Italian Cinema in VHS
The following films are in Italian with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. "Dubbed" indicates Italian-language productions dubbed into English -- keep in mind that many Italian movies feature international casts, and all voices are dubbed in any case. "In English" denotes productions originally produced in English.
Accatone. For the love of a pure girl, Roman street pimp Accatone (Franco Citti) attempts to make an honest living. A Pier Paolo Pasolini film. 1961. 120 min. VH1/ACCA-0001.
After the Fox. Vittorio De Sica directed this Neil Simon comedy about a master thief (Peter Sellers) who escapes from prison and poses as a film director in order to steal a shipment of gold bullion. In English. 1966. 103 min. VH1/AFTE-0004.
Allegro Non Troppo (Not Too Cheerful). Live action sequences introduce six humorous animated segments set to the music of Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Sibelius, Vivaldi, and Stravinsky. A film by Bruno Bozetto. 1976. 85 min. VH1/ALLE-0002.
Allonsanfan. Aristocrat Marcello Mastroianni alternates between loyalty to and betrayal of his political followers. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani scripted and directed. 1974. 115 min. VH1/ALLO-0002.
Amarcord. Federico Fellini's sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant memoir of small town life in the 1930s won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. 1974. 127 min. VH1/AMAR-0002.
And the Ship Sails On (E la Nava Va). An exotic coterie of musicians gathers on a luxury liner to scatter the ashes of the world's greatest diva. Freddie Jones and Barbara Jefford star in this Federico Fellini film. Letterboxed. 1984. 127 min. VH1/ANDT-0004.
Atom Age Vampire (Seddok -- L'Erde di Satana). Plastic surgeon Alberto Lupo commits murder in order to keep his beloved patient beautiful. Anton Giulio Majana directed. Dubbed. 1961.69 min. VH1/ATOM-0002.
Basileus Quartet. When a violinist dies, his fellow musicians struggle to accept the new, younger member of their string quartet. Fabio Carpi directed. 1982. 118 min. VH1/BASI-0004.
The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri). Gillo Pontecorvo's drama recreates the Algerian revolt against the French. 1965. 123 min. VH1/BATT-0002.
Before the Revolution (Prima della Rivoluzione). Francisco Barilli flirts with Communism and with his young aunt. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. 1962. 110 min. VH1/BEFO-0003.
Beyond the Clouds (Par-Dela les Nuages). Michelangelo Antonioni's movie about a wandering filmmaker stars John Malkovich, Marcello Mastroiannni, Jean Reno, Fanny Ardant, Sophie Marceau, Irene Jacob, Peter Weller and Jeanne Moreau. In English, Italian & French. 1995. 109 min. VH1/BEYO-0005.
The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette). A working man (Lamberto Maggiorani) and his young son search for the stolen bicycle essential to the father's job. Vittorio De Sica's masterpiece won a special Academy Award. 1949. 90 min. VH1/BICY-0001.
Big Deal on Madonna Street. (I Solti Ignoti). Mario Monicelli's heist spoof stars Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale, and Marcello Mastroianni. 1960. 91 min. VH1/BIGD-0001.
Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro). Giuseppe De Santis' account of romance and betrayal in the rice fields stars Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. 1948. 108 min. VH1/BITT-0005.
Black Sabbath (I Tre Volti della Paura). Boris Karloff hosts three horror stories from director Mario Bava. Dubbed. 1964. 99 min. VH1/BLAC-0014.
Black Sunday (La Maschera del Demonio). Witch Barbara Steele returns from the dead in Mario Bava's shocker. Dubbed. 1960. 83 min. VH1/BLAC-0012.
Bread and Chocolate (Panne e Chocolate). An impoverished but optimistic Italian immigrant (Nino Manfredi) tries to make his fortune in Switzerland. Franco Brusati directed. 1973. 109 min. VH1/BREA-0007.
