Carlo Lizzani Movies

Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini

Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously...

After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. They are caught by Union troops. One escapes, but the other is sent...

Maria Josè was the daughter of the king of Belgium and she was betrothed to Umberto di Savoia, the son of Vittorio Emanuele III, the king of...

Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural...

How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is...

A quartet of young neo-Fascists terrorise the Milanise locals while the Police mostly look the other way.

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

A soldier has his horse stolen on his wedding day and spends the first day of his honeymoon looking for it.

This film is the moving story of Edda Ciano, the daughter of Italian dictator Mussolini, who was unable to prevent the atrocious assassination of her...

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is...

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in...

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this...