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Her Favourite Husband (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Quel bandito sono io
director: Mario Soldati actor: Jean Kent / Robert Beatty …
other title: Quel bandito sono io
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
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The She-Wolf (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La lupa
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Kerima / Ettore Manni …
other title: 늑대 여인 / La Louve de Calabre …
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls to her own passion, leading to family disruption.
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Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Diamonds for Breakfast
director: Christopher Morahan actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Rita Tushingham …
other title: 迷人七艳贼 / 迷人七艷賊 …
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
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Guaglio (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Proibito rubare
director: Luigi Comencini actor: Adolfo Celi / Tina Pica …
other title: Proibito rubare / Hey Boy …
On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...
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Woman of the River (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La donna del fiume
director: Mario Soldati actor: Sophia Loren / Gérard Oury …
other title: A Mulher do Rio / Die Frau vom Fluss …
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.
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Arturo's Island (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'isola di Arturo
director: Damiano Damiani actor: Vanni De Maigret / Key Meersman …
other title: Insel der verbotenen Liebe / L'Île des amours interdites …
A lonely teenage boy, living isolated on an island, idolizes his distant father. Complications arise when his father brings home a young new wife, whom the boy falls for, and a recently released criminal, entangled in a web of complex relationships.
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Rice Girl (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La risaia
director: Raffaello Matarazzo actor: Elsa Martinelli / Folco Lulli …
other title: Das Reismädchen / La risaia …
The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.
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Where Is Freedom? (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dov'è la libertà...?
director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: Totò / Vera Molnar …
other title: Wo ist die Freiheit? / Où est la liberté ? …
A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.
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Totó in color (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Totò a colori
director: 斯蒂诺 actor: Totò / Isa Barzizza …
other title: Totò a colori / 托托的色彩美学观 …
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
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Girls of Today (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ragazze d'oggi
director: 路易吉·赞帕 actor: 更多...
other title: Ragazze d'oggi / Vater, wir wollen heiraten …
Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde, who urges girls to settle down by marrying a wealthy man.
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The Sensuous Nurse (1975) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
L'infermiera
director: 内洛·德罗萨蒂 actor: 乌苏拉·安德斯 / Duilio Del Prete …
other title: 诱人女护士 / L'infermiera …
As an aging widower begins suffering from heart trouble, his greedy heirs hope to speed him on his way by hiring a super-seductive nurse to get his pulse racing. Their plan backfires, though, as the young beauty begins to fall in love with the old man.