A hundred Italian films to be saved

The list of A hundred Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and nonprofit organization to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the widest sense, preservation assures that a movie will continue to exist in as close to its original form as possible.

History

The project was established in 2008 by the Venice Days festival section of the 65th Venice International Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
The list was edited by Fabio Ferzetti, film critic of the newspaper Il Messaggero, in collaboration with film director Gianni Amelio and the writers and film critics Gian Piero Brunetta, Giovanni De Luna, Gianluca Farinelli, Giovanna Grignaffini, Paolo Mereghetti, Morando Morandini, Domenico Starnone and Sergio Toffetti.
At the end of the list are added the documentaries by Vittorio De Seta shot between 1954 and 1959.

The films

In chronological order:

Year	English title	Original title	Director
1942	Four Steps in the Clouds	Quattro passi fra le nuvole	Alessandro Blasetti
1943	Obsession	Ossessione	Luchino Visconti
1945	Rome, Open City	Roma città aperta	Roberto Rossellini
1946	Paisan	Paisà	Roberto Rossellini
1946	Shoeshine	Sciuscià	Vittorio De Sica
1947	Angelina	L'onorevole Angelina	Luigi Zampa
1948	Bicycle Thieves	Ladri di biciclette	Vittorio De Sica
1948	The Earth Trembles	La Terra Trema	Luchino Visconti
1949	Bitter Rice	Riso amaro	Giuseppe De Santis
1949	City of Pain	La città dolente	Mario Bonnard
1949	Heaven over the Marshes	Cielo sulla palude	Augusto Genina
1949	Stromboli	Stromboli, terra di Dio	Roberto Rossellini
1949	Chains	Catene	Raffaello Matarazzo
1950	Path of Hope	Il cammino della speranza	Pietro Germi
1950	Sunday in August	Domenica d'agosto	Luciano Emmer
1950	Story of a Love Affair	Cronaca di un amore	Michelangelo Antonioni
1950	Variety Lights	Luci del varietà	Alberto Lattuada Federico Fellini
1950	Father's Dilemma	Prima comunione	Alessandro Blasetti
1951	Bellissima		Luchino Visconti
1951	Two Cents Worth of Hope	Due soldi di speranza	Renato Castellani
1951	Cops and Robbers	Guardie e ladri	Steno Mario Monicelli
1951	Miracle in Milan	Miracolo a Milano	Vittorio De Sica
1951	The Passaguai Family	La famiglia Passaguai	Aldo Fabrizi
1952	Umberto D.		Vittorio De Sica
1952	Europe '51	Europa '51	Roberto Rossellini
1952	The White Sheik	Lo sceicco bianco	Federico Fellini
1952	Toto in Color	Totò a colori	Steno
1952	Little World of Don Camillo	Don Camillo	Julien Duvivier
1953	Bread, Love and Dreams	Pane, amore e fantasia	Luigi Comencini
1953	The Bullocks	I vitelloni	Federico Fellini
1953	Neapolitans in Milan	Napoletani a Milano	Eduardo De Filippo
1953	Eager to Live	Febbre di vivere	Claudio Gora
1953	The Wayward Wife	La provinciale	Mario Soldati
1953	Neapolitan Carousel	Carosello napoletano	Ettore Giannini
1953	Empty Eyes	Il sole negli occhi	Antonio Pietrangeli
1954	The Beach	La spiaggia	Alberto Lattuada
1954	The Gold of Naples	L'oro di Napoli	Vittorio De Sica
1954	An American in Rome	Un americano a Roma	Steno
1954	The Art of Getting Along	L'arte di arrangiarsi	Luigi Zampa
1954	Senso		Luchino Visconti
1954	The Road	La strada	Federico Fellini
1954	A Free Woman	Una donna libera	Vittorio Cottafavi
