Arturo Bragaglia
Miracle in Milan
(1951)
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and ... (more)
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and ... (more)
Mid-Century Loves (1954)
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples. (more)
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples. (more)
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
A family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's father has left her and she doesn't know how to tell to her parents that she's ... (more)
A family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's father has left her and she doesn't know how to tell to her parents that she's ... (more)
The Two Marshals (1961)
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles. (more)
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles. (more)
L'impiegato (1960)
Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world. (more)
Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world. (more)
Sins of Casanova (1954)
Nero's Mistress (1956)
Mad About Opera (1948)
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
(1957)
The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny ... (more)
The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny ... (more)
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda. (more)
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda. (more)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone. (more)
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone. (more)
Sette ore di guai (1951)
Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't lose heart and ... (more)
Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't lose heart and ... (more)
Times Gone By (1952)
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories. (more)
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories. (more)
È arrivato il Cavaliere (1950)
A strange vagrant makes repeated attempts to rescue land inhabited by hawkers from being taken over by building development and a subway installation. (more)
A strange vagrant makes repeated attempts to rescue land inhabited by hawkers from being taken over by building development and a subway installation. (more)
Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)
Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes. (more)
Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes. (more)
Position Wanted (1951)
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful ... (more)
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful ... (more)
Imputato, alzatevi! (1939)
Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse. (more)
Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse. (more)