Ermanno Olmi Movies

A journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.

Editing and reworking of television, film, and photographic archive material relating to Paul VI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1964, carried out...

Two young women and a young man confront a tech mogul on a train about their new invention.

The life of Saint Anthony is intertwined with the seventh centenary of the discovery of his relics.

This documentary shows the construction of a high-altitude dam by the Sabbioni Glacier, and the daily struggles of the workers, now anxious for the...

Alpe Devero, December 1953: employees of the Edisonvolta electricity company gather to take part in skiing competitions held in the picturesque...

Edison documentary on the application of electricity in agriculture.

Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959.

Images of the construction of the Sabbioni dam, which submerged a glacier tongue to build a hydroelectric power plant.

A dialogue between director Ermanno Olmi and film critic Federico Pontiggia about Olmi's cinema and poetry.

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

A conversation between a salesman of calendars and his costumer, who makes him several questions before considering buying one of his offers.

Vincenzo reads a Beat poem during the years of the cultural revolution.

A lyrical documentary about the fundamentally harmful nature of money.

A documentary made with archive footage and photographs alternating with recent film footage; the choice of texts is taken from Mario Rigoni Stern,...

Made to celebrate the centenary of the Galleria, the film traces its history from Giuseppe Mengoni's design, with its architectural and lighting...

Filming the preparation of Jannis Kounellis' exhibition “Atto Unico.”

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.

Gigliola discovers, during the trial of her boyfriend accused of theft, that she loves him more as a criminal.