Mario Monicelli Movies

Leo Bianchetti has just finished his military service but then is again called to arms; after 10 years on various fronts, he finds himself again in...

A woman has jumped or been pushed from five stories of an apartment house. The detective on the case lives there, and he discovers that the woman's...

Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.

Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he...

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is...

Three episodes. Episode 1 - The Refrigerator (Monicelli). A married couple of two poor emigrant workers spend almost all their money to buy a...

A favorite student of an old dance teacher gets casted in an important pantomime. When the teacher dies on the stage, she finds support from a...

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario...

The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of...

An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and...

In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years...

The life of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western Monasticism.

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).

The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's...

A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested, in possession of some of the jewels of the victim. The passionate...