List of Italian films of 1953

A list of films produced in Italy in 1953 (see 1953 in film):

A-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Addio, figlio mio!	Giuseppe Guarino	Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà	Drama	[1]
Aida	Clemente Fracassi	Sophia Loren, Lois Maxwell, Luciano Della Marra	Opera	Adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. 1st starring role for Sophia Loren. All actors are dubbed by Opera singers.
Alarm in Morocco	Jean-Devaivre	Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim	Adventure	Co-production with France[2]
Anna perdonami	Amerigo Anton	Maria Frau, Aldo Fiorelli		[3]
At the Edge of the City	Carlo Lizzani	Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti, Giulietta Masina	Crime drama
Attanasio cavallo Vanesio	Camillo Mastrocinque	Kiki Urbani, Renato Rascel		[4]
Il Bacio dell'Aurora				[5]
The Baker of Valorgue	Henri Verneuil	Fernandel, Georges Chamarat, Leda Gloria	Comedy	Co-production with France
Balocchi e profumi	Natale Montillo F.M. De Bernardi	Diana D'orsini, Cesare Danova		[6]
Beat the Devil	John Huston	Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida	Adventure	Co-production with the UK[7]
Le Boulanger de Valorgue	Henri Verneuil	Fernandel	Comedy drama	[8]
Bread, Love and Dreams	Luigi Comencini	Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini	Pink neorrealism	Huge success. There are two sequels.
C'era una volta Angelo Musco	Giorgio Walter Chili	Rossano Brazzi, Angelo Musco	Biopic	[9]
Canto per te	Marino Girolami	Giuseppe Di Stefano, Hélène Rémy	Comedy	[10]
Canzoni a due voci	Gianni Vernuccio	Tito Gobbi, Isa Barzizza	Musical comedy	[11]
Captain Phantom	Primo Zeglio	Maxwell Reed, Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri	Adventure	[12]
Condemned to Hang	Ladislao Vajda	Rossano Brazzi, Fosco Giachetti, Emma Penella	Historical	Co-production with Spain
La Carovana del peccato	Pino Mercanti	Franca Marzi, Luisa Poselli		[13]
Carmen	Giuseppe Maria Scotese	Ana Esmeralda, Mariella Lotti	Drama	Co-production with Spain[14]
Cavalcade of Song	Domenico Paolella	Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini	Musical	[15]
Il Cavaliere di Maison Rouge	Vittorio Cottafavi	Armando Francioli, Franca Marzi	Historical adventure	[16]
Cavallina storna	Giulio Morelli	Carlo Danova, Carlo Ninchi	Drama	[17]
Christ Among the Primitives			Short film	[18]
Ci troviamo in galleria	Mauro Bolognini	Carlo Dapporto, Nilla Pizzi		[19]
Cinema d'altri tempi	Steno	Lea Padovani, Walter Chiari		[20]
Condannata senza colpa		Piero Lulli	Drama	[21]
Condannatelo!	Luigi Capuano	Virgilio Riento, Nerio Bernardi, Paola Borboni	Drama	[22]
Core furastiero	Armando Fizzarotti	Piero Lulli, Aldo Nicodemi		[23]
Crepuscolo di un mondo
Cristo è passato sull'aia			Drama	[24]
Cuore di spia			Drama	[25]

