Production
Giuseppe Amato
Born August 24, 1899 · Napoli, Italy
Died February 3, 1964 · aged 64
No biography available.
Known For
Bicycle Thieves · 1948Bicycle Thieves
★ 8.21948
MovieDrama
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 find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
La Dolce Vita · 1960La Dolce Vita
★ 8.01960
MovieComedyDrama
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Umberto D. · 1952Umberto D.
★ 7.91952
MovieDrama
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Rome, Open City · 1945Rome, Open City
★ 8.01945
MovieDramaWar
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.
The Little World of Don Camillo · 1952The Little World of Don Camillo
★ 7.61952
MovieComedy
In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
Angels of Darkness · 1954Angels of Darkness
★ 3.61954
MovieDrama
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 livelihood. The girls must now find honest work.
The Return of Don Camillo · 1953The Return of Don Camillo
★ 7.21953
MovieComedy
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
The Facts of Murder · 1959The Facts of Murder
★ 7.21959
MovieMysteryCrime
A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.















