Italy 1939
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1. I grandi magazzini (1939)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a fit of jealousy, store clerk Assia Norris walks out on her boyfriend and heads for a vacation in the Alps, but not before "borrowing" a high-priced ski wardrobe.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Enrico Glori, Luisella Beghi
Votes: 219
2. Her First Love (1939)
90 min | Comedy
A young woman decides to go back to school without the knowledge of her doctor husband.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 10
3. Marionette (1939)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
A famed tenor from the US, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist for an unknown talent she has discovered. He plays along and even falls in love with her.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust, Lucie Englisch, Paul Kemp
Votes: 19
4. Cose dell'altro mondo (1939)
80 min | Comedy
The daughter of an American prison inspector lets a dangerous gangster and his two convict girlfriends loose.To avoid a scandal the inspector substitutes the daughter, his wife, and another man to pretend to be the missing inmates.
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Antonio Gandusio, Guglielmo Barnabò, Amelia Chellini
5. Carmen fra i rossi (1939)
96 min | Drama, War
During the Spanish Civil War, a Falangist assigned to the University City is ordered to tour Madrid disguised as a Republican militiaman to deliver a message to a leader of the Resistance. ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Rafael Rivelles, Conchita Montes, Juan de Landa
Votes: 55
6. An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
97 min | Adventure
Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, and Osvaldo Valenti star in this Italian swashbuckler which would have starred Errol Flynn or Douglas Fairbanks had it been made in Hollywood. Salvatore Rosa was a... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Osvaldo Valenti
Votes: 94
7. La notte delle beffe (1939)
68 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Dria Paola, Maurizio D'Ancora, Elli Parvo
8. Cavalleria rusticana (1939)
72 min | Drama, Musical
Young Tiruddu returns home to his Sicilian village after completing his military service to find his fiancée, Lola, married to a rich and possessive businessman. But Lola soon provokes her former beau and Tiruddu succumbs to her charms. Santuzza, who is in love with Tiruddu is quick to inform the husband of Lola's infidelity.
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Isa Pola, Carlo Ninchi, Doris Duranti, Leonardo Cortese
Votes: 30
9. The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In an updated version of the Butterfly story, a visiting American conductor leaves a pregnant singer in Italy, promising to return and marry her. Four years later he returns with a wife and hears his old love perform her swan song.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti, Lucie Englisch, Germana Paolieri
Votes: 18
10. Processo e morte di Socrate (1939)
103 min | Drama
The great Greek philosopher Socrates, is accused of corruption of the young.
Director: Corrado D'Errico | Stars: Ermete Zacconi, Rossano Brazzi, Filippo Scelzo, Alfredo De Sanctis
Votes: 38
11. Los hijos de la noche (1939)
108 min | Comedy, Musical
Three poor but good-natured gypsies find their way to a temporarily better life when a millionaire engages them on Christmas Eve to play son, daughter and tutor as his sister from America paying him a visit expects to find a family man.
Directors: Benito Perojo, Aldo Vergano | Stars: Estrellita Castro, Julio Peña, Alberto Romea, Hortensia Gelabert
Votes: 40
12. Torna, caro ideal! (1939)
90 min | Drama
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Claudio Gora, Laura Adani, Germana Paolieri, Ernesto Sabbatini
13. In the Country Fell a Star (1939)
86 min
An American starlet inflames two Italian peasants who forget about their respective fiancees; one of them even thinks of marrying her and begins to plan the engagement banquet. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Rosina Lawrence, Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Oretta Fiume
Votes: 23
14. Dora Nelson (1939)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Assia Noris, Carlo Ninchi, Miretta Mauri, Luigi Cimara
Votes: 63
15. Animali pazzi (1939)
72 min | Comedy
A baron is obliged to marry his cousin within two days in order for him to get an inheritance. If he doesn't marry, the inheritance will go to an animal clinic.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Luisa Ferida, Calisto Bertramo, Lilia Dale
Votes: 112
16. Eravamo 7 sorelle (1939)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Seven girls show up at the home of the aging-Count Varani and claim they are his daughters, and bring sufficient enough evidence to make him believe them. Leonardo, the Count's son, return ... See full summary »
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Antonio Gandusio, Nino Besozzi, Sergio Tofano, Pina Renzi
17. Ball at the Castle (1939)
95 min | Drama, Romance
While on her way to dance class, ballerina Greta Larsen is given a ride by the handsome crown prince Giorgio. Though it's all very innocent, gossiping tongues begin wagging and before long Greta has been identified as the prince's love.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Alida Valli, Antonio Centa, Carlo Lombardi, Sandra Ravel
Votes: 12
18. Second Childhood (1939)
80 min | Drama
Late-fall sunshine for an aging man.
