Francesco Rosi

The Truce

Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany.

NR

6.2

1997 Drama 125 min Spielen

6.7

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

NR

6.7

1987 Crime 109 min Spielen

6.8

Christ Stopped at Eboli

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.

NR

6.8

1979 Drama 220 min Spielen

6.9

Illustrious Corpses

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

PG

6.9

1976 Crime 120 min Spielen

6.2

Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

R

6.2

1973 Crime 105 min Spielen

7.5

The Mattei Affair

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.

NR

7.5

1972 Crime 116 min Spielen

7.3

Many Wars Ago

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.

NR

7.3

1970 Drama 101 min Spielen

6

Schöne Isabella

Der junge Prinz Rodrigo will immer nur das tun, was er will. Und so ist es auch kein Wunder, dass er keine Lust hat, sich von seiner Mutter verheiraten zu lassen. Stattdessen verliebt er sich in die schöne Isabella, die aber ihrerseits auch sehr dickköpfig sein kann. So fällt es beiden schwer, zueinander zu finden, obwohl sich ihre Herzen längst entschieden haben. Und außerdem warten ja auch noch die sieben Prinzessinnen, die die Königin eingeladen hat, auf die Entscheidung des Prinzen. ...

NR

6

1967 Fantasy 115 min Spielen

7.5

Hands over the City

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

NR

7.5

1963 Drama 110 min Spielen

7.5

Salvatore Giuliano

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.

NR

7.5

1962 Action 119 min Spielen

6.8

La Sfida

Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.

NR

6.8

1958 Drama 87 min Spielen