Cesare Zavattini Movies

A pickpoket falls in love with one of his victims.

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone...

A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter Cesare Zavattini.

Paolo and Maria are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child.

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.

Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but...

'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo Serra about the anguish and instability of the...

A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual...

The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way...

Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural...

Carlo Lizzani's short film for the anthology film Love in the City