Il tesoro di Damasco

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast

Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Dario Argento

Cast

Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Mark Robson

Cast

Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Dino Risi

Cast

Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant