Review

(Some spoilers) This madcap “giallo” farce, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, suggests an Italianized Howard Hawks film, complete with spitfire dialog and outrageous wacko characters. Two doctors have been mysteriously murdered. A famous mystery writer is suspected because his stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the facts of the murders. His wife is perhaps more astute than he is and is able to vindicate her husband by uncovering evidence leading to a demented woman in the clinic.

This pleasant escapist pap was a fairly successful film when it came out in wartime Italy and was an antidote to the grim reality outside the theatre for 80 minutes or so.

Umberto Melnati induces chuckles as Ugo, the writer, with his goofy off-kilter voice and delivery style. Vivi Gioi as his astute wife Cristina suggests a Mediterranean Myrna Loy. Gulglielmo Barnabo’ steals the show from time to time as the eager but hypersensitive journalist on the case, forever on the phone with his impatient editor. At one point he is near tears, but at the end he tells his boss he’s a cretin.

The film’s title, I believe, was written as one word: CORTOCIRCUITO, which means “short circuit.” Electrocution also figures into the zany plot.

(Gerald DeLuca, imdb.com)

1.01GB | 1h 19m | 576×448 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/FC7586F66B2D2A9/Cortocircuito.1943.avi

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:None

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In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The protagonist is a former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction, and uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.

2.57GB | 1h 28min | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/AD45816F5646374/La.valigia.dei.sogni.1953.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-KG.mkv
https://nitroflare.com/view/1C14BDFF360B801/La_Valigia_di_Sogni_1080_Version(Luigi_Comencin,_1953)ENG.srt

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English

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SYNOPSIS
Respectable bourgeois wife (Renee Saint-Cyr) turns out a mysterious bunch of scarlet roses and yields to temptation of adultery. Vittorio de Sica’s director debut (with supervision by Giuseppe Amato); light but already a little bitter comedy based on skillful Aldo de Benedetti’s stage hit. Naturally, superstar De Sica playing the main role himself – and is on the top of his charm here.
Sadly, there is only Spanish theatrical release (from that time), with Spanish dubbing and titles.

https://nitro.download/view/B03F8CBE9041AE9/de_Sica_&_Giuseppe_Amato_-_Rose_scarlatte_(1940).avi
http://www.nitroflare.com/view/81F9405A71F412F/Rosas_escarlatas_%28Amato%2C_De_Sica%2C_1940%29.ENG.srt

Language(s):Spanish
Subtitles:English

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