Carlo RustichelliFilmography

Forever

When Berenice Rondi (Eva Grimaldi) learns of her father's death from a heart attack, she also learns that the police are...

Amici Miei Atto 3

La Donna Delle Meraviglie

In a straightforward yet unexceptional rendering of the life and loves of Alberto (Ben Gazzara), a writer/director...

The Throne of Fire

Filmed in 1982 and never released theatrically in the U.S., this fantasy-adventure film revolves around an epic battle...

La Neve Nel Bicchiere

The lives of three generations of peasant farmers in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy are the focus of this...

Ator l'Invincibile 2

Whether you asked for a sequel to Ator the Fighting Eagle or not, we offer you Ator, the Invincible. Miles O'Keeffe, the...

Testa O Croce

In back-to-back stories that are unrelated to each other except through a few shared stabs at sexual and social morés,...

Amici Miei, Atto 2

In a series of vignettes that serve as a sequel to Amici Miei, director Mario Monicelli brings back several of his stars from...

Bosco D'Amore

The time is the mid-14th century --- the Pope is now residing at Avignon, the Black Death is killing millions across Europe,...

Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrive...

Every year, in France, there is a national celebration of sorts when that year's pressing of beaujolais grapes has become a...

Le Gang

Based on a novel by Roger Borniche, this crime drama retells the story of the renowned gangster "Pierrot le Fou," whose band...

Une Femme à Sa Fenetre

Social classes and different cultures collide as three disparate men try to court a wealthy young woman (Romy Schneider) in...

Aces High

Malcolm McDowell plays a World War I air ace, in charge of an elite squadron. Outwardly a bastion of courage, McDowell dies a...

Amici Miei

The famed Italian film director Pietro Germi (his sharply observant and satirical films include The Immoralist, and...

And Then There Were None

An Italian-French-Spanish version of the much-filmed Agatha Christie story, this film is strangely set in Iran, not Great...

Il Ritorno di Zanna Bianca

A brave German Shepherd defends an elderly gold-mine owner against greedy baddies in this Arctic adventure. ~ Kristie...

Delitto d'amore

In this Italian film, part melodrama and part social/political commentary, two factory workers living in Northern Italy form...

Claretta and Ben

In this black comedy, a struggling actor-playwright goes on tour with a play he wrote for himself and his lover. It is about...

Metralleta 'Stein'

The real star of this police action/adventure is the "Guardia Civil" or Spanish national police force. In the story, a...

Avanti!

This enchanting yet dark romantic comedy stars Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills as a pair of mismatched lovers helplessly drawn...

Mordi E Fuggi

In this Italian comedy/thriller, a group of politically motivated bank robbers led by Fabrizio (Oliver Reed) escape into the...

Vogliamo I Colonnelli

This Italian political satire explores a fictional attempted military/right-wing takeover of Italy. Grifondi (Ugo Tognazzi)...

Alfredo, Alfredo

This mildly amusing satire of Italian marital customs concerns a meek bank teller (Dustin Hoffman) who has an affair with...

Call of the Wild

Director Ken Annakin and an international cast including Charlton Heston and George Eastman try to breath life into...

In Nome Del Popolo Italiano

In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (In the Name of the Italian Pope) represents the darker edge of Italian filmmaker Dino Risi's...

Detenuto in Attesa Di Giudizio

An Italian engineer who has been working in Sweden returns with his wife to his homeland for a short visit, and he is swiftly...

Man of Legend

Peter Strauss, six years removed from his Rich Man Poor Man stardom, stars in the Italian-Spanish Man of Legend. Strauss...

La Betia

This ribald comedy is based on a classic 16th-century play, La Betia, by the playwright Ruzante. The story is simple enough:...

Le Castagne Sone Buone

What started out as a one-night stand grows more complicated as television news-reporter Luigi (Gianni Morandi) encounters...

Nini Tirabuscio

Turn-of-the-century Naples is the setting for this show-business comedy about a theatrical nobody who starts a popular dance...

Operation Snafu

Don't confuse this 1970 Italian/Yugoslav Operation Snafu with the 1962 British comedy-drama of the same name. While the...

12 Plus 1

The tragic Sharon Tate plays a crucial role (her last-ever appearance before the cameras) in 12 Plus 1 (aka The Thirteen...

Boot Hill

A tough adventurer and his sidekick find outlaws and rowdy women in this action-filled spaghetti western. ~ Kristie Hassen,...

Certo, Certissimo, Anzi . . . Probabile

The literal translation of this title is Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact...Probable. This indeed was the title by...

Fellini Satyricon

Federico Fellini makes his most decadent, undisciplined work in this free adaptation of Petronius' famous farcical chronicle...

A Doppia Faccia

This psychological drama finds Helen (Margaret Lee) wanting a divorce from her adoring husband John (Klaus Kinski). She...

Stuntman

In this adventure, stunt men use the tricks of their trade to bring a rare Indian statue back to its rightful owners. ~...

Serafino

Serafino (Adriano Celentano) is an illiterate shepherd who lives in the bucolic splendor of the Abruzis mountains. He takes...

Ace High

There isn't much disagreement as to whether this spaghetti western is styled after the Director Sergio Leone's...

I Bastardi

Unable to cope with life after stardom, a former headliner with the Ziegfeld Follies becomes an alcoholic. Meanwhile, her...

Meglio Vedova

A British engineer tries to convince the Mafia to allow an oil refinery on some prime waterfront real estate in Sicily. Proby...

Ognuno per Se

Ruthless Four follows four prospectors who are out to strike a big lode in the Nevada gold rush days. When one of the four...

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

This World War II comedy finds Harry Frigg (Paul Newman) as the unwilling volunteer slated to rescue five generals from the...

Il Padre Di Famiglia

Head of the Family (IL Padre de Famiglia) is a sparse seriocomic effort directed and co-written by Italian documentary...

L'Immorale

A philandering violinist must witness the consequences of his actions in this Italian comedy. Not only does the concert...

Un Treno Per Durango

A Minute to Pray, a Second To Die

Clay McCord (Alex Cord) is a former outlaw determined to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. Colby (Arthur Kennedy) is...

Uccidi o Muori

In this spaghetti western, an undercover gunslinger accidently gets caught in a feud between two families. One of them...

Kill, Baby, Kill

One of the more prominent works of Italy's premier horror stylist Mario Bava, this occult murder mystery interweaves elements...

Delitto Quasi Perfetto

Award-winning Italian writer/director Mario Camerini, who successfully bucked the "neorealist" movement of the 1940s,...

Io, Io, Io...E Gli Altri

Director Alessandro Blasetti used an all-star Italian cast for this satirical comedy that pokes fun at the selfishness of...

Signore e Signori

Pietro Germi's funny anthology combines the standard sex comedy format with some unexpectedly subtle observations about...

Made in Italy

Made in Italy is a multistoried film, set...in Italy, of course. An all-star cast appears in brief seriocomic vignettes about...

The Lion of St. Mark

In this Italian swashbuckler ruthless pirates threaten the rule of the Doge of Venice. Fortunately, his brave son puts on a...

The Cavern

This claustrophobic WW II war drama chronicles the five months which six soldiers and one woman spent trapped within a deep...

The Eye of the Needle

Two Sicilian bachelors deflower a virgin and find themselves in hot-water with her shot-gun slinging father in this Italian...

The Long Hair of Death

In the 15th century, a young woman is accused of being a witch and committing a murder. She is burned at the stake. Years...

I Misteri Della Giungla Nera

A British officer's daughter is kidnapped by an island cult near India. Fifteen years later, he returns with an expedition...

La Valle dell'Eco Tonante

Kirk Morris plays the legendary muscleman in Hercules of the Desert. While wandering in the wastelands, Hercules champions...

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Relating his facts in straight-on documentary fashion, Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1964 Biblical film stars Enrique Irazoqui as...

I Maniaci

A minor comedy from Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci (Zombi 2; L'Aldila), this anthology is of interest primarily to cult...

Blood and Black Lace

Director Mario Bava's second thriller revolves around a fashion salon owned by wealthy Cristina (Eva Bartok) and her greedy...

Sedotta e Abbandonata

Mistakenly labeled as a neorealist drama in some sources, Seduced and Abandoned is actually a slyly constructed Italian...

Sandokan Fights Back

In this adventure, a prince fights to get back his stolen throne. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...

3 Notti D'Amore

Three different takes on love are presented in this episodic Italian film. The first story begins as a prostitute is...

La Ragazza di Bube

In this sentimental romance scripted by director Luigi Comencini and Marcello Fondato, leading-lady Claudia Cardinale rises...

Ercole contro Moloch

Gordon Scott portrays Glaucus, the son of the king of Pyras, who journeys to the neighboring kingdom of Mycene, which is...

I Compagni

The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian...

The Whip and the Body

Marred by controversy at the time of its release, this horror fantasy from Italy's legendary horror director Mario Bava...

L'Isola di Arturo

An early melodrama from director Damiano Damiani, this overheated coming-of-age story concerns a neglected teenager...

My Son, the Hero

My Son the Hero started out in 1961 as a straightforward Italian sword and sandal affair titled Arrivano i Titani, all about...

Desert Raiders

A village dignitary's daughter is saved from a horrible marriage to an evil man by an exciting hero. ~ Rovi...

La Tigre dei Sette Mari

In this swashbuckler, a sensuous female pirate takes over her retired father's ship and sails off for high-seas adventure...

Agostino

Director Mauro Bolognini and Goffredo Parise adapted a skillful Alberto Moravia story into this rather pedestrian drama. An...

Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli

This gripping, Oscar-nominated war drama is set in the fall of 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Italy when all the...

