Giuseppe De Santis
Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is usually considered one of the first neo-realist films. His third film Bitter Rice (1950), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose between two socially disparate suitors, made a star of Silvana Mangano and was a landmark of the new cinematic style. It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story.
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past....
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Under the Olive Tree
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war...
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Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
as Self (archive footage)The documentary aims to tell the story of a director who managed to capture the attention of the...
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Luchino Visconti
as SelfA chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his...
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I'll Teach You to Dream
as uncreditedAbout the work of one of the greatest masters of Soviet cinema — director Mark Donskoy.
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God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Jerome/Charley ClantonJohnny Texas is asked to inquire about the death of Prescott, a rich landowner accused of having...
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God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Charley ClantonJohnny Texas is asked to inquire about the death of Prescott, a rich landowner accused of having...
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Sergei Eisenstein
as Himself (archive footage)Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
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