Rita Livesi

Nobody's Children (1951)

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Françoise Rosay  •  Folco Lulli

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Françoise Rosay  •  Folco Lulli

Red Lips (1960)

A lawyer heads out on the road in an attempt to find his daughter who has been missing for quite some time. To help him navigate the secret world his daughter lived within that he knows nothing about, he recruits the help of Irene a close friend of his daughter's. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Bennati
CAST:  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Giorgio Albertazzi  •  Christine Kaufmann

A lawyer heads out on the road in an attempt to find his daughter who has been missing for quite some time. To help him navigate the secret world his daughter lived within that he knows nothing about, he recruits the help of Irene a close friend of his daughter's. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Bennati
CAST:  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Giorgio Albertazzi  •  Christine Kaufmann

Torna! (1954)

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nino Marchesini

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nino Marchesini

He Who Is Without Sin... (1952)

Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Enrica Dyrell  •  Enrico Olivieri

Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Enrica Dyrell  •  Enrico Olivieri

High School (1954)

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Emmer
CAST:  Ugo Amaldi  •  Giulia Rubini  •  Ilaria Occhini  •  Anna Maria Sandri

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Emmer
CAST:  Ugo Amaldi  •  Giulia Rubini  •  Ilaria Occhini  •  Anna Maria Sandri

Fra' Manisco cerca guai... (1960)

Father Pacifico is a genuine friar with a brisk manner, for this reason he is nicknamed Father Manisco. The religious finds himself grappling with a thorny case, as Don Liborio, a Neapolitan lord, dominates all local events, including the love choices of his young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando W. Tamburella
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Riccardo Garrone  •  Luisella Boni

Father Pacifico is a genuine friar with a brisk manner, for this reason he is nicknamed Father Manisco. The religious finds himself grappling with a thorny case, as Don Liborio, a Neapolitan lord, dominates all local events, including the love choices of his young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando W. Tamburella
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Riccardo Garrone  •  Luisella Boni

Terror Express (1980)

Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Silvia Dionisio  •  Werner Pochath  •  Zora Kerova  •  Gianluigi Chirizzi

Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Silvia Dionisio  •  Werner Pochath  •  Zora Kerova  •  Gianluigi Chirizzi

Double Cross (1951)

A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Vittorio Gassman

A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Vittorio Gassman

Vortice (1953)

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Silvana Pampanini  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Giorgio Capecchi

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Silvana Pampanini  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Giorgio Capecchi

Amore amaro (1974)

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DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Lisa Gastoni  •  Leonard Mann  •  Rita Livesi  •  Germano Longo

drama from italy  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Lisa Gastoni  •  Leonard Mann  •  Rita Livesi  •  Germano Longo

Calamus (1976)

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Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with his half-sister Stefania, who one day announces his engagement and the next marriage. Riccardo, wearing his cassock ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Pirri
CAST:  Lino Capolicchio  •  Valeria Moriconi  •  Paola Montenero  •  Paola Senatore

Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with his half-sister Stefania, who one day announces his engagement and the next marriage. Riccardo, wearing his cassock ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Pirri
CAST:  Lino Capolicchio  •  Valeria Moriconi  •  Paola Montenero  •  Paola Senatore

The Lady in White (1938)

The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holiday in Cervinia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Elsa Merlini  •  Nino Besozzi  •  Enrico Viarisio  •  Ada Cristina Almirante

The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holiday in Cervinia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Elsa Merlini  •  Nino Besozzi  •  Enrico Viarisio  •  Ada Cristina Almirante

Disperato addio (1955)

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DIRECTION:  Lionello De Felice
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Lise Bourdin  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Xenia Valderi

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DIRECTION:  Lionello De Felice
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Lise Bourdin  •  Andrea Checchi  •  Xenia Valderi

L'albero di Adamo (1936)

Based on the comedy Il successo by Alfredo Testoni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Elsa Merlini  •  Antonio Gandusio  •  Nietta Zocchi  •  Renato Cialente

Based on the comedy Il successo by Alfredo Testoni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Elsa Merlini  •  Antonio Gandusio  •  Nietta Zocchi  •  Renato Cialente

Il destino in tasca (1938)

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DIRECTION:  Gennaro Righelli
CAST:  Enrico Viarisio  •  Vanna Vanni  •  Romolo Costa  •  Diana Lante

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DIRECTION:  Gennaro Righelli
CAST:  Enrico Viarisio  •  Vanna Vanni  •  Romolo Costa  •  Diana Lante

Turbamento (1942)

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DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Mariella Lotti  •  Renzo Ricci  •  Luisella Beghi  •  Sergio Tofano

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DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Mariella Lotti  •  Renzo Ricci  •  Luisella Beghi  •  Sergio Tofano