Luigi Zampa — Director (17)

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The Art of Getting Along (1954)
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other title: Kanaille von Catania / L'art de se débrouiller …
In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and unscrupulous guy, nephew of the mayor of Catania, and he's always ready to take sides with anyone who can help him. He switches from socialism to fascism; he changes his political faith the same way he changes women. He even tries to found his own party.

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Angelina (1947)
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other title: Abgeordnete Angelina / L'honorable Angelina …
A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing it, she starts a people's movement, and leads a march to the capital. She returns to her village a winner, an honourable MP. Yet, she is still the same simple, fiery woman, able to get in a hair-pulling brawl with the local barmaid for the affection of her man.

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To Live in Peace (1947)
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other title: 和平生活 / Vivere in pace …
An American prisoner, hidden by some Umbrian farmers, meets, drunk, with a German soldier who is also drunk. The two believe that the war is over and embrace each other emotionally. But it is not so and soon the cannon will thunder. Uncle Tigna, who was hiding the prisoner and two of his companions, will fall victim to the Nazis.

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Difficult Years (1948)
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other title: Kritische Jahre / Les Années difficiles …
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

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Of Life and Love (1954)
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other title: 生活與愛情之間 / 生活与爱情之间 …
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.

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A Matter of Honor (1966)
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Luigi Zampa actor: 乌戈·托尼亚齐 / 妮可莱塔·玛西亚弗利 …
other title: Una questione d'onore / A Question of Honour …
Efisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting with colleagues in strength with the game "head against head". In the village the Sanna and Porcu families' conflict has lasted over a century.

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He Thief, She Thief (1958)
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other title: Ladro lui, ladra lei / 雌雄大贼 …
Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over.

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Girls of Today (1955)
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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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Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973)
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other title: Die weiße Mafia / Les grands patrons …
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.

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虎女 (1979)
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路易吉·赞帕 actor: 乌苏拉·安德丝 / 劳拉·安托妮莉 …
other title: Letti selvaggi / Camas calientes
一部意大利喜剧,讲述了一个涉及公主项链的抢劫案,以及一个人物的角色,他们不是他们所看到的。他们做任何能得到项链的东西。