Sergio Amidei — Playwright (20)
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Garibaldi (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Viva l'Italia!
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Renzo Ricci / Paolo Stoppa …
other title: 비바 이탈리아! / Vive l'Italie …
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy.
Roberto Rossellini stated he was very more proud of this film than of any other film he ever made.
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The Witness (1978) IMDb Douban
Le témoin
director: 让-皮埃尔·莫基 actor: 菲利普·努瓦雷 / 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 …
other title: Le témoin / Il testimone …
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who hides, under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity, a libertine and cynical temperament. Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral, the artist calls on Cathy, a young girl from the choir, to serve as his model. The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview, near one of Robert's properties.
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The Bigamist (1956) IMDb Douban
Il bigamo
director: Luciano Emmer actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼
other title: Il bigamo / Bigamie ist kein Vergnügen …
A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.
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Roman Tales (1955) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Racconti romani
director: 贾尼·弗兰乔利尼 actor: Antonio Cifariello / Franco Fabrizi …
other title: Vier Herzen in Rom / Cuentos de Roma …
Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?
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Difficult Years (1948) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Anni difficili
director: 路易吉·赞帕 actor: Umberto Spadaro / Ave Ninchi …
other title: Kritische Jahre / Les Années difficiles …
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
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Medicine Italian Style (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con la Mutua
director: Luciano Salce actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / 伊妲·伽利 …
other title: Doctor Tersilli, médico de la clínica Villa Celeste, afiliada a la mutua / 診所故事 …
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
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Machine to Kill Bad People (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La macchina ammazzacattivi
★ 7.4 (5 ratings) director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: Gennaro Pisano / Marilyn Buferd
other title: 秘密炸弹 / La macchina ammazzacattivi …
In Amalfi, a village on the Italian coast, an old man who seems to have strange powers gives Celestino Esposito, the local photographer, a dangerous ability.
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Paisan (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Paisà
★ 8.1 (52 ratings) director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: 卡米拉萨齐奥 / 罗伯托范隆 …
other title: 战火 / Paisà …
During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.
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Shoeshine (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Sciuscià
★ 7.8 (40 ratings) director: 维托里奥·德西卡 actor: 弗朗科·英特朗吉 / 里纳尔多·斯默东尼 …
other title: 擦鞋童 / Sciuscià …
At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...
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Rome, Open City (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Roma, città aperta
★ 7.8 (161 ratings) director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: 阿尔多·法布里齐 / 安娜·马尼亚尼 …
other title: 罗马，不设防的城市 / Roma, città aperta …
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
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Germany Year Zero (1948) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Germania anno zero
★ 8.3 (96 ratings) director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: 埃德蒙·默施克 / 恩斯特·皮茨肖 …
other title: 德意志零年 / Germania anno zero …
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.