Cesare Zavattini Movies

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...

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...

A prostitute is robbed and murdered. A fourteen-year-old girl sees a suave gigolo come out of the hotel where the murder occurred. She has a...

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

Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of...

Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries...

Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our...

A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with...

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...

'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo Serra about the anguish and instability of the...

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the...

A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.

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

Short film made for the catholic church.

Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps...

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.