1950 film by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

1954 film by Mario Mattoli

A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat, finds a gun inside, and is arrested as Public Enemy No. 1. Chaos erupts as both the police and the mob pursue him.

A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker

A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story.

After an astrologer has foretold him he will die at an early age if he does not avoid a romantic entanglement, Alessandro Stradella, a well-known composer decides to leave Rome for the North of Italy. Written by Guy Bellinger

1942年威尼斯电影节双年奖。反法西斯战争电影经典，堪比Roberto Rossellini的《罗马不设防的城市》。IMDB评分8.3。MY RATING 5+
La inceputul mileniului III cinematografia romaneaca a primit un dar nesperat. Presa italiana a scris despre un fapt cu totul inedit, anume descoperirea intamplatoare in arhivele studiourilor Cinecita din Roma a peliculei filmului “ Odessa in flacari”, considerat definitiv pierdut. “ Odessa in flacari”, realizat in anul 1942, intr-o coproductie romano-italiana este consemnat in istoria cinematografiei europene si nu numai, o capodopera a genului. Despre el ramasesera doar cateva cronici, unele consemnari, fotografii si afise.
Avand ca subiect drama refugiatilor din Basarabia, in timpul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial, ca si a ororilor comise de trupele NKVD filmul a fost interzis dupa ocuparea tarii de catre Uniunea Sovietica, iar protagonistii acestuia aruncati in inchisori. Depus in arhivele cinematografiei, la fondul peliculelor cenzurate, deci total oprite nu numai de a fi difuzate, dar nici vizionate intr-un cadru restrans, multi ani “ Odessa in flacari” a figurat doar in registrul de evidenta al arhivelor, apoi a disparut din scripte. Dupa decembrie 1989, unii cercetatori in istoria filmului au cautat zadarnic sa dea de urma peliculei, investigatiile ducand la concluzia ca ea a fost confiscata de “ consilierii sovietici” din perioada ocupatiei, dupa care a fost scoasa din evidente, de catre Directia presei si tipariturilor, fosta cenzura. S-a mai descoperit ca Securitatea a dat ordin prin care s-a dispus distrugerea unor filme de razboi din perioada 1940-1944, considerate fasciste si “imperialiste”, dusmanoase “oranduirii socialiste”.
Capodopera cineatografica apartine regizorului italian Carmine Gallone, unul dintre cei mai renumiti ai timpurilor sale. Scenariul este semnat de dramaturgul Nicolae Kiritescu. “Odessa in flacari” urma traditia inaugurata de primul mare film romanesc din 1912, care omagia victoria trupelor romane in Razboiul de Independenta din 1877.
“Odessa in flacari” este o pagina vibranta de istorie, aratand lumii, in 1942, la Festivalul de la Venetia – unde de altfel a castigat Marele Premiu – ce inseamna ocupatia bolsevica si teroarea stalinista. Timp de mai bine de o jumatate de secol, despre acest film nu s-a pomenit nimic. Nici nu putea fi vorba sa se dea in vileag drama Basarabiei si a Bucovinei de Nord, atata vreme cat la Bucuresti se afla la putere un regim obedient Kremlinului.
Filmul va fi proiectat in premiera in Romania, subtitrat in limba romana, vineri, 8 decembrie 2006, ora 19.00, la sala Eforie a Cinematecii Romane.

Released in the United States in the early 50's under the title of WOMAN, this obscure early Rossellini film was made at the end of the war and completed by Marcello Pagliero. It is a sensational little tragedy about a prostitute who returns from the city to her home town where she is variously loved, spurned, and lusted over. The grim, fatalistic atmosphere bears a good deal of resemblance to the much better known contemporary masterpiece OSSESSIONE, by Luchino Visconti. In fact Massimo Girotti appears in both films. Elli Parvo is quite riveting in the main role.

参见吕同六译《约婚夫妇》

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.