Italy 1940
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1. La peccatrice (1940)
88 min | Drama
Brutalized by urban life, a woman who has sinned returns to her mother's home in the countryside.
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Paola Barbara, Vittorio De Sica, Fosco Giachetti, Gino Cervi
Votes: 50
2. Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy
A teacher writes sample letters to a fictional Mr. Hartman with her students, but the recipient really exists.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio, Irasema Dilián
Votes: 404
3. L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940)
112 min | Drama, War
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Mireille Balin, Maria Denis, Rafael Calvo
Votes: 233
4. Red Roses (1940)
65 min | Comedy
A man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him.
Directors: Giuseppe Amato, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, Umberto Melnati, Vivi Gioi
Votes: 125
5. Eternal Melodies (1940)
93 min | Drama
Biopic on classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro, Luisella Beghi, Jone Salinas
Votes: 18
6. San Giovanni decollato (1940)
89 min | Comedy
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio, caretaker and shoemaker devoted to Saint John Beheaded, is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does... See full summary »
Directors: Amleto Palermi, Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Totò, Titina De Filippo, Silvana Jachino, Augusto Di Giovanni
Votes: 218
7. La comédie du bonheur (1940)
108 min | Comedy
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle
Votes: 72
8. Una romantica avventura (1940)
82 min | Drama, Romance
A story of complex emotions regarding a beautiful young girl torn between her handsome fiancée and a kind wealthy man who both admire her.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Assia Noris, Gino Cervi, Leonardo Cortese, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 47
9. Centomila dollari (1940)
83 min | Comedy
On a whim, an American man offers a girl the sum of $100,000 if she will marry him.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Assia Noris, Amedeo Nazzari, Lauro Gazzolo, Maurizio D'Ancora
Votes: 28
10. Amore di ussaro (1940)
78 min
On January 1st. 1900 an hussar captain writes three farewell letters to his colonel, his fiancée and to the judge. The letters reach their receivers before he can consummate his plans, and all of them quickly react.
Director: Luis Marquina | Stars: Conchita Montenegro, Luis Sagi Vela, Concha Catalá, Alberto Romea
11. Il ponte dei sospiri (1940)
107 min | Drama
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Paola Barbara, Otello Toso, Mariella Lotti, Giulio Donadio
Votes: 19
12. Two on a Vacation (1940)
78 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Maria Denis, Umberto Melnati, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 14
13. Traummusik (1940)
75 min | Romance
The young opera singer Carla is in love with the talented composer Michele, who is looking for success with serious music and who has written his first opera, "Odysseus' Return" for Carla. ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Marte Harell, Lizzi Waldmüller, Albrecht Schoenhals, Werner Hinz
Votes: 18
14. Musica di sogno (1940)
70 min | Romance
Two conservatory students fall in love: the woman is an exuberant singer; the man is an earnest symphonic musician. The protagonists, pursuing their respective passions, find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Marte Harell, Maurizio D'Ancora, Elsa Wagner
Votes: 10
15. Manon Lescaut (1940)
92 min | Drama
Manon escapes with the young nobleman Des Grieux, then becomes a high-class courtesan and finally forced to exile to America.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Alida Valli, Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Picasso, Giulio Donadio
Votes: 21
16. L'uomo del romanzo (1944)
73 min
Directors: Mario Bonnard, Luis Marquina | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Conchita Montenegro, Carla Candiani, Nino Crisman
17. Boccaccio (1940)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Marcello Albani | Stars: Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti, Silvana Jachino, Luigi Almirante
18. Una lampada alla finestra (1940)
84 min
Director: Gino Talamo | Stars: Ruggero Ruggeri, Paolo Viero, Laura Solari, Osvaldo Valenti
19. Taverna rossa (1940)
80 min
Young Susanna one evening comes alone in the "Red Tavern" night club to meet some friends. While waiting, she sits alone and realizes the presence of her father, who would never accept her presence in such a place.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Alida Valli, André Mattoni, Lauro Gazzolo, Oreste Bilancia
Votes: 14
20. Miseria e nobiltà (1940)
62 min
Director: Corrado D'Errico | Stars: Vincenzo Scarpetta, Virgilio Riento, Adriano Rimoldi, Elli Parvo
Votes: 23
21. Ecco la felicità (1940)
102 min | Comedy
A banker has been locked away by his family due to his erratic and possibly immoral behavior.Escaping, he hides out in a boarding house and tries to bring happiness to several of its residents.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle
Votes: 34
22. The Last Enemy (1940)
88 min | Drama
Franco Rossi, a young doctor, prefers scientific research, rather than practicing a freelance profession, which would be economically advantageous.
Director: Umberto Barbaro | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Maria Denis, Guglielmo Sinaz, Gemma Bolognesi
23. Giù il sipario (1940)
74 min | Comedy
A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or failure of the play
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Sergio Tofano, Lilia Silvi, Andrea Checchi, Lola Braccini
Votes: 24
24. Gli ultimi della strada (1940)
78 min | Drama
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Oretta Fiume, Roberto Villa, Guido Notari, Carlo Bressan
25. L'uomo della legione (1940)
87 min | Drama, War
Director: Romolo Marcellini | Stars: Roberto Rey, Pastora Peña, Mario Ferrari, Juan de Landa
26. Yó soy mi rival (1940)
70 min | Adventure
Director: Luis Marquina | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Conchita Montenegro, Juan Calvo, Concha Catalá
Votes: 7
27. Passione (1940)
96 min | Drama
This movie takes place in the Papal State in the first half of the 19th century. Roman countess Vanina Vanini falls in love with revolutionary Pietro Mirilli.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari, Camillo Pilotto, Osvaldo Valenti
Votes: 10
28. La fanciulla di Portici (1940)
88 min | Drama
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Luisa Ferida, Carlo Ninchi, Roberto Villa, Oretta Fiume
29. Il cavaliere di Kruja (1940)
78 min | Drama
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa, Leda Gloria, Guido Celano
30. Addio, giovinezza! (1940)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Maria Denis, Adriano Rimoldi, Clara Calamai, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 35
31. La figlia del corsaro verde (1940)
76 min | Adventure
Director: Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Doris Duranti, Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori
Votes: 27
32. Abbandono (1940)
100 min | Drama
In 1830 Pierre Courier, a rich and elderly shipowner, awaits the return of his son Stefano, who has just returned from a long trip to Trinidad in the ship in which he is captain.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Corinne Luchaire, Jorge Rigaud, Maria Denis, Camillo Pilotto
33. Santa Rogelia (1940)
73 min | Drama
Rogelia, the orphan of an Asturian miner who died in a work-related accident, marries Máximo, a man as robust as jealous, drunk and violent. But when her husband is jailed, the woman will ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto de Ribón | Stars: Germaine Montero, Rafael Rivelles, Juan de Landa, Pastora Peña
Votes: 16
34. La nascita di Salomè (1940)
77 min | Comedy
Director: Jean Choux | Stars: Conchita Montenegro, Armando Falconi, Fernando Freyre de Andrade, Nerio Bernardi
35. Scandalo per bene (1940)
92 min
Director: Esodo Pratelli | Stars: Evi Maltagliati, Carlo Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Maurizio D'Ancora
36. Kean (1940)
78 min | Drama
The famous actor Edmund Kean becomes a rival of the Prince of Wales when he is romantically interested in the wife of a diplomat, also courted by the Royal Highness.
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Germana Paolieri, Sandro Salvini, Mariella Lotti
37. Cuori nella tormenta (1940)
90 min | Drama
A pilot girl, young and emancipated, lands in a small village in the Alps and upsets everything. A boy falls in love with her, his girlfriend becomes jealous, people try and convince her to leave.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Camillo Pilotto, Silvia Manto, Mino Doro, Dria Paola
Votes: 10
38. Amami, Alfredo! (1940)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A brilliant singer is in love with a gifted composer but, during one of her performances, she collapses and a doctor warns her she must never sing again. Since her contract with the opera ... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Maria Cebotari, Claudio Gora, Lucie Englisch, Paolo Stoppa
39. Piccolo alpino (1940)
96 min | Drama, War
Director: Oreste Biancoli | Stars: Elio Sannangelo, Filippo Scelzo, Mario Ferrari, Cesco Baseggio
Votes: 8
40. L'arcidiavolo (1940)
84 min
Director: Toni Frenguelli | Stars: Carlo Ninchi, Germana Paolieri, Mario Gallina, Jone Salinas
41. Il pirata sono io! (1940)
75 min | Comedy
In Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy, contrives to make assaulting the island from a mock pirate ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Juan de Landa, Dora Bini, Carmen Navascués
Votes: 25
42. Il peccato di Rogelia Sanchez (1940)
83 min | Drama
Director: Carlo Borghesio | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Germaine Montero, Letizia Bonini, Felice Minotti
Votes: 8
43. Dopo divorzieremo (1940)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Vivi Gioi, Lilia Silvi, Lia Orlandini
Votes: 57
44. Lucrezia Borgia (1940)
76 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at famous Lucrezia Borgia ,in the last part of her life,when she was duchess of Ferrara.
