Love and Chatter

Love and Chatter

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli...

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Old Guard

Old Guard

There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?)...

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To Arms, We Are Fascists!

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering...

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La fiammata

La fiammata

Just before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a party is held in the castle of the Stettin's Counts.

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La caccia alla volpe nella campagna Romana

La caccia alla volpe nella campagna Romana

An Adventure of Salvator Rosa

An Adventure of Salvator Rosa

Everything unfolds in Naples seventeenth century, when a mysterious masked swordsman who calls Salvador Rossa becomes champion of the needy and...

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1860

1860

The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to...

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The Haller Case

The Haller Case

Based on the 1893 play Der Andere by Paul Lindau.

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Sole!

Sole!

Sole is the first film by the great Alessandro Blasetti and bears a complex relationship to the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, a seminal event...

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Retroscena

Retroscena

Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic...

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La lunga strada del ritorno

La lunga strada del ritorno

Assisi By Blasetti

Assisi By Blasetti

With a panoramic view of the city with the countryside in the background, the documentary approaches the urban area by framing the basilica, while...

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The Duchess of Parma

The Duchess of Parma

La Contessa di Parma was the sole directorial contribution by Allesandro Blasetti in 1937. The first of several expensive costume dramas upon which...

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No One Comes Back

No One Comes Back

A host of college girls take different life paths in the Italy of the 1930s.

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Resurrection

Resurrection

A famous composer, distraught after his lover leaves him, contemplates suicide. He meets a young woman who restores his will to live.

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Petrolineide

Petrolineide

Nerone

Nerone

Depictions of the Emperor Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (64). Anachronisms are used for comedy, such as Nero telephoning the fire brigade.

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Mother Earth

Mother Earth

The Duke Marco visits to his country side estate after many years absence. His farmers wants him to stay and run the place while his lover wants...

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Palio

Palio

It seems that Zarre (Guido Celano), the man chosen to be the jockey for the Lupa contrada, and fiance' to Fiora (Leda Gloria), becomes enamored of...

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I Love, You Love

I Love, You Love

Documentary directed by Alessandro Blasetti.

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