Ermanno Olmi Movies

An Italian professor seeks refuge in the quiet, peaceful ruins of an old building.

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.

The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Six catering trainees are brought to the castle upon its...

Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the...

The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its...

Italy, 1955, 8', Color Director Ermanno Olmi Production Società Edisonvolta Synopsis From the Gabriele D'Annunzio poem with the same...

In the 18th Century, in Bohemia, a government surveyor meet a priest during a lunch and remained intrigued by him. Years later, in a stony valley,...

Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is...

Italian maestro Ermanno Olmi tells the tale of the journey of the Magi in this lyrical odyssey. The film focuses on a wise man who interprets his...

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

Two young women and a young man confront a tech mogul on a train about their new invention.

Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a...

After a big flood some Calabrian children are sent to Milan.

A young man shares his fantasies with a young girl who is already on the threshold of disillusion. Will she respond to him?

An unusual and evocative journey through the city of Milan at the beginning of the 80's, among fashion, art and everyday life.

Story of a retired old man who is learning what to do with himself.

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

Laura, a woman of a certain age with full grown children who, by all indications should be leading a great life, but actually, she appears to have...