A list of films produced in Italy in 1940 (see 1940 in film):
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | ||||||
| Abbandono | ||||||
| Addio, giovinezza! | ||||||
| Alessandro, sei grande! | ||||||
| Amami, Alfredo! | ||||||
| The Siege of the Alcazar (L'assedio dell'Alcazar) | Augusto Genina | Fosco Giachetti, Mireille Balin, Rafael Calvo | War | Franquist propaganda film about the Siege of the Alcázar; the Spanish dubbed version is longer than the Italian; Best Italian Film Venice Film Festival | ||
| An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa) | Alessandro Blasetti | Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, Osvaldo Valenti | Adventures | |||
| Maddalena, zero in condotta | Vittorio De Sica | Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio, Irasema Dilián | Drama | |||
| Rose scarlatte | Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Amato | De Sica's directorial debut | ||||
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