Cesare Zavattini Movies

A pickpoket falls in love with one of his victims.

After dying in a car accident, wealthy shoe industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having...

Travelling family man Paolo agrees to pose as husband to an unwed pregnant girl he meets on a train. However, once faced with her father, things do...

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...

The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach...

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their...

A freelance photographer falls in love with a French medical student and becomes pregnant. Faced with the situation, he pressures her to have an...

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the...

A mysterious man, who had lost his memory, arrives in San Marino among other refugees during the Second World War.

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his...

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a...

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic...

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

A witty tram driver helps out a jobless girl in wartime Rome.

Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our...

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new...