Ermanno Olmi Movies

Alpe Devero, December 1953: employees of the Edisonvolta electricity company gather to take part in skiing competitions held in the picturesque...

This documentary shows the construction of a high-altitude dam by the Sabbioni Glacier, and the daily struggles of the workers, now anxious for the...

Visual illustration of D'Annunzio's poem of the same name read by Giorgio Albertazzi.

A self-assured, middle-aged advertising executive has his life upset by an unforeseen accident.

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

Images of the construction of the Sabbioni dam, which submerged a glacier tongue to build a hydroelectric power plant.

The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are...

Two young women and a young man confront a tech mogul on a train about their new invention.

A dialogue between director Ermanno Olmi and film critic Federico Pontiggia about Olmi's cinema and poetry.

A journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.

Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959.

The story of Michelino, who enrolls in Edisonvolta's electrical engineering school and thus opens himself up to the future.

The guardian of the great dam reflects on the history and beauty of the valley, which was revitalized by the Edison power plant, and expresses his...

Story of a retired old man who is learning what to do with himself.

Made to celebrate the centenary of the Galleria, the film traces its history from Giuseppe Mengoni's design, with its architectural and lighting...

Niki tells us about herself and recounts the story of her first kiss.

In 1973, director Ermanno Olmi and journalist Corrado Stajano collaborated on this exceptional docu-fiction about the early months of the Resistance,...

Edison documentary on the application of electricity in agriculture.