Dedi Ristori

Bitter Rice (1949)

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe De Santis
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Doris Dowling  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Raf Vallone

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe De Santis
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Doris Dowling  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Raf Vallone

Paolo e Francesca (1950)

The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Odile Versois  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Armando Francioli  •  Nino Marchesini

The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Odile Versois  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Armando Francioli  •  Nino Marchesini

Miracles Only Happen Once (1951)

1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each other's spell. 1939 : what a horrible year for the two lovers : war breaks out before they can get married. They meet again after the war but the enchantment has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Alida Valli  •  Jean Marais  •  Marcelle Arnold  •  Christine Chesnay

1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each other's spell. 1939 : what a horrible year for the two lovers : war breaks out before they can get married. They meet again after the war but the enchantment has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Allégret
CAST:  Alida Valli  •  Jean Marais  •  Marcelle Arnold  •  Christine Chesnay

Turri il bandito (1950)

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DIRECTION:  Enzo Trapani
CAST:  Ermanno Randi  •  Lilia Landi  •  Dedi Ristori

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DIRECTION:  Enzo Trapani
CAST:  Ermanno Randi  •  Lilia Landi  •  Dedi Ristori