Summary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: The worldwide gangster show phenomenon from Stefano Sollima, which is based on Roberto Saviano's best selling book and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. At the start of season two, it appears that the era of the Savastano clan, which once reigned supreme over Naples, seems to be definitively over. A power vacuum, the biggest ever in Camorra history, now yawns like a chasm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOMSummary: A devilishly entertaining Italian crime series that follows the idiosyncratic adventures of cranky and unorthodox detective Rocco Schiavone. In Season Two, the irascible Schiavone remains exiled in the Alpine town of Aosta, investigating murders far from his beloved home city of Rome. But while he has left home, it hasn't left him, as his tragic past comes back to haunt him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROCSummary: In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Originals 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DASummary: Based on the best-selling series of novels by Antonio Manzini, Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders is a devilishly entertaining Italian crime series that follows the idiosyncratic adventures of cranky and unorthodox detective Rocco Schiavone (Marco Giallini). In Seasons 3 and 4, the irascible Schiavone becomes increasingly isolated in the Alpine town of Aosta, investigating bizarre murders far...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROCSummary: The Third Season continues the worldwide gangster show phenomenon based on Roberto Saviano's best-selling book and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. At the start of Season Three, there is a void to be filled in the underworld of Naples. The warring factions are exhausted by violence, massive police pressure, and drastic financial losses, and are ready to make peace. But as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOMSummary: A devilishly entertaining Italian crime series that follows the idiosyncratic adventures of cranky and unorthodox detective Rocco Schiavone. In Season 1, Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone is exiled to Aosta, a touristy snowbound Alpine town far from his beloved home city of Rome. Already in a bad mood, he is immediately confronted with a series of bizarre cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROCSummary: The Fifth and Final Season is the thrilling conclusion to the most popular Italian drama in the world which The New York Times recently rated number five on its list of the top 30 international shows of the past decade. The worldwide gangster show phenomenon is based on Roberto Saviano's best-selling book and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. Gennaro had tried his best to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022