Marcello Mastroianni

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Dir. Federico Fellini · With Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Dir. Federico Fellini · With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto

Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.

Dir. Ettore Scola · With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.

Dir. Pietro Germi · With Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.

Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni · With Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti

During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.

Dir. Vittorio De Sica · With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

Dir. Vittorio De Sica · With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.

Dir. Ettore Scola · With Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.

Dir. Elio Petri · With Gian Maria Volonté, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?

Dir. Ettore Scola · With Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini

After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?

Dir. Vittorio De Sica · With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Dir. Luchino Visconti · With Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Dir. Federico Fellini · With Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Marcello Mastroianni, Valéria Cavalli, Michèle Morgan

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.

Dir. Federico Fellini · With Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Fabrizi

Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. They discuss about their past, present and future.

Dir. Ettore Scola · With Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

Dir. Marco Ferreri · With Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli

Problems arise for Antonio Magnano when he is unable to consummate his marriage to the beautiful Barbara Puglisi and his virility is called into question. Despite the fact that he loves his beautiful wife and they have otherwise been happily married for a year, his problem becomes a source of contention for all concerned.

Dir. Mauro Bolognini · With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur

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 form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.

Dir. Elio Petri · With Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.

Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov · With Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller, Elena Safonova

A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.

Dir. Roman Polanski · With Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Dir. Robert Altman · With Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Jean-Pierre Cassel