Pietro Germi — Playwright (14)
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Jealousy (1953) IMDb TMDB
Gelosia
director: Pietro Germi actor: Marisa Belli / Erno Crisa …
other title: Gelosia / Jalousie
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.
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Lost Youth (1948) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gioventù perduta
director: Pietro Germi actor: Carla Del Poggio / Massimo Girotti …
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...
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Man of Straw (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'uomo di paglia
director: Pietro Germi actor: Pietro Germi / Luisa Della Noce …
other title: L'uomo di paglia / Die Versuchung …
Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.
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The Railroad Man (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il ferroviere
director: Pietro Germi actor: Pietro Germi / Luisa Della Noce …
other title: Il ferroviere / O Ferroviário …
Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes. A check up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation he is degraded and must accept a salary cut.
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My Friends (1975) IMDb TMDB
Amici miei
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Gastone Moschin …
other title: Amici miei / Meus Caros Amigos …
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
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Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Sedotta e abbandonata
director: Pietro Germi actor: Stefania Sandrelli / Saro Urzì …
other title: Sedotta e abbandonata / Verführung auf Italienisch …
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
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The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
Signore e signori
director: Pietro Germi actor: Virna Lisi / Gastone Moschin …
other title: Signore & signori / Aber, aber, meine Herren… …
An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.
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Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Divorzio all'italiana
director: Pietro Germi actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Daniela Rocca …
other title: Divorzio all'italiana / Scheidung auf italienisch …
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.