Ermanno Olmi Movies

A documentary showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan.

Next to the Venice of canals, palaces and squares, in Marghera there is a modern Venice made up of factories and industries.

The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Six catering trainees are brought to the castle upon its...

When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to be closed, an elderly priest must choose between...

With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A...

Three years of filming across Italy, from Mont Blanc to the island of Lampedusa, have resulted in this short film. The aim of this universal event...

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local...

Vittorio stops to help Kate when her car breaks down on a mountain road. When they meet again, Vittorio discovers that Kate has rejoined a circus...

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

The guardian of the great dam reflects on the history and beauty of the valley, which was revitalized by the Edison power plant, and expresses his...

A three-part TV film focusing on the emotional dynamics within young couples.

At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the...

The short documentary recounts a day in the life of the writer, who is forced to travel to the city and then return to his home in Asiago. It shows...

Niki tells us about herself and recounts the story of her first kiss.

The documentary was made on the occasion of the Seventh International Congress on Large Dams held in Rome in 1961.

The activities of the Edison colonies in Cesenatico, Marina di Massa, and Suna. A few animated sequences and the narration of a child describing the...

The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are...

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".