Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Night of the Shooting Stars
The Night of the Shooting Stars

The Night of the Shooting Stars

Genres

WarDrama

OverView

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

7.117/10

Release Date

16 September 1982

Country

Italy

Cast

Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti

Galvano

Margarita Lozano

Margarita Lozano

Concetta

Claudio Bigagli

Claudio Bigagli

Corrado

Miriam Guidelli

Miriam Guidelli

Belindia

Massimo Bonetti

Massimo Bonetti

Nicola

Enrica Maria Modugno

Enrica Maria Modugno

Mara

Sabina Vannucchi

Sabina Vannucchi

Rosanna

Giorgio Naddi

Giorgio Naddi

Bishop

Micol Guidelli

Micol Guidelli

Cecilia

Renata Zamengo

Renata Zamengo

La Scardigli

Massimo Sarchielli

Massimo Sarchielli

Father Marmugi

Giovanni Guidelli

Giovanni Guidelli

Marmugi Junior

Mario Spallino

Mario Spallino

Bruno

Paolo Hendel

Paolo Hendel

Dilvo

Dario Cantarelli

Dario Cantarelli

Priest

Sergi Dagliana

Sergi Dagliana

Olinto

Andrea Di Bari

Andrea Di Bari

Rosanna's Fascist Cousin

Giuseppe Furia

Giuseppe Furia

Requiem

Graziella Galvani

Graziella Galvani

Signora Migliorati

Vinicio Gioli

Vinicio Gioli

Belindia's Father

Evelina Gori

Evelina Gori

Old Peasant Woman

Antonella Guidelli

Antonella Guidelli

Renata

Mirio Guidelli

Mirio Guidelli

Duilio

Giuseppe Lo Parco

Giuseppe Lo Parco

Fascist

Norma Martelli

Norma Martelli

Ivana

Rinaldo Mirannalti

Rinaldo Mirannalti

Attorney Migliorati

Mauro Monni

Mauro Monni

Dante

Walter Pardini

Walter Pardini

Fascist

Franco Piacentini

Franco Piacentini

Nicola's Father

Roberta Pinzauti

Roberta Pinzauti

Old Peasant Woman's Niece

Antonio Prester

Antonio Prester

Tuminello

Paolo Ricchi

Paolo Ricchi

Singing German

David Riondino

David Riondino

Giglioli

Gianfranco Salemi

Gianfranco Salemi

Man in the Bus

Maria Toesca

Maria Toesca

Rosanna's Friend

Daniele Trambusti

Daniele Trambusti

Fascist

Similar Movies

7.5

Johnny Shiloh

December 1965 •English

Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other countries theatrically as one film and is on DVD as one film. Johnny Shiloh is the true story about Johnny Clem, the ten year old drummer boy who became a union officer in the Civil War.

6.4

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

February 1976 •English

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

6.5

Another Country

June 1984 •English

In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy.

5.6

The Last Face

January 2017 •English

Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the victims of military uprisings in Africa.

7.3

A Single Man

December 2009 •English

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley, who is struggling with her own questions about life.

7.5

The Killing Fields

November 1984 •English

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

7.4

Interview with the Vampire

November 1994 •English

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

7.5

Ludwig

March 1973 •English

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.

6.8

Anna and the King

December 1999 •English

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.

7.6

Imagine Me & You

January 2006 •English

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.

7.4

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

June 2006 •English

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

6.9

Tears of the Sun

March 2003 •English

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

7.4

Torch Song Trilogy

December 1988 •English

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

7.4

Shooting Dogs

March 2006 •English

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

5.5

Cherry-Red

October 2007 •German

Anna and Marie are two women who could possibly love each other. Marie wants to be open to this new overwhelming feeling, even if she has to throw away all that she has ever held to be right. Anna on the other hand, enjoys the attention from this gentle soft girl Marie, who seems to love her, not in spite of but also because of her sharp edges. It could all be so easy if it weren't for Zoe, the woman who has been at Anna's side for years.

6.1

Earth and Ashes

May 2004 •Pashto

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.

7.1

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

February 2005 •German

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.

6.8

Carla's Song

October 1996 •English

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

6.4

Cows

February 1992 •Spanish

A film set in the Basque region, beginning in the Carlist war of 1875 and ending during the Spanish Civil war of 1936. The film portrays how one single act of cowardice shapes the life of the next three generations of two families and fuels the intense rivalry which will span the next sixty-one years.

7.0

Indochine

April 1992 •French

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.