Arturo Bragaglia

The Two Marshals (1961)

September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles. ...

The Loves of Hercules (1960)

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen. ...

My Pal, Dr. Jekyll (1960)

Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda. ...

Terror of the Red Mask (1960)

In 16th century Italy, mercenary Marco is hired by cruel duke Astolfo whose unjust reign is threatened by the notorious outlaw the Red Mask. ...

The Employee (1960)

Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world. ...

La cento chilometri (1959)

During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations ...

Quel tesoro di papà (1959)

A young girl finds out that her father, an impoverished Baron, actually works as a stage actor. ...

Lui, lei e il nonno (1959)

The Maids (1959)

Gabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it is stolen she is accused of the theft and sent to jail. Some other maids organize a search party for the real thief who seems to be a moustached youth who contin ...

Sign of the Gladiator (1959)

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio. ...

Carousel of songs (1958)

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! (1958)

A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has fallen for a marshal. ...

Marinai, donne e guai (1958)

Four sailors are off duty in Barcelona. Capo Campana ordered them to remain together when in the city. But Mario, one of them, falls for Manuela and leaves the other three. ...

Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)

Two young men love the same girl and decide to fight for her. The winner realizes, however, that his feelings are not returned. ...

Corporal of the day (1958)

A young woman brings a baby to some military barracks. There is a note on the child - it says that the baby is hers and a soldier called Felice. ...

Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958)

Massimo Odiot, Marquis of Champcey d'Hauterive, has inherited his father's high-sounding title and a sea of ​​debt. To earn a living and support his little sister at boarding school, he is forced to accept a job as administrator for a wealthy bourgeois ...

Love and Chatter (1958)

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli, vice mayor and head of the opposition. To complicate the story there is the reconstruction of a hermitage dest ...

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor (1957)

The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistan ...

There Is a Path in the Sky (1957)

Rascel-Fifì (1957)

Renato and Gedeon have just opened a nightclub in a disreputable area of New York, triggering the hostility of Gionata, a gang leader and owner of the nightclub across the street. Helped by the hoods of his gang, Gionata uses a couple of tricks to try and ...

The Mysteries of Paris (1957)

Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's son kidnapped by his father at birth. Disguised as a tramp, he wanders the city's slums encountering various characters who either help or hinder him. ...

Gente felice (1957)

Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for the cemetery. ...

Sette canzoni per sette sorelle (1957)

The six daughters of the mayor are not concerned with their six boyfriends because they are all infatuated with Claudio Villa. When this really comes to the village, everything happens, but as in Cinderella's fable, Claudio Villa falls in love with the sev ...

Serenate per 16 bionde (1957)

A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm. ...

The Rival (1956)

The love triangle between a Countess, a soldier and a younger woman. ...

Nero's Mistress (1956)

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is ...

Cantando sotto le stelle (1956)

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket. ...

La ragazza di Via Veneto (1955)

Der goldene Falke (1955)

The Golden Vein (1955)

Jealous of his widowed mother's new lover, a boy does everything to separate them. Then, after he realizes their profound feelings for each other, he tries to reunite them. ...

Ore 10: lezione di canto (1955)

Sins of Casanova (1954)

1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married. ...

Orient Express (1954)

On December 24th the Orient Express gets snowbound near a little mountain village and its passengers are forced to spend some time there, mingling with the local people, upsetting their usually monotonous daily lives. ...

Crazy Things (1954)

When young Dalia is mistakenly admitted to a mental institution, she is declared sane - but by a truly mad person pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor thinks she is insane - how can she escape this madness? ...

I Sing for You (1954)

A famous tenor pawns valuables too often. His strange behavior arouses the suspicions of a detective. The situation is complicated by the fact that both the tenor and the detective are in love with the same woman. Attempts at infidelity, revenge, and spyin ...

Mid-Century Loves (1954)

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples. ...

Condemned to Hang (1953)

Andalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among travelers. Although most of them are ruthless killers, Lucero is a true champion of the disinherited. ...

Saluti e baci (1953)

Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if he does not find any new ones. ...

The Return of Don Camillo (1953)

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone. ...

It's Never Too Late (1953)

Lasciateci in pace (1953)

A mild-mannered man is mistaken for a subversive. ...

At Sword's Edge (1952)

Times Gone By (1952)

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories. ...

Il segreto delle tre punte (1952)

Ha da venì... don Calogero! (1952)

A good-natured priest inherits a large sum of money from a former student at his elementary school and must decide wisely on how to use it best. ...

L'eroe sono io (1952)

Bellissima (1952)

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she'll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria. ...

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951)

A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire. ...

Il mago per forza (1951)

In the prison of San Vittore there is, among other detainees, a strange type that they call "Il Cavaliere". The latter suffers a conviction for theft and his fellow prisoners have a certain respect for him. ...

Position Wanted (1951)

Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfai ...

Seven Hours of Troubles (1951)

Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't los ...

