Notti di Cabiria, Le

Plot summary

Cabiria is a wide-eyed waif, a streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome where she owns her little house, has a bank account, and dreams of a miracle. We follow her nights (and days): a boyfriend steals 40,000 lire from her and nearly drowns her, a movie star on the Via Veneto takes her home with him, at a local shrine she seeks the Madonna's intercession, then she meets an accountant who's seen her, hypnotized on a vaudeville stage, acting out her heart's longings. He courts her. Is it fate that led to their meeting? Is this finally a man who appreciates her for who she is? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

Cast of Notti di Cabiria, Le

	Giulietta Masina	...	Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli
	François Périer	...	Oscar D'Onofrio (as François Perier)
	Franca Marzi	...	Wanda
	Dorian Gray	...	Jessy
	Aldo Silvani	...	Il mago
	Ennio Girolami	...	Amleto, 'il magnaccia'
	Mario Passante	...	Lo storpio alla processione
	Christian Tassou
	Amedeo Nazzari	...	Alberto Lazzari

The Wind

Plot summary

Letty moves to West Texas from the East and it seems that the wind always blows and the sand gets everywhere. While living with relatives, she finds that she is not welcomed by the wife. With no where to go, she marries a man who disgusts her. Her new home is a small shack with the wind and the sand constant companions. When it is necessary for most of the men to go out into the sand storm, one stays back to have his way with Letty and that costs both of them. Written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com}

Cast of The Wind

	Lillian Gish	...	Letty Mason Hightower
	Lars Hanson	...	Lige Hightower
	Montagu Love	...	Wirt Roddy
	Dorothy Cumming	...	Cora
	Edward Earle	...	Beverly
	William Orlamond	...	Sourdough
	Carmencita Johnson	...	Cora's Child
	Leon Janney	...	Cora's Child (as Laon Ramon)
	Billy Kent Schaefer	...	Cora's Child

Ballada o soldate

Plot summary

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love. Written by Leon Wolters {wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl}

Cast of Ballada o soldate

	Vladimir Ivashov	...	Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov (as Volodya Ivashov)
	Zhanna Prokhorenko	...	Shura
	Antonina Maksimova	...	The mother
	Nikolai Kryuchkov	...	The general
	Yevgeni Urbansky	...	Vasya (the invalid)
	Elza Lezhdey	...	The invalid's wife (as E. Lezhdej)
	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	...	Gavrilkin (the train sentry) (as A. Kuznetsov)
	Yevgeni Teterin	...	The lieutenant ('A terrible beast') (as Ye. Teterin)
	V. Markova	...	Liza (Pavlov's wife)
	Marina Kremnyova	...	Zoya (neighbor girl) (as M. Kremnnyova)
	Vladimir Pokrovsky	...	Pavlov's invalid father (as V. Pokrovsky)
	Georgi Yumatov	...	Sergeant giving bars of soap (as G. Yumatov)
	Gennadi Yukhtin	...	Pvt. Seryozha Pavlov (as G. Yukhtin)
	Valentina Telegina	...	Old woman truck driver (as V. Telegina)
	Lev Borisov	...	Joking soldier on train (as L. Borisov)