, 1h38 Directed byAlessandro Blasetti, Flavio Calzavara OriginItalie GenresDrama ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsGino Cervi, Evi Maltagliati, Gianfranco Giachetti, Egisto Olivieri, Elisa Cegani, Gian Paolo Rosmino Rating61% After a couple of projects had either been postponed or fallen through for Blasetti, it was suggested that he should make a film about the navy in peacetime. The result is this strange film, which at the outset plays like a propaganda piece for the might of the Italian navy, only to veer off into high melodrama, as it zeroes in on Commander Corrado Valeri (Gino Cervi), and his conflict between duty and the jealousy of his wife. There are comedic asides, a visit to a North African club, affording Blasetti to contribute the first scenes of nudity in Italian film, and there are moments of heroics, including a mission to rescue the doomed crew of a wrecked submarine. As if all of that was not more than enough, the film features a star-studded cast including Evi Maltagliati, Gianfranco Giachetti, Doris Duranti, Elisa Cegani (in her debut), and even a brief cameo by Blasetti himself.
, 1h35 Directed byAldo Vergano OriginItalie GenresDrama, War ThemesPolitical films ActorsMassimo Serato, Lea Padovani, Elli Parvo, Gillo Pontecorvo, Checco Rissone, Carlo Lizzani Rating68% La vie dans un château de la plaine lombarde et son exploitation agricole, à la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. L'arrivée d'un déserteur qui s'y cache et se lie avec la fille d'un résistant, puis avec la propriétaire du domaine. À son tour, il rejoint le maquis antifasciste. On assiste à la fusillade de deux résistants : un prêtre et un communiste. Les ouvriers se rebellent et chassent les occupants allemands... Un des films essentiels sur la Résistance italienne.
, 2h14 Directed byAlessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot OriginItalie GenresComedy, Musical ActorsVittorio De Sica, Yves Montand, Guido Celano, Danièle Delorme, Lea Padovani, Marcello Mastroianni Rating60% From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author.
Vasco and Mara get to know in a restaurant, go to the cinema, and spent the evening intimately, fall in love. She tells him that, being short of money, will try to work the next morning in a brothel, but he convinces her to desist from this connection, to begin to live with him, who has a job as a teacher, even if their economic situation may be difficult.