Aldo Fabrizi

Rome, 1944. Giorgio Manfredi, one of the leaders of the Resistance, is tracked down by the Nazis. He goes to his friend Francesco's, and asks Pina, Francesco's fiancée, for help (imdb)

Gianni, Nicola and Antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the Nazis. After the end of the war, full of illusions, they settle down. The movie is a the story of the life of these three idealists and how they deal with the inevitable disillusionments of life. (imdb)

The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers - starting with their return in the rain to Rivotorlo from Rome when the Pope blessed their Rule and ending with their dispersal to preach. The unconnected chapters are like parables, some with a moral. The slight and comic Ginepro returns naked to St. Mary's of the Angels, having given away his tunic, but not his ricotta... (imdb)

A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp. (imdb)

Even if Giovanni Episcopo accuses himself of the murder of Giulio Wanzer, his real crime has in fact always been to be too good for his own good (imdb)

Dirk Bogarde plays a doubt-stricken priest who finds himself attracted to a beautiful Cabaret girl (Ava Gardner) during the Spanish Civil War.

Fabrizi plays Bottoni, a detective who has been given three months to bring Esposito to justice. Deciding to bore from within, Bottoni ingratiates himself with Esposito's warm-hearted family. He finally meets his prey at a colorful family get-together. The men discover that they're kindred spirits. But this does not dissuade Bottoni's determination that the law must take its course. (allmovie.com)

A group of men of differing circumstances and personalities gather at a monastery to undergo a course of spiritual reappraisal. (imdb)

Young Dalia Rossi is mistaken for a mad person and is committed to "Villa Felicità", a mental institution run by Professor Ruiz. (imdb)

After a prison sentence an American GI stationed in Italy discovers that his hidden loot has disappeared and goes searching for it. (imdb)

Carlo is in love with Gabriella and he decides to marry her. She agrees but some problems begin when their parents meet. Giuseppe D'Amore and Antonio Cocuzza take at once a dislike to each other and begin fighting over everything. The marriage is then called off and Carlo and Gabriella decide to fly away... Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia (imdb)

Since the IRS has ordered new taxes, all traders in the village are tormented. Only Torquato Pezzella, a wealthy merchant of rain does not give in to despair general. To escape the contributions it has offered a tax advisor, the very respectable Curto Hector, who is in reality an ignorant on the subject. Still, Pezzella that has so far managed to avoid the taxes through the valuable advice of his new partner.... (letterboxd.com)

The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him. Fiore has a witness: a parrot! During his day of work in search of his stolen car, Saracino finds out the thefts of the custom officer Mastrillo, who tries to bribe him... (imdb)

It started in bed and ended in the gutter!" Sal Lococco struggles with his small income from a gas station. A limo full of gangsters pulls in and they demand that Sal fly to Italy and kill Nick Manzano, an enemy of "the Don". If not, they will torch his station and slay his family.

1) A jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch. 2) A young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan. 3) Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for ... casting spells. 4) The discomfort of an over tight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the reluctant parents of the bridegroom to bless his union. (imdb)

A comedy drama about a troupe of third-string variety-act performers who tour Italy's provinces putting on shows in decrepit movie theatres. (worldcat)

Comedy narrating the adventures of a group of Police officers. (bfi)

Episode film., satirising aspects of life in Italy. (bfi)

Giovanni peddles useless pens in the streets of Rome with his sidekick Francesco. He has, however, a daughter who studies in a college and thinks he is a rich industrialist. The girl falls in love with a rich boy and when her father tells her the truth about their financial situation she leaves her fiancee and refuses food. Luckily the boy's parents give their assent to the marriage all the same. (imdb)

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow? (imdb)

The cruel and lustful police chief uses the jealousy of the singer Tosca to make her betray her lover who has hidden an escaped political prisoner. To save her lover, Tosca agrees to give herself to the police chief but learns too late that he has tricked her when her lover is executed. (worldcat)

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories. (imdb)

Vincenzo, a railwayman who works on the Rome to Paris line, has a wife in Italy and a mistress in France, Ginette a widow with a four year old daughter. When he's offered a job in Paris he decides to move. Unfortunately for him his wife and petulant brother in law come to Paris too. He will have to decide between the two women. (bfi)

In the Roman countryside during the Second World War, two American soldiers are hidden in a country house. One evening one of the soldiers, while drunk, meets a German soldier, equally drunk, and the two strike up a friendship. However the next day, when the drink has worn off, the war makes its presence felt once again as the Germans shoot the landlord who has been hiding the two Americans. (bfi)

From Italy in 1519 the action moves to present day Italy where we meet the last in the line of a great Ducal family. The young man lives with two women who tyrannise him, so he escapes onto the roof to daydream, using priceless Leonardo manuscripts to send messages to the girl he loves. (bfi)

A tourist courier wins a fortune at the gambling table and is pursued by a gold digger. Her conscience gets the better of her and she returns the money when he is fired. (bfi)

First of a series on a typical Roman family. (bfi)

Story of the tribulations of self-centred confectioner in Rome on the day of his little daughter's First Communion. (bfi)

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives. (imdb)

Parigi e Sempre Parigi was the second feature-length effort from famed Italian documentary director Luciano Emmer and tells the story of DeAngelis, an italian that has heard so much about "naughty Paree" that he's determined to experience that naughtiness first hand. (mubi)

A janitor (Aldo Fabrizi) seeks the social redemption allowing the child, to the sound of sacrifices, to study until becaming a teacher right in the school where he works. (Wikipedia)

A funny bus driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long... But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa...

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.

Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller. (imdb)

While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law. (imdb)

After WW2, a group of Italian soldiers languishing in a California POW camp is nostalgically reminiscing about the happy pre-war years while awaiting repatriation.