Catherine SpaakFilmography

Born:: April 3, 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: The daughter of Belgian critic-screenwriter Charles Spaak, Catherine Spaak grew up around European showbiz folk. At fifteen, she made her film debut in Nightwatch (1960). So long as she remained on the continent, she was permitted a reasonably wide variety of roles, ranging from nuns to wartime...Read More

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Scandalo Segreto

Actors: Monica Vitti, Elliott Gould, Gino Pernice, Catherine Spaak

Synopsis: This film marks actress Monica Vitti's directing debut. In the story, Magherita (Monica) has been married to her husband Paolo (Gino Pernice) for a long time, and doesn't appear to listen to her or notice what she does. A movie director friend of hers (lliott Gould) gives her a video-camera with Read More

1990
Claretta

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Giuliano Gemma, Caterina Boratto

Synopsis: In this sympathetic biography of Claretta Petacci, Benito Mussolini's mistress of 10 years, the Petacci family is a primary source of information -- which introduces a definite bias on how she is viewed. Claretta met Mussolini in the mid-'30s and remained with him after he was dismissed in 1943 by Read More

9/14/84
Miele di Donna

Synopsis: Armed with a pistol, a writer (Catherine Spaak) breaks into the home of a successful publisher (Fernando Rey) to convince him to publish her erotic manuscript. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

5/25/81
Io E Caterina

Actors: Alberto Sordi, Edwige Fenech, Catherine Spaak, Valeria Valeri, Rossano Brazzi

Synopsis: Alberto Sordi directs this light comedy, and also stars as its mechanically challenged hero, a wealthy male chauvinist named Enrico who deals in wine better than he handles women. On a trip to the great land of America, Enrico discovers the wonders of a trained household robot named Catherine who Read More

12/19/80
Sunday Lovers

Actors: Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Robert Webber, Catherine Salviat, Gene Wilder, Denholm Elliott

Synopsis: Sunday Lovers is a fitfully amusing study of weekend romantic techniques as practiced in four different cultures. Each episode was filmed by a separate unit in the country where the story was set. "The French Method" (directed by Eduoard Molinaro) finds a businessman (Lino Ventura) trying to Read More

10/31/80
Rag, Arturo De Fanti, Bancario-Precario

Actors: Paolo Villaggio, Catherine Spaak, Anna Maria Rizzoli

Synopsis: A good idea is taken to the well one too many times in this routine comedy by Luciano Salce. Paolo Villaggio is Arturo, the bank teller of the title, and Catherine Spaak is his put-upon wife Elena. Arturo's problem is that he does not have enough money to keep his head above water and so that is Read More

3/14/80
Bruciati Da Cocente Passione

8/12/76
Take a Hard Ride

Actors: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly

Synopsis: Jim Brown and Fred Williamson team up for this violent western, directed by Antonio Marghetti under the name of Anthony M. Dawson. Brown plays Pike, a stonefaced cowboy who meets up Tyree (Fred Williamson), a jocular and dishonest gambler. Together with a mute Indian scout Kashtok (Jim Kelly), the Read More

10/3/75
Los Pajaros de Baden-Baden

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Frederic de Pasquale, José Luis Alonso, Carlos Larranga, Andres Mejuto

Synopsis: Elisa (Catherine Spaak) is an aristocrat whose graduate studies keep her in Madrid during the summer break. There, she encounters Pablo (Frederic de Pasquale), a sad, disillusioned photographer who has suffered disgrace under the Franco regime due to his political allegiances. His 12-year-old son Read More

1975
La Schiava

Actors: Lando Buzzanca

Synopsis: Dede (Lando Buzzanca) has some problems in this Italian sex comedy. His wife is very domineering, his mistress is sexually insatiable, and he is the proud "keeper" of a very athletic young woman who is his sex slave. The problem? Even with all the variations on sexual hierarchy (submission Read More

10/4/73
Cari Genitori

2/9/73
Un Meurtre Est un Meurtre

Actors: Michel Serrault, Catherine Spaak, Stéphane Audran, Robert Hossein

Synopsis: In this French suspense drama, Paul (Jean-Claude Brialy) is a decent man in an ugly situation. His wife (Stephane Audran), who was crippled in their second year of marriage, has become a bitter and unpleasant virago. Though he keeps company with a lovely mistress (Catherine Spaak), the wife is Read More

1972
The Cat O' Nine Tails

Actors: Vittorio Congia, Emilio Marchesini

Synopsis: In this flawed mystery-thriller from flamboyant horror director Dario Argento, Karl Malden portrays a blind man who joins forces with a reporter (James Franciscus) to catch a killer with an extra chromosome. Much of the action occurs at a research hospital, where the killer seeks to conceal the Read More

2/11/71
The Boxer

Actors: Robert Blake, Ernest Borgnine

Synopsis: It was "tax shelter" time when Hollywood's Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine headed to Italy to star in Counter Punch. Slimmer and lighter on his feet than he'd be in his Baretta days, Blake plays a young boxer, accused of murdering his crooked manager. Escaping from detective Borgnine, Blake sets Read More

1971
Certo, Certissimo, Anzi . . . Probabile

Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Spaak, Robert Hoffman, Nino Castelnuovo, John Phillip Law

Synopsis: The literal translation of this title is Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact...Probable. This indeed was the title by which this trivial Italian comedy was known during its limited American release. The star is international glamour plate Claudia Cardinale, improbably cast as a telephone Read More

11/6/69
Una Ragazza Piuttosto Complicata

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Jean Sorel, Florinda Bolkan, Luigi Proietti, Gabriella Grimaldi

Synopsis: This erotic sexploitation feature concerns a couple and their pursuit of sexual fulfillment with each other -- and their mutually agreed upon third bed guests. Lesbian love angles includes the woman's step-daughter. Alberto (Jean Sorel) is soon left alone when the women decides his services are no Read More

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Actors: Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick, Murray Hamilton, Sandy Baron

Synopsis: A mid-1960s TV documentary special (and a New Yorker cartoon before that) was the inspiration for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. The film is a likeable satire of "packaged" European tours, where the nonplused tourists are expected to rush from one landmark to another in a breathless 18 Read More

1969
The Libertine

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Luigi Pistilli

Synopsis: When Catherine Spaak's husband dies, she discovers a hitherto hidden room on their estate. The room is surrounded by mirrors and curious sexual devices; when Spaak takes a peek at hubby's diary, she learns he was carrying on a secret life that made Sacher-Masoch and Krafft-Ebbing look like pikers. Read More

12/23/68
Marito e Mio e L'Ammazzo Quando Mi Pare

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Hywel Bennett, Hugh Griffith, Romolo Valli, Gianrico Tedeschi

Synopsis: The literal translation of this Italian title is "He's My Husband, I'll Kill Him When I Please." A young woman is married to a man in his 70s. To make sure his wife is taken care of after his death, the husband tries to arrange her marriage to a friend of his. When the young bride discovers this Read More

2/8/68
L'Uomo dei Cinque Palloni

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak

Synopsis: Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting. His principle romantic interest in this feature is played by Catherine Spaak. The majority of the film seems to come from previous efforts from 1964 and 1965 Read More

1968
Hotel

Actors: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon

Synopsis: The posh St. Gregory Hotel in New Orleans is the setting for this drama based on a popular novel by Arthur Hailey. Trent (Melvyn Douglas) is the long-time owner who realizes that the hotel is in dire financial straits. Trent calls on faithful manager Peter McDermott (Rod Taylor) to try and bring Read More

1967
Adulterio All'italiana

Actors: Maria Grazia Buccella, Catherine Spaak, Nino Manfredi

Synopsis: A betrayed wife decides to teach her philandering husband a lesson in this riotous farce. Marta (Catherine Spaak) discovers that husband Franco (Nino Manfredi) has been stepping out with her own best friend (Maria Grazia Buccella), and gets revenge by inventing an imaginary lover. Franco takes the Read More

3/25/66
Madamigella Di Maupin

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Robert Hossein, Tomas Milian, Angel Alvarez

Synopsis: Maddalena (Catherine Spaak) masquerades as a heroic male named Teodoro and joins the army to gain insight on men in this costumed comedy satire. She falls for an officer (Tomas Milian) but he is naturally unable to act on his impulses because he believes she is a man. Other men also make passes at Read More

1/13/66
L'Armata Brancaleone

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Gian Maria Volontè, Folco Lulli, Maria Grazia Buccella

Synopsis: Brancaleone (Vittorio Gassman) leads an inept group of Crusaders to the sea in this offbeat war comedy. The Crusaders hope to find a ship that will take them to the Holy Land to reclaim the area for Christianity. The situation allows for plenty of sight gags and ribald humor. Catherine Spaak Read More

1966
Made in Italy

Actors: Marina Berti, Anna Magnani, Andrea Checchi, Lando Buzzanca, Virna Lisi, Giulio Bosetti, Sylva Koscina, Walter Chiari, Rossella Falk

Synopsis: Made in Italy is a multistoried film, set...in Italy, of course. An all-star cast appears in brief seriocomic vignettes about rich and poor, tourist and native. Director Nanni Loy exhibits the realistic and somewhat earthy technique he'd used on his earlier documentaries, with heavy emphasis on Read More

12/22/65
La Bugiarda

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Enrico Maria Salerno, Marc Michel, Manuel Miranda

Synopsis: In this Italian romance, a young woman with a love for loving begins masquerading as her roommate so she can have more affairs. Her roomie is a stewardess and is seldom at home, so her ruse works well. One of her lovers is a high-ranking official at the Vatican and another works as a dentist. To Read More

3/22/65
Weekend à Zuydcoote

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, François Perier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Georges Géret

Synopsis: In this WW II drama set during a weekend in June of 1940, German invaders force British troops to flee Dunkirk. The French soldiers stationed on a nearby beach also want to withdraw so they too can battle the Germans, but they have been ordered to stay in place and the British are to use the boats Read More

