Renzo Montagnani

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

I promessi sposi

Set between 1629 and 1631. Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are Lombard peasants forced to separate and endure a thousand vicissitudes because of the bullying of the squire Don Rodrigo. However, during their journey they will find various people willing to help them, from Friar Cristoforo to the Innominato, from Federigo Borromeo to Donna Prassede.

Origins of the Mafia

Journey back more than 400 years to 16th century Sicily, where the small Italian islands have fallen victim to corruption, intimidation, extortion, and brutality.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.

Il mulino del Po

Fiorina the Cow

Plenty of fun erotic stories in the spirit of the "Decameron", united by one constant hero - unlucky cow Fiorina.

Donna... cosa si fa per te

A rich Tuscan aristocrat is ensnared by a hooker looking for a better life.

Teo

Teo is a Somali boy living in Rome, where his mother works in service to a wealthy family. Friendly and outgoing, the young man immediately befriends Mimma when she moves with her family to the neighborhood. Years pass and Mimma begins to suffer the violent attentions of her stepfather. She tired that decided to run away together with Teo. But the two teenagers are tracked down and Teo is accused of the violence. Only with the help of his friends will he succeed in proving his innocence.

The Family Vice

When Giacomo D'Amato is released from jail he is immediately employed by Magda, in a plot to secure her the heritage of the count. But there are other players in this game too, and Giacomo has his own agenda.

Vita di Dante

Part of a trilogy of “Famous Lives” conceived by Angelo Guglielmi, Vittorio Cottafavi's television series is a rigorous reconstruction of the biography of the great poet, alternating between fiction and documentary sequences.

When Women Had Tails

Seven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all vegetation they set out to find a new place to live.

War at the Peace Table

A RAI television miniseries that reconstructs the Allied Conferences held during the World War II, from Placentia Bay (1941) to Potsdam (1945).

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?

During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...

Lovers and Liars

An American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.