Director: Hans Hinrich | Stars: Isa Pola, Friedrich Benfer, Carlo Ninchi, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 34
45. Scarpe grosse (1940)
83 min
Director: Dino Falconi | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi, Elena Altieri, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 14
46. Il sogno di tutti (1940)
85 min
Directors: Oreste Biancoli, Ladislao Kish | Stars: Cesco Baseggio, Elvira Betrone, Paolo Bonecchi, Paola Borboni
47. L'ispettore Vargas (1940)
68 min
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Félix Aguilera | Stars: Giulio Donadio, Olga Solbelli, Mariella Lotti, Lauro Gazzolo
48. Fanfulla da Lodi (1940)
80 min
Directors: Giulio Antamoro, Carlo Duse | Stars: Ennio Cerlesi, Germana Paolieri, Osvaldo Valenti, Guido Celano
49. Disillusion (1940)
90 min | Drama
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Ruggero Ruggeri, Germana Paolieri, Bella Starace Sainati, Luisella Beghi
Votes: 7
50. Il capitano degli ussari (1940)
68 min | Comedy
Director: Sándor Szlatinay | Stars: Clara Tabody, Enrico Viarisio, Paolo Viero, Pina Gallini
51. La danza dei milioni (1940)
70 min | Comedy
A young man, despite his qualification, can not find work and, after several attempts, asks a classmate, who is secretary of the President of an important Hungarian bank, to make him have a... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Nino Besozzi, Jole Voleri, Miretta Mauri, Carlo Campanini
52. La prima donna che passa (1940)
82 min
At the 17th century French Court, Cardinal Richelieu bets with two courtesans about the possibility that by midnight he succeeds in conquering the first woman who will pass at that time.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Alida Valli, Carlo Lombardi, Niní Gordini Cervi, Giuseppe Rinaldi
Votes: 10
53. I pirati del golfo (1940)
Director: Romolo Marcellini | Stars: Andrea Checchi, Barbara Ferrante, Jole Ferrari, Giovanni Grasso
54. Il signore della taverna (1940)
73 min
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Armando Falconi, Giovanni Grasso, Mariella Lotti, Adriano Rimoldi
55. Senza cielo (1940)
88 min
Director: Alfredo Guarini | Stars: Isa Miranda, Fosco Giachetti, Andrea Checchi, Gustav Diessl
56. Song of My Heart (1940)
83 min | Comedy
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Giuseppe Lugo, Rubi Dalma, Laura Nucci, Ugo Ceseri
57. La canzone rubata (1940)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Vivi Gioi, Nino Taranto, Sandro Ruffini, Ugo Ceseri
58. L'ebbrezza del cielo (1940)
98 min
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Silvana Jachino, Mario Giannini, Mario Ferrari, Aldo Fiorelli
59. Antonio Meucci (1940)
87 min | Drama
This fascist-era historical movie tells episodes of the life of Antonio Meucci, a nineteenth-century Italian inventor and supporter of Giuseppe Garibaldi who may well have beaten Alexander ... See full summary »
Director: Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Luigi Pavese, Leda Gloria, Nerio Bernardi, Greta Gonda
60. Ecco la radio! (1940)
62 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Nunzio Filogamo, Fausto Tommei, Roberto Villa, Loredana
61. Troppo tardi t'ho conosciuta (1940)
78 min | Romance
Directors: Emanuele Caracciolo, Carmine Gallone | Stars: Franco Lo Giudice, Barbara Nardi, Kristi Schrool, Alfredo De Sanctis
62. Non me lo dire! (1940)
75 min | Comedy
Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor. Its magnificent castle is impounded and he agrees to become the guide allowed visitors to admire.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Vanda Osiris, Silvana Jachino, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 27
63. Il bazar delle idee (1940)
70 min
Director: Marcello Albani | Stars: Giuseppe Porelli, Lilian Hermann, Claudio Gora, Renato Chiantoni
64. Alessandro sei grande! (1940)
73 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Armando Falconi, Leonardo Cortese, Vivi Gioi, Luigi Almirante
65. Una famiglia impossibile (1940)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi, María Mercader, Clely Fiamma
66. Manovre d'amore (1940)
82 min
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Antonio Gandusio, Jole Voleri, Jone Morino, Clara Calamai
67. La donna perduta (1940)
96 min
Director: Domenico Gambino | Stars: Elli Parvo, Luisella Beghi, Osvaldo Genazzani, Carlo Campanini
68. Capitan Fracassa (1940)
90 min | Adventure