Director: Jeff Musso | Stars: Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac, Pierre Brasseur, Tramel
Votes: 26
19. Castelli in aria (1939)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy
A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica, Otto Treßler, Hilde von Stolz
20. Mille lire al mese (1939)
83 min | Comedy
An electronic engineer is called by the Hungarian Television Directorate to test the new television installations. He arrives in the capital, Budapest, together with his girlfriend.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Alida Valli, Umberto Melnati, Osvaldo Valenti, Renato Cialente
Votes: 15
21. Io, suo padre (1939)
92 min | Comedy
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Erminio Spalla, Augusto Lanza, Evi Maltagliati, Mariella Lotti
Votes: 12
22. Batticuore (1939)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
The sole girl pupil of a school for pickpockets is caught in the act stealing from a well dressed Count but he hires her to steal the watch of an ambassador who he thinks is having an affair with the countess.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Assia Noris, John Lodge, Rubi Dalma, Giuseppe Porelli
Votes: 14
23. Ultima giovinezza (1939)
88 min | Drama
Director: Jeff Musso | Stars: Raimu, Jacqueline Delubac, Pierre Brasseur, Tramel
24. Imputato, alzatevi! (1939)
82 min | Comedy
Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Leila Guarni, Ernesto Almirante, Greta Gonda
Votes: 68
25. Se quell'idiota ci pensasse... (1939)
80 min
Director: Nino Giannini | Stars: Annibale Betrone, Roberto Villa, Anna Valpreda, Fanny Marchiò
26. Il socio invisibile (1939)
85 min
Director: Roberto Roberti | Stars: Carlo Romano, Clara Calamai, Evi Maltagliati, Sergio Tofano
27. Due milioni per un sorriso (1939)
75 min | Comedy
A old man, having become rich in America, becomes nostalgic for the girl he loved back in Italy. When he returns and finds her gone, some opportunists scheme to get his money by making a film for him with a girl with a similar smile.
Directors: Carlo Borghesio, Mario Soldati | Stars: Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli, Elsa De Giorgi, Sandra Ravel
Votes: 24
28. Papà per una notte (1939)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Sergio Tofano, Clelia Matania, Carlo Romano, Leonardo Cortese
Votes: 9
29. Lo vedi come sei... Lo vedi come sei? (1939)
75 min | Comedy
Cousins Michele and Tommaso are told by a notary that a distant uncle has left a large sum of money for them.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Franca Gioieta, Amleto Filippi, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 29
30. Blood Red Rose (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Western
In a young republic of South America lives Angélica, a woman of rare beauty. She will literally bewitch General Manrique Ruiz, nicknamed "El Salvador", then at the height of his glory. This... See full summary »
Director: Jean Choux | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Guillaume de Sax, Paul Amiot
Votes: 29
31. La conquista dell'aria (1939)
Drama
Director: Romolo Marcellini | Stars: Carlo Ninchi, Memo Benassi, Andrea Checchi, Elio Steiner
32. L'inconnue de Monte Carlo (1939)
86 min | Drama
Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean, Jules Berry, Claude Lehmann
33. Terra di fuoco (1939)
92 min | Drama
A prominent tenor kills a man in a fit of jealousy.After years of forced labor as a convict, he attempts to return to his wife and child and to his singing career.
Directors: Giorgio Ferroni, Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Tito Schipa, Mireille Balin, Marie Glory, André Lefaur
Votes: 18
34. Follie del secolo (1939)
90 min
A nobleman finds out that his daughter's husband betrays her and decides to help her.
