Millionaire Volpone recruits his new butler Mosca to fool three heirs in this engaging comedy. Gathering around the...
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Corvino
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1988
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The Uncle
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1987
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Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics -...
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Uncle
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1986
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1979
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Paolo (Tony Musante) has been reasonably happy for the past 10 years; he has a job at the university and has Sena...
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Director
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1978
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1976
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A sly card sharp tries to make it in the Mafia world of gambling. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi...
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1976
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The daughter of a renowned Rome surgeon is senselessly murdered, shocking the city's wealthy elite and leading police on a...
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1976
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Giulio Stradi
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1975
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When the Germans take 20 men from his village for possible execution in reprisal for the bombing death of a German soldier,...
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Barber
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1975
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1973
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The government of an African state emerging from colonial rule must employ unusual techniques in order to prevent the large...
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1973
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This Italian film is a searing indictment of the greed and ambition which warp the medical profession. It focuses especially...
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Dr. Giordani
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1973
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Director
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1973
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When the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and...
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1973
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This film is Joseph Losey's mood piece that delves into the psychological makeup of Frank Jackson (Alain Delon), the assassin...
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1972
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In this Italian crime drama, Bertone (Enrico Maria Salerno) is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court...
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Bertone, Homicide Squad
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1972
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1972
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A particular highlight of this symbolic Italian drama is that it marks the return of Lucia Bose to film. She retired from...
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1970
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This comedy takes sharp aim at the hypocritical behavior of supposedly celibate Roman Catholic clergy. Keeping to the middle...
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1970
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Busy actor Enrico Maria Salerno made his directorial debut with this predictable tearjerker using a cast better known to fans...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1970
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This three-part social satire lampoons the church, television, big business and universities plagued by campus unrest....
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1970
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This trend-setting thriller put its director, Dario Argento, on the international map and began a flood of imitative...
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Morosini
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1970
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Revolutionaries in papal-dominated Rome are hunted down by the minions of Cardinale Rivarola (Ugo Tognazzi) for daring to...
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Capt. Nardoni
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1969
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No relation to the 1953 El Alamein (beyond a common "real life" source), The Battle of El Alamein was a French-Italian...
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1969
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In this big-budget adaptation of Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green...
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1968
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Cult filmmaker Massimo Dallamano directed this impressive spaghetti western -- his only foray into the genre -- under the...
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1967
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In this anthology, six French filmmakers each contributed a vignette, offering their take on the history of prostitution. ~...
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Braque
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1967
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1967
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Cesare Fuller
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1967
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1967
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Aldo (Giulio Platone) is a henpecked husband who takes time off from his business ventures to enjoy a night in Rome in this...
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Grao
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1967
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This melodramatic Italian and French anthology is comprised of four unrelated short films directed by four different...
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Gianni ["Queen Sabina"]
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1966
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In this slow-moving, sentimental drama, Vittorio (Enrico M. Salerno) is a 40-year-old journalist who reaches a mid-life...
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Vittorio Borghi
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1966
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Caught in an unhappy marriage, Piera Fabbri (Giovanna Ralli) leaves her physicist husband Andrea (Paul Guers) and runs off...
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Psychoanalyst
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1966
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The Franco-Italian L'Ombrellone stars Enrico Maria Salerno as a vacationing Roman engineer. He'd prefer a little peace and...
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Enrico Marletti
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1966
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Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) is a young woman from the country who gets caught up in the tempestuous temptations of the big...
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1965
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Marcello Mastroianni portrays the handsome lover Casanova pitted against a thoroughly modern woman. This is a legendary hero...
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1965
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In this Italian romance, a young woman with a love for loving begins masquerading as her roommate so she can have more...
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Count Adriano Silveri
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1965
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1965
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1964
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A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure. The...
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Mario
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1964
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1964
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Three different takes on love are presented in this episodic Italian film. The first story begins as a prostitute is...
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1964
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Contardi
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1963
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Romance, sex, and marriage are the themes of this episodic Italian comedy. The first of the four vignettes, "The Women"...
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1962
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An aging musketeer is called out of retirement to help a king in this comic swashbuckler. The king's twin brother is freed...
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1962
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Director Franco Rossi takes a few pot-shots at Italian politics in this drama about an interlude in Los Angeles. The...
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Vittorio
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1962
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One of Italy's most beautiful sex symbols, Gina Lollobrigida, stars as the flirtatious Ippolita in this routine comedy about...
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Luca
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1962
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Hercules (Reg Park) and King Androcles (Ettore Manni) are on an ocean expedition when Androcles is washed overboard during a...
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1961
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In this amusing look at the petty deceits of everyday life, Marcello Mastroianni shines as wealthy antique dealer Nello...
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1961
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Enrico (Enrico Maria Salerno) is fast getting burnt out with his stressful city life, and so he takes off for Tahiti in this...
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Enrico
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1961
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Top-heavy with wild action scenes and female pulchritude, this routine Italian costume adventure is set in the 7th century...
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1960
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This is an indecisive, ultimately unconvincing wartime drama set in the 1930s when Spain was caught in a bloody civil war, a...
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1960
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In this sword and sandal epic set during Rome's attack on ancient Greece, both the Roman and Carthaginian armies are...
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Gorgia
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1960
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Jean-Louis Trintignant's star was just rising when he took on the role of Carlo in this engrossing wartime coming-of-age...
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1959
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In the last stages of his career, veteran American director Robert Z. Leonard dabbled in international productions. One of...
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1955
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Despite their questionable behavior during WWII, the Italians were generally cast in a sympathetic light in war films of the...
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1955
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