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Lost Youth (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Gioventù perduta
other title: Gioventù perduta / Verlorene Jugend
In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor. The police suspects that the criminals are actually university students; inspector Mariani, a young World War II veteran, enrolls and tries to find out more. He falls for a pretty fellow student, Luisa, but she is the sister of the gang leader...
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
I miserabili: Tempesta su Parigi
other title: I miserabili: Tempesta su Parigi / Les Misérables : Tempête sur Paris
The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
Les Misérables (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
I miserabili: Caccia all'uomo
other title: I miserabili: Caccia all'uomo / Die Elenden
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
other title: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal / Die zwei Leben des Mattia Pascal
Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
Fatal Desire (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cavalleria Rusticana
director: Carmine Gallone actor: Ettore Manni / Kerima
other title: Cavalleria Rusticana / Sizilianische Leidenschaft
In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.