, 1h25 Directed byRiccardo Freda, Mario Bava OriginItalie GenresScience fiction, Horror, Crime ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Vampires in film ActorsGianna Maria Canale, Paul Müller, Wandisa Guida, Carlo D'Angelo, Antoine Balpêtré, Charles Fernley Fawcett Roles L'antiquario (uncredited) Rating64% In 1957 Paris, a series of mysterious killings are committed against young women of the same blood type who are found dead and drained of their blood. These killings are reported in the press as being performed by a murderer coined The Vampire. The journalist Pierre Lantin (Dario Michaelis) begins to investigate, and becomes more involved when his fiancee, the dancer Nora Duval is kidnapped. As Inspector Chantal (Carlo D'Angelo) examines the crime scene, Lantin arrives predicting that the crime was committed by The Vampire. Lantin investigates the school that the latest murder happened at to search for clues and finds that the woman was being followed by a tall man before the murder. Elsewhere, a man named Joseph (Paul Muller) begs for "his fix" in a dark room is told to go after a woman named Lorette (Wandisa Guida) and that he "know what to do" at Rue Saint Etienne. Joseph arrives at the location and is spotted by Lantin but manages to get away from him. Joseph arrives at the clinic of Professor Julian Du Grand (Antoine Balpêtré) and demands money to leave town or he will report what's happening to the police. He is strangled by Du Grand's assistant when a shadowed woman named Marguerite arrives and states that if the police track them down, it will be the end of Du Grands career. A newspaper headline later reveals that Professor Julian Du Grand has died unexpectedly.
, 1h44 Directed byMario Monicelli, Steno OriginItalie GenresComedy ActorsTotò, Pietro Carloni, Alberto Sordi, Lilia Landi, Gianni Musy, Ernesto Almirante Roles Filippini Rating65% The film's title alludes playfully to the politicians who rule the town of Rome, since the laws that are in their favor and the tricks that make for years to stay in office. In fact the whole film as a kind of political satire and Italy was also censored.
Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will. The count's younger daughter hears the argument which breaks out between the lovers. The false baron tries to kill her but she escapes, racing off to the river. There she is saved by a patriot, who takes her to the devil's castle, where conspirators are meeting. On hearing the news, the spy contacts the police, who arrest the girl's fiancé, a young doctor, one of the leading patriots. Sentenced to death, he is about to be hanged but is saved at the last minute by Garibaldi's cavalry. After dealing with the spy, the young patriot joins his beloved fiancée.
, 1h30 OriginItalie GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsAntonio Gandusio, Armando Falconi, Anna Proclemer, Paola Borboni, Carlo Campanini, Chiaretta Gelli Roles Fornitore del bar Rating61% Un vieux couple romain de condition modeste a inscrit sa fille, Mariella, dans un collège huppé à l'écart de la grande ville, où elle grandit, ignorant la pauvreté de ses parents. À l'occasion d'une visite au collège, ceux-ci apprennent qu'elle est convoitée par le fils d'un riche financier. Cherchant à dissimuler la réalité, les parents de Mariella transforment leur appartement, mais contractent des dettes insurmontables. Le jour des noces, les créanciers occupent les lieux et sont faussement présentés comme des amis ou des proches parents de la mariée…