Ermanno Olmi Movies

Grigio was a small stray dog, a mongrel for generations. He never had a real owner. For a while he followed one of those couples of itinerant...

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...

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

After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges...

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This...

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,...

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...

Documentary about sustainable agriculture and food.

Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959.

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

Three years of filming across Italy, from Mont Blanc to the island of Lampedusa, have resulted in this short film. The aim of this universal event...

Visual illustration of D'Annunzio's poem of the same name read by Giorgio Albertazzi.

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...

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...

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...

A documentary made with archive footage and photographs alternating with recent film footage; the choice of texts is taken from Mario Rigoni Stern,...