Mario Soldati Movies

  • 1966
    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    7.31966HD

    Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence...

    The Bible: In the Beginning...
  • 1956
    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    6.6431956HD

    Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two...

    War and Peace
  • 1962
    Sex Can Be Difficult

    Sex Can Be Difficult

    Sex Can Be Difficult

    61962HD

    A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A...

    Sex Can Be Difficult
  • 1942
    A Pistol Shot

    A Pistol Shot

    A Pistol Shot

    81942HD

    Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with....

    A Pistol Shot
  • 1950
    Side Street Story

    Side Street Story

    Side Street Story

    7.41950HD

    A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to...

    Side Street Story
  • 1951
    O.K. Nero

    O.K. Nero

    O.K. Nero

    51951HD

    Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

    O.K. Nero
  • 1989
    12 Directors for 12 Cities

    12 Directors for 12 Cities

    12 Directors for 12 Cities

    51989HD

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

    12 Directors for 12 Cities
  • 1954
    The Stranger's Hand

    The Stranger's Hand

    The Stranger's Hand

    6.81954HD

    Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in...

    The Stranger's Hand
  • 1941
    Piccolo mondo antico

    Piccolo mondo antico

    Piccolo mondo antico

    6.81941HD

    Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.

    Piccolo mondo antico
  • 1946
    Eugenia Grandet

    Eugenia Grandet

    Eugenia Grandet

    7.61946HD

    Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in...

    Eugenia Grandet
  • 1932
    What Scoundrels Men Are!

    What Scoundrels Men Are!

    What Scoundrels Men Are!

    6.91932HD

    Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s...

    What Scoundrels Men Are!
  • 1948
    Escape to France

    Escape to France

    Escape to France

    6.91948HD

    A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime...

    Escape to France
  • 1950
    The King's Guerrillas

    The King's Guerrillas

    The King's Guerrillas

    01950HD

    Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also...

    The King's Guerrillas
  • 1954
    Of Life and Love

    Of Life and Love

    Of Life and Love

    6.41954HD

    A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself...

    Of Life and Love
  • 1954
    Woman of the River

    Woman of the River

    Woman of the River

    5.81954HD

    When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to...

    Woman of the River
  • 1953
    The Wayward Wife

    The Wayward Wife

    The Wayward Wife

    6.11953HD

    The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The...

    The Wayward Wife
  • 1945
    In High Places

    In High Places

    In High Places

    51945HD

    In High Places is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Adriana Benetti, Massimo Serato and Nerio Bernardi. It is based...

    In High Places
  • 1994
    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    61994HD

    The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's...

    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
  • 1936
    But It's Nothing Serious

    But It's Nothing Serious

    But It's Nothing Serious

    5.31936HD

    Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry...

    But It's Nothing Serious
  • 1956
    The Virtuous Bigamist

    The Virtuous Bigamist

    The Virtuous Bigamist

    5.71956HD

    The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train...

    The Virtuous Bigamist