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- Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll...
- An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
- Illicit passions pervade an Italian town, where men gather nightly for the cynical "game of the law."
- The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
- Following a brutal assault by invading Austrian soldiers, two women must deal with the consequences of that attack and with the scorn they face by friends and family alike.
- Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon's haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men - and consistently creates havoc as she remains true to her earthy background.
- There has been no Catholic church in the Italian district of London since the only one was bombed during the Blitz. Guido Marchi, a journalist wishing it to be restored, decides to organize a show in which great names of the Italian opera will appear, deceitfully using Carlo Scala's restaurant as collateral to get the loan so as to organize the show. Despite formidable, self-interested opposition he will finally realize his goal, and he will manage to marry the one he loves.
- Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques". Sergei finds Lina back in the French capital and, as a play and game, makes her his mistress. When she understands the truth Lina runs away with tenor Silvani. Mad with jealousy, Doria kills Silvani and the young singer who thinks Sergei is responsible for Silvani's death, decides to devote her life to her career. Going from success to success, Lina arrives one day in Saint Petersburg where she is to sing before the Tsar. There she meets Sergei again...
- This music filled biopic follows the life of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame.
- A Texan girl wins a quiz show jackpot, and uses her winnings for a trip to Italy. Her car breaks down near Siena where she meets a handsome Italian prince. He thinks that she must be rich, and she too believes he's loaded with cash, but they're both broke. The romance reaches its climax at the traditional Palio horse race where, after breaking up with the prince after learning that he bribed the rival jockey into throwing the race so that his horse could win, she fast-talks the rival horse's owner into letting her ride.
- Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
- A comprehensive look at the condition of women in Italy during the years of economic boom : (1) "I bambini" or how difficult can be for parents to reveal the mystery of birth to their young children. (2) "Le adolescenti" or how the first kiss can be pleasant for teenagers and a worry to their parents. (3) "Lo sfregio" or how violent a male ego can be after a woman's rejection. (4) "La prova d'amore" or how double standards work in view of a woman's loss of virginity. (5) "Ragazze madri" or how modern psychology can influence a pregnant woman to deal with her dilemma. (6) "Viaggio di nozze" or how hiding her sexual past to the bridegroom does not succeed past their nuptial night. (7) "Il successo" deals with ambitions and the price for success. (8) "Gli adulteri" or how a marriage can shift towards hypocrisy. (9) "Un matrimonio" or how a girl eager to marry discovers too late her husband's true nature. (19) "Le tarantate" or how an emigrant's wife shall overcome her sexual need through music and dancing. (11) "La separazione legale" or how divorce can be a way to settle peacefully a union that no longer works.
- The minute her parents leave, Anne-Marie drops out of school for an eight-day vacation in St-Tropez with her friend Jean-Paul. They are soon caught up in the whirlwind of St-Tropez life. Jean-Paul falls into the arms of a very wealthy woman while Anne-Marie goes off with a young man she met on the road. After a few misadventures, both friends realize they are in love with each other and meet in St-Tropez.
- The film documents modern slave trade through a number of Arabian and African countries, under muslim rule. The filming was conducted both in public places, and sometimes with the use of hidden cameras, for high impact scenes of nudity, sex, and violence - and a few surprises, as slaves made out of peregrins to Mecca, and slave traders paid in traveller checks.
- Virna Lisi is at her peak using her womanly wiles to seduce Terry-Thomas (in multiple roles) to aid her debt-ridden grandmother, Dame Margaret Rutherford.
- A boat en route to a treasure hunting?
- The life of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western Monasticism, taped at Subiaco and Montecassino Italy and Subiaco Arkansas. Hosted by Bob and Penny Lord.