Vittorio De Seta Movies

  • 2008
    All Human Rights for All

    All Human Rights for All

    All Human Rights for All

    02008HD

    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...

    All Human Rights for All
  • 2010
    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    02010HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

    Sodankylä Forever
  • 1961
    Bandits of Orgosolo

    Bandits of Orgosolo

    Bandits of Orgosolo

    7.61961HD

    A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn’t give himself up, lacking faith in the...

    Bandits of Orgosolo
  • 1956
    The Sword and the Cross

    The Sword and the Cross

    The Sword and the Cross

    4.81956HD

    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...

    The Sword and the Cross
  • 1958
    Orgosolo’s Shepherds

    Orgosolo’s Shepherds

    Orgosolo’s Shepherds

    6.1251958HD

    The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region’s shepherds in...

    Orgosolo’s Shepherds
  • 1955
    Surfarara

    Surfarara

    Surfarara

    5.8241955HD

    Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy.

    Surfarara
  • 1967
    Cinéma et Réalité

    Cinéma et Réalité

    Cinéma et Réalité

    01967HD

    In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and...

    Cinéma et Réalité
  • 1955
    Magic Village

    Magic Village

    Magic Village

    01955HD

    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...

    Magic Village
  • 1966
    Almost a Man

    Almost a Man

    Almost a Man

    6.51966HD

    A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to...

    Almost a Man
  • 2009
    What Do You Know About Me

    What Do You Know About Me

    What Do You Know About Me

    72009HD

    Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...

    What Do You Know About Me
  • 1973
    Diary of a Teacher

    Diary of a Teacher

    Diary of a Teacher

    7.81973HD

    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...

    Diary of a Teacher
  • 2005
    Détour De Seta

    Détour De Seta

    Détour De Seta

    02005HD

    By tracing the places of Vittorio De Seta films and looking for people who had contact with him, as the Cozzo Disi sulfur miners, Ganzirri swordfish...

    Détour De Seta
  • 2009
    The Lost World

    The Lost World

    The Lost World

    02009HD

    "Il mondo perduto" collects six documentaries that Vittorio De Seta shot in 1954 in Sicily and four other important short films that he directed...

    The Lost World
  • 1969
    The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

    61969HD

    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...

    The Uninvited
  • 1959
    The Forgotten

    The Forgotten

    The Forgotten

    6.61959HD

    Vittorio De Seta travels to Alessandria del Carretto, a small town in the province of Cosenza, to capture a unique celebration known as the...

    The Forgotten
  • 1958
    A Day in Barbagia

    A Day in Barbagia

    A Day in Barbagia

    6.41958HD

    Against the background of flocks of sheep at pasture, mules walking down unpaved roads, tractors in the fields, and isolated figures in a deserted...

    A Day in Barbagia
  • 1955
    Sea Countrymen

    Sea Countrymen

    Sea Countrymen

    5.81955HD

    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...

    Sea Countrymen
  • 1993
    In Calabria

    In Calabria

    In Calabria

    81993HD

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

    In Calabria
  • 1955
    Golden Parable

    Golden Parable

    Golden Parable

    6.11955HD

    Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.

    Golden Parable
  • 1958
    Fishing Boats

    Fishing Boats

    Fishing Boats

    6.1881958HD

    The unpredictable nature of the sea governs the world of Sicilian fishermen as they work, rest, and seek refuge from a storm.

    Fishing Boats