Cast: Giovanni Grasso

Direction Luigi Zampa

Cast Umberto Spadaro · Ave Ninchi · Delia Scala · Massimo Girotti

Synopsis Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into...

Direction Vittorio De Sica

Cast Marina Berti · Elettra Druscovich · Massimo Girotti · Roldano Lupi

Direction Benito Perojo · Aldo Vergano

Cast Estrellita Castro · Miguel Ligero · Julio Peña · Alberto Romea

Direction Ferdinando Maria Poggioli

Cast María Denis · Leonardo Cortese · Emma Gramatica · Rina Morelli

Direction Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Cast Robert Lamoureux · Lucía Bosé · Hélène Rémy · Delia Scala

Direction Aldo Fabrizi

Cast Aldo Fabrizi · Peppino De Filippo · Ave Ninchi · Luigi Pavese

Direction Camillo Mastrocinque · Roberto Savarese

Cast Rossano Brazzi · Charles Vanel · Claudine Dupuis · Milly Vitale

Synopsis Saverio Luparello is the manager of Sicilian baron Occipinti's estate. The cunning greedy man intentionally lets the land turn into a wasteland, hoping that his employer, discouraged by its low returns, will sell his earth to him for next to...

Direction Domenico Gambino

Cast Luisa Ferida · Giovanni Grasso · Mino Doro · Carlo Duse

Direction Alessandro Blasetti

Cast Filippo Romito · Elisa Cegani · Camillo Pilotto · Lia Orlandini

Synopsis The title literally translates as "Back Stage," and it is on the most basic level a love story between an icily beautiful concert pianist (Elisa Cegani) and a baritone singer (Filippo Romito).

Direction Goffredo Alessandrini

Cast Alida Valli · Fosco Giachetti · Rossano Brazzi · Emilio Cigoli

Synopsis After having been captured in a Crimea during a failed attempt to flee overseas, Leo returns in Petersburg for Kira.

Direction Mario Gallo

Cast Giovanni Grasso

Direction Max Neufeld · Gian Maria Cominetti

Cast María Mercader · Roberto Rey · Anita Farra · Tony D'Algy

Direction Luigi Capuano

Cast Elli Parvo · Vera Bergman · Leonardo Cortese · Luigi Tosi

Synopsis "Law of Blood" - Rosa has been engaged for years with Antonio. But Antonio is in the military service and Rosa is seduced by Alberto. Returning to the village, Antonio learns what happened during his absence.

Direction Hans Hinrich · Ivo Illuminati

Cast Giovanni Grasso · Mariella Lotti · Leonardo Cortese · Osvaldo Valenti

Direction Aldo Fabrizi

Cast Aldo Fabrizi · Lianella Carell · Massimo Girotti · Gabriele Ferzetti

Synopsis Giuseppe, who has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for theft, goes to meet a village priest with a letter of recommendation in his pocket. He hopes the vicar will provide him with a job but the...

Direction Duilio Coletti

Cast Rossano Brazzi · Carlo Campanini · Valentina Cortese · Carlo Ninchi

Direction Riccardo Freda

Cast Gino Cervi · Anneliese Uhlig · Paolo Stoppa · Enrico Glori

Direction Pino Mercanti

Cast Otello Toso · Mariella Lotti · Amedeo Nazzari · Umberto Spadaro

Synopsis The story takes place in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, a small fishing village. Turi is called "Bad Blood", for his love of drinking, playing and tricking women. He is a skilled fisherman, who usually works for Don Pietro. The young...

Direction Pierre Billon

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Jean Marais · Marcel Herrand · Gabrielle Dorziat

Synopsis Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen.

Direction Goffredo Alessandrini

Cast Alida Valli · Fosco Giachetti · Rossano Brazzi · Emilio Cigoli