Pasqualino De Santis Movies

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

At the end of World War II, shallow, self-centered Mara is the prettiest girl in her small Italian village; Bebo is a Communist partisan who is...

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the...

A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which...

A young talented painter dreams of glory. A man promises it in exchange for his talent and his soul.

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...

Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-to-gather. They discuss about their past, present and future.

Italian comedy film in three segments

Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating...

John the Baptist, the prophet of Israel, is imprisoned by Herod, governor of Judea for protesting Herod's marriage to his brother's wife. Jealousies...

Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.

A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.

Two groups of students - the third-class high school students and the matured accountants - decide to perform a show to celebrate the last day of...

Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's...

Study of a man whose basic sense of inferiority leads him from worse to worse.

Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During...

When his father dies, young lad travels to Milan to attend the funeral and decides to follow in his father's footsteps as a gigolo. He is successful...

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love.