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Roland the Mighty (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Orlando e i Paladini di Francia
other title: Orlando e i Paladini di Francia / Orlando y los Paladines
In this sword-and-sandal saga set on the steppes of Asia, Roland, leader of the Paladin troops, who must proves his mettle against the dreaded Saracen invaders, and withstand their evil plots
The Awakening (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Suor Letizia
other title: Suor Letizia / 天煞
Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.
Sunday Heroes (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gli eroi della domenica
director: Mario Camerini actor: Raf Vallone / Cosetta Greco
other title: Gli eroi della domenica / Los héroes del domingo
Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.
The She-Wolf (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La lupa
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Kerima / Ettore Manni
other title: 늑대 여인 / La Louve de Calabre
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls to her own passion, leading to family disruption.
Legions of the Nile (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le legioni di Cleopatra
other title: A Legião de César / Die Legionen des Cäsaren
Octavio secretly sent his consul Curridio to Alexandria in a final attempt to reach peace. In the city, he meets Berenice, a mysterious and beautiful dancer who falls in love. Actually, the dancer is the queen Cleopatra who leads a double life using this name.
Rice Girl (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La risaia
other title: Das Reismädchen / La risaia
The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.
The Great Deception (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon
other title: Der Favorit der Zarin / Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon
Burgundy 1728. Old count Antoine d'Eon is overjoyed. His daughter-in-law has finally given birth to a boy and he will at long last be able to transmit his inheritance to his son Pascal. At least this is what he thinks, for Pascal has concealed from his father the fact that his son was ... a daughter, his eighth daughter! Well, enough is enough and Geneviève has no other choice but become a boy first, then a soldier and even the special envoy of Louis XV, King of France, to Catherine II, the Czarina of Russia.
Romulus and Remus (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Romolo e Remo
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Steve Reeves / Gordon Scott
other title: Gigantes de Roma / Romulus und Remus
Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
The Good Soldier (1982) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Il buon soldato
director: 弗兰科·布鲁萨蒂 actor: 玛丽安杰拉·梅拉托 / Gerard Darier
other title: Il buon soldato / 好兵
Tommaso, a young boy growing up in a big family in the country often spies on cousin Marta. Then she marries and moves away. The film then following the courses of both their lives. Tom grows up and goes into military service, Marta is separated from her husband.
The Attic (1963) [Movie] IMDb Douban
L'attico
director: 詹尼·普奇尼 actor: 达尼埃拉·罗卡 / 托马斯·米连
other title: L'attico
In the 1960s, Silvana, a beautiful girl from the countryside, decides to spend the night in Rome after missing the last bus home. Without a place to stay, she seeks refuge in an under-construction attic. There, she meets a young man, leading to a short-lived romance. He opens her eyes to the wonders of the economic boom shaping the capital in those years. Despite the chaos of buses, protests, and big stores, Silvana chooses to make Rome her home.
Beach Casanova (1962) [Movie] IMDb Douban
I don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra
director: 维托里奥·萨拉 actor: 库尔德·于尔根斯 / 玛蒂妮·卡洛
other title: I don giovanni della Costa Azzurra / Les Don Juan de la Côte d'Azur
Mr. Edmond is a middle-aged playboy, living by his wits on the Riviera. Among the women with whom Edmond dallies are three gorgeous ladies.
The Facts of Murder (1951) [Movie] Douban
Un maledetto imbroglio
other title: A Dirty Trick / 谋杀的真相
Un maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana, by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The film was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the USA.
A disguised bandit steals valuable jewellery from Commendatore Anzaloni's apartment and flees, leaving Anzaloni unharmed. Inspector Ingravallo investigates and finds that the robbery is suspicious in that the robber was able to find valuables too quickly. A neighbour, Liliana Banducci, employs a servant girl, Assuntina. Her fiancé, Diomede, tries to escape when he sees police tailing Assuntina. But Diomede has an alibi. Liliana's cousin, Dr. Valdarena, pays her a visit, only to find her corpse on the floor. But before calling police, Valdarena removes an envelope addressed to him from the sideboard. Liliana's husband Remo was away from Rome at the time of the murder, but he is very surprised to hear that Liliana had changed her will only one week earlier.