“Una partita a scacchi” is a small jewel of a suspense and psychological tension. Almost all the story takes place inside a train wagon, yet the rhythm and tension never go down. Also thanks to th...
Robinet has lost his head for an artist of the music hall. He tries to join her in the dressing room after the performance - but it is too late: she has already gone home. So he decides to reach the ...
01 – Storia (Roma, 20/09/1970) Roma celebra il suo centenario come capitale d'Italia, in una Piazza Venezia gremita di gente. Le manifestazioni iniziano davanti all'altare della patria, dove i...
Fourteen children and seven adults live in a former street cleaning trash dump. This documentary shows their daily life in this unhealthy and humid setting in the underground area once used for ...
An elegant monkey enters his apartment. With the help of a magic wand that has the power to move objects the monkey prepares the dinner. While he is sleeping, a thief climbs on the gutter and sneaks ...
The making of patriotic films was not rare among FAI productions, and "Il bacio della gloria" is one example, together with "Armi e amori" (1913) and "Per la Patria!" (1915). “In the Speech fr...
An aristocratic couple go on a trip. They stop to eat, but insects and other animals emerge from their picnic. It starts to rain and they take shelter in a house that turns out to be haunted and where...
Non-identified fragment of a documentary about Italian naval operations, showing a battleship, navy officers on the deck, a submarine charging torpedoes and a seaplane landing on the sea. It has no ti...