Carlo Lizzani

Directing

Carlo Lizzani

Born — Died

1922-04-03 — 2013-10-05

Place of birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

74 titles

Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) an…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 14 titles

Voi siete qui poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Voi siete qui

2011

Portrait Of My Father poster
7.3

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.

Portrait Of My Father

2010

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life poster
5.2

An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen.

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

2017

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts poster
6.5

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

The Years of Lost Images poster
NR

A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini was never able to shoot: between 1962, the year he won the Golden Lion with Family Diary, and 1982, the year of his death, he directed only four features. The documentary features interviews with close collaborators (celebrated screenwriters Enrico Medioli and Nicola Badalucco) and some of his actors (Jacques Perrin and Claudia Cardinale).

The Years of Lost Images

2012

Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane

2011

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism poster
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This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism

2013

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

2014

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

2010

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni

2012

No artwork available
NR

A new documentary film on Fellini's 'La Città del Donne' ('City of Women') directed by Dominique Maillet, featuring producer Renzo Rossellini, film historian Aldo Tassone, producer and film historian Carlo Lizzani, and Federico Fellini's assistant Dominique Delouche (1955-1960).

A Dream of Women

2011

Noi c'eravamo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Noi c'eravamo

2011

Sperduti nel buio poster
NR

Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.

Sperduti nel buio

2014

Mr. Teddy poster
NR

Barbara, a waitress in a hotel, has the vice to remove objects from guests rooms. Francesco, a student, finally meets a girl known on internet who hides a secret to him. Fausto, a chemist, invented an unusual way to export drugs with the help of another man. Susanna, a woman marked by a deep pain, plans a revenge against the man who wasted her life. The vicissitudes of four characters cross each other in the Japan Hotel in 24 hours, the presentation day of Mr. Teddy, a new prototype of a speaking teddy bear.

Mr. Teddy

2012

2000s · 12 titles

Pope John XXIII poster
6.9

This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".

Pope John XXIII

2002

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad poster
7.0

This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constructed his movies in a conventional way but also experimented new path. His favorite actresses such as Clau

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad

2009

Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes poster
7.0

Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.

Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes

2001

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema poster
6.4

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

2001

Uomini forti poster
NR

The epic of Hercules and Maciste to the live voices of witnesses and through the images of the Italian film journals. And through interviews with Carlo Lizzani, Enrico Lucherini, Citto Maselli, Rosalba Neri, Mimmo Palmara, Carlo Verdone.

Uomini forti

2006

Linee d'ombra poster
NR

Macchie solari (Autopsy), L'etrusco uccide ancora (The Etruscan kills again), commandos are titles that refer to a category for lovers, that of B-movies, Italian thriller of the '60s and' 70s. But in the life and in the poetry of their director, Armando Crispino, there is more, says his son Francesco. Searching for a meeting with his father in the maze of his production, he finds himself investigating the world of Italian genre cinema. Finding that even in this area left in the shadows by the critical discourse we can find more, and better, than we think.

Linee d'ombra

2007

Luchino Visconti poster
7.0

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.

Luchino Visconti

2002

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4.0

"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.

Western all'italiana

2004

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' poster
7.0

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

2006

Il falso bugiardo poster
NR

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.

Il falso bugiardo

2008

Behind Love and Anger poster
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Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (director of the segment "L'indifferenza"), Marco Bellocchio (director of the segment "Discutiamo, discussamo"), Maurizio Ponzi (assistant director of the segment " La sequenza del fiore di carta," by Pier Paolo Pasolini), and Roberto Perpignani (editor of the segment "Agonia," by Bernardo Bertolucci).

Behind Love and Anger

2005

No artwork available
NR

Looks back at the Sciuscià, its success abroad, its influence on later filmmakers, its Oscar win, and the social conditions at the time of its production.

Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine

2006

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Dirty Game poster
6.0

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.

The Dirty Game

1965

Germany, Year Zero poster
7.6

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

Germany, Year Zero

1948

The Last Four Days poster
6.3

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.

The Last Four Days

1974

The Last Four Days poster
6.3

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.

The Last Four Days

1974

Roma bene poster
6.0

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

Roma bene

1971

Roma bene poster
6.0

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

Roma bene

1971

Bitter Rice poster
7.5

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

Bitter Rice

1949

Love in the City poster
6.5

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

Love in the City

1953

The Teenage Prostitution Racket poster
5.5

A drama about several teenage girls from different backgrounds who are drawn to prostitution and enter a world of violence and abuse that is almost impossible to leave behind.

The Teenage Prostitution Racket

1975

The Teenage Prostitution Racket poster
5.5

A drama about several teenage girls from different backgrounds who are drawn to prostitution and enter a world of violence and abuse that is almost impossible to leave behind.

