Movies: Alessandro Blasetti

  • 1954
    The Anatomy of Love

    The Anatomy of Love (1954)

    The Anatomy of Love

    6.31954HD

    Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom....

    The Anatomy of Love
  • 1949
    Petrolineide

    Petrolineide (1949)

    Petrolineide

    01949HD

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    Petrolineide
  • 1964
    A Very Handy Man

    A Very Handy Man (1964)

    A Very Handy Man

    91964HD

    In late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters an old flame now married to a wealthy landowner....

    A Very Handy Man
  • 1934
    1860

    1860 (1934)

    1860

    6.41934HD

    The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to rescue part of his besieged land. Along the way, the peasant hero ...

    1860
  • 1969
    Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar (1969)

    Simon Bolivar

    5.51969HD

    Simon Bolivar is the true-life story of the leader of the 1817 Venezuelan revolution....

    Simon Bolivar
  • 1939
    Retroscena

    Retroscena (1939)

    Retroscena

    4.81939HD

    Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic after his last performance in Milan, attempts to find a way to win over the audience and the critics, ...

    Retroscena
  • 1952
    Times Gone By

    Times Gone By (1952)

    Times Gone By

    5.11952HD

    A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories....

    Times Gone By
  • 1935
    Aldebaran

    Aldebaran (1935)

    Aldebaran

    41935HD

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    Aldebaran
  • 1952
    Bellissima

    Bellissima (1952)

    Bellissima

    7.81952HD

    Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria....

    Bellissima
  • 1962
    The Four Truths

    The Four Truths (1962)

    The Four Truths

    4.21962HD

    "Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments....

    The Four Truths
  • 1931
    Resurrection

    Resurrection (1931)

    Resurrection

    6.61931HD

    A famous composer, distraught after his lover leaves him, contemplates suicide. He meets a young woman who restores his will to live....

    Resurrection
  • 1949
    Fabiola

    Fabiola (1949)

    Fabiola

    5.91949HD

    In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to being a Christian, is accuse...

    Fabiola
  • 1959
    European Nights

    European Nights (1959)

    European Nights

    51959HD

    A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Episodes presenting famous artists and people performing....

    European Nights
  • 1946
    The Testimony

    The Testimony (1946)

    The Testimony

    6.41946HD

    A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind....

    The Testimony
  • 1950
    First Communion

    First Communion (1950)

    First Communion

    6.11950HD

    The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's communion frock....

    First Communion
  • 1945
    No One Comes Back

    No One Comes Back (1945)

    No One Comes Back

    51945HD

    A host of college girls take different life paths in the Italy of the 1930s....

    No One Comes Back
  • 2021
    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    7.32021HD

    Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position....

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
  • 1932
    Palio

    Palio (1932)

    Palio

    51932HD

    It seems that Zarre (Guido Celano), the man chosen to be the jockey for the Lupa contrada, and fiance' to Fiora (Leda Gloria), becomes enamored of a cafe' chanteuse. Bachicche, the jockey of a rival neighborhood, wants to get even with Zarre for a pa...

    Palio
  • 1938
    Ettore Fieramosca

    Ettore Fieramosca (1938)

    Ettore Fieramosca

    6.31938HD

    ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost cu...

    Ettore Fieramosca
  • 1952
    La fiammata

    La fiammata (1952)

    La fiammata

    01952HD

    Just before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a party is held in the castle of the Stettin's Counts....

    La fiammata