Screenplay: Ermanno Olmi

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ermanno Olmi. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Il Posto

1961 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Sandro Panzeri · Loredana Detto · Tullio Kezich · Mara Revel

Plot A very young college graduate attempts to obtain a position with a large corporation.

7.7

1K votes

7.7

1K votes

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

1978 · Movie · 175 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Luigi Ornaghi · Francesca Moriggi · Omar Brignoli · Antonio Ferrari

Plot Ermanno Olmi’s Palme d’or-winner about the hardships faced by peasants in late 19th-century Lombardy is a masterpiece of neorealism. This wonderful portrayal of rural peasant life in turn of the...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Time Stood Still

1959 · Movie · 83 min. · Italy

7.3

230 votes

7.3

230 votes

The Fiances (The Engagement)

1963 · Movie · 77 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Anna Canzi · Carlo Cabrini

Plot The love of a young couple is put to the ultimate test when the man is forced to leave his home in Milan to start a new job in Sicily....

7.1

281 votes

7.1

281 votes

The Crush (TV)

1967 · Movie · 49 min. · Italy

7.0

31 votes

7.0

31 votes

I recuperanti (TV)

1970 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy

6.9

37 votes

6.9

37 votes

6.6

154 votes

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988 · Movie · 127 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Rutger Hauer · Anthony Quayle · Sandrine Dumas · Jean-Maurice Chanet

Plot The story of a Pole who is saved from destitution by a generous stranger and the difficulty he faces in repaying the debt. Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion.

6.6

767 votes

6.6

767 votes

Tickets

2005 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Abbas Kiarostami · Ken Loach · Ermanno Olmi

Cast Carlo Delle Piane · Valeria Bruni Tedeschi · Silvana De Santis · Filippo Trojano

Plot This film charts the emotional odyssey of six characters over the course of a railway journey from Austria to Rome.

6.6

500 votes

6.6

500 votes

Singing Behind Screens

2003 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

6.4

71 votes

6.4

71 votes

The Profession of Arms

2001 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Christo Jivkov · Sergio Grammatico · Dimitar Ratchkov · Sandra Ceccarelli

Plot The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave...

6.3

733 votes

6.3

733 votes

6.3

22 votes

Un certo giorno

1969 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

6.1

36 votes

6.1

36 votes

Lunga vita alla signora

1987 · Movie · 115 min. · Italy

6.1

30 votes

6.1

30 votes

The Cardboard Village

2011 · Movie · 87 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Michael Lonsdale · Rutger Hauer · Massimo De Francovich · Alessandro Haber

Plot An elderly priest is devastated when his church is deconsecrated, leaving him without a role in life. It is not long before a group of illegal immigrants find shelter in...

5.9

188 votes

5.9

188 votes

One Hundred Nails

2007 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Raz Degan · Luna Bendandi · Amina Syed · Michele Zattara

Plot An Italian professor seeks refuge in the quiet, peaceful ruins of an old building. A young and eminent professor at the University of Bologna finds himself at the centre of...

5.8

322 votes

5.8

322 votes

The Award (S)

2009 · Movie · 10 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

Cast Stefania Berselli · Maral Kinran · Matteo Bessone · Maurizio Marchetti

Plot The true story of two students who won an award for an useful and innovative project.

4.2

31 votes

4.2

31 votes

Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500 (S)

1953 · Documentary · 10 min. · Italy

Direction Ermanno Olmi

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