Luigi Pavese Movies

A gangster comes back to Rome after many years and meets his old flame and their daughter.

An anthology film of several segments about everyday Italian life. This is the first episodic film in the history of Italian cinema during the sound...

Two young men love the same girl and decide to fight for her. The winner realizes, however, that his feelings are not returned.

In Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to...

A group of sailors usually spends their shore leave chasing after girls in the ports they dock at. This time, however, the young men will limit...

The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from...

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

During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with...

Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on...

Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a...

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.

A precious painting suddenly disappears from the house of a noble Italian family. A relative from America investigates the mystery.

Former batsman Carlo Mezzetti, who has been left homeless with his daughter Annuccia, takes advantage of favorable situations and legal loopholes to...

Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries...

During a party a drunken guest falls from the terrace, killing himself. The police inspector in charge of the investigation suspects all the...

Mario, a student from a noble Milanese family, falls in love with Lulù, a young slender girl.

The adventures of Count Angelo de Marchis as he tries to reach his besieged allies in Rome with much needed funds from England. Can he evade the...