Cesare Zavattini Movies

Accused of having stolen 3 million liras, a bank employee serves five years in prison. Having served his sentence and believed to be rich, he was...

Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times...

Paolo and Maria are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child.

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.

Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini

A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a...

An American remake of the iconic Italian neo-realist postwar masterpiece. When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding...

The second of Castellani's trilogy dealing with the less-than-smooth course of young love in postwar Italy (it was filmed just after Sotto il sole di...

Carlo Lizzani's short film for the anthology film Love in the City

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening....

The film tells of old Antonio, 81, who refuses to stay in a mental home and walks away. He hits the streets to give a message to people: be...

In Milan, an unwed mother, forced to flee from her town because of the scandal, meets a doctor who falls in love with her and marries her. But the...

Two petty thieves, Ciro and Geppa, plan a much bigger scam than they usually practice, but complications ensue.

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone...