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lefttop00217170-478790KaosEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 180 min.Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy.00KaosEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 180 min.Five stories by Luigi Pirandello set in turn-of-the-century Italy.158877080010Ladri di Bicicletta, IEnglish Translation: Bicycle ThievesRun Time: 90 min.1948 story of a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.00Ladri di Bicicletta, IEnglish Translation: Bicycle ThievesRun Time: 90 min.1948 story of a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.lefttop00136017087630Ladri di SaponetteEnglish Translation: The Bicicle ThiefRun Time: 84 min.The film tells the story of a director who is drawn into a television set while watching one of his films. Like the television version, the action is cut at 11-minute intervals by commercials. Gradually, the cast begins incorporating the commercials into their own lines, entirely changing the original concept of the film.00Ladri di SaponetteEnglish Translation: The Bicicle ThiefRun Time: 84 min.The film tells the story of a director who is drawn into a television set while watching one of his films. Like the television version, the action is cut at 11-minute intervals by commercials. Gradually, the cast begins incorporating the commercials into their own lines, entirely changing the original concept of the film.lefttop00-114300001588770107315LamericaEnglish translation: AmericaRun time: 116 min.Summary: Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. They need a stooge. They choose an old one in a jail : Spiro. But the youngest italian, Gino, once alone with Spiro, encounter a few problems.00LamericaEnglish translation: AmericaRun time: 116 min.Summary: Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. They need a stooge. They choose an old one in a jail : Spiro. But the youngest italian, Gino, once alone with Spiro, encounter a few problems.1079500014744700Leonardo Da VinciRun Time: 30 min.The story of the brilliant Italian artist, sculptor, architect and engineer is told in this informative program. Leonardo's legacy to the world came in so many forms; in the breathtaking beauty of The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa; his rich collection of drawing; the mirror-written notebooks containing original thoughts on astronomy, biology and physiology. 00Leonardo Da VinciRun Time: 30 min.The story of the brilliant Italian artist, sculptor, architect and engineer is told in this informative program. Leonardo's legacy to the world came in so many forms; in the breathtaking beauty of The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa; his rich collection of drawing; the mirror-written notebooks containing original thoughts on astronomy, biology and physiology. 658495-571500227457094615Life and Works of Michelangelo Run Time: 28 min. Life and Works of Michelangelo Run Time: 28 min. 147447031750Loncandiera, LaEnglish Translation: The Mistress of the InnRun Time: 120 min.A 1753 three-act comedy by the Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni about a coquette.00Loncandiera, LaEnglish Translation: The Mistress of the InnRun Time: 120 min.A 1753 three-act comedy by the Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni about a coquette.lefttop00 lefttop00 331470-67310Luciano Serra PilotaEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 89 min.Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. Years later, his son becomes a pilot as well and soon finds himself in the same battlefield as his father.00Luciano Serra PilotaEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 89 min.Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. Years later, his son becomes a pilot as well and soon finds himself in the same battlefield as his father.170307081280Madame ButterflyRun time:Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton is on shore-leave in Japan. He and his buddy Lieutenant Barton, out for a night on the town, stop in at a local establishment to check out the food, drink and girls. Pinkerton spies Cho-Cho San and immediately falls in lust. Barton counsels Pinkerton that he can 'marry' this beautiful Japanese girl, enjoy himself with cultural approval, then sail happily on back to America unshackled, 00Madame ButterflyRun time:Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton is on shore-leave in Japan. He and his buddy Lieutenant Barton, out for a night on the town, stop in at a local establishment to check out the food, drink and girls. Pinkerton spies Cho-Cho San and immediately falls in lust. Barton counsels Pinkerton that he can 'marry' this beautiful Japanese girl, enjoy himself with cultural approval, then sail happily on back to America unshackled, -1143067945158877067945Magnificent ItaliaEnglish Translation: Magnificent ItalyRun Time: 652 totalShot in glorious High Definition, and particularly acclaimed for its aerial cinematography, MAGNIFICENT