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Armando Falconi, Paola Barbara, Otello Toso, Olga Vittoria Gentilli
36. Abuna Messias (Vendetta africana) (1939)
96 min | Drama, History, War
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church. He comes back to Italy and he ... See full summary »
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori, Mario Ferrari, Amedeo Trilli
Votes: 50
37. Song to the Wind (1939)
76 min | Musical, Comedy
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Giuseppe Lugo, Laura Nucci, Ugo Ceseri, Dria Paola
38. Casa lontana (1939)
84 min | Drama
A tenor marries a ballerina but his impresario causes their marriage to crumble.
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Beniamino Gigli, Kirsten Heiberg, Elsa Wagner, Oretta Fiume
Votes: 8
39. I figli del marchese Lucera (1939)
83 min | Comedy
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Armando Falconi, Caterina Boratto, Sergio Tofano, Gino Cervi
40. A Wife in Danger (1939)
90 min
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Marie Glory, Antonio Centa, Carlo Lombardi, Laura Solari
41. L'albergo degli assenti (1939)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A young lady is employed by a millionaire. She is kidnapped instead of the rich woman by a gang, on behalf of people who were interested in the rich woman's disappearance. She is brought to... See full summary »
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Paola Barbara, Carla Candiani, Camillo Pilotto, Maurizio D'Ancora
Votes: 16
42. Piccolo hotel (1939)
85 min | Drama
Director: Piero Ballerini | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Laura Nucci, Bianca Doria, Lola Braccini
43. It Always Ends That Way (1939)
68 min | Musical
Director: Enrique Susini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rey, Nedda Francy, Assia De Busny
Votes: 15
44. La voce senza volto (1939)
66 min | Comedy, Musical
Gino, who has a tenor voice equal to that of a famous singer, now voiceless, is hired by a company to replace him. When the worker realizes he has been deceived, it's too late. However, there is a way to break free from that obligation.
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Giovanni Manurita, Vanna Vanni, Laura Nucci, Carlo Romano
45. Frenzy (1939)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Dina Galli, Antonio Gandusio, Betty Stockfeld, Vivi Gioi
46. Traversata nera (1939)
88 min | Drama
"Black Crossing" - In an Oriental port a group of people embarks a trader designated for Europe. One of them, a shady individual, entrusts the captain with a box of valuables to be kept until the end of the journey.
Director: Domenico Gambino | Stars: Camillo Pilotto, Germana Paolieri, Dria Paola, Mario Ferrari
47. L'amore si fa così (1939)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Enrico Viarisio, Colette Darfeuil, Jacqueline Prévot, Luigi Almirante
Votes: 11
48. Naufraghi (1939)
Director: Silvio Laurenti Rosa | Stars: Ciro Rovatti, Alice Maggini, Landa Kiss, Alberto Collo
49. Ai vostri ordini, signora... (1939)
70 min | Comedy
A young and rich widow hires an unemployed man, Pietro, to make him live with her and to let everybody believe he is her lover. The man accepts the situation to earn a living, but in the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Giuditta Rissone, Enrico Viarisio
50. The Widow (1939)
93 min | Drama
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Isa Pola, Ruggero Ruggeri, Leonardo Cortese
Votes: 10
51. Il fornaretto di Venezia (1939)
73 min | Drama
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Roberto Villa, Elsa De Giorgi, Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti
52. The Make Believe Pirates (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Romance
The film stars Assia Noris and Mino d'Oro (later changed to Doro.) Noris is on her way to marry an unseen suitor in the New World and manages to fall in with some pirates. But, unknown to ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Elter | Stars: Assia Noris, Mino Doro, Camillo Pilotto, Calisto Bertramo
Votes: 13
53. Forse eri tu l'amore (1939)
90 min | Comedy
An Italian engineer, who works for an American firm, is asked by his boss to go to Italy and bring his niece back. He takes a lady friend on the trip, but is very surprised to find out that... See full summary »
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Sandro Ruffini, Gemma D'Alba, Loretta Vinci, Renzo Merusi
54. The Singing Gate (1939)
70 min
Simultaneously filmed German language version of Italian film, Casa Lontana. An impresario interferes with a romance between a tenor and a ballet dancer, and must be dealt with if they are to be wed.
