Ermanno Olmi Movies

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

A weekend in the mountains.

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive...

World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story...

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 Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

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

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

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

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...

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

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian...

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows...

A self-assured, middle-aged advertising executive has his life upset by an unforeseen accident.

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local...