ITALIA is the next best thing to being there. Contains hours of sun kissed food for thought. Episodes: Basilicata, Toscana, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Sicilia, Marche, Puglia, Campania, Valle D’Aosta, Lazio, Liguria, Umbria, Trentino00Magnificent ItaliaEnglish Translation: Magnificent ItalyRun Time: 652 totalShot in glorious High Definition, and particularly acclaimed for its aerial cinematography, MAGNIFICENT ITALIA is the next best thing to being there. Contains hours of sun kissed food for thought. Episodes: Basilicata, Toscana, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Sicilia, Marche, Puglia, Campania, Valle D’Aosta, Lazio, Liguria, Umbria, Trentino 181737034290MalenaEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 92 min.A woman provokes sensual awakenings in a group of adolescent boys.00MalenaEnglish Translation: N/ARun Time: 92 min.A woman provokes sensual awakenings in a group of adolescent boys.lefttop001474470196215Mamma RomaEnglish translation: Mother RomeRun time: 88 min.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, Ettore. For him, she dreams of a good position. But it is perhaps too late for Ettore, whose company includes mostly teenaged louts.00Mamma RomaEnglish translation: Mother RomeRun time: 88 min.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, Ettore. For him, she dreams of a good position. But it is perhaps too late for Ettore, whose company includes mostly teenaged louts.-11430177801931670127635Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Run Time: 134 min. A story of doomed romance between a chivalrous noble man, Chevalier Des Grieux and his working class lover, Manon Lescaut. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Run Time: 134 min. A story of doomed romance between a chivalrous noble man, Chevalier Des Grieux and his working class lover, Manon Lescaut. 181737039370Masterpieces of Italian Art 15th CenturyRun time: 53 mins.Masterpieces of Italian Art Series: Caravaggio and the Baroque (Based on the Book "Storia dell' Arte Italiana")00Masterpieces of Italian Art 15th CenturyRun time: 53 mins.Masterpieces of Italian Art Series: Caravaggio and the Baroque (Based on the Book "Storia dell' Arte Italiana")-11430393700124587062230Mastroianni, Marcello: I RememberRun Time: 199 min. In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It’s an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man looking back. He tells stories about Fellini and De Sica’s direction, of using irony in performances, of constantly working. He’s diffident about prizes, celebrates Rome and Paris, salutes Naples and its people. 00Mastroianni, Marcello: I RememberRun Time: 199 min. In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It’s an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man looking back. He tells stories about Fellini and De Sica’s direction, of using irony in performances, of constantly working. He’s diffident about prizes, celebrates Rome and Paris, salutes Naples and its people. 1588770107950Matrimonio all’ItalianaEnglish Translation: Marriage Italian-StyleRun Time: 102 min.Summary: A 1964 film that tells the story of a cynical, successful businessman named Domenico, who after meeting a na?ve country girl, Filomena, one night in a Neapolitan brothel, keeps frequenting her for years in an on-off relationship.00Matrimonio all’ItalianaEnglish Translation: Marriage Italian-StyleRun Time: 102 min.Summary: A 1964 film that tells the story of a cynical, successful businessman named Domenico, who after meeting a na?ve country girl, Filomena, one night in a Neapolitan brothel, keeps frequenting her for years in an on-off relationship.-1143030480 0 1703070-6350Medici, The Godfathers of the RenaissanceRun time: 22 mins.From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history's most important cultural and artistic revolution, the Renaissance, but doomed their own ordered world. This epic drama in the courts, cathedrals, and palaces of Europe traces a family's powerful ambition and a continent's tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages.00Medici, The Godfathers of the RenaissanceRun time: 22 mins.From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history's most important cultural and artistic revolution, the Renaissance, but doomed their own ordered world. This epic drama in the courts, cathedrals, and palaces of Europe traces a family's powerful ambition and a continent's tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages.102870107950Close WindowClose Window1931670107950Meglio Gioventu, LaEnglish Translation: The Best of YouthRun Time: 368 min.An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960’s to the 2000’s.00Meglio Gioventu, LaEnglish Translation: The Best of YouthRun Time: 368 min.An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960’s to the 2000’s.lefttop00193167034290Mestiere delle ArmiEnglish Translation: The Profession of ArmsRun time: 100 mins.The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in the war of Charles V against the Pope, in the first half of 1500.00Mestiere delle ArmiEnglish Translation: The Profession of ArmsRun time: 100 mins.The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in the war of Charles V against the Pope, in the first half of 1500.