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Beniamino Gigli, Kirsten Heiberg, Hilde Körber, Hans Olden
55. Le educande di Saint-Cyr (1939)
88 min
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Vanna Vanni, Silvana Jachino, Maurizio D'Ancora, Elio Steiner
56. Ho visto brillare le stelle (1939)
80 min
Director: Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Ennio Cerlesi, Maria Gardena, Mino Doro, Luigi Pavese
57. Il documento (1939)
92 min | Comedy
A 19th century count of declining fortunes is approached by three ambitious men who have designs on whatever wealth he still maintains.A mysterious document plays a part in this drama.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Ruggero Ruggeri, Armando Falconi, Maria Denis, Maurizio D'Ancora
58. Diamanti (1939)
70 min
Director: Corrado D'Errico | Stars: Doris Duranti, Lamberto Picasso, Laura Nucci, Enrico Glori
59. Continental Atmosphere (1936)
Approved | 81 min
Angelo Musco leaves his small town in Sicily to go to Rome for an operation. Once there, he decides he likes that continental air and proceeds to acquire a veneer of same...and also ... See full summary »
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Angelo Musco, Leda Gloria, Rosina Anselmi, Valentino Bruchi
Votes: 11
60. L'eredità in Corsa (1939)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Oreste Biancoli | Stars: Enrico Viarisio, Antonio Gandusio, Ada Dondini, Clara Calamai
61. The Little Adventurers (1939)
80 min | Adventure
During the Ethiopian war, thirteen boys embark clandestinely on a merchant ship bound for Africa. Following the shipwreck, they are castaway on a desert island...
Director: Flavio Calzavara | Stars: Giovanni Grasso, Riccardo Freda, Carlo Duse, Romolo Aglietti
Votes: 15
62. We Were Seven Widows (1939)
83 min | Comedy
From the shipwreck of a ship in the equatorial seas a senior lawyer, a bachelor, his waiter and seven women who have lost their husbands are saved on a lifeboat. All these survivors manage to reach an unknown island.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Antonio Gandusio, Nino Taranto, Laura Nucci, Silvana Jachino
63. Retroscena (1939)
100 min | Comedy
A lady pianist and a baritone squabble,meeting on a ship and before Milan shows. After a rude response by critics and an audience claque, the singer makes a hit pretending to be a Russian artist and the couple find romance.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Filippo Romito, Elisa Cegani, Camillo Pilotto, Lia Orlandini
Votes: 24
64. Uragano ai tropici (1939)
74 min
Directors: Pier Luigi Faraldo, Gino Talamo | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Rubi Dalma, Osvaldo Valenti, Mino Doro
65. The Two Mothers (1939)
86 min | Drama
An artist finds, when he comes to the city, that his real mother, not the peasant woman who brought him up , is a former actress there.