Cabiria. Giovanni Pastrone's epic follows a young Roman girl as she witnesses the Punic Wars, the eruption of Mt. Etna and Hannibal crossing the Alps. Silent with musical score. 1914. 123 min. VH1/CABI-0004.
Caro Diario (Dear Diary). Writer/director Nanni Moretti also stars in this comedy about a man who takes off on his motorcycle in search of the meaning of life. 1994. 100 min. VH1/CARO-0002.
Castle of Terror (La Danza Macabre). Journalist George Riviere spends the night in a castle haunted by blood-thirsty ghosts (among them Barbara Steele). Antionio Margheriti directed. Dubbed. 1964. 83 min. VH1/CAST-0002.
The Children Are Watching (I Bambini Ci Guadano). Marital problems drive a couple's 4-year-old boy into despondency. A Vittorio De Sica film. 1943. 85 min. VH1/CHIL-0002.
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si e Fermato a Eboli, a.k.a. Eboli). Franco Rosi adapted Carlo Levi's book about a man (Gian Maria Volonte) living in political exile. 1980. 119 min. VH1/CHRI-0003.
Ciao, Federico! Gideon Bachmann films Federico Fellini at work on his phantasmagorical Fellini Satyricon. 1970. 60 min. VH2/CIAO-0001.
Ciao, Professore! A computer error places a conservative, upper-class, Northern Italian teacher (Paolo Villaggio) in a Southern Italian class of tough-talking third graders. Directed by Lina Wertmuller. 1992. 91 min. VH1/CIAO-0001.
Cinema Paradiso. Giuseppe Tornatore's heart-warming story about a small-town boy (Salvatore Cascio) who loves movies, and his friend, a gruff projectionist (Philippe Noiret). 1990. 121 min. VH1/CINE-0001.
City of Women (La Citta delle Donne). In Federico Fellini's fantasy, male chauvinist Marcello Mastroianni wanders into a world run by women. 1980. 138 min. VH1/CITY-0003.
The Clowns (I Clowns). Federico Fellini salutes the circus performers in this mock-documentary. 1971. 90 min. VH1/CLOW-0001.
The Conformist (Il Conformista). Bernardo Bertolucci's study of Fascism under Mussolini stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stafenia Sandrelli and Dominique Sanda. Dubbed. 1971. 115 min. VH1/CONF-0002.
Cyrano de Bergerac. Augusto Genina's silent version of the classic story, about the long-nosed romantic who woos the beautiful Roxanne for a bumbling baron, has been tinted and colored. 1925. 114 min. VH1/CYRA-0002.
Dark Eyes (Oci Ciornie). Marcello Mastroianni and Silvana Mangano star in Nikita Mikhalkov's Russian/Italian movie about the reminiscences of an old roue. 1987. 118 min. VH1/DARK-0002.
Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia). A composer (Dirk Bogarde) becomes obsessed with a beautiful youth (Bjorn Andresen) in Luchino Visconti's adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel. Dubbed. 1971. 130 min. VH1/DEAT-0001.
The Devil's Commandment (I Vampiri). Writer/director Riccardo Freda and cinematographer/co-director Mario Bava started the genre of Italian horror films with this story of a reporter tracking down vampires. Dubbed. 1957. 72 min. VH1/DEVI-0010.
Diabolik (a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik). John Phillip Law stars as a stylish master thief. Mario Bava directed. Dubbed. 1968. 99 min. VH1/DIAB-0003.
Divorce - Italian Style (Divorzio all'Italiano). Marcello Mastroianni plans to murder wife Daniela Rocca and wed his teenaged cousin, Stefania Sandrelli, in this Oscar-winning farce from Pietro Germi. 1962. 104 min. VH1/DIVO-0003.
8½ (Otto e Mezzo). Marcello Mastroianni is a frustrated filmmaker in Federico Fellini's Oscar-winner. Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimee co-star. 1963. 138 min. VH1/EIGH-0002.