1955	Abandoned	Gli sbandati	Francesco Maselli
1955	A Hero of Our Times	Un eroe dei nostri tempi	Mario Monicelli
1956	Poor, But Handsome	Poveri ma belli	Dino Risi
1957	The Cry	Il grido	Michelangelo Antonioni
1957	Nights of Cabiria	Le notti di Cabiria	Federico Fellini
1958	Big Deal on Madonna Street	I soliti ignoti	Mario Monicelli
1959	You're on Your Own	Arrangiatevi!	Mauro Bolognini
1959	The Great War	La grande guerra	Mario Monicelli
1959		I magliari	Francesco Rosi
1960	Everybody Go Home	Tutti a casa	Luigi Comencini
1960	The Good Life	La dolce vita	Federico Fellini
1960	Rocco and His Brothers	Rocco e i suoi fratelli	Luchino Visconti
1960	Girl with a Suitcase	La ragazza con la valigia	Valerio Zurlini
1960	Long Night in 1943	La lunga notte del '43	Florestano Vancini
1960		Il bell'Antonio	Mauro Bolognini
1961	A Difficult Life	Una vita difficile	Dino Risi
1961	Divorce Italian Style	Divorzio all'italiana	Pietro Germi
1961	The Job	Il posto	Ermanno Olmi
1961	Vagabond	Accattone	Pier Paolo Pasolini
1961		Leoni al sole	Vittorio Caprioli
1962	The Easy Life	Il sorpasso	Dino Risi
1962	Salvatore Giuliano		Francesco Rosi
1962	The Eclipse	L'eclisse	Michelangelo Antonioni
1962	Mafioso		Alberto Lattuada
1963	15 from Rome	I mostri	Dino Risi
1963	Hands over the City	Le mani sulla città	Francesco Rosi
1963	8½	Otto e mezzo	Federico Fellini
1963	The Leopard	Il Gattopardo	Luchino Visconti
1963	The Ape Woman	La donna scimmia	Marco Ferreri
1963	Who Works Is Lost	Chi lavora è perduto	Tinto Brass
1964	It's a Hard Life	La vita agra	Carlo Lizzani
1965	Fists in the Pocket	I pugni in tasca	Marco Bellocchio
1965	I Knew Her Well	Io la conoscevo bene	Antonio Pietrangeli
1965	Love Meetings	Comizi d'amore	Pier Paolo Pasolini
1966	The Birds, the Bees and the Italians	Signore & signori	Pietro Germi
1966	The Hawks and the Sparrows	Uccellacci e uccellini	Pier Paolo Pasolini
1966	The Battle of Algiers	La battaglia di Algeri	Gillo Pontecorvo
1967	China Is Near	La Cina è vicina	Marco Bellocchio
1968	Dillinger Is Dead	Dillinger è morto	Marco Ferreri
1968	Bandits in Milan	Banditi a Milano	Carlo Lizzani
1968	Be Sick... It's Free	Il medico della mutua	Luigi Zampa
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto	Elio Petri
1970	The Conformist	Il conformista	Bernardo Bertolucci
1971	The Audience	L'udienza	Marco Ferreri
1972	Diary of a Teacher	Diario di un maestro	Vittorio De Seta
1972	The Mattei Affair	Il caso Mattei	Francesco Rosi
1972	The Scientific Cardplayer	Lo scopone scientifico	Luigi Comencini
1972	In the Name of the Father	Nel nome del padre	Marco Bellocchio
1974		Amarcord	Federico Fellini
1974	We All Loved Each Other So Much	C'eravamo tanto amati	Ettore Scola
1974	Bread and Chocolate	Pane e cioccolata	Franco Brusati
1975		Fantozzi	Luciano Salce
1976	1900	Novecento	Bernardo Bertolucci
1976	Illustrious Corpses	Cadaveri eccellenti	Francesco Rosi
1977	A Special Day	Una giornata particolare	Ettore Scola
1977	An Average Little Man	Un borghese piccolo piccolo	Mario Monicelli
1977		Padre padrone	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1978	The Tree of Wooden Clogs	L'albero degli zoccoli	Ermanno Olmi

List of directors present

The directors whose films have been selected are listed.

