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An Italian in America 1967 The service station attendant Giuseppe lives in Rome when he receives an invitation from his father to visit him in America There Giuseppe finds out he has to take part in a television program to win 10,000 Afterwards he follows his father through The States in search of m

Il commissario 1962 Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the unlikely name of Dante Lombardozzi, in this entertaining comedy murder mystery by director Luigi Comencini

The Great War 1959 Italy, 1916 Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are conscripted, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI They meet at the recruiting office where Giovanni bribes Oreste in the hope of securing a medical deferment, however the joke is on him when Oreste pulls off

Love on the Riviera 1958 It is Summer It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio Different stories Dorina looking for a rich lover Clara who takes a fancy to the young Walter while her daughter Lina tries to save her Aristarco who gave up his career to f

Incontri proibiti 1998 Armando Andreoli, a well known engineer of almost eighty years, accidentally meets Federica, a handsome young nurse

Il vigile 1960 An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy

To Bed or Not to Bed 1963 Sordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm The movie depicts the clash between his fantasies about sex in Sweden with the reality of what he finds

Quelle strane occasioni 1976 Three sexy and comedic episodes

I nuovi mostri (1977) Several episodes depicting Italian's life in short humoristic stories.

Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977) Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, Giovan

The Swindlers (1959) Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonn

Venice, the Moon and You (1958) Bepi is a gondolier and he wants to marry Nina. Bepi, however, likes exotic girls. So Nina, after a fight with Bepi, decides to marry Toni who is richer, who is liked by her family and who is the owner of a motor-boat. But when all the difficulties appear to be worked

Neros Mistress (1956) Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Ma

The Widower (1959) Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Alm

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972) A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.

A Girl in Australia (1971) Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actuall

The Best of Enemies (1961) In 1941 the Italian and British forces face one another.Italian army Captain Blasi and his troops capture a British army Major Richardson and his pilot when their scout plane crashes. The Italians allow the two British prisoners to escape. A desperate Captain Blasi decides

Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time

I Vitelloni (1953) Fausto Moretti, having seduced Sandra Rubini, the sister of his friend and companion Moraldo Rubini, is forced to marry her. After their honeymoon, he takes a job as a salesman of religious objects in a small shop. He isn't changed by his marriage and still looks for women, with h

Mafioso (1962) Antonio is a jolly and precise guy working for an auto factory in northern Italy. He decides to take his wife and two daughters on vacation to Sicily, so that they can finally see his hometown and meet his family. He's excited to show them around and dispel many of their negative ster

Smoke Over London (1966) Dante Fontana is an antique dealer of Perugia, and is infatuated with British culture. But he is always thwarted by his wife and relatives, who see him as a silly dreamer who gets lost in stories rather than doing serious work.

Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) 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.

A Day in Court (1954) A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

Be Sick... Its Free (1968) The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.

The White Sheik (1952) Moments after the newlywed couple of the fastidious office employee Ivan and his young and pure wife Wanda arrive at a hotel in Rome for their honeymoon and a formal meeting with Ivan's uncle, the bride decides to sneak out of the room and leave unnoticed. Wanda, obsessed with