1860: I Mille di Garibaldi (1860: Garibaldi's Thousand). Sicilian rebels clash with the King of Naples' troops in the Battle of Calatafimi. Alessandro Blasetti's production anticipated the Neorealist movement of the 1940s. 1933. 72 min. VH1/EIGH-0005.
Everybody's Fine (Stanno Tutti Bene). Giuseppe Tornatore follows a befuddled Sicilian bureaucrat (Marcello Mastroianni) as he visits his five grown children on the mainland. 1990. 115 min. VH1/EVER-0003.
The Family (La Famiglia). Patriarch Vittorio Gassman looks back on his life on the eve of his 80th birthday party. Fanny Ardant, Philiippe Noiret and Stefania Sandrelli co-star in Ettore Scola's film. 1987. 128 min. VH1/FAMI-0005.
Farinelli : Il Castrato. Director Gerard Corbiau envisions the secret life of of the famous 18th century castrato Carlo Broschi (Stefano Dionisi), known as Farinelli. 1994. 110 min. VH1/FARI-0001.
Fellini Satyricon. A young man wanders through a phantasmagoric vision of Rome in the time of Nero. 1969. 130 min. VH1/FELL-0001.
Fellini's Roma. The maestro's impressionistic ode to the Eternal City of his youth. 1972. 129 min. VH1/FELL-0002.
Fiorile (Wild Flower). During the course of a long road trip, a father tells his children the story of their ancestors. A film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. 1991. 118 min. VH1!/FIOR-0001.
The Flight of the Innocent (La Corsa dell'Innocente). A kidnapper's son (Manuel Colao) flees from the rival gang that massacred his family. Carlo Carlei directed this thriller. 1992. 105 min. VH1/FLIG-0002.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Gardino del Finzi-Continis). Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning portrait of an aristocratic Jewish family in WWII Italy stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Fabio Testi. 1971. 95 min. VH1/GARD-0003.
General Della Rovere (Il Generale Della Rovere). Roberto Rossellini directed this war drama about a swindler (Vittorio De Sica) who is arrested by the German army and forced to impersonate an executed Italian general. 1959. 130 min. VH1/GENE-0001.
The Ghost (Lo Spettro). In Riccardo Freda's chiller, the ghost of an embittered scientist (Elio Jotta) haunts his wife and her lover (Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin). Dubbed. 1963. 95 min. VH1/GHOS-0008.
Girl with a Suitcase. (La Ragazza con la Valigia). Innocent country girl Claudia Cardinale must fend off big-city wolves in Valerio Zurlini's movie. Subtitled. 1961. 108 min. VH1/GIRL-0013.
Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred). Federico Fellini's spoof stars Giulietta Masina and Marcello Mastroianni as aging entertainers reunited for a TV special. 1986. 126 min. VH1/GING-0001.
The Gold of Naples (L'Oro di Napoli). Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Toto and Silvana Mangano star in a quartet of stories. De Sica directed. 1954. 107 min. VH1/GOLD-0005.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Il Vangelo Se Condo Matteo). Director Pier Paolo Pasolini used non-professional actors and locales in Southern Italy for his depiction of the life and teachings of Christ. Dubbed. 1964. 134 min. VH1/GOSP-0001.
Henry IV (Enrico IV). After falling off a horse, Marcello Mastroianni believes himself a king. Marco Bellocchio adapted Luigi Pirandello's play. 1984. 95 min. VH1/HENR-0001.
Hercules. Muscle-man Steve Reeves wrestles a lion, a bull, dragon, and an army of Amazons. Pietro Francisci directed. Dubbed. 1959. 107 min. VH1/HERC-0002.
Hercules Unchained. Steve Reeves returns in Pietro Francisci's sequel to Hercules. Dubbed. 1960. 97 min. VH1/HERC-0003.
The Icicle Thief (Ladri di Saponette). In actor/director Maurizio Nichetti's comedy, characters from TV commercials interact with the Neo-Realist drama they are interrupting. 1989. 84 min. VH1/ICIC-0001.
Il Bidone (The Swindle). Federico Fellini's caper about con artists fleecing peasants stars Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart and Giulietta Masina. 1955. 92 min. VH1/ILBI-0001.
Il Bell'Antonio (a.k.a. Bell'Antonio). A notorious playboy's lack of ardor for his alluring bride scandalizes an Italian town. Mauro Bolognini's film stars Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale. 1960. 101 min. VH1/ILBE-0001.
Il Grido (The Outcry). Faced with the end of an affair, a refinery mechanic (Steve Cochran) embarks on an aimless quest with his daughter in tow. A film by Michelangelo Antonioni. 1957. 115 min. VH1/ILGR-0001.
Il Mostro (The Monster). Roberto Benigni welcomes attractive stranger Nicoletta Braschi into his home, unaware that she is an undercover cop who suspects him of being a serial killer. Benigni also directed this comedy. 1994. 111 min. VH1/ILMO-0001.
Il Postino (The Postman). A postman (Massimo Troisi) enlists the help of poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) to help him woo the most beautiful woman in town (Maria Grazia Cucinotta). Michael Radford directed. 1995. 108 min. VH1/ILPO-0002.
Il Testimone dello Sposo (The Best Man). As Francesca recites her wedding vows to Elgardo, an older man she detests, she falls instantly in love with Angelo, her groom's best man. Director Pupi Avati also scripted. 1997. 101 min. VH1/ILTE-0001.
Indiscretion of an American Wife. Married Jennifer Jones attempts to break off a love affair with Montgomery Clift at Rome's railway station. A Vittorio De Sica film. In English. 1953. 63 min. VH1/INDI-0004.
Intervista. A Japanese television crew follows director Federico Fellini as he works on a new movie in this film-within-a-film. Look for Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. 1987. 108 min. VH1/INTE-0005.
Johnny Stecchino. Writer/director Roberto Benigni plays gangster Johnny Toothpick and his look-alike, a meek bus driver. 1991. 100 min. VH1/JOHN-0007.
Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli Spiriti). Federico Fellini enters the mind of a married woman (Giulietta Masina) troubled by her fantasies. 1965. 148 min. VH1/JULI-0002.
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life). Gossip columnist Marcello Mastroianni wanders through Rome's high society. Federico Fellini's classic co-stars Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee and Yvonne Furneaux. 1960. 178 min. VH1/LADO-0001.
La Notte (The Night). Milanese novelist Marcello Mastroianni and wife Jeanne Moreau face the emptiness of their lives together. A film by Michelangelo Antonioni. 1961. 120 min. VH1/LANO-0001.
La Scorta (The Escort). In the city of Trapani, Sicily, a new magistrate is assigned four bodyguards, who join him in fighting corrupt politicians and ruthless Mafiosi. Ricky Tagnazzi directed. 1993. 92 min. VH1/LASC-0001.
La Signora di Tutti (Everybody's Woman). Max Ophul's tale of a famous film star (Isa Miranda) who relives her past after a suicide attempt. 1934. 89 min. VH1/LASI-0001.
La Strada (The Road). Waif Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) is sold to Zampano (Anthony Quinn), the strongman in a travelling sideshow. Federico Fellini's heartbreaker won an Academy Award. 1954. 115 min. VH1/LAST-0001.
Lamerica. Italian con artists Gino (Enrico Lo Verso) and Fiore (Michele Placido) take advantage of the political unrest in Albania. Gianni Amelio directed. 1994. 111 min. VH1/LAME-0001.
L'Amore (Love). A woman (Anna Magnani) pleads over the phone with her lover in The Human Voice, written by Jean Cocteau. A peasant (Magnani) meets a man claiming to be St. Joseph in The Miracle, based on a story by (and co-starring) Federico Fellini. Roberto Rossellini directed. 1948. 78 min. VH1/LAMO-0001.
The Last Days of Pompeii. The lives of several characters intersect in the smoking shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. An epic from Italy by Mario Caserini. Silent with piano score. 1913. 88 min. VH1/LAST-0041.
L'Avventura (The Adventure). When Lea Massari disappears from a yachting party, her lover Gabriele Ferzetti and her friend Monica Vitti search for her, and begin a love affair. A tale of spiritual ennui from Michelangelo Antonioni. 1960. 145 min. VH1/LAVV-0001.
The Law (La Loi). Gina Lollabrigida attempts to steal a dowry so that she can get married. Pierre Brasseur, Marcello Mastroianni, Melina Mercouri, and Yves Montand co-star in Jules Dassin's comedy. 1959. 120 min. VH1/LAW*-0001.
Le Bal. Ettore Scola directed this panorama of life from the mid-1930s to the 1980s, told entirely through dance and music, with no dialogue. 1982. 112 min. VH1/LEBA-0001.
L'Eclisse (The Eclipse). In Michelangelo Antonioni's study of alienation, translator Monica Vitti leaves her boyfriend to start an affair with her mother's stockbroker, Alain Delon. 1962. 123 min. VH1/LECL-0001.
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella). Jewish waiter Roberto Benigni (who also directed) protects his son from the horrors of the Holocaust by pretending that their trip to the concentration camp is all a game. 1997. 116 min. VH1/LIFE-0013 or -0014.
The Long Hair of Death. (I Lunghi Capelli della Morte). When a noble family burns a witch at the stake, her two long-haired daughters plot revenge. Barbara Steele and Halina Zalewska star in Antonio Margheriti's spine-tingler. Dubbed. 1964. 95 min. VH1/LONG-0012.
Love and Anarchy (Film d'Amore e d'Anarchia). Peasant Giancarlo Giannini's plot to assassinate Mussolini unravels when he falls in love with prostitute Mariangela Melato. A Lina Wertmuller film. Letterboxed. Subtitled. 1973. 120 min. VH1/LOVE-0023.
The Loves of Hercules (a.k.a. Hercules vs. the Hydra). Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia's muscleman fantasy stars Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield. Dubbed. 1960. 93 min. VH1/LOVE-0035.
Ludwig. Conspirators plot to eliminate Bavarian King Ludwig II (acted by Helmut Burger, voiced by Giancarlo Giannini) in Luchino Visconti's historical drama. 1972. 231 min. VH1/LUDW-0001.
L'Ultima Diva: Francesca Bertini (The Last Diva). Italian actress Francesca Bertini reminisces about her career and screens her greatest movie, Assunta Spina (1915). A documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi. 1982. 85 min. VH2/LULT-0001.
Macabre (Macabro) by Lamberto Bava. A blind man (Stanko Molnar) becomes obsessed with his tenant (Bernice Stegers), a formal mental patient whose lover was decapitated on the same day that her son was drowned. Dubbed. 1980. 90 min. Also, A Head for Horror: Lamberto Bava on Macabre (10 min.). VH1/MACA-0003.
Mamma Roma. Prostitute Anna Magnani's dreams of a better life for her son are threatened when he turns to petty crime. A Pier Paolo Pasolini film. 1962. 110 min. VH1/MAMM-0001.
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (Marcello Mastroianni: Mi Ricordo Si Io Mi Ricordo). The actor looks back on his career in a film by his companion of 22 years, Anna Maria Tato. Letterboxed. Subtitled. 1997. 199 min. VH2/MARC-0004.
Medea. Maria Callas plays the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's version of the Euripedes tragedy. 1970. 100 min. VH1/MEDE-0001.
Mediterraneo. During World War II, misfit Italian sailors make the best of being stranded on a Greek island. Gabriele Salvatore's comedy won an Oscar. 1991. 90 min. VH1/MEDI-0001.
