Cinematography: Piero Portalupi

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Piero Portalupi. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Bellissima

1951 · Movie · 108 min. · Italy

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

People of the Po Valley (S)

1947 · Documentary · 10 min. · Italy

Direction Michelangelo Antonioni

Plot A non-fiction documentary made between 1943 and 1947 about a barge trip down the Po River, looking at the relationship between individuals and their environment.

6.4

436 votes

6.4

436 votes

No Peace Under the Olive Tree

1950 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Giuseppe de Santis

Cast Raf Vallone · Lucía Bosé · Folco Lulli · Maria Grazia Francia

Plot Raf Vallone plays Francesco Dominici, a shepherd and war veteran who returns home to find that his flock of sheep have been stolen by the area thuggish big-shot landlord Agostino...

6.1

36 votes

6.1

36 votes

Neapolitan Carousel (Carosello napoletano)

1954 · Movie · 129 min. · Italy

Direction Ettore Giannini

Cast Sophia Loren · Maria Fiore · Paolo Stoppa · Tina Pica

Plot Napoli, anni cinquanta. Un cantastorie, che abita con la numerosa famiglia in una misera catapecchia, viene sfrattato e se ne va coi suoi familiari per le strade, spingendo il pianino...

6.0

48 votes

6.0

48 votes

Jessica

1962 · Movie · 121 min. · Italy

Direction Jean Negulesco · Oreste Palella

Cast Maurice Chevalier · Angie Dickinson · Noël-Noël · Gabriele Ferzetti

Plot Based on Flora Sandstrom's novel The Midwife of Pont Clery, this lightweight sexual farce involves the effect that Jessica (Angie Dickinson), a voluptuous midwife, has on the small Sicilian town...

5.4

54 votes

5.4

54 votes

Francis of Assisi

1961 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Bradford Dillman · Dolores Hart · Stuart Whitman · Cecil Kellaway

Plot Director Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca") presents this religious drama examining the remarkable life of St. Francis of Assisi. The son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Francis gives up all of his...

5.3

133 votes

5.3

133 votes

House of Cards

1968 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John Guillermin

Cast George Peppard · Inger Stevens · Orson Welles · Keith Michell

Plot Leschenhaut and Morillon are trying to organize a plot to overthrow the French government and set up a new fascist organization. Their plans are interrupted by Davis, an American boxer,...

5.1

90 votes

5.1

90 votes

Aida

1953 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

Direction Clemente Fracassi

Cast Sophia Loren · Lois Maxwell · Luciano Della Marra · Afro Poli

Plot Film adaption for the famous Verdi's opera. Voices: Renata Tebaldi for Aida (Sophia Loren), Ebe Stignani for Amneris (Lois Maxwell), Giuseppe Campora for Ramadès (Luciano Della Marra), Gino Bechi for...

4.9

60 votes

4.9

60 votes

Carthage in Flames

1960 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

4.7

70 votes

4.7

70 votes

The Loves of Salammbo

1960 · Movie · 72 min. · Italy

4.4

23 votes

4.4

23 votes

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

1968 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

4.1

66 votes

4.1

66 votes

All for Love

1950 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Duilio Coletti

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Rossano Brazzi · Harry Hardt · Vira Silenti

Plot The Saxony Princess emigrates to Florence, Italy where she will fall in love with attractive composer Toselli. After the wedding, Toselli loses inspiration.

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The Statue

1971 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Rod Amateau

Cast David Niven · Virna Lisi · Robert Vaughn · Ann Bell

Plot Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to...

Not rated

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Luxury Girls

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Direction Bernard Vorhaus

Cast Susan Stephen · Anna-Maria Ferrero · Jacques Sernas · Steve Barclay

Plot Lorna, the daughter of an American playboy, enters a girls' school for the international smart-set, in the Alps, where the main course of study appears to be how to trap...

Not rated

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E venne un uomo

1965 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

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Monastero di Santa Chiara

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Mario Sequi

Cast Edda Albertini · Massimo Serato · Nyta Dover · Lamberto Picasso

Plot Famous Italian writer Moravia is told a story set during WW2: Rudolf a nazi officer falls in love with Ester a jewish singer and tries to save her from deportation...

Not rated

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The Invincible Six

1970 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Stuart Whitman · Elke Sommer · Curd Jürgens · Ian Ogilvy

Plot Based on the story "The Heroes of Yucca," The Invincible Six features a ragtag group of jewel thieves who become the unofficial guardians of a small Iranian village. When bandits...

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Vacation with a Gangster

1954 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

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