Pier Giovanni Anchisi

And Agnes Chose to Die (1976)

After the Nazis take her husband away, an illiterate old washerwoman joins the Resistance as a bike courier in the Central Italian countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Stefano Satta Flores  •  Michele Placido  •  Aurore Clément

After the Nazis take her husband away, an illiterate old washerwoman joins the Resistance as a bike courier in the Central Italian countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Stefano Satta Flores  •  Michele Placido  •  Aurore Clément

Autopsy (1975)

A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murders disguised as suicides—suspects otherwise. When a young girl associated with Simona's playboy father ends up dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando Crispino
CAST:  Mimsy Farmer  •  Barry Primus  •  Ray Lovelock  •  Angela Goodwin

A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murders disguised as suicides—suspects otherwise. When a young girl associated with Simona's playboy father ends up dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando Crispino
CAST:  Mimsy Farmer  •  Barry Primus  •  Ray Lovelock  •  Angela Goodwin

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Grieco
CAST:  Françoise Prévost  •  Jenny Tamburi  •  Paolo Malco  •  Franco Ressel

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Grieco
CAST:  Françoise Prévost  •  Jenny Tamburi  •  Paolo Malco  •  Franco Ressel

Il piatto piange (1974)

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Nuzzi
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Agostina Belli  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Erminio Macario

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Nuzzi
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Agostina Belli  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Erminio Macario

The Possessed (1965)

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Bazzoni  •  Franco Rossellini
CAST:  Peter Baldwin  •  Salvo Randone  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Pier Giovanni Anchisi

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Bazzoni  •  Franco Rossellini
CAST:  Peter Baldwin  •  Salvo Randone  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Pier Giovanni Anchisi

State buoni se potete (1983)

Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Mario Adorf  •  Johnny Dorelli  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Marisa Traversi

Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Mario Adorf  •  Johnny Dorelli  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Marisa Traversi

Hate is my God (1969)

A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge for the murder of his brother against three men who are now notable men of the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Gora
CAST:  Tony Kendall  •  Claudio Giordana  •  Halina Zalewska  •  Gunther Philipp

A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge for the murder of his brother against three men who are now notable men of the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Gora
CAST:  Tony Kendall  •  Claudio Giordana  •  Halina Zalewska  •  Gunther Philipp

C.I.A. Secret Story (1975)

Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Adalberto Maria Merli  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Riccardo Cucciolla

Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Adalberto Maria Merli  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Riccardo Cucciolla

Shadows Unseen (1972)

When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Bazzoni
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Marilù Tolo  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff

When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Bazzoni
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Marilù Tolo  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Reinhard Kolldehoff

A Boy Like Many Others (1983)

Pino comes to the big city from his village and quickly falls in with the wrong element. Turning to prostitution to support himself, he quickly becomes in petty crime and drugs dealing. When he meets a gay artist he may have a chance at changing his life. Will he?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Minello
CAST:  Stefano Maria Mioni  •  Stefania Lupi  •  Antonio Graziani  •  Edy Biagetti

Pino comes to the big city from his village and quickly falls in with the wrong element. Turning to prostitution to support himself, he quickly becomes in petty crime and drugs dealing. When he meets a gay artist he may have a chance at changing his life. Will he?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Minello
CAST:  Stefano Maria Mioni  •  Stefania Lupi  •  Antonio Graziani  •  Edy Biagetti

Corbari (1970)

The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari. He starts his career killing publicly one of his friends that was a fascist. Than, he set up a band of partisans in north Italy, completely independent from the Italian organized resistance (CLN). Ines, leave his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentino Orsini
CAST:  Giuliano Gemma  •  Tina Aumont  •  Antonio Piovanelli  •  Frank Wolff

The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari. He starts his career killing publicly one of his friends that was a fascist. Than, he set up a band of partisans in north Italy, completely independent from the Italian organized resistance (CLN). Ines, leave his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentino Orsini
CAST:  Giuliano Gemma  •  Tina Aumont  •  Antonio Piovanelli  •  Frank Wolff

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Rosanna Fratello

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Rosanna Fratello

No More Time (1973)

This Italian black-and-white film, based on a true story, was originally made for television. It concerns the life and sad end of Evariste Gallois (Mario Barriba), a brilliant student mathematician whose republican politics and hot-bloodedness resulted in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ansano Giannarelli
CAST:  Daniela Caroli  •  Mario Garriba  •  Franco Agostini  •  Bruno Alessandro

This Italian black-and-white film, based on a true story, was originally made for television. It concerns the life and sad end of Evariste Gallois (Mario Barriba), a brilliant student mathematician whose republican politics and hot-bloodedness resulted in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ansano Giannarelli
CAST:  Daniela Caroli  •  Mario Garriba  •  Franco Agostini  •  Bruno Alessandro

Allonsanfan (1974)

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Lea Massari  •  Mimsy Farmer  •  Laura Betti

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Lea Massari  •  Mimsy Farmer  •  Laura Betti