Lamberto Maggiorani

A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job (imdb)

Mamma Roma is a middle-aged whore of Roma. Now she can quit her job to become a fruit seller. And she can take back her 16-year-old son... (imdb)

A powerful and mysterious voice from the skies of Naples announces the coming of Doomsday and the characters amongst the citizens react and prepare themselves for the end.

Tale of two anarchistic brothers whose close ties are sometimes equivocal. They end up fighting over a prostitute who has moved in with them and who they at first do not touch but then covet. (bfi)

Imprisoned in a cell with an innocent young man (Lamberto Maggiorani), a hardened criminal (Lawrence) makes his getaway when his cellmate's chums try to help their incarcerated friend escape. On the outside, the older criminal finds himself the object of hero worship by the impressionable local adolescents. But before long he proves beyond doubt that he'll never be role-model material. Former Miss Italy Giovanna Pala is decorative if not particularly talented as Lawrence's gun moll. (allmovie.com)

This film tell the story (invented but based on the real situation) of a group of partisan near Genova during the nazi occupation of Northern Italy that have to recover some weapons in a factory (with the help of the workers) and the dilemma of a group of italian "Alpini" soldier (mountain special troops) that was in doubt if is better to follow the order of the nazi ally/occupants or to join the partisan Resistance and fight for the freedom of Italy. (imdb)