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
Direction Luchino Visconti
Cast Anna Magnani · Walter Chiari · Tina Apicella · Gastone Renzelli
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
Men and Wolves
1957 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy
Direction Giuseppe de Santis · Leopoldo Savona
Cast Silvana Mangano · Yves Montand · Pedro Armendáriz · Irene Cefaro
6.0
45 votes
6.0
45 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
Direction Carmine Gallone
Cast Terence Hill · Pierre Brasseur · Daniel Gélin · Anne Heywood
4.7
70 votes
4.7
70 votes
The Loves of Salammbo
1960 · Movie · 72 min. · Italy
Direction Sergio Grieco
Cast Jeanne Valérie · Jacques Sernas · Edmund Purdom · Riccardo Garrone
4.4
23 votes
4.4
23 votes
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Robert Wagner · Raquel Welch · Vittorio De Sica · Godfrey Cambridge
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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Once Upon a Tractor (TV)
1965 · Movie · 40 min. · Argentina
Direction Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Cast Jean-Pierre Aumont · Alan Bates · Diane Cilento · Melvyn Douglas
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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...
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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...
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E venne un uomo
1965 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy
Direction Ermanno Olmi
Cast Rod Steiger · Adolfo Celi · Giorgo Fortunato · Ottone Candiani
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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...
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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
Direction Dino Risi
Cast Marc Lawrence · Giovanna Pala · Terence Hill · Lamberto Maggiorani
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