Sergio Amidei — Playwright (21)
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The Witness (1978)
Le Témoin IMDb TMDB
Jean-Pierre Mocky actor: Alberto Sordi / Philippe Noiret …
other title: Il testimone / Der Zeuge …
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who hides, under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity, a libertine and cynical temperament. Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral, the artist calls on Cathy, a young girl from the choir, to serve as his model. The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview, near one of Robert's properties.
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Smoke Over London (1966)
Fumo di Londra IMDb TMDB
Alberto Sordi actor: Alberto Sordi / Fiona Lewis …
other title: Fumo di Londra / Un italiano en Londres
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a silly daydreamer doing no serious work. Unfussed, Dante plans a vacation to London to learn more about the culture he so admires. However, once in London, he struggles to fit in, is awkward, often makes mistakes betraying his Italian origins, attracting the scorn of the British upper classes he would like to impress.
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Difficult Years (1948)
Anni difficili WikiData IMDb TMDB
Luigi Zampa actor: Umberto Spadaro / Ave Ninchi …
other title: Anni difficili / Kritische Jahre …
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
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Fear (1954)
La Paura WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Roberto Rossellini actor: Ingrid Bergman / Mathias Wieman …
other title: Non credo più all'amore - La paura / O Medo …
Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to preserve his innocence and their "perfect marriage". This fills her with anxiety and guilt. However, Johanna Schultze, Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality.
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The Escape (1965)
La fuga WikiData IMDb TMDB
Paolo Spinola actor: Giovanna Ralli / Anouk Aimée …
other title: La fuga / Fuga do Presente …
A young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an interior decorator.
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It's a Hard Life (1964)
La vita agra WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Carlo Lizzani actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Giovanna Ralli …
other title: La vita agra / 嚴酷的生活 …
Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.
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Why (1971)
Detenuto in attesa di giudizio TMDB
Nanni Loy actor: Alberto Sordi / Elga Andersen …
other title: Detenuto in attesa di giudizio / Untersuchungshaft …
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Switzerland, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?
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An Average Little Man (1977)
Un borghese piccolo piccolo
Mario Monicelli actor: Alberto Sordi / Shelley Winters …
other title: Un borghese piccolo piccolo / Un bourgeois tout petit, petit …
A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.
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Be Sick… It's Free (1968)
Il medico della mutua
Luigi Zampa actor: Alberto Sordi / Ida Galli …
other title: Il medico della mutua / El médico de la mutua …
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
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La notte delle beffe (1939)
La notte delle beffe TMDB
Carlo Campogalliani actor: Amedeo Nazzari / Dria Paola …
Napoli, 1859. Capatosta (Amedeo Nazzari) è un ribelle che si oppone al governo borbonico che, in risposta, lo addita come fosse un brigante, mettendo una taglia sulla sua testa. Il popolo tuttavia, che conosce e condivide le finalità politiche di Capatosta, lo appoggia.Quando un giovane studente rapirà la sua fidanzata, che dovrebbe andare in sposa a un vecchio notaio che ne ricatta la famiglia, Capatosta se ne assumerà le responsabilità al fine di favorire il matrimonio tra i due giovani.
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Under the Sun of Rome (1948)
Sotto il sole di Roma TMDB
Renato Castellani actor: Oscar Blando / Liliana Mancini …
other title: Sotto il sole di Roma / Unter der Sonne von Rom …
A lovely, incisive portrait of adolescents in the crowded San Giovanni quarter of Rome during the last years of WWII.
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Viva l'Italia! (1961)
Viva l'Italia! IMDb TMDB
Roberto Rossellini actor: Renzo Ricci / Paolo Stoppa …
other title: Vive l'Italie / Viva Italia
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
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Paisan (1946)
Paisà
Roberto Rossellini actor: Carmela Sazio / Robert Van Loon …
other title: Paisà / Libertação …
During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.
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General Della Rovere (1959)
Il generale Della Rovere IMDb TMDB
Roberto Rossellini actor: Vittorio De Sica / Hannes Messemer …
other title: Il generale Della Rovere / O General Della Rovere …
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
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Rome, Open City (1945)
Roma città aperta
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Aldo Fabrizi / Marcello Pagliero …
other title: Roma città aperta / Aaben By …
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.