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Daughter of the Regiment	Géza von Bolváry, Goffredo Alessandrini, Tullio Covaz	Antonella Lualdi, Theo Lingen, Isa Barzizza	Comedy	Co-production with France and Germany. Separate Austrian film released the same year
Di qua di là del piave	Sergio Grieco, Guido Leoni	Piero Lulli, Pietro Tordi		[26]
Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare	Flavio Calzavara	Jacques Sernas
Disonorata senza colpa	Giorgio Walter Chili	Franco Pesce, Milly Vitale	Drama	[27]
Eager to Live	Claudio Gora	Massimo Serato, Marina Berti, Marcello Mastroianni	Drama	[28]
The Earrings of Madame de...	Max Ophüls	Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica	Drama	Co-production with France[29]
Easy Years	Luigi Zampa	Nino Taranto, Clelia Matania, Giovanna Ralli	Drama	[30]
Fatal Desire	Carmine Gallone	May Britt, Anthony Quinn, Ettore Manni	Comedy	[31]
Finalmente libero!	Mario Amendola, Ruggero Maccari	Carlo Dapporto, Nadia Gray, Fulvia Franco	Comedy
Francis the Smuggler	Gianfranco Parolini	Roberto Mauri, Doris Duranti	Drama
El Frayle	Ermanno Olmi		Short film	[32]
Empty Eyes	Antonio Pietrangeli	Gabriele Ferzetti, Irène Galter	Drama
The Enchanting Enemy	Claudio Gora	Robert Lamoureux, Silvana Pampanini	Comedy	Co-production with Frasnce[33]
L' Ennemi public no 1	Henri Verneuil	Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor	Crime comedy	[34]
L' Esclave	Yves Ciampi			Co-production with France[35]
Too Young for Love	Lionello De Felice	Marina Vlady, Fernand Gravey		[36]
Eva nera (1953 film)
Femmina senza cuore	Renato Borraccetti	Renato Chiantoni, Maria Grazia Francia	Drama	[37]
Fermi tutti arrivo io!	Sergio Grieco	Carlo Delle Piane, Carlo Romano		[38]
La Figlia del forzato	Gaetano Amata	Arnoldo Foà, Luisa Rossi	Opera	[39]
Finishing School	Bernard Vorhaus	Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero, Jacques Sernas	Comedy	Co-production with France
For You I Have Sinned	Mario Costa	Pierre Cressoy, Milly Vitale	Drama	[40]
Frine, Courtesan of Orient	Mario Bonnard	Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees	Adventure	[41]
Funniest Show on Earth	Mario Mattoli	May Britt, Totò	Comedy
Gioconda
Gioventù alla sbarra	Ferruccio Cerio	Giorgio Albertazzi, Isa Barzizza
Giuseppe Verdi	Raffaello Matarazzo	Pierre Cressoy, Gaby André	Biographical musical melodrama	[42]
Good Folk's Sunday	Anton Giulio Majano	Maria Fiore, Sophia Loren	Comedy	[43]
Gran comora	Antonio Nediani			[44]

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Husband for Anna	Giuseppe De Santis	Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti	Drama
I Always Loved You	Mario Costa	Amedeo Nazzari, Myriam Bru, Jacques Sernas	Drama
I Chose Love	Mario Zampi	Renato Rascel, Tina Lattanzi, Marisa Pavan	Comedy	Co-production with France
Ieri, oggi, domani	Silvio Laurenti Rosa	Mario Carotenuto, Aldo Ronconi	Drama	[45]
If You Won a Hundred Million	Carlo Campogalliani	Tino Scotti, Nerio Bernardi	Comedy
Infame accusa	Giuseppe Vari	Piero Lulli, Folco Lulli, Marisa Merlini	Melodrama
L' Italia e il mondo
It Happened in the Park	Vittorio De Sica, Gianni Franciolini	Micheline Presle, Anna Maria Ferrero	Drama	[46]
