Pietro Germi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before... Read full bio →
Alfredo Alfredo
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
Signore & signori
An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when…
Sedotta e abbandonata
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Divorzio all'italiana
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman.
Un maledetto imbroglio
A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.
L'uomo di paglia
È la storia di una famiglia operaia che si sta avviando a lasciare la sua classe, che ormai negli anni sessanta sta per trasformarsi in piccola borghesia.
Il ferroviere
La drammatica esistenza di un ferroviere col vizio dell'alcool, tra dissapori famigliari e problemi sul lavoro.
Gelosia
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.
La presidentessa
A singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance. When a puritan judge closes the show, the woman will take revenge involving the judge in an affair before the selfsame Justice minister.
Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo
Da un racconto di Riccardo Bacchelli. Lucania, 1863. Un comandante dei Bersaglieri deve liberare la zona dai briganti di Raffa Raffa, borbonici.
La città si difende
Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.
Il cammino della speranza
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
Il testimone
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind.