Cesare Zavattini Movies

Short film made for the catholic church.

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their...

A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the...

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

A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini

A mysterious man, who had lost his memory, arrives in San Marino among other refugees during the Second World War.

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...

An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs...

Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and...

Alberto, who has a beautiful voice but is afraid to sing in public, and the shy Anna, daughter of a very rich shoe manufacturer, take "lessons of...

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

Carlo Lizzani's short film for the anthology film Love in the City

An American remake of the iconic Italian neo-realist postwar masterpiece. When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding...

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...