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Piero Tellini

Piero Tellini

Italian screenwriter (1917-1985)
January 16, 1917 (June 22, 1985)

Le Don Juan des bas-fonds

V.O.: Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu
It. 1959. Musical by Piero Tellini with Domenico Modugno, Giovanna Ralli, Vittorio De Sica. Having fallen in love, a lazy vagabond decides to make amends.
Runtime: 103 min.

Au soir de la vie

V.O.: Prima di sera
It. 1954. Drama by Piero Tellini with Paolo Stoppa, Gaby Andreu, Lyla Rocco. A tired employee decides to escape to the countryside by dipping into the boss' till.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1951. Comedy by Léo Joannon with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair. The discovery of uranium, on an island, puts an end to the tranquility of four castaways who were living there in peace.
Runtime: 83 min.

Gendarmes et voleurs

V.O.: Guardi e Ladri
It. 1951. Mores comedy by Steno, Mario Monicelli with Toto, Aldo Fabrizi, Pina Piovani. Threatened with dismissal for letting a crook escape, a brave gendarme enters the privacy and family of the fugitive in order to find the thief.
Runtime: 109 min.

Volcano

V.O.: Vulcano
It. 1950. Sentimental drama by William Dieterle with Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks. Sent back to her native island by the police, a repentant prostitute is greeted with hostility by the population.
Runtime: 98 min.

The White Line

V.O.: Cuori senza frontiere
It. 1950. Drama by Luigi Zampa with Raf Vallone, Gina Lollobrigida, Erno Crisa. The difficulties of a family struggling with a border demarcation problem between Italy and Yugoslavia.
Runtime: 87 min.

Woman Trouble

V.O.: Molti Sogni per le strade
It. 1948. Drama by Mario Camerini with Anna Magnani, Massimo Girotti, Checco Rissone. Unemployed, a mechanic is persuaded by a friend who owns a garage to steal the car of a wealthy industrialist who has just refused to give him a job.
Runtime: 84 min.

Honorable Angelina

V.O.: L'Onorevole Angelina
It. 1947. Comedy by Luigi Zampa with Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi. A mother becomes the spokesperson for the people in her neighbourhood.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Bandit

V.O.: Il Bandito
It. 1946. Social drama by Alberto Lattuada with Amedeo Nazzari, Anna Magnani, Carla Del Poggio. After returning from a concentration camp, an Italian man revolts at the sight of his family's misfortunes and becomes an outlaw.
Runtime: 79 min.

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