-35433063500Click to open expanded view ? ? ?? 0Click to open expanded view ? ? ?? 18173705080Mi Manda PiconeEnglish Translation: Where’s Picone?Run Time: 110 min.During a session of the council of Naples, a worker, Pasquale Picone, sprinkles himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire to protest his dismissal. His wife and children also assist the session and when they cannot reach him in the time he is loaded to the ambulance, they attempt to look for him in every hospital in the city. 00Mi Manda PiconeEnglish Translation: Where’s Picone?Run Time: 110 min.During a session of the council of Naples, a worker, Pasquale Picone, sprinkles himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire to protest his dismissal. His wife and children also assist the session and when they cannot reach him in the time he is loaded to the ambulance, they attempt to look for him in every hospital in the city. lefttop00-11430119380Close WindowClose Window18173705080Michaelangelo: Revealed Secrets of the DeadRun time: 60 mins.Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within put him at odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood and life in their hands. 'Michelangelo Revealed' paints a new picture of brave religious expression, personal vendettas, careful cover-ups and a most gifted artist desperately trying to reconcile his loyalty to the church with his own belief about salvation.00Michaelangelo: Revealed Secrets of the DeadRun time: 60 mins.Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within put him at odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood and life in their hands. 'Michelangelo Revealed' paints a new picture of brave religious expression, personal vendettas, careful cover-ups and a most gifted artist desperately trying to reconcile his loyalty to the church with his own belief about salvation.2160270107950Michaelangelo & Leonardo Da VinciRun Time: 89 min. Michaelangelo & Leonardo Da VinciRun Time: 89 min. 1588770107950Mio Fratello e Figlio UnicoEnglish Translation: My Brother Is an Only ChildRun Time: 100 min.Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the 60’s and 70’s. Both brothers support different political parties and experience conflicts throughout their lives. 00Mio Fratello e Figlio UnicoEnglish Translation: My Brother Is an Only ChildRun Time: 100 min.Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the 60’s and 70’s. Both brothers support different political parties and experience conflicts throughout their lives. lefttop00 2274570127635Mondo Parla Italiano, Il by Flavia LaviosaRun Time: 50 min. Mondo Parla Italiano, Il by Flavia LaviosaRun Time: 50 min. 193167034290Mussolini & FascismRun time: 60 min.Explore the history of Mussolini and Fascism in Italy. 00Mussolini & FascismRun time: 60 min.Explore the history of Mussolini and Fascism in Italy. 193167073660Mussolini: Italy’s NightmareRun time: 50 min.The career and personal life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He quickly became one of Italy's most intelligent and menacing young Socialists. He broke with Italian Socialist Party after advocating intervention in World War I. In 1922, he became prime minister, and by 1925, he had established himself as dictator.00Mussolini: Italy’s NightmareRun time: 50 min.The career and personal life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He quickly became one of Italy's most intelligent and menacing young Socialists. He broke with Italian Socialist Party after advocating intervention in World War I. In 1922, he became prime minister, and by 1925, he had established himself as dictator.1931670-6350Mussolini e la storia del FascismoRun time: 32 minsThis film interprets the story of Mussolini’s ascent to the power-the severance from socialism, the gamble of the 1922 “March on Rome,” and the maneuvers that brought him dictatorical powers by 1926. 00Mussolini e la storia del FascismoRun time: 32 minsThis film interprets the story of Mussolini’s ascent to the power-the severance from socialism, the gamble of the 1922 “March on Rome,” and the maneuvers that brought him dictatorical powers by 1926. 