Cesare Zavattini Movies

Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but...

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way...

Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.

The film tells of old Antonio, 81, who refuses to stay in a mental home and walks away. He hits the streets to give a message to people: be...

Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries...

The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary...

A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.

The second of Castellani's trilogy dealing with the less-than-smooth course of young love in postwar Italy (it was filmed just after Sotto il sole di...

Two petty thieves, Ciro and Geppa, plan a much bigger scam than they usually practice, but complications ensue.

A famous American director is looking for a special type of girl he needs to play in his next film.

'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo Serra about the anguish and instability of the...

A telephone repairman sits down at the table of a woman who is tactfully petting a puppy and begins to tell her some bizarre dreams. In a register of...