Gillo Pontecorvo Movies
- 1966
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers7.8951966HD
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his...
- 1996
The Stupids
The Stupids4.7391996HD
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
- 1969
Burn!
Burn!6.7381969HD
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British...
- 1960
Kapo
Kapo6.9091960HD
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo,...
- 1979
Operation Ogre
Operation Ogre6.81979HD
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the...
- 1989
12 Directors for 12 Cities
12 Directors for 12 Cities51989HD
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
- 1953
Love in the City
Love in the City6.51953HD
Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.
- 1955
Toto and Carolina
Toto and Carolina6.41955HD
During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
- 1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer6.21984HD
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
- 1946
Outcry
Outcry6.11946HD
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
- 1957
The Wind Rose
The Wind Rose51957HD
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
- 1957
The Wide Blue Road
The Wide Blue Road61957HD
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò...
- 1953
The Unfaithfuls
The Unfaithfuls5.71953HD
A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows...
- 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker6.72005HD
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.
- 2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers102004HD
This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at...
- 1998
Homo Cinematographicus
Homo Cinematographicus01998HD
Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at...
- 2009
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso02009HD
- 2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops02002HD
- 1995
Rome, November 12, 1994
Rome, November 12, 199401995HD
Francesco Maselli pitched this documentary to the CGIL, CISL, and UIL trade unions as part of the 1.5 million-strong protest march on November 12,...
- 1992
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth5.71992HD
Presented by the late literary critic Edward Said, this thirty-seven minute 1992 documentary reflects on director Gillo Pontecorvo's youth and...