Ferdinando Maria Poggioli

Il cappello da prete

The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from the house of a very rich priest and, surprised during the theft, he kills the priest, and then throws the body in an abandoned well. He continues his life of revelries and luxury, until the remorse for the crime trigger a process of self-destruction. The nightmares of the baron, tormented by the only evidence left of the murder, the hat of the priest ,drags him into a daring and hallucinated series of ups and downs to the brink of insanity and jail.

The Materassi Sisters

The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.

Jealousy

A film based on the book Il marchese di Roccaverdina by Luigi Capuana about a marquis who is in love with his servant Agrippina but is unable to marry her because of her status. The marquis commands his trusted subject to marry her in his stead as long as he vows not to have sex with her.

La morte civile

Young Rosalia marries the painter Corrado Palmieri, but gets disowned by her family, opposed to the marriage. Then during a fight, Corrado kills his brother in law and is sentenced to a life sentence.

The Taming of the Shrew

A modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew shot in wartime Italy.

Yes, Ma'am

Directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.

L'amore canta

Italian film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.

L'amore canta

Italian film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.

Addio, giovinezza!

A university student falls in love with a seamstress. But one day he meets a beautiful woman and things become complicated.

The Little Adventurers

During the Ethiopian war, thirteen boys embark clandestinely on a merchant ship bound for Africa. Following the shipwreck, they are castaway on a desert island...

Princess Tarakanova

A film about the story of princess Élisabeth Tarakanova.

Tonight at Eleven

A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster.

Everybody's Woman

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.

Two Happy Hearts

When his wife storms out of a dinner planned in honor of his American boss (because their dog is not allowed to be at the table) an engineer pretends that his secretary is the missus.

Mother Earth

The Duke Marco visits to his country side estate after many years absence. His farmers wants him to stay and run the place while his lover wants him to sell it. All while a farmers daughter also enters his life.