Search results for "Vittorio De Sica"
Sunflower

Sunflower

Sunflower
IMDb: 7.3
109

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There’s a…

Genre: Drama, War
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
IMDb: 7.3
95

In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of…

Genre: Drama, History
Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven
IMDb: 5.8
100

Seven mini-stories of adultery: “Funeral Possession,” a wayward widow at her husband’s funeral; “Amateur Night,” angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; “Two Against One,” seemingly prudish girl turns out…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Witches

The Witches

The Witches
IMDb: 6
111

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men….

Genre: Comedy, Drama
After the Fox

After the Fox

After the Fox
IMDb: 6.4
108

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Marriage Italian Style

Marriage Italian Style

Marriage Italian Style
IMDb: 7.4
102

When Domenico first meets Filomena in Naples during World War II, he is instantly smitten. Flash forward to the postwar years, and the two meet again, sparking a passionate affair…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
IMDb: 7.2
119

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Condemned of Altona

The Condemned of Altona

The Condemned of Altona
IMDb: 6.8
103

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family’s…

Genre: Drama
Boccaccio ’70

Boccaccio ’70

Boccaccio ’70
IMDb: 7
204

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Two Women

Two Women

Two Women
IMDb: 7.7
100

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born….

Genre: Drama, War
The Roof

The Roof

The Roof
IMDb: 7.4
97

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of a family to erect…

Genre: Drama
Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife
IMDb: 6.2
63

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan
IMDb: 7.6
97

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves
IMDb: 8.3
89

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless…

Genre: Drama
The Children Are Watching Us

The Children Are Watching Us

The Children Are Watching Us
IMDb: 7.7
84

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent…

Genre: Drama
Teresa Venerdì

Teresa Venerdì

Teresa Venerdì
IMDb: 6.6
87

A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima (Magnani). After his creditors threaten…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Garibaldian in the Convent

A Garibaldian in the Convent

A Garibaldian in the Convent
IMDb: 6.4
83

An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Place for Lovers

A Place for Lovers

A Place for Lovers
IMDb: 5.6
90

Globe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who’s harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.

Genre: Drama, Romance