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Suso Cecchi D'Amico (1914–2010) was an Italian screenwriter and actress. The Italian screenwriter collaborated on the scripts of more than 100 films, including Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948), William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), Mario Monicelli's I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958) and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (1962). She also worked with Michelangelo Antonioni on Le Amiche (The Girlfriends, 1955) and Franco Zeffirelli on Jesus of Nazareth (1977), but she was best known for her creative contribution to the films of Luchino Visconti, including Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963).

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Total trailers found: 121

Lighea Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Faithful adaptation of a story by Tomasi di Lampedusa on the encounter between a man and a mermaid, for the television series Ten Italian directors, ten Italian short stories , in which Gianni Amelio, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani participated among others.

The World Condemns Them Trailer (1953)

07 March 1953

Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer.

Roman Holiday Trailer (1953)

26 August 1953

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome.

Defend My Love Trailer (1956)

12 September 1956

As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally exonerated.

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato Trailer (1989)

17 April 1989

A thief caught red-handed tells the landlord a very strange fact that happened to him looking through the keyhole of another apartment where he was stealing.

Working with De Sica Trailer (2007)

17 August 2007

This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola.

Bicycle Thieves Trailer (1948)

21 July 1948

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen.

Dear Michele Trailer (1976)

01 October 1976

Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause.

Flesh Will Surrender Trailer (1947)

27 September 1947

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man.

Graziella Trailer (1954)

28 October 1954

Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea.

Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A look at the life and work of composer Nino Rota.

The Queens Trailer (1966)

21 April 1966

Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting infidelity, and a wealthy woman's drunken escapades with her butler.

Raul - Right to Kill Trailer (2005)

15 April 2005

In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regime and beset by debts.

La contessa azzurra Trailer (1960)

16 September 1960

Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star with the huge success of "La Contessa Azzurra", directed by Don Salvatore and produced by Don Peppino, the owner of a Café Chantant.

Honeymoon Deferred Trailer (1951)

06 September 1951

After World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where the husband fought.

Luchino Visconti Trailer (2002)

23 June 2002

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence.

Welcome to Collinwood Trailer (2002)

04 October 2002

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

La fine è nota Trailer (1993)

10 February 1993

A young lawyer returns home and discovers that a man has committed suicide jumping through a window of his house.

The Leopard Trailer (1963)

27 March 1963

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

White Nights 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.

The Best of Enemies Trailer (1961)

26 October 1961

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free.

A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' Trailer (2004)

08 June 2004

An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho D’Amico, Rotunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others.

The Cheerful Squadron Trailer (1954)

05 December 1954

The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini.

The Taming of the Shrew Trailer (1967)

08 March 1967

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli Trailer (2001)

21 November 2001

Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.

Bruno aspetta in macchina Trailer (1996)

24 April 1996

It Started in Naples Trailer (1960)

06 August 1960

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother.

Rocco and His Brothers Trailer (1960)

07 October 1960

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A short documentary about The Leopard.

Boccaccio '70 Trailer (1962)

23 February 1962

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

Times Gone By Trailer (1952)

28 September 1952

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

The Anatomy of Love Trailer (1954)

16 March 1954

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

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.

Man, Pride and Vengeance Trailer (1967)

22 December 1967

A Spanish army officer, Don Jose, stationed in Seville, meets and begins a relationship with a mysterious gypsy, Carmen.

Ludwig Trailer (1973)

07 March 1973

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero.

Caravaggio Trailer (1986)

29 August 1986

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

The Innocent Trailer (1976)

18 May 1976

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal Trailer (1985)

30 August 1985

Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity".

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 Adventures of Pinocchio Trailer (1972)

21 December 1972

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.

Looking for Paradise Trailer (1995)

22 December 1995

The life and times of Claudia Bertelli, born in Milan in 1949 from bourgeois parents, educated in England, rebel and single mother, then feminist and married woman and again doctor in the developing countries and mystical nun who dies peacefully in 2011.

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.

Forbidden Trailer (1955)

23 September 1955

Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.

The Stranger Trailer (1967)

14 October 1967

Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.

Senso Trailer (1954)

25 March 1954

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

The Final Inquiry Trailer (2007)

04 April 2007

In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nazareth.

To Live in Peace Trailer (1947)

13 March 1947

An American prisoner, hidden by some Umbrian farmers, meets, drunk, with a German soldier who is also drunk.

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.

Conversation Piece Trailer (1974)

20 December 1974

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo.

Bellissima Trailer (1952)

04 January 1952

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star.

The Passionate Thief Trailer (1960)

21 October 1960

On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.

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.

Let's Hope It's a Girl Trailer (1986)

06 February 1986

A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm.

Casanova '70 Trailer (1965)

15 June 1965

The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.

Eager to Live Trailer (1953)

24 April 1953

Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.

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.

Private Affairs Trailer (1987)

29 December 1987

Romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the fashion and television world of Rome.

Miracle in Milan Trailer (1951)

08 February 1951

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage.

What a Woman! Trailer (1956)

03 February 1956

A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.

Lady Liberty Trailer (1971)

22 December 1971

An Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for her fiancé, leading to a humorous and frustrating ordeal.