La Commare Secca

A very young Bernardo Bertolucci already shows his talent in this bleak, 94-minute murder mystery, told in an interesting...

Mamma Roma

Anna Magnani stars as Mamma Roma, a rural Italian hooker trying to create a new life for herself. This proves impossible when...

La Bellezza Ippolita

One of Italy's most beautiful sex symbols, Gina Lollobrigida, stars as the flirtatious Ippolita in this routine comedy about...

Il Colpo Segreto di D'Artagnan

The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan borrows a handful of the characters and little else from the works of Dumas. Like many Italian...

Lo Spadaccino di Siena

This is a typical costume drama and adventure story with plenty of fencing, and swash and buckle but not much ingenuity....

Giorno per Giorno Disperatamente

In this effective though still slightly uneven drama about mental illness, the worsening condition of a highly disturbed son...

Il Commissario

Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the...

Divorce, Italian Style

To fully appreciate the international box-office bonanza Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio All'Italiana), one must remember...

Gordon, il Pirata Nero

Italian swashbucklers have high seas adventures in this pirate outing that tells the tale of a handsome former slave who...

Il Trionfo di Maciste

Nefertiti, regina del Nilo

In this Italian costume epic chronicles the exploits of an innocent maiden who lives near Thebes. She is in love with a...

Rosmunda e Alboino

In this adventure set in 6th-century France, two warring tribes call a temporary truce so that the daughter of the Gepidaen...

Journey Beneath the Desert

Three mining engineers are marooned in the Sahara after their helicopter crashes and end up finding a secret doorway to the...

The Thief of Baghdad

Aimed at the youngsters, this typical Italian fantasy-adventure stars Steve Reeves as Karim, the thief of the title. Karim is...

Psycosissimo

In this Italian comedy, three unemployed actors are rehearsing for a crime scene in their boarding house unaware that they...

Tiro al Piccione

This uneven Italian wartime drama looks at the conflict in World War II from another perspective, that of a young fascist....

Queen of the Pirates

In this 16th-century swashbuckler, the trouble begins when a sea captain is unjustly sentenced to hang by the evil ruler of...

Robin Hood e i Pirati

Former Tarzan Lex Barker plays Robin Hood in this Italian actioner. What's it about? Look at the title. Robin Hood takes on a...

Femmine Di Lusso

In this romantic comedy, a ship load of the rich and horny embark on a cruise aboard a millionaire's yacht. Included in the...

Teseo Contro il Minotauro

According to the Greeks, the Minotaur was a legendary half-man, half-bull who lived on Crete and demanded the sacrifice of...

Kapò

The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the...

Hannibal

Yet another in a spate of historical costume dramas by Italian filmmakers, Hannibal tells the story of the famous general's...

Un Maledetto Imbroglio

A puzzling crime case is methodically worked out to a solution in this excellent suspense drama by director (and lead actor)...

Un Uomo Facile

The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen from the point of view of...

Rommel's Treasure

The search for the notorious German Field Marshal's legendary treasure forms the basis of this adventure that chronicles the...

La Mina

Elsa Martinelli plays a resident of a seaside village who falls in love with rootless stranger Antonio Ciffariello. The...

The Day the Sky Exploded

A scientific experiment gone leaves the fate of the world hanging in the balance in this sci-fi thriller. The United States,...

Il Ferroviere

Pietro Germi is both star and director of Il Ferroviere. Germi plays Andrea, a railroad engineer with a large and troublesome...

Guardia, Guardia Scelta, Brigadiere E Maresciallo

Il Tesoro Di Rommel

Gran Varieta

Unlike many multistoried films of the 1950s, Gran Varieta is the handiwork of a single solitary director--though five writers...

Black 13

Peter Reynolds stars as the son of a respectable British family, who despite his position and privilege chooses to pursue a...

Ci Troviamo in Galleria

Gelosia

One need not be fluent in Italian to figure out that Gelosia translates to Jealousy. Set in 19th-century Sicily, the film...

The Counterfeiters

This Italian crime melodrama may remind some viewers of the methodical American TV series Dragnet. In trailing a gang of...

Puccini

The life of composer Giacomo Puccini is dramatized in this attractively produced biopic. Gabriele Ferzetti plays the title...

Il Brigante Di Tacca Del Lupo

Il Brigante di Tacca del Lupo represented another move away from neorealism into sheer commercialism by Italian filmmker...

Revenge of the Pirates

This Italian/Spanish swashbuckler was released in Europe as La Vendetta Del Corsaro. In some English-speaking markets, it...

Atto di Accusa

Carl Ludwig Diehl stars as famed attorney Ruska in Atto di Accusa. After murdering his wife (Lea Padovani) Ruska arranges the...

Cuori Senza Frontiere

The White Line is a modest anti-war statement set in a tiny Italian village near Trieste. As the result of an International...

Persiane chiuse

Behind Closed Shutters originally went into Italian movie houses under the title Persiane Chiuse. Eleanora Rossi Drago plays...

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