Il Cinema Ritrovato 2018
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1. The Brat (1931)
60 min | Comedy
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 215
2. Sunday in August (1950)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Anna Baldini, Vera Carmi, Emilio Cigoli, Andrea Compagnoni
Votes: 628
3. Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951)
95 min | Comedy
A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Henri Guisol, Ave Ninchi, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 208
4. The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 11,115
5. Racconto da un affresco (1941)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Long panoramic camera movements explore a fresco by the late medieval painter Giotto called The Life of Christ.,in an attempt to capture the effect on the spectator of this work of art.
Directors: Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras
Votes: 12
6. Imitation of Life (1934)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks
Votes: 5,651
7. Shiraz (1928)
97 min | Drama, History, Romance
A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Osten | Stars: Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy, Seeta Devi Jr., Enakashi Rama Rao
Votes: 333
8. Il paradiso terrestre (1942)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras
Votes: 7
9. Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
64 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Minna Gombell, Arthur Pierson, Joan Marsh
Votes: 49
10. The Plunderers (1960)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western
When four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town and make trouble, no one seems willing or able to take them on, not even Sam Christy, the toughest man in town. But then there is a murder.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Jeff Chandler, John Saxon, Dolores Hart, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 434
11. Un amore selvaggio (1912)
Short, Drama
Lusiello and Raffaelo are peasants engaged upon a farm, the proprietor of which has an only son, Alexander, with whom Lusiello is in love. He has no thought for her, beyond finding her a ... See full summary »
Stars: Luisella Viviani, Raffaele Viviani
Votes: 11
12. L'Italia s'è desta (1927)
Director: Elvira Notari | Stars: Clara Boni, Eduardo Notari, E. Pensa, Gennaro Santoro
13. Fantasia 'e surdate (1927)
34 min | Short
This short subject is from the Neapolitan ballad, a story of love and death.
Director: Elvira Notari | Stars: Eduardo Notari, Geppino Jovine, Oreste Tesorone, Lina Cipriani
Votes: 24
14. The Woman Under Oath (1919)
61 min | Mystery
After a foreword introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, young shipping clerk Jim O'Neil is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Florence Reed, Hugh Thompson, Gareth Hughes, David Powell
Votes: 27
15. Seed (1931)
96 min | Drama
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company. He has written a novel. He and his wife Peggy have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred manages the company's Paris office. She manages ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: John Boles, Genevieve Tobin, Lois Wilson, Raymond Hackett
Votes: 605
16. 6 Hours to Live (1932)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan, John Boles, George F. Marion
Votes: 180
17. Naples au baiser de feu (1925)
73 min
Antonio Arcella, a popular singer and Pinatucchio, a beggar, love the same woman, Costanzella, each in his own way: one is frivolous while the other is selfish. The beautiful but cruel ... See full summary »
Directors: Serge Nadejdine, Jacques Robert | Stars: Gaston Modot, Gina Manès, Lilian Constantini, Georges Charlia
Votes: 10
18. Wahlkampf 1932 (Letzte Wahl) (1932)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ella Bergmann-Michel
Votes: 22
19. Fischfang in der Rhön (an der Sinn) (1932)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ella Bergmann-Michel | Star: Robert Michel
Votes: 10
20. Rain (1929)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Regen is an experimental documentary film directed by Joris Ivens in 1929. It can be defined as a cinematic-poem. In 2021 Breve Storia Del Cinema restored the film with a new score composed by Nikolas Labrinakos.
Directors: Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Votes: 1,914
21. Mein Herz schlägt Blau - Ella Bergmann-Michel (1989)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Maria Hemmleb, Jutta Hercher
22. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 755
23. Now I'll Tell (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Golden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his... See full summary »
Director: Edwin J. Burke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler
Votes: 248
24. Rue de la paix (1927)
Comedy, Drama
A millionaire, a false friend and jealousy come between Thérèse and Laurent who both work for a fashion designer.
Director: Henri Diamant-Berger | Stars: Andrée Lafayette, Suzy Pierson, Malcolm Tod, Flore Deschamps
Votes: 16
25. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 37,078
26. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Votes: 61,934 | Gross: $4.05M
27. The Mad Game (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan, Howard Lally
Votes: 97
28. Les amants de Bras-Mort (1951)
95 min | Drama
Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but ... See full summary »
Director: Marcello Pagliero | Stars: Nicole Courcel, Frank Villard, Henri Génès, Line Noro
Votes: 14
29. A bánya titka (1918)
97 min | Drama
Director: Ödön Uher ifj. | Stars: Melitta Mea, Emil Fenyö, Mari K. Demjén, Károly Lajthay
Votes: 63
30. La ragazza in vetrina (1961)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Italians migrate to Holland to make money in coal mining. After their first work accident, two friends make different future plans: one spends money on a weekend holiday; the other determines to return to Italy soon.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Lino Ventura, Magali Noël, Marina Vlady, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 381
31. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,786
32. Holy Matrimony (1943)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
From Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive". An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar, Una O'Connor
Votes: 897
33. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,270 | Gross: $0.33M
34. Cabaret (1972)
PG | 124 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey
Votes: 59,432 | Gross: $42.77M
35. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 14,182
36. Lights Out in Europe (1940)
Approved | 66 min | War, Documentary
A documentary chronicling the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
Director: Herbert Kline | Star: Fredric March
Votes: 17
37. What a Woman! (1956)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani
Votes: 481
38. One More Spring (1935)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
One More Spring is a 1935 film about three people (Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, and Walter Woolf King) living together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Walter Woolf King, Jane Darwell
Votes: 131
39. L'invenzione della croce (1949)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras
Votes: 8
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