Giancarlo Sbragia

Origins of the Mafia

Journey back more than 400 years to 16th century Sicily, where the small Italian islands have fallen victim to...

Tony Arzenta

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody sh...

Anna Karenina

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she mee...

Nest of Vipers

A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie...

Qui squadra mobile

Qui squadra mobile is an Italian television series.

Messalina

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the th...

War Gods of Babylon

Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud...

The Bloodstained Butterfly

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV s...

L'età del ferro

A comprehensive overview of the entire Iron Age from the time of the Ertuscans to the present day.

Death Rage

A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.

That Tender Age

A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Ita...

The Revenge of Hercules

A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save...

Wolves in the Abyss

At some point, somewhere in the relentless events of the Second World War: A submarine returns from a long, suc...

Highway Racer

A hot-shot police officer has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor...

Angel's Leap

In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retir...

Love Birds

Two couples live their erotic fantasies out until one of the women is murdered.

The Fall of Rome

After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco...

Francis of Assisi

A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherhood, reflec...

Kyoto

Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, th...

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian hi...

Policeman

In order not to go hungry, as has happened to his family members, a young southern man enlists in the police wh...

Laura nuda

Laura, a young woman from the Verona bourgeoisie, seeks to emancipate herself, but is desperately confronted wi...

Il vizio assurdo

Il gabbiano

Equinox

Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the incarnation...

I cammelli

Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in...

La grande magia

Amongst the guests of the Metropole Hotel there is Calogero Di Spelta ridiculed for his unnecessary jealousy to...

Senza sole nè luna

The Misanthrope

Alceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that social habits an...

Blame the Sun

This short film is the only cinematographic experience of Alberto Moravia. It shows some typical themes of the...

Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia

First portrait of Negus Hailé Selassié made by Italian television. The descendant of the Solomonid lineage, the...