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6.8Antonio Mombelli is content with his life as a primary school teacher in the small town of Vigevano. His wife, however, is ashamed of their humble circumstances and dreams of something better for their family. She insists he quits his job, gives up on his pension, and opens a small shoe factory.
The Teacher from Vigevano
1963
10.0A nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.
Tosca
1956
6.8The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
Giuseppe Verdi
1953
7.0A crafty barber acts as a go-between for a count in disguise and rescues Rosina from marriage with her guardian. An operatic comedy.
The Barber of Seville
1947
6.0Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.
La forza del destino
1950
10.01949 movie version of the Rossini opera
Cenerentola
1949
Film credits
1950s · 3 titles
10.0A nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.
Tosca
1956
6.8The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
Giuseppe Verdi
1953
6.0Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.
La forza del destino
1950