Screenplay: Ettore M. Margadonna

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ettore M. Margadonna. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Under the Sun of Rome

1948 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Renato Castellani

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

Plot 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...

7.0

99 votes

7.0

99 votes

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Vittorio De Sica · Gina Lollobrigida · Roberto Risso · Marisa Merlini

Plot Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida ("La Lollo") had been in a number of smaller films before this 1953 blockbuster catapulted her to international fame. The success of this rustic comedy spawned...

6.7

909 votes

6.7

909 votes

La valigia dei sogni

1953 · Movie · 84 min. · Italy

6.6

24 votes

6.6

24 votes

The Bandit

1946 · Movie · 78 min. · Italy

Direction Alberto Lattuada

Cast Anna Magnani · Amedeo Nazzari · Carla del Poggio · Carlo Campanini

Plot Ernesto ritorna dalla prigionia in Germania, alla fine della Seconda Guerra mondiale. E' solo, la casa distrutta, la mamma morta, la sorella scomparsa. La ritrova in un bordello, durante la...

6.4

65 votes

6.4

65 votes

Bread, Love and Jealousy

1954 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Vittorio De Sica · Gina Lollobrigida · Marisa Merlini · Maria Pia Casilio

Plot Borrowing elements of Shakespearean comedy, this film is about the parallel amorous fortunes of two couples, one young, one middle-age. We encountered them both in the first film. "Maresciallo" Antonio...

6.4

390 votes

6.4

390 votes

Scandal in Sorrento

1955 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy

Direction Dino Risi

Cast Vittorio De Sica · Sophia Loren · Lea Padovani · Antonio Cifariello

Plot Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to take care of the local fire brigade. But since Sofia, a very nice fishmonger, occupies his native house Antonio share another...

6.3

493 votes

6.3

493 votes

The Moralist

1959 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy

6.2

83 votes

6.2

83 votes

Il viale della speranza

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

6.2

25 votes

6.2

25 votes

The Belle of Rome

1955 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Alberto Sordi · Silvana Pampanini · Paolo Stoppa · Antonio Cifariello

Plot Mario fa il pugile e finisce in galera per aver dato per sbaglio un pugno a un vigile urbano. La sua fidanzata Nannina trova lavoro come cassiera nel bar di...

6.0

52 votes

6.0

52 votes

Anna of Brooklyn

1958 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

5.8

30 votes

5.8

30 votes

The Monk of Monza

1963 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

5.1

21 votes

5.1

21 votes

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958 · Movie · 95 min. · Spain

3.8

137 votes

3.8

137 votes

All of Life in One Night

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · Italy

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Malombra

1942 · Movie · 135 min. · Italy

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Gastone

1960 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy

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Retroscena

1939 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Direction Alessandro Blasetti

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

Plot 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...

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Cavallina storna

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Morelli

Cast Gino Cervi · Franca Marzi · Cesare Danova · Monica Clay

Plot Inspired by Giovanni Pascoli's poem. Ruggero (the father of the poet) is killed by a corrupted officer. His body is brought back home by a mare who, several years later,...

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The Secret Conclave

1952 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

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