Piccioni, Piero

Overview

Works:	216 works in 283 publications in 8 languages and 2,198 library holdings
Roles:	Composer, msd, Conductor, Performer, Arranger, Other
Classifications:	pn1997.2, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Piero Piccioni

Publications by Piero Piccioni

Most widely held works by Piero Piccioni

Salvatore Giuliano ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2004 in Italian and held by 335 libraries worldwide
A documentary-style drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily.

Le mani sulla città Hands over the city ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1998 and 2006 in Italian and held by 305 libraries worldwide
The structure of power and the facade of democracy are explored in this political exposé of corruption in Naples. Following the fatal collapse of a tenement building, an investigation reveals that profits from municipal developments are going to city council members and developers in backroom negotiations.

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Christ stopped at Eboli ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in Italian and held by 301 libraries worldwide
Levi, an intellectual exiled by the Fascist government during World War II to a mountain village in southern Italy, discovers the resilience and dignity of people who live close to the land.

La commare secca ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in Italian and held by 283 libraries worldwide
The brutalized corpse of a prostitute is found in a Roman park, along the banks of the Tiber River. The police round up and interrogate a handful of possible suspects. Each has to explain why he is there. One of them is the killer.

Tre fratelli Three brothers ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in Italian and held by 229 libraries worldwide
A story about the lives and dreams of three brothers reunited in their small home town on the occasion of the funeral of their mother. "Here, in the sunlight of the Italian countryside, they face their connection to each other and to themselves, in a film that is at once beautiful, full of humanity, and emotionally shattering."

The big Lebowski original motion picture soundtrack ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 130 libraries worldwide

Tre fratelli Three brothers ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1987 in Italian and held by 76 libraries worldwide
Due to the death of their mother, three brothers return to the village of their childhood. They find a common ground in their separate daily lives in various parts of Italy.

Lucky Luciano ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1973 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 34 libraries worldwide
"[Film] about the man who started the largest international crime organization in history and the men who would stop at nothing to do him in."--External container.

Mimi' metallurgico terito nell'onore Mimi the metalworker wounded in honor ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in Italian and held by 29 libraries worldwide
A comedy about a Sicilian laborer who in the course of defending his honor gets into trouble with the Communists, Mafia and his family.

Cristo si e' fermato a Eboli Christ stopped at Eboli ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1978 and 2003 in Italian and German and held by 24 libraries worldwide
Levi, an intellectual exiled by the Fascist government during World War II to a mountain village in southern Italy, discovers the resilience and dignity of people who live close to the land.

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Christ stopped at Eboli ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in Italian and held by 20 libraries worldwide
"Carlo Levi [is] a political exile banished to a village in Southern Italy in 1935 by Mussolini for his anti-fascist writings. It is the story of Levi's experiences in an alien world of poverty and quiet despair, where he discovers that human values are stronger than values of the state."--External container.

More than a miracle music from the original sound track by Piero Piccioni ( Recording )
3 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 20 libraries worldwide

Lo scopone scientifico = L'argent de la vieille by Luigi Comencini ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in French and Italian and held by 13 libraries worldwide
Une vieille milliardaire américaine, passionnée de jeux de cartes, défie un couple de chiffonniers.

Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2006 in Italian and held by 10 libraries worldwide
In this Italian comedy, Amedio is a telephone lineman who works in remote parts of Australia. Unfortunately, for this shy, homely Italian man, all of Australia is remote. He wants a wife, and arranges for one by mail. The woman he has chosen is Carmela, a very beautiful mature prostitute who seeks to retire from her profession. The picture he sent her to induce her to come to Australia wasn't of himself, but of his handsome buddy Giuseppe. The picture convinces her to come out, but when she arrives and meets Amedio, she says she won't go through with the marriage because she wants Giuseppe. How will he be able to satisfy Carmela and still marry her?--All Movie Guide.

Great original sound tracks & movie themes ( Recording )
2 editions published between 1965 and 1966 and held by 10 libraries worldwide

The moment of truth original sound track recording by Piero Piccioni ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1967 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 8 libraries worldwide

Drei Brüder = Tre fratelli ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1980 and 1987 in 3 languages and held by 7 libraries worldwide
The story of three very different brothers who return to their village home to attend their mother's funeral.

Le bel Antonio Il bell'Antonio ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in Italian and French and held by 7 libraries worldwide

Main basse sur la ville Le mani sulla città ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1993 and 2005 in Italian and held by 7 libraries worldwide
"Poussés par l'entrepreneur Nottola, la municipalité de Naples transforme des terrains agricoles en terrains constructibles pour lancer un gigantesque programme immobilier. Les spéculateurs en profitent, mais la proximité du chantier provoque l'écroulement d'une maison ancienne et la mort d'un enfant, ce qui déclenche de vives polémiques au sein du conseil municipal, alors que de nouvelles élections se préparent."

Three brothers ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in Spanish and Italian and held by 7 libraries worldwide
Three brothers are summoned home by their father and face a shattering experience.