Vasco Pratolini
Know for: Writing
Born: 1913-10-19
Place of birth: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Also know as:
Notes on a True Story (1953)
On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the...
Family Diary (1962)
Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico...
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in...
The Lovemakers (1961)
The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full...
Metello (1970)
The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic...
Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.
Good Folk's Sunday (1953)
In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.
The Girls of San Frediano (1955)
Andrea, a young and charming florentine mechanic in the 1950s, romances five beautiful women simultaneously, enjoying life without really committing...
The Constancy of Reason (1964)
Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and...
Notes on a True Story (1953)
On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the...
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that marriage will affect his career, she prepares...
High School (1954)
It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during...
The Anatomy of Love (1954)
Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
The Anatomy of Love (1954)
Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
Paisan (1946)
During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow...
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
We'll Go to the City (1966)
"Andremo in città" (We'll Go to the City) is a 1966 Italian drama film directed by Nelo Risi. It is based on the novel of the same name by...
La colonna infame (1973)
Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
In 1925, young Florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend Bianca. Here befriends Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo,...