Leonardo Cortese Movies

This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It's...

An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.

Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian...

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice...

At the end of the 19th century, a middle-class woman explains why she cannot get along with her husband, a good man but a little rough around the...

Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times...

Naples, 1880. Two young sisters from a noble family, after losing their parents, get taken in by a friend of their family.

An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after over twenty years.

After the death of his father, Anna starts working in the navy where he falls in love with a navy man.

"Law of Blood" - Rosa has been engaged for years with Antonio. But Antonio is in the military service and Rosa is seduced by Alberto. Returning to...

Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.

The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly...

At the Royal Air Force Academy of Caserta, three students, Mario, Marco and Filippo become great friends. Toward the end of the course, Marco...

Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of...