Ermanno Olmi Movies

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...

A dialogue between director Ermanno Olmi and film critic Federico Pontiggia about Olmi's cinema and poetry.

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

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...

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

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

A journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.

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...

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

The activities of the Edison colonies in Cesenatico, Marina di Massa, and Suna. A few animated sequences and the narration of a child describing the...

In the vast industrial spaces of the Pomodoro Foundation, Jannis Kounellis is preparing the installation for his "One-Act Play." A humble art, made...

Alpe Devero, December 1953: employees of the Edisonvolta electricity company gather to take part in skiing competitions held in the picturesque...

A weekend in the mountains.

Snow arrives in Val Chiese and work on the dam stops. Winter caretakers appear on the scene to replace the workers.

At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the...

Vincenzo reads a Beat poem during the years of the cultural revolution.

A lyrical documentary about the fundamentally harmful nature of money.

The laboratory tests and complex work involved in constructing the dam in the Lei Valley are described in detail to give an idea of the complexity of...

Gigliola discovers, during the trial of her boyfriend accused of theft, that she loves him more as a criminal.

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.