Spring song (1951)

Miracle in Milan (1951)

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends u ...

Sambo (1950)

A fallen nobleman convinces a Roman coachman that he has found the way to win at Sambo, a Brazilian game of chance. Sent a messenger to Brazil to gamble, the two men go wild and run up debts. When they realize they have won nothing, they initially fall int ...

47 Talking Corpses (1950)

Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. The major and the rest of the townspeople therefore organize a trick at his expense: they'll make him belie ...

The Knight is Here (1950)

A strange vagrant makes repeated attempts to rescue land inhabited by hawkers from being taken over by building development and a subway installation. ...

Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)

Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes. ...

La bisarca (1950)

High Time (1950)

The historic clock of a small town needs to be repaired but there is no money in the town coffers to pay for it. Don Paolo (Peppino Spadaro), the Priest, raises the money by lottery and thinks the surplus should go to the poor. The Communists and Socialist ...

11 men and a ball (1948)

Mad About Opera (1948)

This story took place during World War II. A group of Italians living in London are raising funds to rebuild a Catholic cathedral that was bombed by the Nazis. To this end, they organized a concert, the proceeds of which would go toward the construction. T ...

Heart (1948)

A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates that are of working-class backgrounds, after a novel in diary format by Enrico Bottini. ...

Un americano in vacanza (1946)

Albergo Luna, camera 34 (1946)

A young music teacher, after her house is burned down by a raid, has to go to a refugee camp with her old and sick mother. She is forced to sell everything she owns, while she is looking for a job as a singer. One night, tired and frustrated, she meets a m ...

Canto, ma sottovoce... (1946)

Non canto più (1945)

A woman, a theatrical impresario, simulates the theft of a precious necklace for marketing purposes. A young singer living in the province is believed to be responsible for the theft and is arrested. ...

La carne e l'anima (1945)

This melodrama was directed by an émigré Russian from a story by Corrado Alvaro and Emanuele Caracciolo. The latter was murdered by the Nazis in the Fosse Ardeatine massacre, before the film's post-war release. Featuring Miranda and Girotti prior to neo- ...

Il fiore sotto gli occhi (1944)

Lacrime di sangue (1944)

Tutta la vita in ventiquattr'ore (1943)

Two Hearts Against the Beast (1943)

The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches. ...

La vita è bella (1943)

Count Alberto has lost his wealth at the gaming table, he wants to commit suicide but is stopped by a doctor who offers him an exchange, a week of life with how much money he wants and then be a guinea pig for a new drug (and maybe die). ...

Gioco d'azzardo (1943)

Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)

Travelling family man Paolo agrees to pose as husband to an unwed pregnant girl he meets on a train. However, once faced with her father, things do not go as planned. ...

La donna è mobile (1942)

La maestrina (1942)

In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality, arouses people's curiosity and gossip. The young mayor of the village feels attracted to the girl and begins to court her. ...

There's Room Up Ahead (1942)

A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome. ...

Una volta alla settimana (1942)

Via delle Cinque Lune (1942)

Una notte dopo l'opera (1942)

If I Was Honest (1942)

The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain of misunderstandings and messes that ends out well. ...

L'uomo venuto dal mare (1942)

An Italian drama from 1942. ...

Le due tigri (1941)

Darma, Tremal Naik's daughter is kidnapped by the thugs and secluded in a temple in the jungle. The religious sect want her to become the priestess of the goddess Kali. Sandokan will set her free, and Surama the legitimate heiress to the throne of Lahore. ...

Teresa Venerdì (1941)

A comedy of errors where floundering pediatrician Pietro takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay for the debts of his high-spending girlfriend Loletta, only to end up mistakenly engaged with Lilli, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and pur ...

Villa da vendere (1941)

I pirati della Malesia (1941)

Scampolo (1941)

I mariti (1941)

In Naples in the second half of the nineteenth century, a young noblewoman falls in love with a nobleman of ill repute. ...

Beatrice Cenci (1941)

Italian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci. ...

L'attore scomparso (1941)

Un marito per il mese di aprile (1941)

The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941)

A sea captain forbids his daughter to marry the man whose father he had killed many years before. ...

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940)

A young woman teaches commercial writing and makes her students practice by writing letters addressed to an imaginary recipient from Vienna. One day, the love letter the woman writes to this non-existent man is accidentally sent by one of her students –a ...

Una famiglia impossibile (1940)

A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with ideas of grandeur, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) ...

Il capitano degli ussari (1940)

La danza dei milioni (1940)

A young man, despite his qualification, can not find work and, after several attempts, asks a classmate, who is secretary of the President of an important Hungarian bank, to make him have a desk in his room and to do so pass for an employee. ...

A Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940)

On a whim, an American man offers a girl the sum of $100,000 if she will marry him. ...

Addio, giovinezza! (1940)

A university student falls in love with a seamstress. But one day he meets a beautiful woman and things become complicated. ...

Imputato, alzatevi! (1939)

Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse. ...