Liliana Cavani Movies

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.

On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law...

A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherhood, reflecting the spirit of 1968 student...

A group of friends gathers for a birthday by the sea, only to face the looming possibility of the world ending within hours, transforming one...

A documentary about the Third Reich.

Documentary composed of interviews with female partisans who survived the German invasion of Italy in World War II.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his Jewish companion Paul Ree meet a beautiful young Russian intellectual and draw her into a...

A young woman trapped in a web of dark family secrets finds herself in a dangerous triangle of love, jealousy, and deception, where the truth hides...

A documentary about Josef Stalin.

After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than...

A documentary short.

A forty year old woman, who has been in an asylum, goes to live with her brother's family. She proves incapable of adapting herself to family life,...

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...

An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.

An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.

A documentary short.

A documentary about the life and spirituality of Charles de Foucauld, a French priest who lived in the Sahara and was assassinated in 1916.

A documentary short.

The story of a small community of cloistered nuns, devoted to Santa Chiara, in Urbino.