Carlo Romano

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1976)

Where? Far from home,from work and his boss, far from city traffic and his alarm clock, far from the monotony of his life... The farthest away possible. Travelling against time, visiting places of other centuries. How? Thanks to a magic whistle given him b ...

King Dick (1973)

Little Dick, the well-endowed dwarf servant of Master Limpcock is being pursued by Nymphomania, an ugly witch who must have 69 orgasms to turn herself beautiful again. ...

Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? (1969)

Sicily 1943 to avoid war, Franco and Ciccio are hiding in the mountains. Two American paratroopers steal their clothes leaving him in exchange uniforms, so our "heroes" are captured by the Germans and deported to Germany. Evade, take refuge on a farm and w ...

Perils of Problemina (1968)

In a valley, two groups of little ants - the organized and efficient Red ones and the lazy and defenseless Yellow ones - go into a war. ...

L'idolo delle scene (1967)

A comedy of misunderstandings caused by words. Walter Chiari is a stage actor who tries to cash a check at a public office. ...

West and Soda (1965)

A greedy villain tries to coerce a woman into marrying him so he can take over her land, when a stranger rides into town intent on taking down the bad guys. ...

I due toreri (1964)

In Sicily Franco and Ciccio are empowered by a local mafia man to guard for a wide range of salad. In reality however this is not simple salad vegetables but marijuana; the two bungling fools and friends do not realize it at first. ...

La Rabbia (1963)

Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respe ...

Carmen di Trastevere (1962)

Carmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the husband is released from prison, he accepts the relationship in progress and continues to use the woman in his shady businesses. ...

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 ...

Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains) (1959)

L'amico del giaguaro (1959)

A grown man named Augusto escapes from an orphanage and after several unsuccessful attempts at holding down a job, decides to start a gang and make a living by stealing from the rich. ...

It Happened in the Penitentiary (1955)

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives. ...

Il cardinale Lambertini (1954)

Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna. ...

It Happened at the Police Station (1954)

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the ...

Siamo ricchi e poveri (1954)

The Boarder (1954)

A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the seashore; the customers at the hotel think she's a poor widow - she always wears black - and treat her like ...

Of Life and Love (1954)

A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight ja ...

I Vitelloni (1953)

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 hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an asp ...

Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)

A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrepreneur. ...

Jeunes mariés (1953)

Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their way to marital bliss, their car chooses to break down and the lovebirds find themselves stranded in the village of Montigny. And instead of bathing in ecsta ...

The Unfaithfuls (1953)

A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows that these people will pay dearly rather than inform on themselves or others. ...

Good Folk's Sunday (1953)

In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine. ...

Melody of Love (1952)

A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses ...

The Lucky Five (1952)

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others ...

Dogs and Cats (1952)

In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years before. To spite her rival, the innkeeper arranges to have her nephew set up a second pharmacy to take business ...

Gli innocenti pagano (1952)

Back from the war, a man discovers that his daughter has died and his wife has left their house. He searches for the girlfriend of a fellow soldier and falls for her. ...

Tormento del passato (1952)

A gangster comes back to Rome after many years and meets his old flame and their daughter. ...

My Heart Sings (1951)

Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music impresario they hear Marco an electrician gifted with a beautiful voice and give him some money to help for his debut as a singer. ...

Beauties in Capri (1951)

The love story between Don Camillo's protégé and Don Violante's niece adds fuel to the rivalry between the two priests. ...

Toto the Third Man (1951)

In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women. ...

Ours are coming (1951)

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right. ...

Beauties on bicycles (1951)

Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a lift, but the driver gets too fresh with them and they decide to continue the journey with any means of transport, i ...

Variety Lights (1950)

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly s ...

First Communion (1950)

The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's communion frock. ...

Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)

Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom. ...

Streets of Sorrow (1950)

A magistrate saves a young woman from drowning and they fall in love. ...

The Rose Of Baghdad (1949)

Princess Zeila, daughter of Caliph Oman III, is preparing to review the nobles who aspire to her hand. The sinister Prince Jafar plots in the shadows: the young musician Amin will see to it that love can triumph, with the help of the Genie of the Lamp. ...

Campane a martello (1949)

Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her ...

When Love Calls (1947)

Claudio and Anna Tancredi, opera singers, are husband and wife. Their married life, however, is often disturbed by small misunderstandings and Anna's burning jealousy. ...

Sinfonia fatale (1947)

An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II. ...

