Maria Zanoli

Piccoli borghesi (1968)

Barabbas (1961)

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the glad ...

Love and Troubles (1958)

Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart. ...

Revenge (1958)

After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released. ...

Il gallo canta a mezzanotte (1958)

Three shady-looking men arrive at a small mountain inn in an attempt to recover the treasure hidden in the hotel by the old owner and her grandson, who was killed by the three crooks. During dinner, the waitress recounts the legend of the mountain rooster. ...

White Nights (1957)

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return. ...

The Tanks of El Alamein (1957)

Italian move on the battle of El Alamein ...

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. ...

Incatenata dal destino (1956)

Le souffle de la liberté (1955)

In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat. ...

L'ultimo amante (1955)

Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help. ...

The Swindle (1955)

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto. ...

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. ...

Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)

Fernand Sarrazin, who runs a nougat factory to perfection, is a happy bachelor, notwithstanding the acrimonious presence of his sister-in-law Julie. Love enters his life in the form of a young orphan, Cécilia, whom he saves from drowning, falls in love wi ...

The Young Ladies of 04 (1955)

The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower ac ...

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the ...

Love song (1954)

An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl and the loyalty to his paralyzed best friend. ...

Passionately (1954)

"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovere ...

Before the Deluge (1954)

The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald ...

Barrier of the Law (1954)

An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang. ...

Farewell, My Beautiful Lady! (1953)

Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned. ...

Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)

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

The Age of Indiscretion (1953)

In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl. ...

Noi peccatori (1953)

A man and a woman love each other, but they can't marry because he's ashamed of his unjustly incarcerated mother. What's more, he loses his eyesight in an accident. ...

Il romanzo della mia vita (1952)

Europa '51 (1952)

A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city's poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minde ...

Processo contro ignoti (1952)

Sensualità (1952)

Refugee Franca Gabre comes to the Po Valley with intent to use her obvious attributes and man-swaying talents to gain some security. She targets farm-owning brothers Riccardo and Carlo Sartori and uses the latter in an attempt to reach Riccardo, the older ...

Quo Vadis (1951)

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero. ...

Tragic Spell (1951)

Some peasants are excited to marry their first-born with a beautiful young woman, but they are unaware of her ambitious personality. When the father-in-law finds a treasure, everything gets complicated. ...

Il nido di falasco (1950)

A young cabaret trainer, Viola, who has just compromised herself in a case, flees. On the train, she meets Dominique, who lives in a cabin in Tuscany, on the edge of the marshes. Dominique and Viola settle in the hut and soon the young woman is expecting a ...

Il sentiero dell'odio (1950)

A love story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, set in Calabria: two young lovers belong to two families who have always been enemies of each other. ...

The Za-Bum Circus (1949)

Anthology comedy/romance film ...

Giudicatemi! (1948)