List of the best Carlo Lizzani movies: The Last Four Days(1974), Celluloid(1996), Love in the City(1953), Wake Up and Die(1966), Crazy Joe(1974), The Hills Run Red(1966), The Passionate Strangers(1977), Behind the Great Wall(1959), The Violent Four(1968), Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore(2010) ... ...
Drama, History
Italy
1974
126 Minutes
Director
Rod Steiger Henry Fonda Franco Nero Lisa Gastoni Lino Capolicchio Rodolfo Dal Pra Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Giuseppe Addobbati Bruno Corazzari Manfred Freyberger Franco Balducci
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Drama
Italy
1996
115 Minutes
Director
Massimo Ghini Giancarlo Giannini Anna Falchi Lina Sastri Massimo Dapporto Antonello Fassari Christopher Walken Milva Francesca Ventura Francesco Siciliano
The difficult making of Roberto Rossellini's masterpiece 'Roma, città aperta (1946)' in a Rome still suffering from the wounds of just ended WWII.
Documentary
Italy
1953
90 Minutes
Ugo Tognazzi Carlo Lizzani Federico Fellini Francesco Maselli Maresa Gallo Silvio Lillo
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
Crime, Drama
Italy|France
1966
102 Minutes
Director
Robert Hoffmann Lisa Gastoni Gian Maria Volonte Claudio Volonte Corrado Olmi
Luciano Lutring is a dangerous fugitive in Italy, he meets Candida, a nightclub singer and they fall in love. On their back is Candida's lover Franco Magni, a two-bit gangster. Powered by ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Italy|USA
1974
100 Minutes
Director
Peter Boyle Rip Torn Paula Prentiss Fred Williamson Charles Cioffi Luther Adler Fausto Tozzi Franco Lantieri Eli Wallach Louis Guss Carmine Caridi
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Western
Italy
1966
89 Minutes
Director
Thomas Hunter Henry Silva Dan Duryea Nando Gazzolo Nicoletta Machiavelli Gianna Serra Loris Loddi Geoffrey Copleston Paolo Magalotti Tiberio Mitri Vittorio Bonos
gunslinger confederate soldier friend robber government agent dark emotional thrilling wild west fort ranch prison town texas theft partnership imprisonment betrayal husband/wife relationship assumed identity
At the end of the Civil War, 2 Confederates holding stolen Union money and chased by Union troops separate, one escaping with the loot and the other getting a 5-year prison term.
Drama
Spain
1977
100 Minutes
Director
Corinne Clery Bruce Robinson Katja Rupé Rodolfo Dal Pra Werner Pochat Peter Kern Carole Fouanon Luigi Marturano Michele Placido
Filmed like a theatrical cartoon strip and in satirical style, the film describes several miracles of Sant Vicent Ferrer, a Christian ecclesiastical of the fourteenth century and patron ... See full summary »
Documentary
1959
120 Minutes
Director
Fishing cormorants, a tiger hunt, a ritualistic marriage, a holiday parade and other colorful events reveal touches of modern China.
Crime, Drama
1968
98 Minutes
Director
Gian Maria Volonte Don Backy Ray Lovelock Ezio Sancrotti Piero Mazzarella Tomas Milian Laura Solari Pietro Martellanza Margaret Lee
Documentary
Italy
2010
88 Minutes
Agostina Belli Sergio Castellitto Dino De Laurentiis Anna Galiena Alessandro Gassman Vittorio Gassman Franco Giacobini Giancarlo Giannini Roberto Herlitzka Carlo Lizzani Enrico Lucherini
Venice Film Fest to honor Vittorio Gassman ROME -- The Venice Film Festival said Wednesday it would honor iconic Italian actor Vittorio Gassman with a special tribute on the tenth ... See full summary »