Umberto D'Orsi

Europa canta

Little Europe, a town in the American West, is chosen as the site for a European Music Festival to be internationally broadcast via television. The peace of the village is put in jeopardy when it comes to electing judges because the dormant antagonisms of the descendants of Italian, Spanish, French and Germans will be awakened, but the good sheriff easily resolves the dispute. Then the problem becomes more acute when the lawyer Betty, a comely young lady, who is late in coming to the event because she was seized by the henchmen of an industry bully who wants to influence the victory of one of his favorite songs.

Macrò

The story is about a young hippy called Salvatore who sparks up a relationship with a high class prostitute, Maddalena. The two fall in love and try to start a new life together but things turn ugly when Maddalena is kidnapped by his old hippy pals and Maddalena's dangerous pimp...

Scaramouche

I terribili sette

Some kids find by chance an infant in swaddling clothes left in a meadow. Initially, after having led in their lair, they think of selling it to a caravan of gypsies.

I miserabili

The television series, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, is one of the most impressive television adaptations of a literary work. Filmed in 1963 over a period of four months at the RAI headquarters in Via Teulada, it is set in France between 1815 and 1833.

Nero Wolfe

Spirits of the Dead

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

I Killed Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.

The Magnificent Adventurer

Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.

The Two Wizards of the Ball

The manager of a football team wants to hire a coach. Luckily the team begin to win but on the eve of an important match the opposing team has their best scorer kidnapped. Will they win the match all the same?

Il bivio

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 ...

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars

Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita".

Nel mondo di Alice

On a warm afternoon Alice falls asleep on the lawn and when she wakes up finds herself catapulted into an unreal and colorful world populated by strange characters and talking animals. Following first a white rabbit and then through a mirror, she will have fantastic adventures, amid clumsy talking chessmen and a shrewish duchess, played by Franca Valeri. When she wakes up, everything will return to normal, leaving her with the memory of a frightening but beautiful dream at the same time.

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.