Movies: Leonardo Cortese

An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian....

Directed by Mario Camerini....

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself....

At the Royal Air Force Academy of Caserta, three students, Mario, Marco and Filippo become great friends. Toward the end of the course, Marco accidentally meets and falls in love with Mario's sister, Adriana. Mario expresses his opposition to Marco a...

Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their miss...

The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another...

Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman....

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets...

Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 19...

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Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella,...

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An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after over twenty years....

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"Law of Blood" - Rosa has been engaged for years with Antonio. But Antonio is in the military service and Rosa is seduced by Alberto. Returning to the village, Antonio learns what happened during his absence....

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Naples, 1880. Two young sisters from a noble family, after losing their parents, get taken in by a friend of their family....

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The young British archaeologist Tim Frazer is visited by an old friend: Henry Denston. At an agreed appointment, however, the man does not show up, giving rise to a mysterious investigation....