20459700Neorealism Up to 1945 & 1950 Run time: 55 mins and 60 minsThe birth of the renissance neorealism movement in 1943 is explored, directed by Carlo Lizzani. The second portion of this series focuses on the challenges men and women faced duing this movement 00Neorealism Up to 1945 & 1950 Run time: 55 mins and 60 minsThe birth of the renissance neorealism movement in 1943 is explored, directed by Carlo Lizzani. The second portion of this series focuses on the challenges men and women faced duing this movement -1143067310001703070107950Night of the Shooting StarsEnglish Translation: The Night of the Shooting StarsRun Time: 107 min.Summary: In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumors that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.00Night of the Shooting StarsEnglish Translation: The Night of the Shooting StarsRun Time: 107 min.Summary: In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumors that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.lefttop00239395-445770Notti di Cabiria, LeEnglish Translation: Nights of CabiriaRun Time: 110 min.Summary: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.00Notti di Cabiria, LeEnglish Translation: Nights of CabiriaRun Time: 110 min.Summary: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.20459700Notte d’estate00Notte d’estate1474470-6350Nozze di FigaroRun time: 190 min. Stephen Medcalf's superb production of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera opened on the 60th anniversary of the first performance at Glyndebourne, inaugurating the new opera house. Mozart's comedy presents a scenario whose society overcomes its differences - social, sexual, generational - through the exercise of the humane values of mutual understanding, respect and forgiveness.00Nozze di FigaroRun time: 190 min. Stephen Medcalf's superb production of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera opened on the 60th anniversary of the first performance at Glyndebourne, inaugurating the new opera house. Mozart's comedy presents a scenario whose society overcomes its differences - social, sexual, generational - through the exercise of the humane values of mutual understanding, respect and forgiveness.-114301079501474470161290NuovomondoEnglish Translation: Golden DoorRun Time: 118 min.Summary: Salvatore, a very poor framer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the U.S. with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. For unknown reasons, Lucy wants to marry someone before they arrive to Ellis Island. Salvatore accepts the proposal, but tests are not simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily.00NuovomondoEnglish Translation: Golden DoorRun Time: 118 min.Summary: Salvatore, a very poor framer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the U.S. with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. For unknown reasons, Lucy wants to marry someone before they arrive to Ellis Island. Salvatore accepts the proposal, but tests are not simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily.lefttop001360170150495Orfeo, II by MonteverdiEnglish Translation: Orfeo, II by MonteverdiRun Time: 101 min.Summary: ?In this opera you will find several different types of pieces, in the tradition of early Baroque opera. They fall into two general categories: instrumental (Toccata, Ritornello, Sinfonia) and vocal pieces (Arias, Recitatives, Choruses, etc.). Solo vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment that closely reflect the content of the text are called monodies.00Orfeo, II by MonteverdiEnglish Translation: Orfeo, II by MonteverdiRun Time: 101 min.Summary: ?In this opera you will find several different types of pieces, in the tradition of early Baroque opera. They fall into two general categories: instrumental (Toccata, Ritornello, Sinfonia) and vocal pieces (Arias, Recitatives, Choruses, etc.). Solo vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment that closely reflect the content of the text are called monodies.072390001360170196850L’Oro di NapoliEnglish Translation: The Gold of NaplesRun Time: 87 min.Summary: This is a collection of 6 Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".00L’Oro di NapoliEnglish Translation: The Gold of NaplesRun Time: 87 min.Summary: This is a collection of 6 Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller". 1703070-12065Open City (Citta Aperta)Run time: 105 min.The location: Nazi occupied Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for Romans is still difficult with the Nazi occupation as there is a curfew, basic foods are rationed, and the Nazis are still searching for those working for the resistance and will go to any length to quash those in the resistance and anyone providing them with assistance.00Open City (Citta Aperta)Run time: 105 min.The location: Nazi occupied Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for Romans is still difficult with the Nazi occupation as there is a curfew, basic foods are rationed, and the Nazis are still searching for those working for the resistance and will go to any length to quash those in the resistance and anyone providing them with assistance.10287010795001360170101600Ossessione, I & IIEnglish Translation: ObsessionRun Time: 140 min.Summary: Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. She is unsatisfied with her older husband Bragana : she only married him for money. Gino and Giovanna fall in love. But Bragana is inhibiting for their passion, and Giovanna refuses to run away with Gino.00Ossessione, I & IIEnglish