Direction: Renato Castellani

Synopsis "TWO CENTS WORTH OF HOPE" is the last of a trilogy of great comedies which were directed by Renato Castellani after World War II. The other two are UNDER THE SUN OF ROME and IT'S FOREVER SPRINGTIME. It won the...

7.4

186 votes

7.4

186 votes

The Life of Verdi (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 600 min. · Italy

Drama Biography 19th Century

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Ronald Pickup · Carla Fracci · Giampiero Albertini · Omero Antonutti

Synopsis The complete series which cost over 10 million dollars to create, and several years to film. It provides a meticulously accurate portrayal of the life of one of the greatest composers of opera the world has ever known, Giuseppe Verdi....

7.2

385 votes

7.2

385 votes

Under the Sun of Rome

1948 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Drama Comedy Neorealism

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Oscar Blando · Liliana Mancini · Francesco Golisano · Ennio Fabeni

Synopsis UNDER THE SUN OF ROME is the first of a trilogy of great comedies which were directed by Renato Castellani after World War II. The other two are E' PRIMAVERA and DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA. These movies all treat the...

7.0

99 votes

7.0

99 votes

...and the Wild Wild Women

1959 · Movie · 106 min. · Italy

Drama Prison Drama

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Anna Magnani · Giulietta Masina · Myriam Bru · Ada Passeri

6.8

123 votes

6.8

123 votes

Romeo and Juliet

1954 · Movie · 138 min. · Italy

Romance

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Laurence Harvey · Susan Shentall · Flora Robson · Norman Wooland

Synopsis Adaptación del clásico de William Shakespeare. La versión de Castellani es probablemente la mejor adaptación del drama de Shakespeare gracias sobretodo a la fidelidad del texto y al acierto de las localizaciones. Estos escenarios veroneses, donde se supone que ocurrieron...

6.5

181 votes

6.5

181 votes

Countersex

1964 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Drama Anthology Film

Direction Renato Castellani · Marco Ferreri · Franco Rossi

Cast Nino Manfredi · Ugo Tognazzi · Antonio Ciani · Umberto D'Orsi

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

Crazy Sea

1963 · Movie · 119 min. · Italy

Comedy

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Gina Lollobrigida · Jean-Paul Belmondo · Tomas Milian · Odoardo Spadaro

5.7

23 votes

5.7

23 votes

The Mountain Woman

1944 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

Drama Melodrama

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Marina Berti · Amedeo Nazzari · Maurizio D'Ancora · Corrado Racca

Synopsis An engineer, left a widower, finds consolation in the love of a young woman, Zosi, who becomes his wife. When Rodolfo returns to the mountains, where everything reminds him of his first wife, the marriage gets in crisis and Zosi...

5.6

27 votes

5.6

27 votes

Ghosts - Italian Style

1967 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Comedy Ghosts

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Sophia Loren · Vittorio Gassman · Mario Adorf · Aldo Giuffrè

Synopsis Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work. Actually it's Maria's lover, a very rich...

5.4

49 votes

5.4

49 votes

It's Forever Springtime

1950 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Drama Dramedy

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Mario Angelotti · Elena Varzi · Don Donati · Ettore Jannetti

Synopsis The second of a trilogy of great comedies which were directed by Renato Castellani after World War II. The other two are UNDER THE SUN OF ROME and DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA.

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Dreams in a Drawer

1957 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Comedy Drama Neorealism

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Lea Massari · Enrico Pagani · Lilla Brignone · Sergio Tofano

Synopsis Two university students, one studying medicine and the other chemistry, fall in love and get married against the wishes of their parents.

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Tre notti d'amore

1964 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Comedy Drama Anthology Film

Direction Renato Castellani · Luigi Comencini · Franco Rossi

Cast Catherine Spaak · John Phillip Law · Renato Salvatori · Aldo Puglisi

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A Brief Season

1969 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Drama

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Christopher Jones · Pia Degermark · Angelo Boscariol · Valeria Sabel

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A Pistol Shot

1942 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Drama 19th Century

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Assia Noris · Fosco Giachetti · Antonio Centa · Rubi D'Alma

Synopsis Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking...

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The Brigand

1961 · Movie · 143 min. · Italy

Drama

Direction Renato Castellani

Cast Francesco Seminario · Adelmo Di Fraia · Serena Vergano · Anna Filippini

Synopsis Michele Rende (Adelmo Di Fraia) is both a town legend and a hot-tempered young man who is thrown in prison after being accused of a murder he did not commit. Unwilling to submit to trial, Michele escapes and heads up...

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