Screenplay: Ugo Pirro

Direction Elio Petri

Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Mariangela Melato · Gino Pernice · Salvo Randone

Synopsis The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) follows the journey of Lulu, a dedicated and hardworking individual who is admired by his superiors but resented by his peers. When the unions initiate agitations against the management, Lulu initially stands against...

Direction Valerio Zurlini

Cast Tomas Milian · Anna Karina · Mario Adorf · Lea Massari

Synopsis The Camp Followers (Women at War) (1965) follows the journey of Lieut. Martino and his troops during World War II as they are tasked with escorting a group of women through treacherous mountain terrain. The women are destined to work...

Direction Elio Petri

Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Florinda Bolkan · Gianni Santuccio · Orazio Orlando

Synopsis Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) follows the story of a high-ranking police officer who, in a twisted display of power and arrogance, murders his lover and meticulously plants evidence to implicate himself. This chilling tale delves into the...

Direction Pasquale Squitieri

Cast Giuliano Gemma · Claudia Cardinale · Stefano Satta Flores · Massimo Mollica

Synopsis The Iron Prefect (1977) chronicles the genuine account of the battle against the Sicilian Mafia. In 1925, Benito Mussolini, who had risen to power three years prior, dispatched Cesare Mori to Sicily as a police prefect with the mission to...

Direction Vittorio De Sica

Cast Dominique Sanda · Lino Capolicchio · Helmut Berger · Romolo Valli

Synopsis The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) is set in late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, where the Finzi-Contini family stands out as a prominent, affluent, and cultured Jewish clan. Their adult offspring, Micol and Alberto, host a lively social circle at their...

Direction Carlo Lizzani

Cast Silvana Mangano · Frank Wolff · Vivi Gioi · Françoise Prévost

Synopsis The Verona Trial (1963) presents a poignant narrative centered around Edda Ciano, the daughter of the infamous Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The story unfolds as Edda grapples with the tragic and brutal murder of her husband, a crime orchestrated by...

Direction Gillo Pontecorvo

Cast Gian Maria Volonté · José Sacristán · Ángela Molina · Eusebio Poncela

Synopsis Ogro (1979) delves into the tense world of Basque terrorism, focusing on the infamous assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco by the terrorist group ETA. Known as Operación Ogro, this daring operation unfolded on December 20, 1973, when...

Direction Mauro Bolognini

Cast Massimo Ranieri · Ottavia Piccolo · Frank Wolff · Tina Aumont

Direction Damiano Damiani

Cast Claudia Cardinale · Franco Nero · Lee J. Cobb · Tano Cimarosa

Synopsis The Day of the Owl (1968) is a gripping tale adapted from Leonardo Sciascia's novel, set in a small Sicilian town in 1961. The narrative follows a tenacious northern police officer as he navigates the complexities of investigating a Mafia-related...

Direction Elio Petri

Cast Ugo Tognazzi · Flavio Bucci · Daria Nicolodi · Gigi Proietti

Synopsis Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973) follows the story of a cashier who, due to an unusual allergy to money, becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation. In a bid to shake up the lives of the wealthy, he resolves...

Direction Carlo Lizzani

Cast Giancarlo Giannini · Anna Falchi · Massimo Ghini · Lina Sastri

Synopsis Celluloid (1997) delves into the arduous production of Roberto Rossellini's iconic film 'Roma, città aperta (1946)', set against the backdrop of a Rome still reeling from the aftermath of World War II. The narrative explores the challenges and triumphs encountered...

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Santo Polimeno · Gian Maria Volonté · Diego Abatantuono · Thérèse Liotard

Synopsis The Boy from Calabria (1987) follows the journey of a 13-year-old named Mimi, portrayed by Santo Polimeno, who finds immense joy and fulfillment in running, always barefoot, inspired by the legendary Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, who won the Olympic marathon...

Direction Antonio Pietrangeli

Cast Irène Galter · Gabriele Ferzetti · Paolo Stoppa · Pina Bottin

Direction Elio Petri

Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Irene Papas · Gabriele Ferzetti · Salvo Randone

Synopsis We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) follows a tenacious left-wing academic who is determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious deaths of two individuals during a hunting expedition. However, his quest for justice is met with formidable opposition...

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Giuliano Gemma · Stefania Sandrelli · Brizio Montinaro · Renato Scarpa

Direction Luigi Comencini · Nanni Loy · Luigi Magni · Mario Monicelli

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Ugo Tognazzi · Nino Manfredi · Vittorio Gassman

Synopsis Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) presents a satirical exploration of Italy's political and social landscape during the 1970s. The film delves into the happenings of a single day at a television station, offering a series of vignettes that critique the...

Direction Martin Ritt

Cast Jeanne Moreau · Vera Miles · Silvana Mangano · Barbara Bel Geddes

Synopsis Five Branded Women (1960) follows the harrowing journey of five women from a Yugoslavian village who are publicly shamed and have their hair cut short by partisans. The women are suspected of collaborating with the occupying Nazis. Among them, four...

Direction Luciano Emmer

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Giovanna Ralli · Marisa Merlini · Bice Valori

Direction Mauro Bolognini

Cast Anthony Quinn · Fabio Testi · Dominique Sanda · Gigi Proietti

Synopsis The Inheritance (1976) follows the story of a wealthy patriarch, Gregorio Ferramonte, portrayed by Anthony Quinn, who develops an inappropriate attraction towards his new daughter-in-law, played by Dominique Sanda. Initially, Sanda appears to resist Quinn's advances, but she eventually gives...

Direction Giuseppe de Santis · Leopoldo Savona

Cast Silvana Mangano · Yves Montand · Pedro Armendáriz · Irene Cefaro