Mille Bolle Blu. Growing restless as they wait for a solar eclipse, Roman schoolchildren spy on their grown-up neighbors. Leone Pompucci directed. Subtitled. 1993. 83 min. VH1/MILL-0004.
Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano). Toto the Good (Francisco Golisano) brings cheer to his dreary village. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. 1951. 96 min. VH1/MIRA-0005.
Neorealism Up to 1945, Neorealism Up to 1950 and Neorealism Up to 1954. Carlo Lizzani hosts Giampiero Tartagni's series about the influential Italian filmmaking movement. Tape 1 is dubbed, 2 & 3 subtitled. 1989/92. 163 min. VH2/NEOR-0001 through -0003.
The Night of the Shooting Stars (La Notte di San Lorenzo). Paolo and Vittorio Taviani reveal the absurdity of war in this fable of a Tuscan town on the eve of liberation by the Americans. 1982. 107 min. VH1/NIGH-0006 or -0038.
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti de Cabiria). This restored edition of Federico Fellini's masterpiece about the travails of a downtrodden prostitute (Giulietta Masina) includes 7 minutes of previously cut footage and a 37-minute interview with Dominique Delouche, Fellini's former assistant. 1957 / 1999. 117 + 37 min. VH1/NIGH-0005.
1900 (Novocento). Bernardo Bertolucci views 20th century Italy through the eyes of a peasant and a land-owner. With Robert Deniro, Gerard Depardieu, Donald Sutherland and Burt Lancaster. Dubbed. 1977. 255 min. VH1/NINE-0001.
Nostalghia. A Russian poet, on a research mission in Italy, arrives at a Tuscan village where he is visited by memories of Russia, his wife and children. An Andrei Tarkovsky film. 1983. 120 min. VH1/NOST-0001.
Oedipus Rex (Edipo Re). Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano and Alida Valli star in Pier Paolo Pasolini's interpretation of Sophocles' incestuous tragedy. 1967. 110 min. VH2/OEDI-0002.
Open City (a.k.a. Rome: Open City or Roma: Citta Aperta) Roberto Rossellini's view of German-occupied Italy stars Anna Magnani and Aldo Fabrizi. 1946. 105 min. VH1/OPEN-0004.
Open Doors (Porte Aperte). Judge Gian Maria Volonte presides over a murder trial in Fascist Italy. Gianni Amelio directed. 1990. 109 min. VH1/OPEN-0002.
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'Orchestra). Interactions at an orchestra rehearsal reflect the turmoil of Italian society. A Federico Fellini telefilm. 1979. 72 min. VH1/ORCH-0001.
The Organizer (I Compagni) by Mario Monicelli. In 19th century Turin, an itinerant professor (Marcello Mastroianni) unites a ragtag group of textile workers in a strike against their factory. 1964. 127 min. VH1/ORGA-0001.
Ossessione (Obsession). Waitress Clara Calamai convinces lover Massimo Girotti to kill her husband. Compare Luchino Visconti's James M. Cain adaptation to Hollywood's The Postman Always Rings Twice (VH1/POST-2). 1942. 140 min. VH1/OSSE-0001.
Padre Padrone (My Father, My Master). Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's film about the education of a peasant boy stars Omero Antonutti and Saverio Marconi. 1977. 114 min. VH1/PADR-0001.
Paisan. Six stories depict encounters between the Italian people and their liberators. Roberto Rossellini's film includes script contributions from Federico Fellini. 1947. 115 min. VH1/PAIS-0001.
Passione d'Amore (Passion of Love). Sickly spinster Valeria D'Obici pursues handsome cavalry officer Bernard Giraudeau. Ettore Scola's film inspired the Stephen Sondheim musical, Passion (VH2/PASS-3). 1981. 117 min. VH1/PASS-0007.
Pizzicata. In WWII-era Italy, an olive farmer and his daughter nurse an injured Italian-American flier back to health. Edoardo Winspeare scripted and directed. 1996. 93 min. VH1/PIZZ-0001.
Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello Spazio). Mario Bava directed this atmospheric chiller about astronauts on a planet of invisible killers. Dubbed. 1965. 86 min. VH1/PLAN-0003.
Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman). A blind and embittered army captain (Vittorio Gassman) tours Italy with his young aide (Alessandro Momo). Dino Risi's film was remade with Al Pacino (VH1/SCEN-2). 1974. 103 min. VH1/PROF-0002.
Red Desert (Deserto Rosso). Michelangelo Antonioni's study in alienation and madness is famous for its color photography. Monica Vitti and Richard Harris star. 1964. 116 min. VH1/REDD-0003.
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e I Suoi Fratelli). A mother (Katina Paxinou) brings her five sons to the big city, where two of them become boxers and fall in love with a prostitute. With Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale. 1960. 170 min. VH1/ROCC-0001.
RoGoPaG includes Roberto Rossellini's Virginity, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Cream Cheese, Jean-Luc Godard's The New World, and Ugo Gregoretti's The Range-Grown Chicken. 1962. 125 min. VH1/ROGO-0001.
Rorret. Mr. Rorret (Lou Castel), the psychopathic owner of the Peeping Tom Cinema, begins to stalk his audience. A horror thriller from Fulvio Wetzl. 1987. 105 min. VH1/RORR-0001.
Rossellini on Rossellini. Adriano Apra employs film clips and interviews to review the career of filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. 1992. 60 min. VH2/ROSS-0001.
St. Michael Had a Rooster (San Michele Aveva un Gallo). After ten years in prison, idealistic anarchist Giulio Brogi finds himself unable to function in the outside world. A film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. 1971. 87 min. VH1/STMI-0001.
Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e Abandonata). A Sicilian father struggles to salvage the family honor when his youngest daughter becomes pregnant by her sister's fiance. Pietro Germi's comedy stars Stefania Sandrelli and Saro Urzi. 1964. 118 min. VH1/SEDU-0002.
The Seduction of Mimi (Mimi Mettalurgico Fertito Nell'Onore). A Sicilian laborer's decision not to vote for a Mafia candidate leads to mayhem. Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato star in Lina Wertmuller's satire. 1972. 108 min. VH1/SEDU-0001.
Seeking Asylum (Chiedo Asilo). When unorthodox elementary school teacher Roberto Benigni fathers a child with the mother of one of his pupils, he grows ambivalent about his new family. Benigni scripted with director Marco Ferreri. Subtitled. 1979. 112 min. VH1/SEEK-0001.
Senso (a.k.a. The Wanton Contessa). Alida Valli is the Italian mistress of Austrian officer Farley Granger in Luchino Visconti's drama of illicit love. 1954. 115 min. VH1/SENS-0001.
Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze). A thieving ladykiller (Giancarlo Giannini) lands in a Nazi concentration camp in Lina Wertmuller's comedy-drama. 1976. 115 min. VH1/SEVE-0001.
Shoeshine (Sciuscia). Two boys get involved with black marketeering and are sent to reform school. Vittorio De Sica's drama won a special Oscar. 1946. 93 min. VH1/SHOE-0003.
The Spider's Stratagem (La Strategia del Ragno). Bernardo Bertolucci's film about a young man who returns home to investigate the assassination of his father 30 years earlier. 1970. 97 min. VH1/SPID-0001.
Stefano! (a.k.a. Stefano Quantestore). When a police investigator daydreams about other careers he might have pursued, his alter egos begin to interact with each other. Writer/director Maurizio Nichetti also plays all of the Stefanos. 1993. 90 min. VH1/STEF-0001.
The Story of Boys and Girls (Storia di Ragazzi e di Ragazze). Family and friends gather to celebrate an engagement with a 20-course banquet. A film by Pupi Avati. 1991. 92 min. VH1/STOR-0006.
