MINERVA PICTURES

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AMORI DI MEZZO SECOLO MID-CENTURY LOVES
Mario CHIARI, Pietro GERMI, Clauco Pellegrini, Antonio PIETRANGELI, Roberto ROSSELLINI
Movie in episodes about the romantic love. Elena, from a noble family,
is in love with Mario, a poor pianist, but her father doesn’t approve.
A doctor encourages the adulteries of his patients, while his wife is
cheating on him.
IL RITORNO DI ARSENIO LUPIN SIGNE’ ARSENE LUPIN
Yves ROBERT
Arsenio Lupin has just been released from military service after World
War I and is hot on the trail of a 15th-century treasure. He is convinced
that the “objet d’art” is hidden somewhere in three Flemish miniature
works, but he is not alone in his quest. A female counterpart, Aurelia,
wants exactly the same treasure.
KAPO’
Gillo PONTECORVO
Production: Italy - 1954 - 100’
Cast: Leonora RUFFO, Franco INTERLENGHI, Lea PADOVANI, Silvana PAMPANINI, Franco PASTORINO
Version: Italian, English (subt.)
Production: France/Italy - 1959 - 100’
Cast: Robert LAMOUREUX, Alida VALLI, Roger DUMAS, Yves ROBERT
Version: Italian
Interred in a concentration camp, Strasberg is befriended by the camp’s
kindly doctor, who helps her hide her true identity and work as a camp
guard, or “kapo.” Unfortunately, Strasberg’s new found power goes to
her head, and her abuse of that power is very nearly on the same level
as the Nazis.
Production: Italy/France - 1959 -102’
Cast: Susan STRASBERG, Laurent TERZIEFF, Emmanuelle RIVA
Version: Italian, English, French (subt.) RESTORED VERSION
1960 Oscar Nominated for a best foreign picture
1960 Golden Globe nominated for a best foreign picture.
NOI GANGSTERS LE GRAND CHEF
Henry VERNEUIL
Two poor men kidnap a little boy for ransom; but the boy is so pestiferous
that they are even ready to pay to return him to his family.
Production: France/Italy - 1959 - 92’
Cast: FERNANDEL, Gino CERVI
Version: Italian