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Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Writer, also director and producer · Died October 13, 1989, aged 87 · Luzzara, Italy

Born
September 20, 1902
Died
October 13, 1989 (aged 87)
From
Luzzara, Italy
Works as
Writer, also director and producer
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 110 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 13% in 30 days

What are Cesare Zavattini's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Society
20%
Morality
15%
Survival
15%
Power
11%
Self
6%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 5 · Dark 12

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 20 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 6

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 23 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
17
Warm
13
Tense
9
Joyful
6
Romantic
6
Other
27

How their films linger

Bittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Cesare Zavattini's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Cesare Zavattini's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

110 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hollywood sul Tevere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • A Man and His Dog(2008)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Activitate psihică nedirijată (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Idea

  • A Walk in the Clouds(1995)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · Writer · as Antonio

  • Los hijos de Sanchez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Writer

  • The Children of Sanchez(1978)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Simple Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Writer

  • Babau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • A Brief Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Writer

  • We'll Call Him Andrea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Sunflower(1970)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1970)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • A Place for Lovers(1968)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Caprice Italian Style(1968)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Seven Cervi Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Screenplay

  • Woman Times Seven(1967)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Witches(1967)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Last Fistful of Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Art Direction

  • After the Fox(1966)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • A Young World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Writer

  • We'll Go to the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Screenplay

  • Controsesso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay

  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow(1963)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Boom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay · Story

  • I misteri di Roma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Writer

  • The Condemned of Altona(1962)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Arturo's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • Boccaccio '70(1962)

    Idea · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Latin Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay

  • The Last Judgment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay · Story

  • La lunga calza verde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • Blood Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay · Story

  • El joven rebelde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • Two Women(1960)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Atomic War Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Writer

  • Lipstick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay

  • Chi legge? Viaggio lungo il Tirreno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 8 episodes · Writer

  • Nel blu dipinto di blu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Screenplay

  • Il Pranzo di Natale a casa di Cesare Zavattini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • I sette contadini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Writer

  • Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama)(1958)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Doll that Took the Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Screenplay

  • The Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Story

  • The Roof(1956)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Sign of Venus(1955)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Gold of Naples(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Angels of Darkness(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Amore che si paga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • Love in the City(1953)

    Co-Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • We, the Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Idea · Screenplay

  • A Husband for Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Piovuto dal cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Stazione Termini(1953)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Voice of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Writer

  • La passeggiata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Screenplay

  • The Lucky Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Overcoat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay

  • Rome 11:00 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Hello Elephant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Umberto D.(1952)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Bellissima(1951)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mamma mia, che impressione! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Screenplay

  • Miracle in Milan(1951)

    Novel · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Twelve Hours to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Story

  • First Communion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Sky Is Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Sunday in August (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • It's Forever Springtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Writer

  • La sposa non può attendere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Story

  • The Walls of Malapaga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Vent'anni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • Bicycle Thieves(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Guerra alla guerra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Writer

  • Unknown Men of San Marino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Chi è Dio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Writer

  • Lost in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Screenplay

  • Tragic Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Screenplay

  • Il passatore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Writer

  • The Great Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Writer

  • Cronaca nera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Screenplay

  • Rome: Free City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • L'angelo e il diavolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Story

  • Canto, ma sottovoce... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Biraghin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Shoeshine(1946)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • A Day in the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Testimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Il mondo vuole così (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay · Story

  • La freccia nel fianco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • The Gates of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • The Children Are Watching Us(1943)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Silenzio, si gira! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Our Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • C'è sempre un ma! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Daddy's Little Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Writer

  • The Bigamist(1942)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Quarta pagina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • There's Room Up Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay · Story

  • I sette peccati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • La scuola dei timidi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Screenplay

  • È caduta una donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Screenplay

  • San Giovanni decollato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Una famiglia impossibile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Senza cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Bionda sottochiave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • I'll Give a Million(1938)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • La danza delle lancette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • I'll Give a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 109 titles from 1935 to 2009.

Biggest box office

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

$50M worldwide

Highest rated

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 109: 3 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting2 of 109: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting105 of 109: 103 only writing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdProducing1 of 109: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 109: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1930s4 · crew1940s36 · crew1950s32 · 1 acting · 31 crew1960s25 · crew1970s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew1980s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s2 · crew2000s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Cesare Zavattini's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th8

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Angels of Darkness (1954)

83rd percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Cesare Zavattini's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles10–52 · median 14 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles12–37 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles26–35 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles22–66 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Cesare Zavattini work with?

People who share at least 2 of Cesare Zavattini's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vittorio De Sica shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles