Linda Sini
1924 - 1999
Il Sorpasso
Dino Risi
Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Il Sorpasso
Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina
Camillo Mastrocinque
Totò, Peppino De Filippo
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Anni ruggenti
Luigi Zampa
Nino Manfredi, Gino Cervi
In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Roaring Years
Love and Larceny
Dino Risi
Vittorio Gassman, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
Love and Larceny
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Fritz Lang
Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Paolo il freddo
Ciccio Ingrassia
Franco Franchi, Annie Carol Edel
A baron, nicknamed Paolo il caldo (Paul the Hot One) because of his womanizing, asks his son, on his deathbed, to leave women alone and only think about work. The son tries hard but only gets into trouble.
Paolo il freddo
Il comandante
Paolo Heusch
Totò, Andreina Pagnani
The retired general Antonio Cavalli is a nuisance to his family: to his wife Francesca who still works, to his son and to his daughter-in-law. Then he finds a job in a building firm. Only by chance Cavalli finds out that his salary is paid by his wife to keep him busy. But the general is well known as a very reliable man, and Sandrelli, the firm's owner, uses him and his name to win a valuable contract. When Sandrelli is arrested, the general finds the money to honour his debt but he is robbed while he is going to the bank...
The Commandant
Imbarco a mezzanotte
Joseph Losey
Paul Muni, Joan Lorring
A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.
Stranger on the Prowl
