Carlo Lizzani — Playwright (8)

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Duel of Champions (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Orazi e Curiazi
other title: Orazi e Curiazi / Die verlorene Legion …
A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...

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The Bandit (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'amante di Gramigna
other title: L'amante di Gramigna / La Maîtresse de Gramigna
Sicily, 1865. Two peasants, Gramigna and his father are tricked by Baron Nardò and robbed of their field, which then the baron lets to Assunta, her daughter Gemma and her fiancé Ramarro. Determined to take revenge, Gramigna begins to hunt down Nardò's complicit mediators. Unbeknownst to Gramigna, Gemma, to escape her arranged marriage, goes after him. Love and violence will follow all till their desperate ends.

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Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cronache di poveri amanti
other title: Cronache di poveri amanti / Chronik armer Liebesleute …
Florence, Italy, 1925, during the fascist dictatorship. In order to live near his girlfriend Bianca, young Mario moves to a humble street in the old city center, where he befriends Maciste and Ugo, two anti-fascists.

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Attention! Bandits! (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Achtung! Banditi!
other title: Achtung! Banditi! / Partisanen 1944 - Achtung! Banditen! …
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.