1960s Italian war drama directed by Roberto Rossellini. When three Allied POWS escape from their camp and hide out in Rome, they are given shelter by a beautiful young woman. Now that they finally ... Read more
Confidence trickster Emanuele helps save Italians arrested by the Gestapo - or pretends to do so - in exchange for money or gifts from the family. When he tries to save a man already executed, he's ... Read more
Adriano Zucchelli (Vittorio Gassman) is a man with a past and he has hopes to keep it behind him. It looks like his ambitions of burying his checkered history are coming into fruition as he is ... Read more
It was once said of Ingrid Bergman that she'd played Joan of Arc so often that she wouldn't be satisfied until she was burned at the stake. Actually, nobody ever said that, but someone should have. ... Read more
A compilation by four directors who each reflect the horrors of living. Includes: 'Illibatezza (Chastity)', 'Il Nuovo Mondo (The New World)', 'Il Pollo Ruspante (The Free Range Chicken)' and 'La ... Read more
Based on true the story of Don Morosi, a priest and Resistance worker shot by the Germans in wartime Rome, Roberto Rossellini's first feature after the Mussolini era has become synonymous with ... Read more
Based on an article by the Italian journalist Indro Montanelli, Rossellini casts Vittorio De Sica as confidence trickster Emanuele Bardone who helps to save Italians arrested by the Gestapo or at ... Read more
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice. Communication is fragile. A woman leads an Allied patrol through a mine field; she dies protecting ... Read more