The King and Queen of Italian Cinema.
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni were truly the First Couple of Italian Cinema. Audiences loved seeing them together and as a result they starred in 14 feature films together. Which was must memorable?
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- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiPaul PaviotStarsVittorio De SicaDany RobinFrançois PérierA five-part compilation film. In "The Baby," a poverty-ridden couple with children decides that their newborn is too much and decide to leave him in a church, but the mother can't go through with it and decides to leave him in an expensive car; the father cannot go through with that and they take him back home. "The Hand of Providence": An old woman has been brooding for many years while the parish priest has been urging her to unburden herself by telling him all. She tells him that her life seems pointless and that she is thinking of suicide. Trying to dissuade her, the priest trips and falls over the edge of a cliff and saves himself by grasping a hanging bush. This convinces the woman that God holds life precious and she shouldn't give up hers. "On Location": An elderly actor and actress get parts in a film being shot on location and discover that they are old friends. They both confess to being lonely, and while rehearsing their scenes they decide that a future together would be most desirable. They drive off and leave the director needing two actors. "The Amorous Bus Driver": A Neapolitan bus driver does not let company regulations interfere with romance. "The Camera": A woman is after a camera offered as a prize on a chance-board. A man is after her. He borrows the camera to shoot some posed shots with her, but can't make the timer work.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniGiancarlo GianniniIn pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same woman. The changes in their country's politics ultimately take all three on a journey across the ocean to New York City.
- DirectorGiorgio BianchiStarsDoris DowlingJacques SernasMilly VitalePaolo Silvestri, grandson of a retired admiral, and Massimo Falchetti, son of a rich shipping magnate, are studying at Leghorn Academy. The two friends both love the sea, but whilst Paolo has the Navy in his blood, Massimo hates military discipline. By chance Massimo meets Doris, a film actress, whom he begins to court. Paolo also gets to know Doris, and although he is engaged to Fioretta, a good and honest girl, he too falls in love with the film star. However, she advises him to return to Leghorn where he boards the Vespucci for the family's annual cruise. Massimo leaves his college course and decides to abandon any military career. Banished by his father, he obtains a job as cabin boy on a Spanish cargo ship. During the cruise on the Vespucci the crew stop off at the port of Algiers where Massimo's vessel is also docked. Paolo goes to look for his friend, but poor Massimo, having discovered that the Spanish crew are smugglers, has been clapped in irons. The shore patrol come to the rescue, and after a violent struggle Massimo is freed and the smugglers arrested. Massimo re-enters Leghorn Academy, and Paolo returns to his grandfather and a reconciliation with Fioretta.
- DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsSophia LorenVittorio GassmanMario AdorfMarried couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard. he thinks the ghosts are at work, but it is actually Maria's lover, a very rich man who showers her with presents.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo PuglisiWealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsVittorio De SicaSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniLuca runs a mill and is married to Carmela, a beautiful wife. But his wife's beauty catches the eye of Don Teofilo the Governor.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniVenantino VenantiniDiscovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying to date him. He in turn succumbs to her charms and they soon realise their major problem is his Holy vow of celibacy.
- DirectorGiorgio CapitaniStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo MaccioneA happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsSophia LorenJulia RobertsMarcello MastroianniA chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniJohn VernonTwo neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniLyudmila SavelevaAn Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsVittorio De SicaSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniA kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsSophia LorenCharles BoyerMarcello MastroianniA 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.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.