Yvonne Sanson

This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is going to Paris on his honeymoon and his bosses have an assignment for him there: to look up an old professor who fled Italy when the fascists came into power.

Amiable, unassertive Scott Mary picks up the trash, cleans the toilets, sweeps the floors in the town of Clifton. Then a gunfighter comes to town. He offers advice and guidance to Scott who quickly begins to toughen and mature, thus upsetting the balance of power in the town.

The story takes inspiration from a real case (Bruneri/Canella, Italy 1926). A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic. He suffers from amnesia. Mrs Ballerini, after had seen his picture on the newspaper, realizes he is her husband and brings him her home. Also Mrs Polacich recognizes him as her husband... (imdb)

Even if Giovanni Episcopo accuses himself of the murder of Giulio Wanzer, his real crime has in fact always been to be too good for his own good (imdb)

Kleon is a poor man trying to make his living with a small job at a bank. One day, he discovers an accounting error and deciding not to report it, he takes the money and instantly becomes rich. This gives him the chance to live the rich life of his dreams, but is there any chance for this change to go unnoticed by the bank? (imdb)

Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch Countess. Katrina offers to return Pierre's property if he will help her get possession of the 'Star of India,' a fabulous sapphire, held at the moment by Narbonne. The Dutch government wants it returned to its Indian worshipers, in order to keep peace... (imdb)

Based on Nikolai Gogol's story with the location changed from Russia to Italy and the time changed to the present (1952), the story is about a poor city-hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is for a new overcoat. (imdb)

A bad man rapes a girl, then falls in love with her sister, an ex-nun

In this comedy, a guru's groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests. (allmovie.com)

Giovanni lives at Lake Garda and has an unsuccessful shipyard. He is accused of murdering his brother and flees into the mountains.

Guido is an engineer with a seemingly happy life finds himself experiencing loss and emotional pain.

The story of forbidden love between the owner of a quarry and the daughter of one of his workers.

Anna, feeling oppressed by her step mother, runs off with her boyfriend, but things don't go as planned.

A seemingly perfect family begins to fall apart when the draw of infidelity appears.

Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for the Arab prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri. Antonio goes there behind his wife and mother in law's back. Due to a lucky series of circumstances he really does becomes the prince of the island. Written by Salvatore Santangelo (imdb)

Don Franco and Don Ciccio are priests of two parishes in eternal conflict. Don Franco is a more innovative priest, while Don Ciccio is more traditionalist. The political period is the 1960s. Sit-ins, manifestations and a soccer match concern the factions of the two parishes. (worldcat)

Adventures of Casanova with a secret Slav organisation in the time of Catherine II of Russia. (imdb)

Italian language version of CHILDREN OF CHANCE (1949) (bfi)

Adriano, a used-car dealer and petty opportunist, wishes to leave his past behind and begin a new life with his young wife, Marcella. Troubles soon surface when the sister of an old friend shows up, leading Adriano back to his old prostitute girlfriend, Mimosa, and his needing to deal with his complex sexual past and various relationships.

A rich man's attempts to steal away a poor man's wife set the stage for this comic farce, set in Naples in 1860. (AllMovie)

When a young woman is mistakenly imprisoned for her sister's crime of abandoning her own child, her husband who works abroad decides to nullify their marriage. (Mubi)

Lucas is an orphan who lives with his mother Mary, a worker in a factory in Barcelona. One day they meet Captain Andres. (imdb)

Cousins Giacomo and Roberto are in love with Susanna. When Roberto and Susanna announce their engagement, Giacomo vows to ruin their happiness. (mubi)

Andrea, the new doctor in the country, falls in love with Lisa, daughter of engineer Carani, wealthy landowner of the area. Lisa has a younger sister, Anna, and a brother, Georgio, who lives in the city. The dissipated life that George leads, as well as his cynical and unscrupulous behavior, has an impact on the health of Carani. One day, Georgio reveals to Anna that he discovered that his sister Lisa is not of their blood and is determined to cause a scandal... (KG)