Translation: ObsessionRun Time: 140 min.Summary: Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. She is unsatisfied with her older husband Bragana : she only married him for money. Gino and Giovanna fall in love. But Bragana is inhibiting for their passion, and Giovanna refuses to run away with Gino.1588770144780OtelloEnglish Translation: OthelloRun Time:123 min.Summary: Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.00OtelloEnglish Translation: OthelloRun Time:123 min.Summary: Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.1588770233680Padre PadroneEnglish Translation: Father PadroneRun Time:113 min.Summary: The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.00Padre PadroneEnglish Translation: Father PadroneRun Time:113 min.Summary: The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.1588770137795Gobbi in PagliacciEnglish Translation: Pagliacci, Gobbi inRun Time: 81 min.Summary: Love of a Clown, or?Pagliacci, is a?1948?Italian film?based on?Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by?Mario Costa. The film stars?Tito Gobbi?and?Gina Lollobrigida.00Gobbi in PagliacciEnglish Translation: Pagliacci, Gobbi inRun Time: 81 min.Summary: Love of a Clown, or?Pagliacci, is a?1948?Italian film?based on?Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by?Mario Costa. The film stars?Tito Gobbi?and?Gina Lollobrigida.147447016510PiasaEnglish Translation: CountryRun Time: 118 min.Summary: Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice. Communication is fragile. A woman leads an Allied patrol through a mine field; she dies protecting a G.I., but the Yanks think she killed him.00PiasaEnglish Translation: CountryRun Time: 118 min.Summary: Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice. Communication is fragile. A woman leads an Allied patrol through a mine field; she dies protecting a G.I., but the Yanks think she killed him.1474470162560Pane e cioccolataEnglish Translation: Bread and ChocolateRun Time: 110 min.Summary: Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation.00Pane e cioccolataEnglish Translation: Bread and ChocolateRun Time: 110 min.Summary: Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation.1485900219710Pane e tulipaniEnglish Translation: Bread and TulipsRun Time: 116 min. Being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.00Pane e tulipaniEnglish Translation: Bread and TulipsRun Time: 116 min. Being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.1474470218440Parliamo ItalianEnglish Translation: We Speak ItalianRun Time: 60 minsA young woman packs up her car and abruptly prepares to leave town and start a new life. Before she goes, she carries out a plan to confront her mother and re-claim what is rightfully hers.00Parliamo ItalianEnglish Translation: We Speak ItalianRun Time: 60 minsA young woman packs up her car and abruptly prepares to leave town and start a new life. Before she goes, she carries out a plan to confront her mother and re-claim what is rightfully hers.1474470228600Pomi d'Ottone e Manici di ScopaEnglish Translation: Bedknobs and BoomsticksRun Time: 98 minsAn apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.00Pomi d'Ottone e Manici di ScopaEnglish Translation: Bedknobs and BoomsticksRun Time: 98 minsAn apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.1588770107950Portaborse, IlEnglish translation: The Yes ManRun time: 88 min.Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (Silvio Orlando).00Portaborse, IlEnglish translation: The Yes ManRun time: 88 min.Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (Silvio Orlando).1474470336550Postino, IlEnglish Translation: The PostmanRun Time: 108 minsSimple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice00Postino, IlEnglish Translation: The PostmanRun Time: 108 minsSimple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice1474470238760The Power of the Past with Bill MoyersEnglish Translation: The Power of the Past with Bill MoyersRun Time: 90 minsA documentary of Florence narrated by Bill Moyers00The Power of the Past with Bill MoyersEnglish Translation: The Power of the Past with Bill MoyersRun Time: 90 minsA documentary of Florence narrated by Bill Moyers1485900-1894840Prisoners Among Us, Ital-Amer Identity & WWIIEnglish Translation: Prisoners Among Us, Ital-Amer Identity & WWIIRun Time: 88 minsThis documentary examines the place of Italian immigrants in American culture from the 19th century through World War II. Through the use of photographs, music, poetry and the commentary of historians, the changing Italian identity is explored along with the prejudices that it faced in American society.00Prisoners Among Us, Ital-Amer Identity & WWIIEnglish Translation: Prisoners Among Us, Ital-Amer Identity & WWIIRun Time: 88 minsThis documentary examines the place of Italian immigrants in American culture from the 19th century through World War II. Through the use of photographs, music, poetry and the commentary of historians, the changing Italian identity is