Elio Petri Filmes

In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular...

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive...

A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to...

This short documentary, Elio Petri's directorial debut, deals with the passion of the Italians for cycling. It concentrates on a young deliveryman,...

Alvaro Cosenza, also known as the Hunchback from Quarticciolo, during Rome's occupation by Nazis in 1943, decides to revolt.

This documentary addresses the challenges facing the Italian film industry in 1978 by focusing on the television productions of Francesco Rosi's...

A collection of varieties numbers from various night clubs.

A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love.

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their...

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him...

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing,...

A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the...

Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is...

Two young men try to make it big as musicians.

The story about colonization of poor Dalmatian peasants to the fertile Pannonian plain shortly after WWII.

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic...

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to...

A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.