Cesare Zavattini Movies

A mysterious man, who had lost his memory, arrives in San Marino among other refugees during the Second World War.

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the...

The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's...

The second of Castellani's trilogy dealing with the less-than-smooth course of young love in postwar Italy (it was filmed just after Sotto il sole di...

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

The following documentary on screenwriter, publisher, novelist, and film theorist Cesare Zavattini was made in 2019 and is part of an ongoing Italian...

Birdaghin is a dancer at La Scala in Milan whose rapid success also quickly goes to her head. Fortunately, everything will be fine.

A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with...

At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his Atomic War Bride, as a war starts, planes buzz overhead and bombs start...

Carlo Lizzani's short film for the anthology film Love in the City

In a post-war Rome of 1946, a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who has returned from the war to find that he has...

A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.

Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary...

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.