Umberto Orsini

Trifole (2024)

In this bittersweet portrait of a vanishing rural way of life, Dalia travels to Piedmont to care for her aging grandfather Igor, an expert forager. Armed with his field notes and loyal dog Birba, she searches for a prizewinning truffle to save his home. ...

Marcel! (2022)

The young girl, an insomniac. The mother, an artist. The dog, named Marcel. The little girl loves her mother immensely, but her mother loves Marcel more than anything else. Will an unpredictable event allow those circles of love to reconnect? ...

Sin (2019)

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. ...

Copenaghen (2019)

Agadah (2017)

A hieratic Count sits in his elegant mansion finishing his writings - Alphonse, a young Waloon officer, rides through the Murgia to reach his regiment in Naples but soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a inn in the strange and varied company of thie ...

Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino (2016)

The Early Bird Catches the Worm (2008)

Marco Baldini is a young man determined to become the voice of a major radio; he alternates between his job at Radio Deejay and his gambling addiction, that slowly consumes his life, his relationship with his girlfriend and his work skills. ...

Primo Levi's Journey (2006)

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later, a film crew retraces Levi's steps. Levi's words, mainly from "The Truce" (1963), tell us what he experienc ...

Love Returns (2004)

Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his life. ...

Hannover (2003)

Saint Paul (2000)

A biblical epic from the Book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering his conversion from Saul of Tarsus to his ministry to the Gentiles. ...

Johnny the Partisan (2000)

After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among them. Jo ...

Lourdes (2000)

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities eve ...

The Guest (1999)

Giulia works for her father's law film and still lives in her parents' luxurious home. However, she soon realizes the young man from Thailand who is their new houseguest is not just a family friend -- he is Guilia's mother's lover, and almost half her age ...

Esther (1999)

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre. ...

Solomon (1997)

David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be. ...

Il viaggio della sposa (1997)

17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite ...

Cinque Giorni Di Tempesta (1997)

Giovanni, a young boy who left Sicily for Bolzano to perform his military service , arrives five days early and is forced to stay outside the barracks before the official day of the call-up. Between surreal encounters and situations of all kinds, Giovanni ...

Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)

November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his v ...

Love in the Strangest Way (1994)

Successful Julien sees his family off on holiday and at once becomes drawn into a risky relationship with Angela, whom he spies outside the cafe opposite his office. When he later finds she is to become his son's new nanny he rightly starts to worry there ...

Notti e nebbie (1984)

Milan, the last months of WWII. While everything starts to crumble down, RSI police chief Bruno Spada tries to crush the local anti-fascist resistance. ...

The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (1979)

Four Edgar Allan Poe adaptations running an hour apiece, including "Night in the House of Usher," "Ligeia Forever," "The Delusion of William Wilson" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Originally made for Italian TV. ...

Other People's Money (1978)

Henri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a well-paid job with a large bank. Then, one day, his entire world collapses. In the wake of a high-profile financial scandal, he is summoned into his director's o ...

The Fifth Commandment (1978)

A notorious gang of robbers threaten the Ruhr region of Germany in the 1920s. ...

Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)

An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl. ...

Emmanuelle 3 (1977)

Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy. ...

Beyond Good and Evil (1977)

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his Jewish companion Paul Ree meet a beautiful young Russian intellectual and draw her into a ménage-à-trois. ...

Gangbusters (1977)

Mario Gastaldi, a lawyer with no clients and no money, agrees to be a negotiator in a deal on stolen paintings, between the boss Peseti and the engineer Farnese, who plots kidnappings unsuspectedly. After he cashed from Farnese three hundred millions of li ...

Casanova & Co. (1977)

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night ...

Une fille cousue de fil blanc (1977)

A young girl dies in an accident just before her wedding. But when her sister starts to look into it, she discovers the truth about her. ...

A Woman at Her Window (1976)

Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist. ...

Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe (1976)

Son of a poor Sicilian sharecropper committing suicide (he owed half a million lire to Baron Lamia), 35-year-old Carmelo Macaluso returns to the Sicilian town, after 15 years of hard work in Germany, with a Mercedes, 100 million in his briefcase and the am ...

Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman (1975)

Emmanuelle returns to her husband in Hong Kong and proceeds to have several extramarital affairs -- with his knowledge, of course. Her husband's lover and American guest are both very puzzled by their openness. ...

Smiling Maniacs (1975)

During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to the core. ...

The Antichrist (1974)

An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress. ...

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives f ...

Jury of One (1974)

A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife. ...

Puzzle (1974)

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place. ...

Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)

Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elizabeth and the stern Mother Superior, as both are smitten by Carmela's beauty. ...

The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)

How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime. ...

Tony Arzenta (1973)

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue. ...

La Tosca (1973)

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of them all has escaped from prison and the chief of police is on his tail. Angelotti is being helped by a painter, lover of "La Tosc ...

Ludwig (1973)

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, ...

The Outside Man (1972)

A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed. ...

Why (1972)

Italian drama ...

Cesar and Rosalie (1972)

A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma. ...

Shadows Unseen (1972)

When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case. ...

Maddalena (1971)

The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest. ...

Trastevere (1971)

A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter. ...

Roma bene (1971)

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome. ...

A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1971)

Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists. ...

Bali (1970)

The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult... ...

Violent City (1970)

A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it. ...

Interrabang (1969)

Fabrizio, a fashion photographer, Maregalit, a nympho model; Anna, Fabrizio's wife and Valeria, her sister, land on deserted islet for a photo-shoot. When Fabrizio temporarily leaves the women alone to buy some fuel for their yacht, a young man, Marco, jo ...

The Damned (1969)

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime. ...

Candy (1968)

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

The Girl and the General (1967)

A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly. ...

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. ...

Playgirl (1966)

Alexandra is a model who comes to Berlin to rekindle an affair she started in Rome with businessman Joachim Steigenwald. But he pretends to be too busy for her and has his employee take Alexandra sightseeing. He, too, immediately falls under her enchantmen ...

Mademoiselle (1966)

A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes. ...

The Steps (1966)

An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present. ...

Violence and Love (1965)

The nature of love and marriage is studied in two episodes. ...

Summer Night (1963)

Barcelona in the early sixties: black and white chronicle of the ups and downs in the relationship of several young couples of the Catalan bourgeoisie during the time between two Saint John's eve festivals. ...

Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)

A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection. ...

The Shortest Day (1963)

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle. ...

The Sea (1962)

A well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a young man. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship can get off the ground, an alluring woman with a spontaneous sexuality and care free attitude joins the trian ...

Manhunt (1961)

Battle of the Worlds (1961)

A stray planet on a collision course with Earth instead takes orbit around our blue marble. What seems like a dead planet suddenly launches a fleet of flying saucers which attack our space fleets. ...

I Kiss... You Kiss (1961)

Adolfo Cocchi has a building firm but his plan to build a set of buildings is been stopped by an old former Garibaldian, Don Leopoldo, who refuses to sell his property. A group of young people go to his house to play and sing. Marcella, Cocchi's daughter, ...

Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan (1960)

Cathrine has been sentenced to the gas chamber but Police Lieutenant Sheridan does not believe she is guilty of the murder she has been accused of. He has twenty-four hours to prove her innocence. ...

Love in Rome (1960)

A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another. ...

La Dolce Vita (1960)

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer. ...