29 Films & TV Shows Set In Italy During The 1900s

• Musica proibita

  🇮🇹 Italy The 1900s

  Paola (Tito Gobbi) is a successful, but lonely and aging opera singer in post-war Italy. His thoughts flash back to Florence in the days when he was a struggling student, and of his romance with the beautiful Claritta (Maria Mereader). Their eventual separation through a misunderstanding has resulted in a life of loneliness for both.

  Released in 1942 • 90 minutes
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  Addio, giovinezza!

  🇮🇹 Italy The 1900s

  A university student falls in love with a seamstress. But one day he meets a beautiful woman and things become complicated.

  Released in 1940 • 94 minutes
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  Cavalleria

  🇮🇹 Italy The 1910s The 1900s

  Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.

  Released in 1936 •
• Napoli d'altri tempi

  🇮🇹 Italy The 1900s