Cesare Zavattini Movies

  • 1970
    Sunflower

    Sunflower

    Sunflower

    7.4941970HD

    After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and...

    Sunflower
  • 1949
    The Walls of Malapaga

    The Walls of Malapaga

    The Walls of Malapaga

    6.51949HD

    A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.

    The Walls of Malapaga
  • 1943
    Daddy's Little Devil

    Daddy's Little Devil

    Daddy's Little Devil

    5.81943HD

    Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists...

    Daddy's Little Devil
  • 1963
    I misteri di Roma

    I misteri di Roma

    I misteri di Roma

    01963HD

    A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter Cesare Zavattini.

    I misteri di Roma
  • 1952
    The Overcoat

    The Overcoat

    The Overcoat

    6.8571952HD

    Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new...

    The Overcoat
  • 1949
    Vent'anni

    Vent'anni

    Vent'anni

    01949HD

    Two petty thieves, Ciro and Geppa, plan a much bigger scam than they usually practice, but complications ensue.

    Vent'anni
  • 1960
    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    5.9711960HD

    A prostitute is robbed and murdered. A fourteen-year-old girl sees a suave gigolo come out of the hotel where the murder occurred. She has a...

    Lipstick
  • 1953
    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    5.8751953HD

    While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave...

    Indiscretion of an American Wife
  • 1961
    Blood Feud

    Blood Feud

    Blood Feud

    7.81961HD

    An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs...

    Blood Feud
  • 1956
    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    6.1671956HD

    Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening....

    The Awakening
  • 1989
    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    6.21989HD

    This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his...

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
  • 1941
    È caduta una donna

    È caduta una donna

    È caduta una donna

    01941HD

    In Milan, an unwed mother, forced to flee from her town because of the scandal, meets a doctor who falls in love with her and marries her. But the...

    È caduta una donna
  • 1964
    Controsesso

    Controsesso

    Controsesso

    6.41964HD

    A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual...

    Controsesso
  • 1962
    Boccaccio '70

    Boccaccio '70

    Boccaccio '70

    6.91962HD

    An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city;...

    Boccaccio '70
  • 1963
    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    7.4421963HD

    Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • 1962
    Arturo's Island

    Arturo's Island

    Arturo's Island

    5.91962HD

    A lonely teenage boy, living isolated on an island, idolizes his distant father. Complications arise when his father brings home a young new wife,...

    Arturo's Island
  • 1949
    La sposa non può attendere

    La sposa non può attendere

    La sposa non può attendere

    61949HD

    On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.

    La sposa non può attendere
  • 1960
    Two Women

    Two Women

    Two Women

    7.81960HD

    A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up...

    Two Women
  • 1953
    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    01953HD

    A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way...

    La passeggiata
  • 1942
    There's Room Up Ahead

    There's Room Up Ahead

    There's Room Up Ahead

    71942HD

    A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

    There's Room Up Ahead