Pina Piovani Movies

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.

A young boy, about to take his first communion, must wrestle with his familial loyalty and his conscience when there is a fire at their local cinema...

Seduced by count Diego and then abandoned, Adriana finds a job at a large hairdresser shop, so she can lead a dignified life together with her...

A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an old restorer. When, subsequently, the painting is...

An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.

Venice Film Festival 1942

The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly...

A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good...

A Neapolitan tailor, Nennella (Leda Gys), in love with a painter, who has a slender woman named Paquita (Pina Piovani) as a lover, decides to become,...