Vassily Petrov — Playwright (60)

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Rice Girl (1956)
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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.

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The Great Deception (1959)
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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.

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Romulus and Remus (1961)
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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.

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The Good Soldier (1982)
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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.

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The Attic (1963)
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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.

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Beach Casanova (1962)
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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.

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The Facts of Murder (1951)
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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.

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Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
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Henri Verneuil actor: 安东尼·奎恩 / 安贾妮特·科默 …
other title: 烽火山河 / 双虎将大追踪 …
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.

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Messalina (1960)
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Vittorio Cottafavi actor: 贝琳达·李 / 卡洛·朱斯蒂尼 …
other title: 女皇梅萨林娜 / Messalina Venere imperatrice …
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.

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Copkiller (1983)
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other title: 条子杀手 / l'assassino dei poliziotti …
This gritty and powerful police thriller is a classic stand-alone independent film. With good performances from Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Bad Lieutenant) and John Lydon (former Sex Pistols frontman), Corrupt really is a one-off. As the film progresses, Leo Smith (Lydon) and Lieutenant Fred O'Connor (Keitel) engage in a vicious and engrossing psychological battle of wills in a sadistic game where they are both dependent on each other. As for the Director, Faezna's direction seems as good as any of the excellent Italian films of the day, effortlessly moving from smooth exterior compositions to the angular perfection of the prison-like apartment. BAFTA award winning Ennio Morricone reinforces this precision with an excellent score full of mechanical percussion mixed with a whispy guitar lead which underscores the foreign presence of Lydon. Music plays a very important role in Corrupt, especially the strange country music track "Tchaikovsky's Destruction" which is played throughout the entire film to emphasise the changes occurring to the characters.

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The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
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马里奥·博纳德 actor: 史蒂夫·李维斯 / 克里斯汀·考夫曼 …
other title: 末日庞贝 / Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei …
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.

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Hercules Unchained (1959)
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Pietro Francisci actor: 史蒂夫·李维斯 / 西娃·科丝西娜 …
other title: 大力士和吕底亚女王 / Ercole e la regina di Lidia …
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

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Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
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other title: 希特勒的最后十日 / Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler …
Hitler: The Last Ten Days is a 1973 film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler's suicide. It stars Alec Guinness and Simon Ward. The original music score was composed by Mischa Spoliansky. Guinness portrays Hitler with gusto, whereas in real life, Hitler spent his last days drugged and brooding. Hitler's birthday party is pictured as festive. In real life, Hitler had to be heavily sedated simply to make an appearance. Also, the movie does not show Albert Speer, Hermann Göring or Heinrich Himmler, who also showed up for the party. Hitler spends time playing with his wooden model of Germania in the bunker, wishing Albert Speer were with him. The real bunker did not hold this wooden model, and Speer actually did visit him several times. Hitler is shown being intimate with Eva Braun. In real life, he barely spent any time with her at all in the bunker. Hitler is depicted as having shot himself almost on a whim, after Eva Braun takes poison to spite him. In reality, Hitler and Braun planned their suicides and had a formal "exit scene". Cast Alec Guinness - Adolf Hitler Simon Ward - Capt. Hoffman Adolfo Celi - Gen. Krebs Diane Cilento - Hanna Reitsch Gabriele Ferzetti - Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel Eric Porter - Gen. von Greim Doris Kunstmann - Eva Braun Joss Ackland - Gen. Burgdorf John Bennett - Joseph Goebbels John Barron - Dr. Stumpfegger Barbara Jefford - Magda Goebbels Sheila Gish - Frau Christian Julian Glover - Fegelein Michael Goodliffe - Gen. Weidling Mark Kingston - Martin Bormann

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The Wide Blue Road (1959)
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other title: 蔚蓝大路 / La Grande Strada Azzurra …
The remarkable debut feature directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, famed for THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS and BURN!, in a beautiful, newly restored version thanks to the efforts of Jonathan Demme, Dustin Hoffman and Milestone Film. Set in a fishing village off Italy's Dalmatian coast, under a brilliant, turquoise sky, Yves Montand plays Squarcio, a rogue fisherman who manages to feed his family (his wife played by the exquisite Alida Valli) by tossing bombs into the water to kill the maximum number of fish. When a new chief of police puts Squarcio's illegal and dangerous exploits under closer scrutiny, his livelihood is threatened. Montand's unforgettable, complex character is part working-class hero, part macho-cowboy, part 1950's sex symbol at sea.

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The Ship of Condemned Women (1954)
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拉法洛·马塔拉佐 actor: 克里玛 / 梅·布丽特 …
other title: 死刑犯女人的船 / La nave delle donne maledette …
After murdering her illegitimate baby, Isabella pins the blame on her innocent cousin Consuelo. Despite the strenuous efforts of her attorney-lover DeSylva, Consuelo is found guilty and shipped to a penal colony along with several other female prisoners.