explored along with the prejudices that it faced in American society.1485900209550Promessi Sposi, IEnglish Translation: The BetrovedRun Time: 111 minsThis film deals with a variety of themes, from the cowardly, hypocritical nature of one prelate (Don Abbondio) and the heroic sainthood of other priests (Padre Cristoforo, Federico Borromeo), to the unwavering strength of love00Promessi Sposi, IEnglish Translation: The BetrovedRun Time: 111 minsThis film deals with a variety of themes, from the cowardly, hypocritical nature of one prelate (Don Abbondio) and the heroic sainthood of other priests (Padre Cristoforo, Federico Borromeo), to the unwavering strength of love1474470107950Puccini, GiacomoEnglish Translation: Giacomo PucciniRun Time: 35 minsItalian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.00Puccini, GiacomoEnglish Translation: Giacomo PucciniRun Time: 35 minsItalian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.1474470114300PummaroEnglish translation: PummaroRun time: 98 min.Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared.00PummaroEnglish translation: PummaroRun time: 98 min.Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared.-11430450851474470162560Madame ButterflyEnglish Translation: Madame ButterflyRun Time: 144 minsMadama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini,00Madame ButterflyEnglish Translation: Madame ButterflyRun Time: 144 minsMadama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini,1017270107950Le Quattro GiornateEnglish Translation: The Four Days of NaplesRun Time: 110 minsThe film shows the history of the Neopolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. During the four days in Naples the revolt turns over in just a few hours. Gennario Capuozzo, a ten year old child killed on a barricade while he was fighting agains the invasors, is remembered by people as a hero. 00Le Quattro GiornateEnglish Translation: The Four Days of NaplesRun Time: 110 minsThe film shows the history of the Neopolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. During the four days in Naples the revolt turns over in just a few hours. Gennario Capuozzo, a ten year old child killed on a barricade while he was fighting agains the invasors, is remembered by people as a hero. -125730-6350001474470450850Ragazza di Bube. LaEnglish Translation: Bebo’s GirlRun Time: 106 minsIn this sentimental romance scripted by director Luigi Comencini and Marcello Fondato, the leading-lady is played by Claudia Cardinale. Set in a small Italian village in the 1940s, La Ragazza di Bube tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a complete stranger.00Ragazza di Bube. LaEnglish Translation: Bebo’s GirlRun Time: 106 minsIn this sentimental romance scripted by director Luigi Comencini and Marcello Fondato, the leading-lady is played by Claudia Cardinale. Set in a small Italian village in the 1940s, La Ragazza di Bube tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a complete stranger.10287016129000The Red DesertRun Time: 115 minsCold, rain, and fog surround a plant in Ravenna. Factory waste pollutes local lakes; hulking anonymous ships pass or dock and raise quarantine flags. Guiliana, a housewife married to the plant manager, Ugo, is mentally ill, hiding it from her husband as best she can. She meets Zeller, an engineer en route to Patagonia to set up a factory. He pursues her, they joing friends for a dinner party of sexual play, then, while Ugo is away on business, she fears that her son has polio. When she discovers the boy is faking, she goes to Zeller, panicked that no one needs her. He takes advantage of her distress and she is again alone and ill. 1474470228600Renaissance, TheEnglish Translation: Renaissance, TheRun Time: 55 minsFrom a small Italian community in 15th century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways.00Renaissance, TheEnglish Translation: Renaissance, TheRun Time: 55 minsFrom a small Italian community in 15th century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways.1474470228600ResprioEnglish Translation: BreathRun Time: 95 minsOn an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.00ResprioEnglish Translation: BreathRun Time: 95 minsOn an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.1600200221615Rick Steves European ChristmasEnglish Translation: Rick Steves’ European ChristmasRun Time: 45 minsRick and his crew experienced 12 carol concerts, 11 mugs of glühwein, 10 living mangers, 9 happy families, 8 Christmas feasts, 7 Euro-cultures, 6 mistletoe kisses, 5 alternative Santas, 4 pounds of weight gain, 3 midnight Masses, 2 exhausted cameramen, and a very merry Christmas for one and all!00Rick Steves European ChristmasEnglish Translation: Rick Steves’ European ChristmasRun Time: 45 minsRick and his crew experienced 12 carol concerts, 11 mugs of glühwein, 10 living mangers, 9 happy families, 8 Christmas feasts, 7 Euro-cultures, 6 mistletoe kisses, 5 alternative Santas, 4 pounds of weight gain, 3 midnight Masses, 2 exhausted