Luciano Emmer

The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....

Half a century after his documentary on Picasso, which was cut into various short films in Italy in order to distribute it more easily, Emmer returns...

Three gorgeous seamstresses meet on the historic steps of the Piazza de Spagna in Rome to discuss one another's love lives.

A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they...

The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach...

Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her...

Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her...

A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic...

Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her...

This historical documentary covers the period from 1900 till 1950: from the murder of King Umberto by the anarchist Bresci until the proclamation of...

Pictura is a documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the...

Reporter Marcello has a brief encounter with Irene while waiting for a train. A young woman who has lost her sight finds herself falling for the...

Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that marriage will affect his career, she prepares...

The film tells the true story of a poor peasant woman in the 1600s who lived in an isolated cave in the Val di Non. Accused of witchcraft by the...

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an...

A documentary made up of 16-mm footage shot by explorers/filmmakers, originally shown to audiences during lectures organized by Connaissance du Monde.

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an...

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an...

The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach...

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during...

A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they...

A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.

The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”

The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”

Deals with the works of the artist Giotto, contrasting the hieratic mood of his predecessors with his innovations. Shows the major cycles of his...

It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania, whose husband has left her for a younger woman,...

It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania, whose husband has left her for a younger woman,...

The first art film by Emmer and Gras dedicated to Giotto's frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. By capturing the humanity of the figures that...

The friendship between two high school friends is tested when they are forced to separate because of university.

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

A documentary about the Venetian lagoon, with the words of Diego Fabbri narrating scenes of strips of land swallowed up by the sea, of small boats...

This is a documentary film on the romantic and decadent atmosphere of Venice at the end of the 18th century. A vigorous comment by Jean Cocteau tells...

The film tells the true story of a poor peasant woman in the 1600s who lived in an isolated cave in the Val di Non. Accused of witchcraft by the...

A short art history lesson on Michelangelo.

The documentary focuses on Giotto's frescoes in Padua.

In 2009, shortly before his death, Luciano Emmer made this film, which is a revival of the one he made in 1950. All the views of paintings are...

A film inspired by Piranesi's etchings.

A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.

A film comprising of numerous sentimental depictions of love.

Luciano Emmer reconstructs the dawn of Italian TV advertising, in two parts: "Gli anni ruggenti" (The Roaring Years) and "Ma chi l'ha ucciso?" (Who...

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during...

Reflection on Vittore Carpaccio's paintings in Venice, Italy.

Second art short film dedicated to Giotto's work, this time to the frescoes of the Basilica of Assisi, with the words of the laude of St. Francis...

A short Italian film from Luciano Emmer & Enrico Gras using paintings to tell a story of warriors.

Short film in competition at the 1st Berlin Film Festival

A text read by the narrator traces the vicissitudes of the crucifixion of Jesus, while the objective of the two directors investigates the style of...

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...

The Legend of the Miraculous brothers according to the paintings of Beato Angelico.

The elegant allegories of Botticelli are our guides as we explore a universe in which mysticism and paganism meet.

The elegant allegories of Botticelli are our guides as we explore a universe in which mysticism and paganism meet.

The color of an eternal city, Naples, it's people, it's sounds and its volcano.

The color of an eternal city, Naples, it's people, it's sounds and its volcano.

Art documentary on the paintings of the French artist Balthus.

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic...

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic...

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic...