| 1. 1940 Addio, giovinezza! |  | Nella Torino universitaria del 1910
sono narrate le avventure di un gruppo di studenti, tra amori, esami e
tesi di laurea. Mario è uno di questi, e conosce Dorina, una sartina
figlia della donna da cui affitta la camera in cui abita. Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli Stars: María Denis, Adriano Rimoldi |
2. 1942 The Countess of Castiglione |  | The Countess of Castiglione is a 1942 Italian historical film
directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi
and Renato Cialente. Director: Flavio Calzavara Stars: Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi |
3. 1942 We the Living (Noi vivi) |  | Doomed love within a corrupt political world. At 18, the beautiful and
smart Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She
rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party. Director: Goffredo Alessandrini Stars: Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti |
4. 1942 Luisa Sanfelice |  | Luisa Sanfelice (1764-1800) was an Italian aristocrat executed in Naples by Ferdinand I for supporting a Republican attempt to overthrow him during the French Revolutionary Wars. Director: Leo Menardi Stars: Laura Solari, Massimo Serato |
5. 1943 Apparizione |  | Une des plus célèbres stars de cinéma du moment a un problème avec sa
voiture. L'acteur est obligé de s'arrêter dans un hôtel de province, où
il se retrouve entouré par ses admirateurs. Director: Jean de Limur Stars: Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti |
6. 1943 Ossessione |  | Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband. Director: Luchino Visconti Stars: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti |
7. 1943 L'ultima carrozzella |  | The roman coachman Totò doesn't want his coach being replaced by cars
and doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with the taxi driver
Roberto. But it is Roberto who saves him when he gets into trouble. Director: Mario Mattoli Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani |
8. 1943 T'amerò sempre |  | È il remake di un film dallo stesso titolo diretto da Camerini. Director: Mario Camerini Stars: Alida Valli, Gino Cervi |
9. 1945 La porta del cielo |  | This is the story of a pilgrimage train full of sick and maimed people that was headed to see "Nostra Signora de Lourdes" in Rome, Italy. Director: Vittorio De Sica Stars: Marina Berti, Elettra Druscovich |
10. 1946 The Bandit (Il bandito) |  | Ernesto ritorna dalla prigionia in Germania, alla fine della Seconda
Guerra mondiale. E' solo, la casa distrutta, la mamma morta, la sorella
scomparsa. Director: Alberto Lattuada Stars: Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari |
11. 1946 Eugenia Grandet |  | It is based on the novel Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. Director: Mario Soldati Stars: Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati |
12. 1946 Lucia di Lammermoor |  | A dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. Director: Piero Ballerini Stars: Nelly Corradi, Afro Poli |
13. 1946 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) |  | Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but
their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison
where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship. Director: Vittorio De Sica Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi |
14. 1947 Pagliacci |  | The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. Director: Mario Costa Stars: Tito Gobbi, Gina Lollobrigida |
15. 1947 Vivere in pace |  | Vivere in pace is a comedy-drama war film. Director: Luigi Zampa Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore |
16. 1948 Proibito rubare |  | On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his
suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While making every effort to
retrieve his baggage he finds out how devastated and miserable the city
of Naples is. Director: Luigi Comencini Stars: Adolfo Celi, Tina Pica |
17. 1948 La terra trema |  | In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy
wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and
operate independently. Director: Luchino Visconti Stars: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli |
18. 1949 Anthony of Padua |  | The film portrays the life of Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). Director: Pietro Francisci Stars: Aldo Fiorelli, Silvana Pampanini |
19. 1949 The White Line (Cuori senza frontiere) |  | Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town
in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. Director: Luigi Zampa Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Raf Vallone |
20. 1949 The Wolf of the Sila |  | Returning home after a night of love spent in a woodman's hut with
Orsola, Pietro is arrested by the police for a crime he did not commit. Director: Duilio Coletti Stars: Silvana Mangano, Amedeo Nazzari |