The Teenage Prostitution Racket

1975

Esterina poster
5.2

Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...

Esterina

1959

Kleinhoff Hotel poster
6.0

Pascale, married to an architect, misses her flight to London and is forced to stay in Berlin, at the Kleinhoff Hotel where she stayed as a student. Karl, a would-be revolutionary lives in the adjoining room and Pascale spies him and his ex-girl-friend through a hole. Then she follows him to a questionable place where she is arrested by the police during a revolutionists raid. When she returns to the Kleinhoff Hotel, Pascale finds Karl crying, and enters his room to console him and they have a love affair.

Kleinhoff Hotel

1977

Duel of Champions poster
5.6

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...

Duel of Champions

1961

Attention! Bandits! poster
6.1

During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.

Attention! Bandits!

1951

Attention! Bandits! poster
6.1

During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.

Attention! Bandits!

1951

Black Turin poster
5.3

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

Black Turin

1972

The Hills Run Red poster
5.9

After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. They are caught by Union troops. One escapes, but the other is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out and goes home, he finds that his wife has died in poverty because his partner kept all the money, and is now a major power in the area with an army of deadly gunmen to back him up.

The Hills Run Red

1966

Outcry poster
6.7

A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.

Outcry

1946

Crazy Joe poster
6.7

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

Crazy Joe

1974

Celluloide poster
6.6

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .

Celluloide

1996

Celluloide poster
6.6

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .

Celluloide

1996

Kill and Pray poster
6.4

A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.

Kill and Pray

1967

Kill and Pray poster
6.4

A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.

Kill and Pray

1967

The Wicked poster
7.5

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her sexual past, despite objections by the old-fashioned chief physician.

The Wicked

1991

Wake Up and Die poster
6.3

A petty hoodlum pulls jewellery store heists in broad daylight. The cop on his tail knows he has accomplices and focuses on the gangster's girl friend is his attempt to catch him.

Wake Up and Die

1966

Wake Up and Die poster
6.3

A petty hoodlum pulls jewellery store heists in broad daylight. The cop on his tail knows he has accomplices and focuses on the gangster's girl friend is his attempt to catch him.

Wake Up and Die

1966

At the Edge of the City poster
7.0

Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.

At the Edge of the City

1953

At the Edge of the City poster
7.0

Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.

At the Edge of the City

1953

The Devils of Monza poster
4.0

The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He hears the rumor that she'd have an affair with her trustee - so he kills him in a set-up duel and aims to take his place. Against her initial resistance, Monza manages to win her heart - and to get into her bed. This doesn't stay a secret for long, but Monza, now in love, does everything to keep it going.

The Devils of Monza

1987

Chronicle of Poor Lovers poster
6.8

Florence, Italy, 1925, during the fascist dictatorship. In order to live near his girlfriend Bianca, young Mario moves to a humble street in the old city center, where he befriends Maciste and Ugo, two anti-fascists.

Chronicle of Poor Lovers

1954

Chronicle of Poor Lovers poster
6.8

Florence, Italy, 1925, during the fascist dictatorship. In order to live near his girlfriend Bianca, young Mario moves to a humble street in the old city center, where he befriends Maciste and Ugo, two anti-fascists.

Chronicle of Poor Lovers

1954

Hotel Meina poster
6.0

How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.

Hotel Meina

2008

Hotel Meina poster
6.0

How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.

Hotel Meina

2008

Dear Gorbachev poster
5.3

Russia, 1937. Nicolai Bukharin and his wife Anna Mikhailovna Larina are living through a tragedy in their apartment. The husband fears that he will be arrested for political reasons and asks his wife to memorize a denunciation document so that he can destroy it. The characters, who really existed, were rehabilitated in 1988 under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Dear Gorbachev

1988

Dear Gorbachev poster
5.3

Russia, 1937. Nicolai Bukharin and his wife Anna Mikhailovna Larina are living through a tragedy in their apartment. The husband fears that he will be arrested for political reasons and asks his wife to memorize a denunciation document so that he can destroy it. The characters, who really existed, were rehabilitated in 1988 under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Dear Gorbachev

1988

Under the Olive Tree poster
7.1

A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.

Under the Olive Tree

1950

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer poster
6.5

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

1984

The Policeman on Horseback poster
6.1

A soldier has his horse stolen on his wedding day and spends the first day of his honeymoon looking for it.

The Policeman on Horseback

1961

The Tough and the Mighty poster
6.4

Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.

The Tough and the Mighty

1969

The Tough and the Mighty poster
6.4

Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.

The Tough and the Mighty

1969