Umberto Barbaro

Devil's Ravine (1950)

Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Pr ...

Tragic Hunt (1947)

Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office. ...

Carpaccio (1947)

Carpaccio is a 1947 short film directed by Umberto Barbaro and Roberto Longhi and based on the life of the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio. ...

Days of Glory (1945)

An Italian WWII documentary by a group of neorealists. ...

La locandiera (1944)

Sleeping Beauty (1942)

The servant girl Carmela arrives from her village to work in the house of the notary Don Domenico, a hypocritical and ambiguous man, who seduces her. The girl flees from the house and falls into the clutches of a shrew who flatters her with promises and wa ...

The Sinner (1940)

Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. ...

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. ...

Days of Glory (1945)

An Italian WWII documentary by a group of neorealists. ...