Alida Valli

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Dir. Carol Reed · With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.

Dir. Georges Franju · With Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Édith Scob

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi

In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.

Dir. Valerio Zurlini · With Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Dir. Luchino Visconti · With Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti

A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.

Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni · With Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray

A young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. But the poet wants to win her with poetry — and a bit of help from his mum.

Dir. Giuseppe Bertolucci · With Roberto Benigni, Alida Valli, Carlo Monni

Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.

Dir. Mario Bava · With Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini · With Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.

Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci · With Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazăr

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli

An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.

Dir. Alberto De Martino · With Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy