
Carlo Lizzani
Director · 1922 – 2013 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
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Movie5.2DocumentaryHistoryAn account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen.
Acqua e zucchero – Carlo Di Palma: i colori della vita
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017 · 5 votes
Movie6.9HistoryThis 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".
Movie6.4DocumentaryThe 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and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001 · 8 votes
Movie6.6DramaCrimeA detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Movie6.5DocumentaryA film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Movie6.4ActionDramaBased on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
Movie6.2DocumentaryVittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010 · 3 votes
MovieDocumentary
MovieDocumentaryBased 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.
MovieDocumentaryFamilyMacchie solari (Autopsy), L'etrusco uccide ancora (The Etruscan kills again), commandos are titles that refer to a category for lovers, that of B-movies, Italian thriller of the '60s and' 70s. But in the life and in the poetry of their director, Armando Crispino, there is more, says his son Francesco. Searching for a meeting with his father in the maze of his production, he finds himself investigating the world of Italian genre cinema. Finding that even in this area left in the shadows by the critical discourse we can find more, and better, than we think.
Linee d'ombra
2007
MovieDocumentaryThe epic of Hercules and Maciste to the live voices of witnesses and through the images of the Italian film journals. And through interviews with Carlo Lizzani, Enrico Lucherini, Citto Maselli, Rosalba Neri, Mimmo Palmara, Carlo Verdone.
Uomini forti
2006
Movie10.0DocumentaryNoi c'eravamo
2011 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryA chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Luchino Visconti
2002 · 5 votes
Movie7.3DocumentaryA labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
Movie6.5DocumentaryHistoryThe story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Cinecittà Babilonia: sesso, droga e camicie nere
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryThis portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constructed his movies in a conventional way but also experimented new path. His favorite actresses such as Clau
Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryTelevision documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
Movie7.0DocumentaryDocumentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.
Movie6.7DramaWarA neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
MovieDocumentary- Movie7.0Documentary
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentary
MovieDocumentaryVoi siete qui
2011
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- TVDrama
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".