Carlo Lizzani

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

Giorgio Treves

Gian Luigi Rondi, Pupi Avati

Sperduti nel buio

Lorenzo Pezzano

Denis Lotti, Carlo Lizzani

Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni

Marco Spagnoli

Francesco Bruni, Felice Laudadio

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

Carles Prats

Tonino Delli Colli, Carla Leone

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.

Il falso bugiardo

Luciano Vincenzoni, Dino De Laurentiis

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.

Voi siete qui

Francesco Matera

Gianni Amelio, Marco Bellocchio

Pope John XXIII

Giorgio Capitani

Edward Asner, Massimo Ghini

This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".

Cronache di poveri amanti

Carlo Lizzani

Anna Maria Ferrero, Cosetta Greco

In 1925, young Florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend Bianca. Here befriends Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of them. After a resident is beaten by the fascists, Mario meets her wife Milena at the hospital, falling in love with her and leaving Bianca. Maciste is killed, again by fascists, while Ugo is wounded and he seeks shelter in a nearby house. Here he falls in love with Gesuina and the two marry. Milena's husband dies, but she and Mario part ways. Later, Mario is arrested by the police.

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Giancarlo Scarchilli

Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Gassman

Giuseppe De Santis

Carlo Lizzani

Alessandro Angelini, Lino Capolicchio

A brief tribute to the great director, spanning through some insights about his character, his works, his life, through the words of critics, relatives, colleagues, with a collage technique of interviews, archive footage, and brief excerpts and pictures from some of his works.

The Violent Four

Carlo Lizzani

Gian Maria Volonté, Don Backy

A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.

It's a Hard Life

Carlo Lizzani

Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli

Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.

Ritratto di mio padre

Maria Sole Tognazzi

Ugo Tognazzi, Pupi Avati

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.

Maria Josè, l'ultima regina

Carlo Lizzani

Barbora Bobuľová, Alberto Molinari

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 Italy. The movie tells her story from her teens, when she was a Red Cross nurse during World War I until her exile in 1946.

Il était une fois...: Rome, ville ouverte

Marie Genin, Serge July

Isabella Rossellini, Vittorio Taviani

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

Non eravamo solo... Ladri di biciclette - Il neorealismo

Gianni Bozzacchi

Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriel García Márquez

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 veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.