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Maria Denis, Renato Cialente, Bella Starace Sainati
66. Il piccolo re (1939)
70 min | Drama
Director: Redo Romagnoli | Stars: Evi Maltagliati, Liliana De Mirtis, Gualtiero De Angelis, Egisto Olivieri
67. Il barone di Corbò (1939)
75 min
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Enrico Glori, Armando Migliari, Laura Nucci, Vanna Vanni
68. La grande luce - Montevergine (1939)
88 min | Drama
Falsely accused of murder and with only a mute as a witness, a blacksmith escapes to Argentina. But when he is free to go home a woman in turn falsely accuses him of drug peddling.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Leda Gloria, Enzo Biliotti, Elsa De Giorgi
Votes: 15
69. Le père Lebonnard (1939)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Jean de Limur | Stars: Ruggero Ruggeri, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Murat, Jeanne Provost
Votes: 9
70. Il marchese di Ruvolito (1939)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Rosina Anselmi, Elli Parvo
71. Un mare di guai (1939)
76 min | Comedy
Adaptation of a comedy that had previously served as a vehicle for Raimu in France.Clodomiro and his friend, opposed to working,make a living by various swindles, one of them perpetrated on his rich businessman uncle.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Umberto Melnati, Paolo Stoppa, Junie Astor, Luigi Almirante
72. Chi sei tu? (1939)
67 min
Director: Gino Valori | Stars: Maria Denis, Antonio Centa, Lilia Dale, Guido Barbarisi
73. Il cavaliere di San Marco (1939)
75 min
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Mario Ferrari, Dria Paola, Laura Nucci, Romolo Costa
74. Duetto vagabondo (1939)
78 min
Director: Guglielmo Giannini | Stars: Nino Besozzi, Enrico Viarisio, Leda Gloria, Pina Renzi
75. Lancieri di Savoia (1939)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance, War
In their youth a young girl and boy are lovers , but are frustrated as financial difficulties of the girl's father cause her to have to wed a wealthy man in order for her father to hold his... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Besozzi | Stars: Elisa Cegani, Amedeo Nazzari, Luigi Carini, Silvana Jachino
76. Due occhi per non vedere (1939)
75 min
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Renato Cialente, Loretta Vinci, Giuseppe Porelli, Alma Klaric
77. Fascino (1939)
80 min
In the aftermath of a fire, a woman loses her voice.It is years later when she recovers it as well as the courage to respond to the love of a fellow musician.
Director: Giacinto Solito | Stars: Iva Pacetti, Silvana Jachino, Cesare Bettarini, Bella Starace Sainati
78. Pretty or Plain They All Get Married (1939)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Maria Denis, Umberto Melnati, Giuseppe Porelli, Laura Nucci
79. Il ladro (1939)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Anton Germano Rossi | Stars: Elio Steiner, Silvana Jachino, Giovanni Grasso, Adele Garavaglia
80. Equatore (1939)
75 min
In a dockyards in Kenya, the boss plants suspicions on an Italian worker who he thinks has designs on his wife.
Director: Gino Valori | Stars: Cesare Fantoni, Milena Penovich, Tino Erler, Ivana Claar
81. Il segreto inviolabile (1939)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Julio de Fleischner | Stars: José Nieto, Tony D'Algy, María Mercader, Ugo Ceseri
82. Le sorprese del divorzio (1939)
84 min | Comedy
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Armando Falconi, Filippo Scelzo, Bice Parisi, Tiziana Calvi
Votes: 11
83. Tre fratelli in gamba (1939)
70 min | Comedy
Director: Alberto Salvi | Stars: Ugo Sasso, Giulia Cadore, Gino Bianchi, Renato Chiantoni
84. Nobody's Land (1939)
94 min
Director: Mario Baffico | Stars: Mario Ferrari, Nelly Corradi, Laura Solari, Umberto Sacripante
85. L'ospite di una notte (1939)
66 min | Thriller
Director: Giuseppe Guarino | Stars: Gian Paolo Rosmino, Ugo Sasso, Giovanni Dal Cortivo, Guglielmo Barnabò
86. Bionda sotto chiave (1939)
74 min | Comedy
A famous American director is looking for a special type of girl he needs to play in his next film.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Vivi Gioi, Giuseppe Porelli, Enrico Viarisio, Laura Solari
87. Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
80 min | Comedy
Guido Renzi and his lawyer friend chase a beautiful girl to return a purse that he lost and after a long drive in the car reach the laboratory of an improvised astrophysicist - the girl's ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Nino Besozzi, Antonio Gandusio, Mario Ersanilli, Vivi Gioi
88. Naples That Never Dies (1939)
88 min | Comedy
A young French girl visiting Naples ends up marrying a local engineer, but living in the midst of a very traditional Italian (conservative) family soon becomes intolerable for the vivacious... See full summary »
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Marie Glory, Paola Barbara, Bella Starace Sainati
89. Il carnevale di Venezia (1939)
68 min
Ninetta, a singer who is foreman in a tobacco factory, substitutes her voice at a show by her aspiring chanteuse daughter, so the daughter can please a count she has run off to marry, in this melodrama of maternal self sacrifice.
Directors: Giuseppe Adami, Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Cesco Baseggio, Toti Dal Monte, Junie Astor, Guido Lazzarini
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