The best Carlo Lizzani’s movies

Carlo Lizzani

Carlo Lizzani

03/04/1922- 05/10/2013
Today we present the best Carlo Lizzani’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Carlo Lizzani’s movies.
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Bandits in Milan

Bandits in Milan
7.1/10
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.

Cinecittà Babylon

Cinecittà Babylon
6.1/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryHistory
  • Release: 14/06/2017
  • Character: Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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.

Ritratto di mio padre

Ritratto di mio padre
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/10/2010
  • Character: sé stesso

Outcry

Outcry
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 06/11/1946
  • Character: Don Camillo, il prete
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.

Il falso bugiardo

Il falso bugiardo
7.9/10
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.

Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes

Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2000
  • Character: narrator
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.

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
7.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 22/09/2001
  • Character: Self - Filmmaker
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and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.

The Tough and the Mighty

The Tough and the Mighty
6.4/10
Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.

Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane

Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 03/11/2011
  • Character: Se stesso

Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII
7.4/10
  • Release: 01/01/2002
  • Character: Pio XII
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".

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/09/2013
  • Character: Narrator
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.

Sperduti nel buio

Sperduti nel buio
8.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/04/2014
  • Character: Himself
Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/09/2014
  • Character: Sé stesso

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
8.2/10

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