Nastro d'Argento 1946-1959
by antodimichele | created - 18 Jan 2023 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicNominated or awarded movies in Nastro d'Argento between 40s and 50s
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1. Il testimone (1946)
98 min | Crime, Drama
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti, Ernesto Almirante, Sandro Ruffini
Votes: 256
2. Due lettere anonime (1945)
90 min | Drama, War
After years at the Russion front in WW II, the Italian soldier Bruno returns home. But he receives an anonymous letter warning him that during his absence, his fiancée Gina has begun an ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Clara Calamai, Andrea Checchi, Otello Toso, Carlo Ninchi
Votes: 93
3. To Live in Peace (1947)
90 min | Drama, War, Comedy
The peaceful, almost idyllic life of an Italian village is interrupted during the war by the appearance of two American soldiers who keep hiding in the house of one of the villagers.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore, Mirella Monti, John Kitzmiller
Votes: 248 | Gross: $2.20M
4. Eugenie Grandet (1946)
100 min | Drama
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio De Lullo, Giuditta Rissone
Votes: 93
5. Lost Youth (1948)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A psychopath leads students into crime. He is shot by the police after a detective has become involved with his sister.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas, Franca Maresa
Votes: 194
6. Roma città libera (1946)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Against the background of Rome freed from Nazi-fascism in 1945, two personal dramas interweave between a young man, reduced to despair by his girlfriend and a still underage girl, who tries to prostitute herself to survive.
Director: Marcello Pagliero | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 195
7. I fratelli Karamazoff (1947)
116 min | Drama
When a tragedy strikes father Fyodor Karamazov, the wretched relation with his three sons reveals itself surrounded by intrigue, envy and deceit.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Lamberto Picasso, Mariella Lotti, Elli Parvo
Votes: 19
8. Heart and Soul (1948)
91 min | Drama
A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates that are of working-class backgrounds, after a novel in diary format by Enrico Bottini.
Directors: Duilio Coletti, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Giorgio De Lullo, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 116
9. Tombolo (1947)
94 min | Drama
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Nada Fiorelli, Dante Maggio, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 34
10. L'ebreo errante (1948)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy
Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle in this struggle to free their people from the Roman yoke by means of revolt. He incites the ... See full summary »
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Valentina Cortese, Inga Gort, Noëlle Norman
Votes: 70
11. My Darling Clementine (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs
Votes: 25,772
12. In the Name of the Law (1949)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the Mafia.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Charles Vanel, Jone Salinas, Camillo Mastrocinque
Votes: 712
13. It's Forever Springtime (1950)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Beppe Agosti, a Florentine and an orphan boy, is very fond of girls, especially maids.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Mario Angelotti, Elena Varzi, Donato Donati, Ettore Jannetti
Votes: 110
14. Variety Lights (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A beautiful, ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller
Votes: 3,863
15. The Golden Coach (1952)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Duncan Lamont
Votes: 3,446
16. The Anatomy of Love (1954)
134 min | Comedy
A five-part compilation film. In "The Baby," a poverty-ridden couple with children decides that their newborn is too much and decide to leave him in a church, but the mother can't go ... See full summary »
Directors: Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Dany Robin, François Périer, Alba Arnova
Votes: 190
17. Il sole negli occhi (1953)
98 min | Drama
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Irene Galter, Pina Bottin, Maria Pia Trepaoli
Votes: 226
18. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,394
19. Febbre di vivere (1953)
88 min | Drama
The crisis of conscience among the youth of post World War II Italy, with their new moral and cultural values, in opposition to the traditional spiritual values of a previous generation.
Director: Claudio Gora | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Serato, Marina Berti, Anna Maria Ferrero
Votes: 66
20. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bosè, Gino Rossi, Marika Rowsky
Votes: 3,423
21. Limelight (1952)
G | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton
Votes: 22,150 | Gross: $1.00M
22. Outlaw Girl (1950)
94 min | Drama
Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried, found guilty, and imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escapes from prison and to survive he starts living like an outlaw brigand. He falls ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Mangano, Umberto Spadaro, Ignazio Balsamo
Votes: 73
23. Devotion (1950)
Unrated | 78 min | Drama
In Sardinia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the once powerful aristocratic Decherchi family is going through difficult times and is threatened with eviction. To be able to pay ... See full summary »
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Roldano Lupi, Juan de Landa, Franca Marzi
Votes: 26
24. Rome 11:00 (1952)
107 min | Drama
Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia, Lea Padovani
Votes: 858
25. Tempo di villeggiatura (1956)
100 min | Comedy
Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end. Among the hotel guests Carletto, who wants ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Racioppi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Giovanna Ralli, Marisa Merlini, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 87
26. Il padrone sono me (1955)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate are the professor Edoardo, always lost in reveries, and his wife Maria. They have a son, ... See full summary »
Director: Franco Brusati | Stars: Andreina Pagnani, Paolo Stoppa, Pierre Bertin, Assunta Radico
Votes: 18
27. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,942 | Gross: $10.40M
28. Men and Wolves (1957)
94 min | Drama
Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz, Irene Cefaro
Votes: 167
29. The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Pablito Calvo, Aroldo Tieri, Silvia Marco
Votes: 254
30. Il Grido (1957)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A man wanders aimlessly away from his town, away from the woman he loves, emotionally and socially inactive.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriella Pallotta, Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray
Votes: 5,448
31. A King in New York (1957)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston
Votes: 8,885
32. Paths of Glory (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, War
After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Votes: 212,473
33. Fortunella (1958)
101 min | Comedy
A poor girl is convinced she is the daughter of a prince.
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas, Franca Marzi
Votes: 203
34. Day of Wrath (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen
Votes: 11,095
35. The Husband (1958)
82 min | Comedy
Alberto's marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced by her mother and sister who live with the married couple. Alberto is also experiencing financial ... See full summary »
Directors: Nanni Loy, Fernando Palacios, Gianni Puccini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Aurora Bautista, Luigi Tosi, Alberto De Amicis
Votes: 245
36. Love on the Riviera (1958)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who takes a fancy to the ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 178
37. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,120
38. Casque d'Or (1952)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières
Votes: 6,224
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