Cesare Zavattini Movies

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the efforts of...

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

Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman...

An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs...

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

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

Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.

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

A famous American director is looking for a special type of girl he needs to play in his next film.

Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a popular district of Rome.

In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and...

Short film made for the catholic church.

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way...

Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary...

A lonely teenage boy, living isolated on an island, idolizes his distant father. Complications arise when his father brings home a young new wife,...

Voice of Silence is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.

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...

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...