No. of films	Director	Films
8	Federico Fellini	Variety Lights, The White Sheik, I Vitelloni, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, 8½, Amarcord
6	Visconti, Luchino Luchino Visconti	Ossessione, La Terra Trema, Bellissima, Senso, Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard
5	De Sica, Vittorio Vittorio De Sica	Shoeshine, Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan, Umberto D., The Gold of Naples
5	Rosi, Francesco Francesco Rosi	The Magliari, Salvatore Giuliano, Hands over the City, The Mattei Affair, Illustrious Corpses
5	Monicelli, Mario Mario Monicelli	Cops and Robbers, A Hero of Our Times, Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Great War, An Average Little Man
4	Rossellini, Roberto Roberto Rossellini	Rome, Open City; Paisan; Stromboli; Europe '51
4	Risi, Dino Dino Risi	Poor, But Handsome, A Difficult Life, Il Sorpasso, I mostri
3	Zampa, Luigi Luigi Zampa	Angelina, The Art of Getting Along, Be Sick... It's Free
3	Antonioni, Michelangelo Michelangelo Antonioni	Story of a Love Affair, Il Grido, L'Eclisse
3	Germi, Pietro Pietro Germi	Path of Hope, Divorce Italian Style, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
3	Comencini, Luigi Luigi Comencini	Bread, Love and Dreams, Everybody Go Home, The Scientific Cardplayer
3	Paolo Pasolini, Pier Pier Paolo Pasolini	Accattone, Love Meetings, The Hawks and the Sparrows
3	Ferreri, Marco Marco Ferreri	The Ape Woman, Dillinger Is Dead, The Audience
3	Bellocchio, Marco Marco Bellocchio	Fists in the Pocket, China Is Near, Nel nome del padre
3	Lattuada, Alberto Alberto Lattuada	Variety Lights, The Beach, Mafioso
3	Steno	Cops and Robbers, Toto in Color, An American in Rome
2	Blasetti, Alessandro Alessandro Blasetti	Four Steps in the Clouds, Father's Dilemma
2	Pietrangeli, Antonio Antonio Pietrangeli	Empty Eyes, I Knew Her Well
2	Bolognini, Mauro Mauro Bolognini	You're on Your Own, Il bell'Antonio
2	Olmi, Ermanno Ermanno Olmi	Il Posto, The Tree of Wooden Clogs
2	Lizzani, Carlo Carlo Lizzani	La vita agra, Bandits in Milan
2	Bertolucci, Bernardo Bernardo Bertolucci	The Conformist, 1900
2	Scola, Ettore Ettore Scola	We All Loved Each Other So Much, A Special Day
1	Bonnard, Mario Mario Bonnard	City of Pain
1	De Santis, Giuseppe Giuseppe De Santis	Bitter Rice
1	Genina, Augusto Augusto Genina	Heaven over the Marshes
1	Matarazzo, Raffaello Raffaello Matarazzo	Chains
1	Emmer, Luciano Luciano Emmer	Sunday in August
1	Fabrizi, Aldo Aldo Fabrizi	The Passaguai Family
1	Duvivier, Julien Julien Duvivier	Little World of Don Camillo
1	Castellani, Renato Renato Castellani	Two Cents Worth of Hope
1	Soldati, Mario Mario Soldati	The Wayward Wife
1	Gora, Claudio Claudio Gora	Eager to Live
1	De Filippo, Eduardo Eduardo De Filippo	Neapolitans in Milan
1	Giannini, Ettore Ettore Giannini	Neapolitan Carousel
1	Cottafavi, Vittorio Vittorio Cottafavi	A Free Woman
1	Maselli, Francesco Francesco Maselli	Abandoned
1	Vancini, Florestano Florestano Vancini	Long Night in 1943
1	Zurlini, Valerio Valerio Zurlini	Girl with a Suitcase
1	Caprioli, Vittorio Vittorio Caprioli	Leoni al sole
1	Brass, Tinto Tinto Brass	Chi lavora è perduto
1	Pontecorvo, Gillo Gillo Pontecorvo	The Battle of Algiers
1	Petri, Elio Elio Petri	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1	De Seta, Vittorio Vittorio De Seta	Diario di un maestro
1	Franco Brusati	Bread and Chocolate
1	Salce, Luciano Luciano Salce	Fantozzi
1	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Padre Padrone