It's Never Too Late	Filippo Walter Ratti	Paolo Stoppa, Isa Barzizza	Comedy	[47]
It Was She Who Wanted It!	Marino Girolami	Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè, Carlo Campanini	Comedy
Ivan, Son of the White Devil	Guido Brignone	Paul Campbell, Nadia Gray	Adventure
Jealousy	Pietro Germi	Erno Crisa, Marisa Belli	Drama
Jeunes Mariés	Gilles Grangier	Anne Vernon, François Périer		[48]
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair	Mario Soldati	May Britt, Marc Lawrence		[49]
Koenigsmark	Solange Térac	Jean-Pierre Aumont, Silvana Pampanini	Drama
The Lady of the Camellias	Raymond Bernard	Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Roland Alexandre	Historical	Co-production with France
The Lady Without Camelias	Michelangelo Antonioni	Lucia Bosé, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi	Drama	Co-production with France
Il Lago dei poeti
Lasciateci in pace	Marino Girolami	Nando Bruno, Virgilio Riento	Comedy	[50]
Legione straniera	Basilio Franchina	Emma Baron, Giulio Cali	Adventure	[51]
Lettere di condannati a morte della resistenza
Love in the City	Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini	Ugo Tognazzi, Marco Ferreri	Drama	Six episodes, close to Italian neorealism
The Love of a Woman	Jean Grémillon	Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay	Drama	Co-production with France
Lovers of Toledo	Henri Decoin, Fernando Palacios	Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz	Historical	Co-production with France and Spain[52]
Loving You Is My Sin	Sergio Grieco	Jacques Sernas, Luisa Rossi	Drama
Lucrèce Borgia	Christian-Jaque	Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz	Historical	Co-production with France
Lulu	Fernando Cerchio	Valentina Cortese, Jacques Sernas	Drama	[53]
La Lupa	Alberto Lattuada	Kerima, Ettore Manni	Drama	[54]
Una Madre ritorna	Roberto Bianchi Montero	Gianni Rizzo, Linda Sini	Drama	[55]
Man, Beast and Virtue	Steno	Totò, Orson Welles	Comedy	[56]
The Man from Cairo	Ray Enright	George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale	Thriller	Co-production with the UK[57]
Martin Toccaferro	Leonardo De Mitri	Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo	Comedy	[58]
Matrimonial Agency	Giorgio Pastina	Delia Scala, Aroldo Tieri	Comedy
The Merchant of Venice	Pierre Billon	Michel Simon, Andrée Debar	Drama	Co-production with France[59]
Musoduro	Giuseppe Bennati	Fausto Tozzi, Marina Vlady	Drama	Co-production with France[60]
My Life Is Yours	Giuseppe Masini	Armando Francioli, Patricia Roc	Drama	[61]
Naples Sings	Armando Grottini	Giacomo Rondinella, Virna Lisi	Musical
Neapolitans in Milan	Eduardo De Filippo	Eduardo De Filippo, Anna Maria Ferrero	Comedy	[62]
Neapolitan Turk	Mario Mattoli	Totò, Isa Barzizza	Comedy	[63]
Nero and the Burning of Rome	Primo Zeglio	Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson	Historical	[64]
Noi cannibali	Antonio Leonviola	Silvana Pampanini, Folco Lulli	Comedy	[65]
Noi peccatori	Guido Brignone	Yvonne Sanson, Steve Barclay	Drama	[66]
Non vogliamo morire	Oreste Palella, Ocen Tworkow	John Kitzmiller, Umberto Spadaro	Drama	[67]

P-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Il Paese dei campanelli	Jean Boyer	Sophia Loren, Alda Mangini	Musical comedy	[68]
Il Peccato di Anna	Camillo Mastrocinque	Anna Vita, Ben Johnson	Drama
One of Those	Aldo Fabrizi	Lea Padovani, Peppino De Filippo, Totò	Comedy drama
Passionate Song	Giorgio Simonelli	Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry	Musical	[69]
Passione
Past Lovers	Adelchi Bianchi	Lia Amanda, Vittorio Sanipoli	Romance
La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi	Flavio Calzavara	Carla Calò, Dante Maggio	Drama	[70]
Perdonami!	Mario Costa	Raf Vallone, Antonella Lualdi	Melodrama	[71]
La Piccola fiammiferaia	Romano Scarpa		Sort film	[72]
I Piombi di Venezia	Gian Maria Callegari	Armando Francioli, Giorgio Albertazzi	Historical	[73]
Piovuto dal cielo				[74]
Le Porte del Duomo di Milano
Il Prezzo dell'onore	Ferdinando Baldi	Maria Frau, Mario Vitale, Vincenzo Musolino	Melodrama
La Prigioniera di Amalfi				[75]
Prima di sera	Piero Tellini	Gaby Andre, Gianni Cavalieri		[76]
Prisoner in the Tower of Fire	Giorgio W. Chili	Elisa Cegani, Milly Vitale	Historical	[77]
La Provinciale	Mario Soldati	Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti		[78]
Puccini	Carmine Gallone	Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray	Historical	[79]
Quand tu liras cette lettre	Jean-Pierre Melville	Robert Dalban, Yvonne de Bray	Drama	[80]
The Return of Don Camillo	Julien Duvivier	Fernandel, Gino Cervi	Comedy	Co-production with France[81]
Riscatto	Marino Girolami	Folco Lulli, Franca Marzi	Drama	[82]
Rivalry	Giuliano Biagetti	Marco Vicario, Franca Marzi	Drama	[83]
The Sack of Rome	Ferruccio Cerio	Pierre Cressoy, Hélène Remy	Historical
Saluti e baci	Maurice Labro Giorgio Simonelli	Georges Guetary, Luis Mariano	Musical	[84]
Scampolo 53	Giorgio Bianchi	Maria Fiore, Henri Vidal	Drama	[85]
I sette dell'Orsa maggiore	Duilio Coletti	Paul Cressoy, Tino Carraro	War	[86]
The Ship of Condemned Women	Raffaello Matarazzo	Kerima, May Britt, Ettore Manni, Tania Weber	Historical
Siamo ricchi e poveri			Romantic comedy	[87]
Siamo tutti inquilini	Mario Mattoli	Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Maria Ferrero	Comedy	[88]
Siamo tutti Milanesi	Mario Landi	Carlo Campanini, Liliana Bonfatti		[89]
Il Sogno de Giovanni Bassain	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea		Short film	[90]
Soli per le strade	Silvio Siano	Marco Vicario, Rita Livesi	Melodrama	[91]
Spartaco	Riccardo Freda	Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina	Historical	[92]
The Steel Rope	Carlo Borghesio	Brigitte Fossey, Virna Lisi	Drama
Storms	Guido Brignone	Jean Gabin, Silvana Pampanini, Carla Del Poggio	Drama	Co-production with France[93]
Sua altezza ha detto no!	Mario Basaglia	Luigi Pavese, Elena Giusti	Musical comedy	[94]
La Sultana Safiyè			Adventure	[95]
Tam tam nell'oltre Giuba			Adventure	[96]
Tarantella napoletana	Camillo Mastrocinque	Clara Bindi, Clara Crispo	Musicasl comedy	[97]
Terminal Station	Vittorio De Sica	Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift		Italian neorealism produced by David O. Selznick. The Italian version is longer than the American cut.
Terra straniera	Sergio Corbucci	John Kitzmiller, Mario Vitale	Drama	[98]
Thérèse Raquin	Marcel Carné	Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone	Drama	Co-production with France[99]
Too Young for Love	Lionello De Felice	Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady	Comedy drama	Co-production with France[100]
Tormento d'anime				[101]
Torna!	Raffaello Matarazzo	Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson	Melodrama	[102]
Traviata '53	Vittorio Cottafavi	Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli	Drama	[103]
The Treasure of Bengal	Gianni Vernuccio	Sabu, Luisella Boni	Adventure	Co-production with France
Two Nights with Cleopatra	Mario Mattoli	Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi	Historical comedy
The Unfaithfuls	Mario Monicelli, Steno	Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt	Comedy	[104]
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!	Glauco Pellegrini	Antonella Lualdi, Walter Chiari	Comedy	[105]
La Valigia dei sogni	Luigi Comencini	Umberto Melnati, Maria Pia Casilia	Comedy	[106]
Vestire gli ignudi	Marcello Pagliero	Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago	Drama	[107]
La Via del sud
Viaggio in oriente
Il Viale della speranza	Dino Risi	Silvio Bagolini, Nerio Bernardi	Drama	[108]
I Vinti	Michelangelo Antonioni	Franco Interlenghi, Anna Maria Ferrero	Drama	Co-production with France[109]
I vitelloni	Federico Fellini	Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini	Drama	3 Nastro d'Argento. Venice Award. Academy Award nominee best script
Viva la rivista!	Enzo Trapani	Piero Lulli, Gisella Sofio	Musical	[110]
Voice of Silence	G.W. Pabst	Aldo Fabrizi, Cosetta Greco		Co-production with France and UK[111]
Vortice	Raffaello Matarazzo	Massimo Girotti, Silvana Pampanini	Drama	[112]
Voto di marinaio	Ernesto de Rosa	Roberto Bruni, Ugo D'Alessio	Drama	[113]
The Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Yves Montand, Charles Vanel	Thriller	Co-production with France
The Walk	Renato Rascel	Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese	Comedy drama	[114]
The Wayward Wife	Mario Soldati	Gina Lollobrigida, Franco Interlenghi, Gabriele Ferzetti	Drama	Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival[115]
We, the Women	Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, Gianni Franciolini, Luigi Zampa, Alfredo Guarini	Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda, Alida Valli		Film with 5 episodes. One episode is about a casting in Cinecittà[116]
What Scoundrels Men Are!	Glauco Pellegrini	Walter Chiari, Antonella Lualdi	Comedy	[117]
When You Read This Letter	Jean-Pierre Melville	Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson	Drama	Co-production with France[118]
Woman of the Red Sea	Giovanni Roccardi	Sophia Loren, Steve Barclay, Umberto Melnati	Comedy	[119]
The World Condemns Them	Gianni Franciolini	Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari	Drama	Co-production with France[120]

Documentaries

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Dieci anni della nostra vita	Romolo Marcellini		Documentary	[121]
La Diga sul ghiaccio	Ermanno Olmi		Documentary, short film	[122]
Gli Eroi dell'Artide	Luciano Emmer		Documentary	[123]
Festa dei morti in Sicilia	Francesco Maselli		Documentary	[124]
Green Magic	Gian Gaspare Napolitano		Documentary	Entered into the Cannes and Berlin film festivals
Piccole case di grandi uomini	Lino Lionello Ghirardini		Documentary	[125]
Uno Spettacolo di pupi	Francesco Maselli		Documentary	[126]