Vittorio Cottafavi Movies

An Italian historical melodrama

Faithful TV adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy.

A mysterious man, who had lost his memory, arrives in San Marino among other refugees during the Second World War.

In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small...

Luisa Galli moves to Rome in search of a respectable job, but instead just finds a job as a waitress for the lawyer Giorgi

An adaptation of the Aeschylus play.

A former war captain buys a wrecked ship, fixes it and starts a freight business with some fellow navy members.

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.

The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic...

An adaptation of Molière's play.

In 1967 the director Vittorio Cottafavi produces the TV movie Le Troiane from Euripides. He uses the classical Italian translation by Enzio...

The trial of Saint Teresa de Lisieux.

A scientist kills his rival with a perfect alibi and tries to get away with it.

An italian-spanish co-production directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.

Sci-fi film made for TV by Vittorio Cottafavi.