cameramen, and a very merry Christmas for one and all!1600200152400Rick Steves Italy’s CitiesEnglish Translation: Rick Steves Italy’s CitiesRun Time: 210 mins 6 episodes, 3.5 hrs: Venice, Best of Veneto, Milan & Lake Como, Caesar’s Rome, Rome: Baroque, Naples & Pompeii00Rick Steves Italy’s CitiesEnglish Translation: Rick Steves Italy’s CitiesRun Time: 210 mins 6 episodes, 3.5 hrs: Venice, Best of Veneto, Milan & Lake Como, Caesar’s Rome, Rome: Baroque, Naples & Pompeii1600200107950Rick Steves’ Italy’s CountrysideEnglish Translation: Rick Steves’ Italy’s CountrysideRun Time: 180 mins6 episodes, 3 hours: Cinque Terre, Siena & Assisi, Tuscany, Great Hill Towns, Amalfi Coast, and Sicily.00Rick Steves’ Italy’s CountrysideEnglish Translation: Rick Steves’ Italy’s CountrysideRun Time: 180 mins6 episodes, 3 hours: Cinque Terre, Siena & Assisi, Tuscany, Great Hill Towns, Amalfi Coast, and Sicily.1703070107950Il RinascimentoEnglish translation: The RenaissanceRun time: 58 minHistory of the Spanish court during the Italian Renaissance.00Il RinascimentoEnglish translation: The RenaissanceRun time: 58 minHistory of the Spanish court during the Italian Renaissance.1703070116840RigolettoEnglish Translation: GobbiRun Time: 101 mins. Italian/ 90 mins. EnglishOpera by Giuseppe Verdi00RigolettoEnglish Translation: GobbiRun Time: 101 mins. Italian/ 90 mins. EnglishOpera by Giuseppe Verdi1703070228600Rigoletto con PavarottiEnglish Translation: Rigoletto with PavarottiRun Time: 116 minsRigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua.0Rigoletto con PavarottiEnglish Translation: Rigoletto with PavarottiRun Time: 116 minsRigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua.1600200107950Riso AmaroEnglish Translation: Bitter RiceRun Time: 80 minsFrancesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.00Riso AmaroEnglish Translation: Bitter RiceRun Time: 80 minsFrancesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.1817370107950Rocco and His Brothers (Part 1 & 2) Run Time: 170 min. Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone. Rocco and His Brothers (Part 1 & 2) Run Time: 170 min. Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone. -11430361951703070150495Roman HolidayEnglish translation: Roman HolidayRun time: 118 min A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.Roman HolidayEnglish translation: Roman HolidayRun time: 118 min A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.-11430361951703070150495Romanzo di una strageEnglish translation: Piazza Fontana: The Italian ConspiracyRun time: 124 min.A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.Romanzo di una strageEnglish translation: Piazza Fontana: The Italian ConspiracyRun time: 124 min.A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.1474470107950Rome citta apertaEnglish Translation: Open CityRun Time: 105 minsThe Nazis occupy Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for Romans is still difficult with the Nazi occupation as there is a curfew, basic foods are rationed, and the Nazis are still searching for those working for the resistance00Rome citta apertaEnglish Translation: Open CityRun Time: 105 minsThe Nazis occupy Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for Romans is still difficult with the Nazi occupation as there is a curfew, basic foods are rationed, and the Nazis are still searching for those working for the resistance147447083820Rome Art and ArchitectureEnglish Translation: Rome Art and ArchitectureRun Time: 39 minsIn this unique appraoh to hstory, the art and the architecture of the Eternal City the narrorator chose to follow the ideal itinerary charted by the many famous fountains ereced from classical time to the late renissance00Rome Art and ArchitectureEnglish Translation: Rome Art and ArchitectureRun Time: 39 minsIn this unique appraoh to hstory, the art and the architecture of the Eternal City the narrorator chose to follow the ideal itinerary charted by the many famous fountains ereced from classical time to the late renissance-11430889001474470107950Rome: Portrait of a CityEnglish Translation: Rome: Portrait of a CityRun Time: 50 minsA connoisseur's tour of Rome and the Alban Hills featuring the most important art and architecture. Insights into the Roman world as well as a feature on how Napolean copied Roman art for the city of Paris.00Rome: Portrait of a CityEnglish Translation: Rome: Portrait of a CityRun Time: 50 minsA connoisseur's tour of Rome and the Alban Hills featuring the most important art and architecture. Insights into the Roman world as well as a feature on how Napolean copied Roman art for the city of Paris.-1143033655001474470260350Romeo e GiuliettaEnglish Translation: Romeo and JulietRun Time: 138 minsWhen the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues.00Romeo e GiuliettaEnglish Translation: Romeo and JulietRun Time: 138 minsWhen the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues. ................
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