Cast: Giulio Cali

Direction Steno · Mario Monicelli

Cast Totò · Pina Piovani · Aldo Fabrizi · Ave Ninchi

Direction Alberto Lattuada

Cast Jacques Sernas · Carla del Poggio · Leda Gloria · Isabella Riva

Direction Alberto Lattuada

Cast Renato Rascel · Yvonne Sanson · Giulio Stival · Ettore Mattia

Direction Federico Fellini · Alberto Lattuada

Cast Peppino De Filippo · Carla del Poggio · Giulietta Masina · John Kitzmiller

Synopsis Variety Lights (1950) follows a troupe of modest theatrical entertainers as they journey from one town to the next, grappling with financial hardships and dwindling audiences. The aging manager of the group finds himself captivated by a fresh face among...

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Umberto Melnati · Maria Pia Casilio · Roberto Risso · Ludmilla Dudarova

Direction Alessandro Blasetti

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Sophia Loren · Vittorio De Sica · Umberto Melnati

Synopsis Too Bad She's Bad (1954) follows the story of Paolo, a somewhat awkward cab driver who, shortly after receiving a new vehicle, encounters an intriguing passenger—a strikingly beautiful young woman named Lina, played by Sophia Loren. Lina is heading to...

Direction Dino Risi

Cast Liliana Bonfatti · Cosetta Greco · Piera Simoni · Marcello Mastroianni

Direction Steno

Cast Peppino De Filippo · Silvana Pampanini · Alberto Sordi · Sophia Loren

Synopsis A Day in Court (1954) follows Magistrate Lorusso as he navigates through four distinct cases presented to him in a single day. In the first case, "Adultery in 16mm," Elena accuses her salesman husband of abandonment, but he counters with...

Direction Steno

Cast Alberto Sordi · Maria Pia Casilio · Giulio Cali · Ilse Peterson

Synopsis An American in Rome (1954) follows the escapades of Nando Moriconi, a young Italian man residing in 1950s Rome who is utterly infatuated with American culture. Nando's obsession leads him to mimic American mannerisms, from attempting to speak broken English...

Direction Giuseppe de Santis · Leopoldo Savona

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Marina Vlady · Giulio Cali · Angelina Longobardi

Direction Giuseppe de Santis · Leopoldo Savona

Cast Silvana Mangano · Yves Montand · Pedro Armendáriz · Irene Cefaro

Direction Steno

Cast Alberto Sordi · Vittorio De Sica · Gloria Swanson · Brigitte Bardot

Synopsis Nero's Big Weekend (1956) follows the Roman Emperor Nero as he enjoys a seaside vacation with his entourage, including Poppea, Seneca, and various other notable figures. Nero is meticulously planning a grand spectacle in which he will be the central...

Direction Giuseppe Bennati

Cast Corinne Calvet · Antonio Cifariello · Andrea Checchi · José Jaspe

Direction Paolo Heusch

Cast Maurizio Arena · Lello Bersani · Giulio Cali · Cathia Caro

Direction Basilio Franchina

Cast Alberto Farnese · Irène Galter · Viviane Romance · Marc Lawrence

Synopsis Trouble for the Legion (1953) follows the journey of Alberto Gherardi, a sailor falsely accused of murder, who flees and joins the Foreign Legion to evade capture. Meanwhile, his unfaithful fiancée, Irene, embarks on a quest to find him, accompanied...

Direction Marino Girolami

Cast Anna Maria Moneta Caglio · Carlo Giustini · Giulio Cali · Gisella Monaldi

Direction Giuseppe Bennati

Cast Fausto Tozzi · Marina Vlady · Cosetta Greco · Gérard Landry

Direction Walter Santesso

Cast Walter Santesso · Giulio Cali · Olga Solbelli · Xan das Bolas

Direction Vittorio Cottafavi

Cast Elisa Cegani · Fausto Tozzi · Margot Hielscher · Franco Fabrizi

Direction Camillo Mastrocinque

Cast Alberto Talegalli · Virgilio Riento · Fiorenzo Fiorentini · Franco Coop