12/18/64
La Ronde

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Jane Fonda, Jean Sorel, Anna Karina, Catherine Spaak, Francine Bergé

Synopsis: This uneven remake of the 1950 Max Ophuls feature from the play by Arthur Schnitzler takes place in Paris just before World War I instead of Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. A soldier (Claude Giraud) sleeps with a prostitute (Marie Dubois) before he seduces Rose (Anna Karina), and a willing Read More

10/16/64
La Calda Vita

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jacques Perrin, Fabrizio Capucci

Synopsis: Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso/The Easy Life, Le Treu/The Night Watch) stars as a young woman who is convinced to vacation on a tropical island with a couple of young and eager men (Jacques Perrin and Fabrizio Capuci). While she enjoys her time in paradise, they each attempt to win her affection. Read More

1964
3 Notti D'Amore

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Renato Salvatori

Synopsis: Three different takes on love are presented in this episodic Italian film. The first story begins as a prostitute is involved in an auto wreck and ends up in a body cast. While recuperating, she attempts to seduce a young priest preparing to take his final vows. He does not succumb and instead Read More

1964
La Noia

Actors: Bette Davis, Horst Buchholz, Catherine Spaak, Daniela Rocca, Lea Padovani

Synopsis: Horst Bucholz plays Dino, a painter who realizes he has no artistic vision and decides to move back into his wealthy mother's (Betty Davis) home. Just before he does this, however, he falls in love with beautiful and self-serving Cecilia (Catherine Spaak). Though Dino diligently attempts to Read More

12/4/63
Le Monachine

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Sylva Koscina, Amedeo Nazzari, Didi Perego, Umberto D'Orsi

Synopsis: Italian nuns raise a quiet ruckus to stop a major airline from flying over their village in this gentle comedy. They are upset because the noise from the jets creates a vibration that is threatening to crumble a much-revered ancient fresco. It also interferes with the quiet of their cloistered Read More

8/29/63
La Parmigiana

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Nino Manfredi, Salvo Randone, Didi Perego, Lando Buzzanca

Synopsis: Catherine Spaak was only eighteen, yet already known, when she co-starred in this comedy-drama with Nino Manfredi. She plays naive young woman Dora, who heads for the big city and a lot of growing up. Her exploits are mainly centered on the men she meets as she flits from one to the next without a Read More

1963
Beach Party, Italian Style

1963
L'Amore Difficile

Actors: Claudia Mori, Catherine Spaak, Vittorio Gassman

Synopsis: Romance, sex, and marriage are the themes of this episodic Italian comedy. The first of the four vignettes, "The Women" tells the story of a bored adulterer who feels ignored by his gaggle of mistresses and decides to obsess upon seducing an old conquest one more time. He later inadvertently Read More

12/24/62
Il Sorpasso

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak, Luciana Angiolillo, Linda Sini

Synopsis: Regarded by many as Dino Risi's finest film, The Easy Life (Il Sorpasso) casts Vittorio Gassman as Bruno, a jaded, aging roue, who introduces young Roberto Mariani Jean-Louis Trintignant to his hedonistic lifestyle.. Previously a man with a purpose in life, Roberto soon becomes as wanton and Read More

12/5/62
Diciottenni al Sole

Synopsis: Nicole Molino (Catherine Spaak) and Nicola Molino (Gianni Garko) are not related to one another. In fact, they don't even know each other until both are inadvertently assigned the same hotel room on the island of Ischia. Nicole isn't interested in any hanky-panky, so Nicola promises to keep his Read More

8/11/62
La Voglia Matta

Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Catherine Spaak, Gianni Garko, Beatrice Altariba

Synopsis: Crazy Desire (La Voglia Matta) stars Ugo Tognazzi as a middle-aged Italian businessman on a cross country motor trip. He comes across a group of rambunctious teenagers, including sexy Catherine Spaak. Infatuated by the girl, Tognazzi allows Spaak to deplete his pocketbook to pay for a wild seaside Read More

3/15/62
Trois Vérités

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Spaak, Michel Etcheverry, Scilla Gabel

Synopsis: Skimming the surface of characterization, this romance-tragedy by François Villiers is based on a novel by Jean-Jacques Gautier and concerns the relationship between Laurent (Jean-Claude Brialy), a painter, and Renée (Michele Morgan) and her daughter Daniele (Catherine Spaak). Just when Renée and Read More

9/13/61
I Dolci Inganni

10/15/60
Le Trou

Actors: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel

Synopsis: Marc Michel plays an imprisoned man awaiting trial for the attempted murder of his wife. He is transferred to another cell, where his fellow prisoners are planning a jailbreak. He decides to go along with the elaborate plan, and the cellmates attempt to tunnel their way to freedom. Le Trou Read More

3/18/60
Les Adolescentes

Actors: Catherine Spaak, Christian Marquand, Jean Sorel, Claudio Gora

1960

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