Sergio Tofano

Comedy: a lawyer is at grips with his contesting son. In the end, he is a conte stator himself, and sends his son to work in his place, giving himself up to a l ife of "dolce far niente".

The Private Secretary (Italian:La segretaria privata) is a 1931 Italian musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano. It was the Italian-language version of the German film Die Privatsekretärin. (wikipedia.org)

The story of Puccini's early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life.

The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain of misunderstandings and trouble...

In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator. When Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to be a Christian and is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to death in the arena.

Film set in the 1910s, in an Italian school. A male school teacher falls in love with the female gymnastics teacher at the school. She is attracted to him, but their students attempt to sabotage the prospective romance. (imdb)