Franco Cristaldi Trailers

Cinema Paradiso Trailer (1988)

17 November 1988

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Open Letter to the Evening News Trailer (1970)

13 March 1970

Hoping to shake up the complacent Italian Communist Party, a group of leftist radicals sends an incendiary letter to a major evening newspaper declaring their intention to volunteer to fight American troops in Vietnam as a political statement against the war.

The Persian Lamb Coat Trailer (1980)

28 March 1980

Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he meets the famous place Ramazzini and has so many incidents that culminated with his arrest and the confiscation by the commissioner Juvet.

Seduced and Abandoned Trailer (1964)

30 January 1964

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily.

Oh, Grandmother's Dead Trailer (1969)

09 October 1969

Relatives brawl over the estate of a deceased grandmother who owned an insecticide factory.They stop at nothing, including bumping each other off.

La rosa dei nomi Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

A Day for Lionhearts Trailer (1961)

05 September 1961

September the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome.

Fiasco in Milan Trailer (1959)

19 December 1959

The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.

The Name of the Rose Trailer (1986)

24 September 1986

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances.

Blonde in Black Leather Trailer (1975)

17 September 1975

Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.

Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold Trailer (1967)

07 September 1967

Giovanna and Franco are lovers pretending to be brother and sister in order to con unsuspecting marks while staying in the most luxurious locales throughout Europe.

Alibi Trailer (1969)

13 February 1969

Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine their life, to criticize one another on their achievements.

Tesoro mio Trailer (1979)

22 December 1979

Playwright irreparable failure is betrayed by a concubine with the lawyer that finances the charade. But one day arrives at his house Honey, Eastern African domestic workers to first service, to boot, is a billionaire and of royal blood.

Crazy Sea Trailer (1963)

13 September 1963

A pretty woman approaching middle age rents out rooms in a small Italian town. An aging sailor and a handsome younger man are amongst the lodgers.

Piece of the Sky Trailer (1958)

15 August 1958

As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress.

Amarcord Trailer (1973)

18 December 1973

In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior.

Ho Fatto Splash Trailer (1980)

30 October 1980

Angela, Luisa, and Carlina are three roommates who live in a house in Milan. Maurizio, Carlina's eccentric cousin, joins the group after waking up from a coma after 20 years.

Flight of the Innocent Trailer (1992)

09 October 1992

The boy Vito is a portrait of beauty and wide-eyed innocence spawned from a violent family of kidnapers and murderers in the South of Italy.

La pattuglia sperduta Trailer (1954)

09 June 1954

The adventures of Lieutenant Airoldi of Piedmont who is trying to gather intelligence for the Republic about the advancing Austrian armies near the river Ticino ahead of the battle of Novara.

Normal Young Man Trailer (1969)

28 November 1969

Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a trio of Americans (an "open" couple and a homosexual) sightseeing in Italy.

Coup D'Etat Trailer (1969)

15 March 1969

Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected; but the electronic computer of the Ministry of the Interior reveals that the party with the highest number is the Italian Communist Party.

The Swindlers Trailer (1959)

23 September 1959

Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg.

The Seducer Trailer (1954)

29 December 1954

Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.

Ratataplan Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired.

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel Trailer (1957)

04 March 1957

England, first half of the 19th century. Edmund Kean is a celebrated theatre actor, notorious for his tumultuous private life.

A Fine Pair Trailer (1968)

27 September 1968

A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

Di che segno sei? Trailer (1975)

23 October 1975

Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a partner for a dance contest.

Operation Ogre Trailer (1979)

28 September 1979

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man.

Nero's Mistress Trailer (1956)

13 September 1956

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star.

Big Deal on Madonna Street Trailer (1958)

26 July 1958

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich.

A Hero of Our Times Trailer (1955)

15 September 1955

Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs.

Le Notti Bianche Trailer (1957)

14 November 1957

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Divorce Italian Style Trailer (1961)

20 December 1961

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy.

The Red Tent Trailer (1969)

23 December 1969

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

The Organizer Trailer (1963)

25 October 1963

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Mr. Robinson Trailer (1976)

23 December 1976

A shipwreck strands a modern Italian businessman on a desert island. Like Robinson Crusoe he must find a way to return to civilization; unlike him--he's a 20th-century man, a totally different case.

And the Ship Sails On Trailer (1983)

07 October 1983

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth.

Lucky Luciano Trailer (1973)

19 October 1973

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss.

Time of Indifference Trailer (1964)

24 September 1964

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

In the Name of the Father Trailer (1971)

12 October 1971

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests.

Wifemistress Trailer (1977)

27 October 1977

A vineyard's manager marries the owner's very young daughter; father dies. Deceit, infidelity. The husband is forced to watch from a distance as his wife blossom socially in his absence; then the plot thickens.

Hearts and Armour Trailer (1983)

21 September 1983

Love blossoms between crusader Bradamante—a woman knight wearing an invincible suit of armor—and Moorish prince Ruggero.

The Mattei Affair Trailer (1972)

26 January 1972

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.

Come Dance with Me! Trailer (1959)

18 December 1959

The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death.

South Wind Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Antonio Spagara, a young Sicilian worker, has been assigned by the Mafia to murder a nobleman, Marquis Macri.

Salvatore Giuliano Trailer (1962)

01 March 1962

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side.

Bebo's Girl Trailer (1964)

24 January 1964

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 finding it difficult to adjust to the dull banalities of life in peacetime.

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso Trailer (2009)

16 September 2009

The Law Is the Law Trailer (1958)

17 September 1958

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself.

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret Trailer (2019)

31 December 2019

How a young and wild tomboy Tunisian girl became a great actress by accident. Claudia Cardinale : the fanciful destiny of a paradoxical movie star, who appeared in Federico Fellini's, Luchino Visconti's, Blake Edwards' and Sergio Leone's films.

Sandra Trailer (1965)

16 September 1965

Sandra returns to her hometown to take care of family business, but childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.

The Challenge Trailer (1958)

11 September 1958

Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable.

The Audience Trailer (1972)

31 March 1972

Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.

Ghosts of Rome Trailer (1961)

01 April 1961

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal.

Control Trailer (1987)

14 February 1987

An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.

Christ Stopped at Eboli Trailer (1979)

23 February 1979

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.