Lea Padovani

The King's Whore (1990)

Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes. ...

Ehrengard (1982)

Wolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans to seduce Ehrengard, an attractive and proud virgin, without touching her, just by instilling in her a throbbing passion. At one point, though, the painter's ar ...

SuperTotò (1980)

After an introduction consisting of a series of close-ups of Totò, the anthology presents clips from films performed by the late comedian actor, collected in chapters. ...

Equinox (1971)

Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the incarnation of a dead man. ...

So Long Gulliver (1970)

Story of a man with a double personality, on one side his character is honest and sincere, which makes him appreciate reality and participates with sorrow in the tragedies of our times: his other side is that of a dreamer and he identifies himself with Swi ...

Candy (1968)

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life. ...

Gli altri, gli altri e noi (1966)

An unemployed youth tries different jobs such as waiter, hairdresser, porter, salesman and when desperate, he goes to sleep in a flop-house, where he finds a job as a night watchman. ...

Almost a Man (1966)

A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele re ...

Our Men in Bagdad (1966)

The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East: they are selling arms in exchange for exclusive rights on the countries rich oil resources. The USSR sent a team of their best secret agents to rob the document, so that lat ...

Summer Frenzy (1964)

Five episodes: a mature model makes his lover jealous; lovers quarrel; a clumsy Don Juan in business; a dancer and a captain; a beauty falls in love with a Spanish cyclist. The characters in the episodes intertwine, but the stories are not always treated w ...

The Empty Canvas (1963)

An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence in the artist's section of Rome and falls in love with a beautiful model who wants an uncommitted relationship. ...

Germinal (1963)

Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager H ...

The Reluctant Saint (1962)

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him t ...

Princess of Cleves (1961)

When a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically becomes an official Princess and takes her new position to heart. Although distracted by the elite entertainments found at court, the princess cannot help but mourn ...

The Naked Maja (1958)

A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba ...

Bread, Love and Andalucia (1958)

Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer. ...

The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abje ...

An Eye for an Eye (1957)

In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife's death. ...

Solo Dio mi fermerà (1957)

Scandal in Sorrento (1955)

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife. ...

La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to ...

Chéri-Bibi (1955)

Chéri-Bibi is an ex-convict who undergoes plastic surgery in order to resemble his rival for the hand of Cecily. Once he emerges from the bandages, Cheri-Bibi is plunged into a series of melodramatic misadventures. ...

The Intruder (1955)

A doctor saves a girl from suicide and marries her out of pity. Soon the evil man who had pushed her to the limit taking advantage of her re-enters her life. The ensuing crisis will help the newlyweds overcome their differences and start a fresh, better ne ...

Black Dossier (1955)

In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal. ...

Divisione Folgore (1954)

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front. ...

The Seducer (1954)

Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time. ...

Napoli è sempre Napoli (1954)

The Contessa's Secret (1954)

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life. ...

Guai ai vinti (1954)

A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and bo ...

The Anatomy of Love (1954)

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom. ...

Gran varietà (1954)

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore. ...

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. ...

Angels of Darkness (1954)

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their livelihood. The girls must now find honest work. ...

La tua donna (1954)

During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from a Nazi catch, hides himself by a farm. Here he knows Luisa (Lea Padovani) and soon the two married and have a baby. After the war, Sandro, now a solicitor, ...

Barrier of the Law (1954)

An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang. ...

Cinema of yesteryear (1953)

While filming in the Roman countryside, some of the workers damage the garden of Caterina. Going to ask for compensation, she meets the director Marcello, who propose her to star working in movies. ...

Una di quelle (1953)

Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure. ...

Toto and the Women (1952)

Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house. ...

I figli non si vendono (1952)

I figli non si vendono (literally, Children must not be sold) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard ...

Rome 11:00 (1952)

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident. ...

I due derelitti (1951)

Honeymoon Deferred (1951)

After World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where the husband fought. The town, however, holds some secrets. ...

La grande rinuncia (1951)

Three Steps North (1951)

An ex-American GI returns to Italy to find some money he stashed before doing a prison term. He discovers his cash is now gone and quickly sets off on a manhunt to find out who stole his buried fortune. ...

Fiamme sulla laguna (1951)

After the death of his father, Anna starts working in the navy where he falls in love with a navy man. ...

The Accusation (1950)

A luckless young teacher it's suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed. ...

Give Us This Day (1949)

Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamake ...

Una lettera all'alba (1948)

Che tempi! (1948)

Anna, only daughter of Felice Pastorino, a rich Genoese merchant, falls in love with a young sailor, Eugenio Devoto, with whom she has exchanged only a few words. Pastorino, a kind-hearted man, sincerely loves his daughter but is also very attached to mone ...

I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) (1948)

Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her. ...

Outcry (1946)

A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II. ...

L'innocente Casimiro (1945)