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Giuseppe De Santis

Giuseppe De Santis

Italian film director (1917-1997)
February 11, 1917 (May 16, 1997)

Italiano, Brava Gente

V.O.: Italiani brava gente
Runtime: 165 min.

Attack and Retreat

V.O.: Italiani Brava Gente
It. 1964. War drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Andrea Checchi, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy. During the Second World War, the tragic situation of Italian units sent to fight against the Russians.
Runtime: 104 min.

Amours impossibles

V.O.: La Garçonnière
It. 1960. Sentimental drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Raf Vallone, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marisa Merlini. A woman seeks to bring her unfaithful husband back to her.
Runtime: 81 min.
Runtime: 100 min.

Jours d'amour

V.O.: Giorni d'amore
It. 1955. Sentimental comedy by Giuseppe De Santis with Marina Vlady, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulio Cali. To avoid the expense of a remarriage, two lovers fake a kidnapping.
Runtime: 90 min.

Un Mari pour Anna

V.O.: Un Marito per Anna Zaccheo
It. 1954. Melodrama by Giuseppe De Santis with Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti. A young girl marries a sailor against her parents' wishes.

L'Auberge tragique

V.O.: Riscatto
It. 1953. Drama by Marino Girolami with Folco Lulli, Franca Marzi, Franco Interlenghi. Incarcerated for robbery, a man who acts tough takes an interest in a young prisoner who claims to be a victim of a judicial error.
Runtime: 95 min.

Rome Eleven O'Clock

V.O.: Roma, ore 11
It. 1952. Social drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Carla Del Poggio, Elena Varzi, Lea Padovani. Report on the collapse of a staircase that caused numerous victims.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1950. Drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosè, Elena Varzi. A young shepherd rids the country of a sheep thief.

Bitter Rice

V.O.: Riso amaro
It. 1949. Social drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling, Vittorio Gassman. The hard life of women working in the rice fields of northern Italy.
Runtime: 108 min.

Chasse tragique

V.O.: Caccia tragica
It. 1947. Social drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Vivi Gioi. Bandits seize money intended for a farmers' cooperative.
Runtime: 89 min.

Les Amants diaboliques

V.O.: Ossessione
It. 1942. Mores drama by Luchino Visconti with Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Juan de Landa. A woman encourages her lover to murder her husband.
Runtime: 126 min.

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