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Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can f...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Bicycle ThievesDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Rome, Open CitySix vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent PaisanFrancesca 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, Silvan...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Bitter RiceAssunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Assunta SpinaPatricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Golden MadonnaThis Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent El corsario negro