Vittorio De Seta Movies
- 1955
Golden Parable
Golden Parable61955HD
Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.
- 2004
Lomax the Songhunter
Lomax the Songhunter6.32004HD
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was a song collector who recorded ordinary people, who gave their heart and soul in front of his microphone. The film maker...
- 1955
Magic Village
Magic Village01955HD
Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. Robert is forced to postpone his trip and...
- 1961
Bandits of Orgosolo
Bandits of Orgosolo7.61961HD
A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn’t give himself up, lacking faith in the...
- 1956
The Sword and the Cross
The Sword and the Cross4.81956HD
Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up...
- 1973
Diary of a Teacher
Diary of a Teacher7.81973HD
In a school on the extreme outskirts of Rome, a young teacher, instead of neglecting his half-empty classroom, decides to tackle the problem looking...
- 1958
A Day in Barbagia
A Day in Barbagia6.41958HD
Against the background of flocks of sheep at pasture, mules walking down unpaved roads, tractors in the fields, and isolated figures in a deserted...
- 1955
The Age of Swordfish
The Age of Swordfish6.41955HD
A short anthropological documentary from 1954. Director De Seta was fortunate enough to document swordfish fishing; by 1956 it no longer existed.
- 1967
Cinéma et Réalité
Cinéma et Réalité01967HD
In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and...
- 1955
Islands of Fire
Islands of Fire6.51955HD
The first light of dawn. The sound of a boat and the screech of birds fill the wide expanse of sea. Black rocks emerge from the water, the...
- 2008
All Human Rights for All
All Human Rights for All02008HD
Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30...
- 1955
Sea Countrymen
Sea Countrymen5.71955HD
Sicily, Granitola, 1955. At the first light of dawn, the fishermen set out in their boats for open water, timing the rhythm of their oars to murmured...
- 1969
The Uninvited
The Uninvited5.91969HD
When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a liaison. She leaves her home. Her boss takes her to the...
- 1955
Easter in Sicily
Easter in Sicily5.41955HD
A short film which retells the story of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.
- 1960
Gela 1959: Pozzi a mare
Gela 1959: Pozzi a mare01960HD
The subsea well constructed in Gela in 1959 by Eni was the first of its kind in Europe. The facility consisted of two interdependent complexes: a...
- 1955
Surfarara
Surfarara5.81955HD
Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy.
- 1966
Almost a Man
Almost a Man6.71966HD
A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to...
- 1993
In Calabria
In Calabria81993HD
Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959.
- 1959
The Forgotten
The Forgotten6.61959HD
Vittorio De Seta travels to Alessandria del Carretto, a small town in the province of Cosenza, to capture a unique celebration known as the...
- 2009
What Do You Know About Me
What Do You Know About Me02009HD
Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...