Sergio Tofano

Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1973)

Based on the epistolary work by Ugo Foscolo. ...

Rugantino (1973)

A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice. ...

La colonna infame (1973)

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni. ...

Let's Have a Riot (1970)

Episodes centering on different aspects of early-1970s Italian life, set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish. ...

Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)

Relatives brawl over the estate of a deceased grandmother who owned an insecticide factory.They stop at nothing, including bumping each other off. ...

Partner (1968)

The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams. ...

The Head of the Family (1967)

A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened w ...

Don Giovanni (1967)

Don Giovanni is a handsome gentleman whom women find irresistible; he is equally successful in overcoming his male rivals. Among these, however, is a commander whom he killed in a duel and who returns to torment him in the form of a statue. ...

The Constancy of Reason (1964)

Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and family friend in love with Bruno's widowed mother Ivana — are an obstacle. His relationship with Lori, a beaut ...

Black City (1961)

A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector. ...

L'avaro (1957)

An adaptation of Molière's play. ...

I sogni nel cassetto (1957)

The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations during his wife's pregnancy. ...

I am Catherine (1957)

The story of the life of St. ...

Le souffle de la liberté (1955)

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

Porta un bacione a Firenze (1955)

After a difficult eye operation, Simonetta, an Italian-American girl, returns for a vacation in Florence, the home town of her family. Here he meets Alberto, a sculptor. ...

La bella di Roma (1955)

Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman. ...

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. ...

House of Ricordi (1954)

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws th ...

Puccini (1953)

The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an att ...

Guilt Is Not Mine (1952)

Carlo, a young doctor, occasionally meets Anna, the daughter of professor Valli. Carlo falls in love with Anna, who returns his feelings; but her father longs a brilliant marriage for her. ...

Times Gone By (1952)

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

Napoleone (1951)

A historical farce about Napoleon. ...

Fabiola (1949)

In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to being a Christian, is accused of t ...

Il cavaliere del sogno (1947)

Luisa's dreams of love comes true in a hotel in the mountains. ...

Il fidanzato di mia moglie (1943)

Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but h ...

Quarta pagina (1942)

La maschera e il volto (1942)

A husband states that a possible betrayal of his wife, he would kill her without mercy. The case is that his hypothesis turns into a presumed reality. ...

Anime in tumulto (1942)

Turbamento (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. ...

Princess Cinderella (1941)

Cinderella manages to marry the prince and move to the palace, where she is well-liked and loved by everyone. However, her evil stepsisters devise a way to get her kicked out. ...

Il signore a doppio petto (1941)

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) ...

Validità giorni dieci (1940)

After finding a train ticket on the ground, the young Paolo decides to go by train to Venice, where he meets Clara, a beautiful girl. ...

Giù il sipario (1940)

A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or failure of the play ...

Il socio invisibile (1939)

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 figli del marchese Lucera (1939)

Inventiamo l'amore (1938)

A young man from the provinces who inherited a certain sum, decides to go to Rome to devote himself to the cinematographic activity. ...

Jeanne Doré (1938)

Tonight at Eleven (1937)

A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster. ...

Lohengrin (1936)

The monotonous life of a bourgeois family is disturbed by the announcement of the imminent return from America of Mr. Lohengrin, who had left Italy years earlier, leaving behind the reputation of being an irresistible womanizer. Lohengrin's cousin, worried ...

Seconda B (1934)

A school teacher falls in love with one of his female colleague, who teaches gymnastics. She returns his love, but this discovered by his students who try and sabotage their relationship. ...

Paprika (1933)

Your Money or Your Life (1932)

Daniele, a stockbroker, learns that he has lost a large sum entrusted to him by his friend Giovanni Bensi and he does not have the nerve to tell it in person, so he writes a letter to his friend, telling him that he may collect his life insurance, as he is ...

The Operator (1932)

Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet. ...

The Private Secretary (1931)

During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him. ...

Princess Cinderella (1941)

Cinderella manages to marry the prince and move to the palace, where she is well-liked and loved by everyone. However, her evil stepsisters devise a way to get her kicked out. ...