, he and his son are forced to walk the streets of Rome in search of it, or else face ruin.
Movie | Italy | 01/20/1952 | Drama | Society
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Movie | Italy | 02/15/1950 | Drama
After the end of World War II Karen, a young displaced woman from Lithuania, marries Italian fisherman Antonio to get away from her internment camp. But the life on Antonio's island, Stromboli, threatened by its volcano, is a tough one and Karen cannot get used to it. The film is mainly famous for the love affair between Ingrid Bergman and the director, Roberto Rossellini, which started during the production.
Movie | Italy | 02/18/1953 | Drama
The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi (Gabriele Ferzetti). Bored by her marriage, Cemma doesn't realize the true value of her loving husband until it's almost too late. The original 118-minute run time was reduced for U.S. release.
Movie | Italy | 12/01/1948 | Drama
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.
Movie | Italy | 02/10/1951 | Drama | Social Issues
The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her grandson kidnapped making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.
Movie | Italy | 11/26/1953 | Drama | Society
L'Amore in Citta (English: Love in the City) is a 1953 anthology film composed of six different segments, each with a different writer or director. List of episodes in order of appearance: \Paid Love\ written and directed by Carlo Lizzani, \Attempted Suicide\ by Michelangelo Antonioni, \Paradise For Three Hours\ by Dino Risi, \Marriage Agency\ by Federico Fellini, \Story of Caterina\ by Cesare Zavattini and Umberto Maselli, and \Italians Stare\ written and directed by Alberto Lattuada.
Movie | Italy | 12/17/1952 | Drama | Wedding
Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.
Movie | Italy | 01/01/1955 | Drama | Musicians
As his friend rises to fame as a singer, a music composer attracts opportunity and love in this fictionalized biopic of musician Salvatore Gambardella.