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1. Dora Nelson (1939)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Assia Noris, Carlo Ninchi, Miretta Mauri, Luigi Cimara
Votes: 63
2. Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
A woman of humble origins who marries a nobleman in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, the unstoppable force of their love hits an immovable object: his grandmother.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Alida Valli, Massimo Serato, Ada Dondini, Annibale Betrone
Votes: 207
3. The Spirit and the Flesh (1941)
105 min | Drama, History, Romance
Lumbardy, Italy, seventeenth century. Renzo and Lucia's love story is jeopardized by Don Rodrigo, a wicked nobleman, who is interested in Lucia. When she refuses his attentions he has her ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli, Ruggero Ruggeri, Armando Falconi
Votes: 109
4. La bisbetica domata (1942)
82 min | Comedy
A modern, (as of 1942), retelling of The Taming of the Shrew, starring Lilia Silvi and Amedeo Nazzari.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi, Lauro Gazzolo, Carlo Romano
Votes: 44
5. Malombra (1942)
135 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Isa Miranda, Andrea Checchi, Irasema Dilián, Gualtiero Tumiati
Votes: 199
6. Una romantica avventura (1940)
82 min | Drama, Romance
A story of complex emotions regarding a beautiful young girl torn between her handsome fiancée and a kind wealthy man who both admire her.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Assia Noris, Gino Cervi, Leonardo Cortese, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 47
7. Sleeping Beauty (1942)
90 min | Drama
Director: Luigi Chiarini | Stars: Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari, Osvaldo Valenti, Teresa Franchini
Votes: 26
8. Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1942)
85 min | Drama
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Caterina Boratto, Ermete Zacconi, Paolo Stoppa
9. Un colpo di pistola (1942)
90 min | Drama, History
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking the bullet out of his pistol. Now, it is the Count's turn to fire...
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa, Rubi Dalma
Votes: 92
10. Quartieri alti (1945)
82 min | Comedy
A young man, lover of a mature upper-class lady, falls in love with a girl from whom he hides the fact that he is already engaged. In order to win her over, he hires two actors to play the part of his parents.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Adriana Benetti, Nerio Bernardi, Enzo Biliotti, Alfredo Del Pelo
Votes: 41
11. La freccia nel fianco (1945)
90 min | Drama
Nicoletta, married to the engineer Barbano, finds love in the form of pianist Bruno Traldi.
Directors: Alberto Lattuada, Mario Costa | Stars: Mariella Lotti, Leonardo Cortese, Roldano Lupi, Alanova
Votes: 38
12. Giacomo l'idealista (1943)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Literary adaptation: A young professor fallen into poverty and an orphan girl who has become his fiancee find work in the mansion of an elderly count, whose son rapes the young woman, forcing the two lovers to separate for a time.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Massimo Serato, Marina Berti, Andrea Checchi, Giulio Tempesti
Votes: 21
13. Addio, giovinezza! (1940)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Maria Denis, Adriano Rimoldi, Clara Calamai, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 35
14. La donna della montagna (1944)
93 min | Drama
A widowed engineer finds solace in the love of a young woman, with whom he marries. However, everything reminds him of his first wife, the marriage goes into crisis and the new wife must ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Marina Berti, Amedeo Nazzari, Maurizio D'Ancora, Oscar Andriani
Votes: 50
15. The Materassi Sisters (1944)
72 min | Comedy
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Irma Gramatica, Olga Solbelli, Massimo Serato
Votes: 80
16. Zazà (1944)
88 min | Romance, Drama
A Parisian engineer has a fling with a show girl who later breaks with him when she learns he is married and has a family.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Isa Miranda, Antonio Centa, Aldo Silvani, Ada Dondini
Votes: 48
17. Via delle cinque lune (1942)
81 min | Romance, Drama
Director: Luigi Chiarini | Stars: Luisella Beghi, Olga Solbelli, Andrea Checchi, Gildo Bocci
Votes: 10
18. L'amico delle donne (1943)
80 min
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Miriam Di San Servolo, Claudio Gora, Luigi Cimara, Laura Adani
19. Sissignora (1942)
94 min | Romance, Drama
Poggioli's masterpiece, a precursor to Neorealism, was shot on location in Genoa and tells the story of a 'humiliated and mistreated' maid, who sacrifices herself to save a child. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Maria Denis, Leonardo Cortese, Emma Gramatica, Irma Gramatica
20. Gelosia (1942)
86 min | Drama
A Marquis lets an innocent man take the blame for the murder of one of his foremen , who had entered into a marriage in name only with the former peasant girlfriend of the Marquis.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Luisa Ferida, Roldano Lupi, Ruggero Ruggeri, Elena Zareschi
Votes: 16
21. Il cappello da prete (1944)
90 min | Crime
The Baron of Santafusca, an aging playboy, has squandered his fortune is about to get arrested for unpaid debts. He decides to lure a greedy priest to his crumbling ancestral estate outside of Naples and murder him for his money.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová, Luigi Almirante, Carlo Lombardi
Votes: 11
22. L'amore canta (1941)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Maria Denis, Massimo Serato, Jone Salinas, Vera Carmi
23. La locandiera (1944)
71 min | Comedy
Director: Luigi Chiarini | Stars: Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi, Osvaldo Valenti, Camillo Pilotto
Votes: 9
24. Tragica notte (1942)
80 min | Drama
Released from jail, Nanni punches prison guard Stefano who has denounced him. In order to take revenge, Stefano suggests the suspicion that, during his absence, his wife has had business ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Doris Duranti, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Juan de Landa
Votes: 84
25. La morte civile (1942)
85 min | Drama
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Carlo Ninchi, Dina Sassoli, Renato Cialente, Elio Steiner
Votes: 14
26. Sogno d'amore (1943)
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Miriam Di San Servolo, Roldano Lupi, Marisa Vernati, Egisto Olivieri