Ermanno Olmi Movies

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

Vittorio stops to help Kate when her car breaks down on a mountain road. When they meet again, Vittorio discovers that Kate has rejoined a circus...

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,...

When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to be closed, an elderly priest must choose between...

It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited by...

Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a...