Stromboli: Terra di Dio (Stromboli: Land of God). Karin, a coldly calculating Lithuanian refugee, marries Antonio, a simple fisherman, to escape internment in post-war Italy. This was actress Ingrid Bergman's first collaboration with director Roberto Rossellini. 1949. 107 min. VH1/STRO-0003.
Suspiria. American dance student Jessica Harper investigates a series of grisly murders at a European ballet school in Dario Argento's gory shocker. Dubbed. 1977. 97 min. VH1/SUSP-0001.
Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Travolti da un Insolito Destino Nell'Azzuro Mare d'Agosto). Lina Wertmuller's fable about the power struggles between two castaways, penniless Communist Giancarlo Giannini and haughty Capitalist Mariangela Melato. 1975. 116 min. VH1/SWEP-0002.
The Tenth Victim (La Decima Vittima). Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, two participants in a futuristic game of murder-for-sport, fall in love. Elio Petri directed. 1965. 92 min. VH1/TENT-0001.
Teorema. Terence Stamp plays a spiritual wanderer who seduces every member of an aristocratic Milanese household. A Pier Paolo Pasolini film. 1968. 93 min. VH1/TEOR-0001.
The Terror of Dr. Hichcock. (L'Orribile Segreto del Dr. Hichcock). Demented doctor Robert Flemyng returns to his gloomy mansion with a new bride, Barbara Steele. Riccardo Freda directed. Dubbed. 1962. 84 min. VH1/TERR-0004.
Three Brothers (Tre Fratelli) by Francesco Rossi. Siblings Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido and Vittorio Mezzogiorno are summoned back to their village by their father. 1981. 113 min. VH1/THRE-0029.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli Zoccoli). Ermanno Olmi chronicles a year in the life of a Northern Italian community. 1978. 185 min. VH1/TREE-0002 or -0004.
Two Women (La Ciorciara). In the aftermath of World War II, a woman (Sophia Loren) and her daughter (Eleonora Brown) are raped by a band of Moroccan soldiers. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. 1961. 99 min. VH1/TWOW-0002 is subtitled; VH1/TWOW-0003 is dubbed.
Umberto D. Vittorio De Sica's heartbreaking drama about a poor pensioner (Carlo Battista) and his dog. 1952. 89 min. VH1/UMBE-0001 or -0002.
Variety Lights (Luci del Varieta). Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada co-directed this account of a beauty (Carla Del Poggio) who becomes the star of a tawdry vaudeville troupe. 1951. 93 min. VH1/VARI-0001.
Viaggio in Italia (Voyage in Italy, a.k.a. Strangers). A married couple (Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders) try to reconcile their differences in Roberto Rossellini's film. In English. 1953. 83 min. VH1/VIAG-0001.
Volere Volare (I Want to Fly). Maurizio Nichetti stars in this bawdy combination of live action and animation. Guido Manuli co-wrote and co-directed with Nichetti. 1991. 92 min. VH1/VOLE-00001.
We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'Eravamo Tanto Amati). WWII comrades Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi and Steffano Satta Flores love the same woman, Stefania Sandrelli, over the course of three decades. Ettore Scola's film features cameos by Mastroianni and Fellini. 1977. 124 min. VH1/WEAL-0001.
Where's Picone (Mi Manda Picone). Small-time hustler Giancarlo Giannini helps a woman (Lina Strasi) unravel the mystery of her missing husband's double life. Nanni Loy directed. 1984. 110 min. VH1/WHER-0006.
The White Sheik (Lo Sceicco Bianco). In Federico Fellini's comedy, bride Brunella Bova abandons husband Leopoldo Trieste to pursue actor Alberto Sordi, who poses for photographic comic books. 1952. 86 min. VH1/WHIT-0003.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, Oggi, Domani). Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in three stories of love in this Oscar-winner from Vittorio De Sica. Dubbed. 1964. 119 min. VH1/YEST-0001.
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List compiled by Jonathan Guildroy, October 2002