Italian Films 1955-1956


1. 1955 The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere)

The Sign of Venus (Italian: Il segno di Venere) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
Director: Dino Risi
Stars: Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri

2. 1955 Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur is a 1955 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
Director: Guido Salvini
Stars: Valentina Cortese, Gabriele Ferzetti

3. 1955 Amici per la pelle

The friendship between Mario and Franco is threatened when a secret is revealed.
Director: Franco Rossi
Stars: Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré

4. 1955 Andrea Chénier

Andrea Chénier, also spelled Andrea Chenier, is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Clemente Fracassi. It is loosely based on the eponymous 1896 opera by Umberto Giordano.
Director: Clemente Fracassi
Stars: Antonella Lualdi, Raf Vallone

5. 1955 Buonanotte... avvocato!

Alberto Santi is a young lawyer who, although love his wife, often longingly thinks to his bachelor life. While his wife has gone to Rome for a conference of Catholic Women, a beautiful stranger named Bianca Maria suddenly swoops in his house, initiating a series of misunderstandings.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina

6. 1955 Chiens perdus sans collier

The world of juvenile delinquents seen through the eyes of a judge.
Director: Jean Delannoy
Stars: Jean Gabin, Robert Dalban

7. 1955 Don Pasquale

Director: Alessandro Brissoni
Stars: Italo Tajo, Sesto Bruscantini

8. 1955 Italia K2

Il film documenta la spedizione italiana al K2 del 1954, condotta da Ardito Desio, che vide la conquista della vetta da parte di Achille Compagnoni e Lino Lacedelli.
Director: Marcello Baldi
Stars: Enrico Abram, Ugo Angelino

11. 1955 La meilleure part

A respectful visit to two hospitals and one hospice run by the Brothers of Saint John of God, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille. In these three places the Brothers of the Order tenderly serve the sick and the afflicted, among whom demented, crippled and destitute people.
Director: Édouard Molinaro
Stars: Jean Desailly

12. 1955 Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova

Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. It stars Gabriele Ferzetti, Corinne Calvet and Irène Galter.
Director: Steno
Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Corinne Calvet

13. 1955 Napoléon

From 1769 to 1821, Napoléon Bonaparte's life, loves and exceptional destiny but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand, the cynic and ironic politician, who once was the Emperor of France's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Director: Sacha Guitry
Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jeanne Boitel

14. 1955 Quando tramonta il sole

Il film è una biografia romanzata del musicista e paroliere napoletano Salvatore Gambardella.
Director: Guido Brignone
Stars: Carlo Giuffrè, Maria Fiore

15. 1955 Torna piccina mia!

Una famiglia di girovaghi adotta una bambina rimasta sola dopo essersi perduta. Suo padre, nel frattempo, adotta un orfano.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani
Stars: Gino Sinimberghi, Milly Vitale

16. 1956 L' Angelo del peccato

Director: Leonardo De Mitri
Stars: Roldano Lupi, Gaby André

17. 1956 Città di notte

Un gruppo di giovani dalle aspirazioni teatrali cerca di allestire uno spettacolo. Le prove hanno luogo nel magazzino del padre di Marina, un ricco commerciante.
Director: Leopoldo Trieste
Stars: Henri Vilbert, Anthony Steffen

18. 1956 Don Juan

Film based on the myth of Don Juan.
Director: John Berry
Stars: Fernandel, Carmen Sevilla

19. 1956 Helen of Troy

The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà

21. 1956 La châtelaine du Liban

Jean Servais and Omar Sharif are explorers searching for uranium in the Arabian desert. They run into spies, thieves and two attractive mysterious women, Juliette Greco and Lucianna Paoluzzi.
Director: Richard Pottier
Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale

22. 1956 Madama Butterfly

Screen adaptation of the Puccini opera
Director: Mario Lanfranchi
Stars: Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni

23. 1956 Maruzzella

Maruzzella is in love with Salvatore but Salvatore is infatuated with Donna Carmela who is the step-mother of Maruzzella. Besides, Carmela deprived Maruzzella of her inheritance.
Director: Luigi Capuano
Stars: Marisa Allasio, Massimo Serato

24. 1956 Mi permette, babbo!

Rodolfo vuole diventare un cantante lirico e quindi vive senza lavorare, alle spalle del suocero che fa il macellaio.
Director: Mario Bonnard
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Aldo Fabrizi

25. 1956 Noi siamo le colonne

The adventures of three university students who live in the same boarding house. Ugo, the most serious one, is in love with Lea, daughter of the lodger.
Director: Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Antonio Cifariello

26. 1956 Tosca

Tosca è un film del 1956, diretto dal regista Carmine Gallone. È centrato sull'opera lirica Tosca, di Giacomo Puccini.
Director: Carmine Gallone
Stars: Franca Duval, Maria Caniglia