Nino Pavese

Lattuada's first masterpiece is considered by many to be Il Mulino del Po, which, though considered neo-realist, was atypically based on a novel and set in the past. Co-scripted with Fellini and others, it dramatized the agrarian struggles in northern Italy in the 19th century and the rise of socialism there. Its release in 1949 coincided with a national strike of agricultural workers. Lattuada would later recall with satisfaction that this epic film, which used Soviet style montage effects. (Surreal Moviez)

Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial. (imdb)

In Ducal Venice, a series of heinous crimes are mysteriously committed concomitantly to the arrival of a gondola, by the popular fantasy called "the devil's gondola". Suspicion falls on a gondolier until recently unemployed and who now enjoys good earnings, of which he says he can not confess the origin, and which he obtains by working at night.

Biagio Solise loves working on the windows of Milan's skyscrapers but is overwhelmed on the ground by the tumult and pressure of crowded streets. He also earns money working as an extra at the La Scala opera. When a famous diva is murdered, he decides that he wants to be convicted of the crime, in order to become famous. Despite the fact that he is innocent, his frenzied improvisations put the police on trail and eventually imprison him. (FILMAFFINITY)