The Adulteress (1946)

Il mondo vuole così (1946)

Accused of having stolen 3 million liras, a bank employee serves five years in prison. Having served his sentence and believed to be rich, he was showered with care and attention by everyone, even his wife. When the real perpetrator of the theft is found, ...

La casa senza tempo (1945)

A captain, a well-known flying ace, is developing his own device which will make a notable contribution to the prestige of his country's air force. One evening he occasionally meets a girl who strikes him with her mysterious behavior. In fact, he witnesses ...

Lettere al sottotenente (1945)

Life Begins Anew (1945)

A compelling portrayal of postwar Rome ...

Il treno crociato (1943)

Laugh Pagliacci (1943)

Movie adaptation of the Leoncavalo's famous opera. A troupe of traveling actors is being welcomed by villagers in Calabria in the summer of 1866. ...

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. ...

Giarabub (1942)

The Italian troops at Giarabub defend themselves against the British. ...

Arriviamo noi! (1942)

Fra' Diavolo (1942)

The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well between two women, the sister of a royalist and a lady spy. ...

Scampolo (1941)

Pia de' Tolomei (1941)

L'elisir d'amore (1941)

Un marito per il mese di aprile (1941)

Senza cielo (1940)

Il capitano degli ussari (1940)

Il ponte di vetro (1940)

Il socio invisibile (1939)

Cavalleria rusticana (1939)

This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It's the story of Santuzza, her love Turiddu, and his passion for the married Lola that leads to his death in a d ...

Follies of the Century (1939)

An aging count courts a beautiful singer who is also wooed by his son-in-law. ...

Papà per una notte (1939)

Le sorprese del divorzio (1939)

I, His Father (1939)

An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment ...

Voce senza volto (1939)

I figli del marchese Lucera (1939)

Under the Southern Cross (1938)

Two partners return from the war to find their coffee plantation in the hands of an unscrupulous overseer. One is attracted to an exotic native girl that the overseer has at the plantation. ...

Scandal in the Family (1975)

The industrialist Carlo arrives at his villa in the Piacenza area to spend his holidays with his wife Piera and his daughter Francesca. They will soon be joined by their nephew Milo who will woo and seduce all the women of villa including the busty cook Do ...

Carnal Circuit (1969)

We follow the Journal reporter Paulo whose close friend mysteriously been taken out of the way and it's now up to Paulo to figure out who the culprits are. The film is set in a drug-scented and "swinging" Los Angeles, where orgies and violence seem to be c ...

Bandits in Rome (1968)

After professional stickup man Mario Corda is jailed, his young, ambitious partner -- who covets both Corda's life and his wife -- cuts loose, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake. ...

Soldier's Girl (1967)

Anita, a free Emilian girl falls in love with Salvatore, a Neapolitan bersagliere. The two would like to get married, but he drowns while bathing in the river. From that moment the woman is unable to love anyone else because, at the most beautiful, the gho ...

Vacanze in Argentina (1966)

Believing that his death is near, a millionaire who lives in Argentina brings three girls to benefit them in his will and they end up falling in love with three Argentines. ...

Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta. ...

All the Other Girls Do! (1964)

The innocent love of two young students is hindered by their families. The two meet in a squalid apartment where they will perhaps decide their future. At the exit, however, are arrested for a kiss exchanged on the road. ...

Desideri d'estate (1964)

A Very Handy Man (1964)

In late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters an old flame now married to a wealthy landowner. ...

La cuccagna (1962)

Rossella, a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class, looks for a job every day but soon discovers that the "greasy pole", which is the economic miracle, is only an illusion, and the world is far more ruthless than she could believe. Bu ...

His Days Are Numbered (1962)

A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work. ...

I Love, You Love (1962)

Documentary directed by Alessandro Blasetti. ...

Seduction Of The South (1961)

Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory. ...

Messalina (1960)

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most v ...

Wolves in the Abyss (1959)

At some point, somewhere in the relentless events of the Second World War: A submarine returns from a long, successful patrol. Shortly before their native coast, however, they are bombarded by enemy aircraft. The submarine sinks and for the men begins a fi ...

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 ...

Men and Noblemen (1959)

Nicola Peccoli has always nurtured his niece Giovanna, an orphan since the age of two and now of age, but he does not look favorably on her beloved Mario because he is just a simple employee and a lower class of society. ...

The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not. ...

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. ...

Il bandolero stanco (1952)

A comedy centered on the character of Pepito. It is an Italian western made before the Spaghetti western era and it is at the same time a parody of the western genre. ...

The Dream of Icarus (1948)