Released Date:
1962-02-28
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1741 Reviews)
Director:
Francesco RosiSuso Cecchi D'Amico
Enzo Provenzale
Francesco Rosi
Franco Solinas
In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano's death. After Sicily's self-rule is declared, will the outlaws be pardoned as promised? And why does Giuliano order his gang to fire on a peaceful May Day rally? Police, Carabinieri, and Mafia have their uses for him. There's a trial after his death: will the truth come out or does the code of silence help protect those in power?
Released Date:
1964-06-17
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
174 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (3233 Reviews)
Director:
Elia KazanGenres:
DramaElia Kazan, ethnic Greek but Turkish by birth, tells the story of the struggles of his uncle - in this account named Stavros Topouzoglou - in emigrating to America. In the 1890's, the young, kind-hearted but naive Stavros lived in Anatolia, where the Greek and Armenian minorities were repressed by the majority Turks, this repression which often led to violence. Even Stavros being friends with an Armenian was frowned upon. As such, Stavros dreamed of a better life - specifically in America - where, as a result, he could make his parents proud by his grand accomplishments. Instead, his parents, with most of their money, sent Stavros to Constantinople to help fund the carpet shop owned by his first cousin once removed. What Stavros encountered on his journey, made on foot with a small donkey, made him question life in Anatolia even further. Once in Constantinople, his resolve to earn the 110 Turkish pound third class fare to the United States became stronger than ever. But try after try, his efforts were thwarted. But as he seemed close to achieving his dream, it seemed certain that it would snatched away from him. But an earlier good deed may have helped him ultimately achieve his goal of reaching the United States and a better life.
Released Date:
1969-05-01
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy, Spain
Runtime:
109 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (2459 Reviews)
Director:
Giuseppe ColizziGenres:
WesternGiuseppe Colizzi (screenplay)
Giuseppe Colizzi (story)
Gumersindo Mollo (screenplay)
Gumersindo Mollo (story)
In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve...
Released Date:
1970-04-16
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
107 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (154 Reviews)
Director:
Mauro BologniniGenres:
DramaLuigi Bazzoni
Mauro Bolognini
Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Ugo Pirro
Vasco Pratolini (novel)
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.
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