An impoverished noble joins an actors troupe and protects the young actress from the depredations of a rival aristocrat.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini, Osvaldo Valenti, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 15
69. La zia smemorata (1940)
65 min | Comedy
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Dina Galli, Nelly Corradi, Osvaldo Valenti, Carlo Campanini
70. Ricchezza senza domani (1940)
82 min
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Lamberto Picasso, Paola Borboni, Doris Duranti, Claudio Gora
71. La granduchessa si diverte (1940)
85 min | Comedy
Directors: Giacomo Gentilomo, Rosa Piovella Ansaldo | Stars: Paola Barbara, Carlo Campanini, Giacomo Moschini, Otello Toso
72. Arditi civili (1940)
90 min | Drama
Director: Domenico Gambino | Stars: Guido Celano, Roberto Bianchi Montero, Elli Parvo, Gildo Bocci
73. Vento di milioni (1940)
78 min
Director: Dino Falconi | Stars: Umberto Melnati, Vivi Gioi, Enzo Biliotti, Monique Thibaut
74. Tutto per la donna (1940)
71 min
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Junie Astor, Antonio Centa, Miretta Mauri, Carlo Campanini
75. Mare (1940)
94 min
Director: Mario Baffico | Stars: Cesco Baseggio, Giovanni Grasso, Virginia Balestrieri, Ugo Ceseri
76. Diario di una stella (1940)
65 min
Directors: Mattia Pinoli, Domenico Valinotti | Stars: Maria Wronska, Alessandro Ziliani, Franco Becci, Romano Calò
77. È sbarcato un marinaio (1940)
74 min
Director: Piero Ballerini | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Doris Duranti, Germana Paolieri, Polidor
Votes: 8
78. Validità giorni dieci (1940)
76 min | Comedy
After finding a train ticket on the ground, the young Paolo decides to go by train to Venice, where he meets Clara, a beautiful girl.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Laura Solari, Antonio Centa, Sergio Tofano, Luigi Cimara
Votes: 14
79. Trappola d'amore (1940)
80 min
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Giuseppe Porelli, Carla Candiani, Claudio Gora, Paolo Stoppa
80. Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
Comedy
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Roberto Rey, María Mercader, Lilia Silvi, Noëlle Norman
83. Amiamoci così (1940)
82 min
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Andrea Checchi, Vanna Vanni, Renato Alberini, Giulio Alfieri
84. L'imprevisto (1940)
64 min | Comedy
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Carla Candiani, Vanna Vanni, Emilio Cigoli, Pietro Marcelli
85. Don Pasquale (1940)
101 min | Drama
In the eighteenth-century Rome, Don Pasquale Corneto, wants his young nephew Ernesto, dedicated to a wasteful social life, to marry a rich spinster, both to save on the expenses of his maintenance and to increase the family heritage.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Armando Falconi, Laura Solari, Maurizio D'Ancora, Greta Gonda
86. Cento lettere d'amore (1940)
67 min
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Armando Falconi, Vivi Gioi, Giuseppe Porelli, Alfredo Martinelli
87. La leggenda azzurra (1940)
65 min
Director: Giuseppe Guarino | Stars: Neda Naldi, Andrea Checchi, Giovanni Grasso, Osvaldo Valenti
88. Sei bambine ed il Perseo (1940)
100 min
Director: Giovacchino Forzano | Stars: Augusto Di Giovanni, Manlio Mannozzi, Elena Zareschi, Mariù Gleck
89. La última falla (1940)
83 min | Comedy
Director: Benito Perojo | Stars: Miguel Ligero, Matilde Vázquez, Julio Peña, Maruchi Fresno
90. Incanto di mezzanotte (1940)
82 min
Director: Mario Baffico | Stars: Germana Paolieri, Guido Notari, Nerio Bernardi, Enzo Biliotti
91. Il segreto di Villa Paradiso (1940)
76 min
Director: Domenico Gambino | Stars: Luisa Ferida, Giovanni Grasso, Mino Doro, Carlo Duse
92. La Reggia sul fiume (1940)
82 min
Director: Alberto Salvi | Stars: Polidor, Gino Bianchi, Gildo Bocci, Liana Persi
93. Le sorprese del vagone letto (1940)
77 min
Director: Gian Paolo Rosmino | Stars: Enrico Viarisio, Clara Calamai, Luigi Almirante, Paolo Stoppa
94. Il ladro sono io (1940)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Flavio Calzavara | Stars: Nelly Corradi, Carlo Tamberlani, Dina Perbellini, Enzo Gainotti
95. Fortuna (1940)
78 min
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Maria Denis, Tony D'Algy, Ugo Ceseri, Irene Caba Alba
96. Il ponte di vetro (1940)
85 min | Drama
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Isa Pola, Rossano Brazzi, Filippo Scelzo, Regina Bianchi
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