Carlo Lizzani Movies

Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.

A team of highly trained Italian seamen are taken to the island of Stampalia where there are to take their torpedo-laden attack craft on a daring...

A soldier has his horse stolen on his wedding day and spends the first day of his honeymoon looking for it.

Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.

An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini was never able to shoot: between 1962, the year...

Three episodes of varying pitch and quality. In the first a maid plans the elimination of her lover's wife with him, but she doesn't enjoy the fruits...

Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural...

A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his...

Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft.

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of...

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot...