Sicily, early 1900s. An impoverished prince settles into the house of a rich shipowner and becomes his counselor.

In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who...

Venice Film Festival 1935

An Italian adaptation of the Richard Wagner opera Lohengrin, where a woman prays for a saviour, and receives it in the form of the title character,...

1949 movie version of the Rossini opera

An employee embezzles a sum belonging to the company where he works and loses it by making a wrong speculation. The employee's sister asks her...

In a sea port, where he has landed after a long voyage, a sailor meets a girl. To overcome her reluctance, he gives up on leaving again and works...

Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include...