The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend...

Ulysses

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his...

The Little World of Don Camillo

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the...

Nobody's Children

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter...

He Who Is Without Sin...

Stefano and Maria have a marriage by proxy while he is working abroad in Canada. When she is...

The Forbidden Christ

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Raf Vallone tries to discover who...

Don Juan's Night of Love

Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is...

The Dream of Zorro

An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is...

Guai ai vinti

A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by...

The City Stands Trial

Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are...

Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God

Biblical figure Jacob is forced to flee for his life when an enraged Esau vows to kill him.

The Ship of Condemned Women

After murdering her illegitimate baby, Isabella (Tania Weber) pins the blame on her innocent...

I tre corsari

The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the...

Malombra

A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her...

The Captain's Daughter

A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story.

The Thief of Venice

A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.

Eugenia Grandet

Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town...

Casta diva

Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer...

Il passatore

The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

The Lovers

After an astrologer has foretold him he will die at an early age if he does not avoid a romantic...

Lieutenant Giorgio

A lieutenant spends a night of love with a mysterious woman. After a few years he discovers that...

Cuori sul mare

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.

Daniele Cortis

The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.

Noi peccatori

A man and a woman love each other, but they can’t marry because he’s ashamed of his unjustly...

La vita è bella

Count Alberto has lost his wealth at the gaming table, he wants to commit suicide but is stopped...

Faust and the Devil

Goethe's drama and Gounod's opera "Faust" is treated here like a movie rather than the usual...

The Adulteress

The Merchant of Venice

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes...

Rigoletto

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

Menzogna

A young widow flees from her small town and moves to the seaside, where she falls for a fisherman.

L'uomo dal guanto grigio

A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an...