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Director
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2008
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Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) was arguably the most famous and respected leading man in the history of Italian cinema. A...
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2006
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Director
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2006
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2004
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A group of likable losers try to pull of what by their standards seems like a major heist in this offbeat crime comedy,...
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Book Author
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2002
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Panni Sporchi is a satiric comedy from veteran director Mario Monicelli about the public and private squabbles of a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1999
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In this gentle Italian comedy, a troupe of flamenco dancers has been stranded in a town in rural Tuscany. When a stolid...
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1996
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Director, Screenwriter
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1995
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This Italian comedy, set in WW II, follows the road trip of a troupe of traveling boxers upon the roads of Tuscany. The story...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1994
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This unique Italian pseudo-documentary deftly blends fact with fiction in its portrait of stage, screen, and television actor...
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1994
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Director, Screenwriter
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1992
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Director
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1991
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In this wry comedy, if it were not for the fact that screenwriter Giuseppe Marchi (Giancarlo Giannini) is clearly overwhelmed...
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Director
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1990
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In one popular Spanish-English dictionary, "picaro" is defined as "roguish; scheming, tricky; low, vile; mischievous," and...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1987
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Originally titled Speriamo che sia Femmina, Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1986
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The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal is based on Le Deux Vite di Mattia Pascal, one of Luigi Pirandello's many stories concerning...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1985
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In a series of vignettes that serve as a sequel to Amici Miei, director Mario Monicelli brings back several of his stars from...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1982
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The real Marquis of Grillo lived in the early 18th century, but, for this take-off on the marquis' life, director...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1981
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Director
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1981
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Director
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1980
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A presumptuous American actress falls for a handsome Italian banker before embarking on the misadventure of a lifetime in...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1979
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This Italian black comedy is comprised of nine short stories all related to the theme that most men are selfish cads. At the...
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Director
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1978
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Director
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1977
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Giovanni Vivaldi (Alberto Sordi) doesn't have many ambitions in life. As far as he is concerned, things are pretty good just...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1977
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In this episodic anthology, written and directed by assorted Italian filmmakers, the political and social aspects of Italian...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1976
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Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant...
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Director
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1976
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Director
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1975
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Northern Italian Giulio (Ugo Tognazzi) thought himself very broad-minded about things like marital fidelity until he married...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1974
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This Italian political satire explores a fictional attempted military/right-wing takeover of Italy. Grifondi (Ugo Tognazzi)...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1973
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The well-known short-story writer Ring Lardner, Jr. wrote the screenplay for La Mortadella, an Italian/French production with...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1971
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This is an episodic Italian comedy, which follows the Quixotic adventures of the gentle and extremely naive character,...
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Director
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1970
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Director
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1970
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Director
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1968
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Director
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1968
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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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Director
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1966
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Brancaleone (Vittorio Gassman) leads an inept group of Crusaders to the sea in this offbeat war comedy. The Crusaders hope to...
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Director
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1966
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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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Director, Screenwriter
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1965
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In this comedy anthology, the sex-capades of several Italian couples are chronicled. In "The Scandal," a dull and...
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Director
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1964
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The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1963
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Released in the US by 20th Century-Fox, Boccaccio '70 is a compendium of short subjects directed by three of Italy's top...
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Director
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1962
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This well-acted though conventional comedy-drama by director Luigi Comencini features comic Nino Manfredi in the title role...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1962
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Also known as The Passionate Thief, this fast-paced crime comedy stars Anna Magnani as the fly in the ointment for a pair of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1960
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Director, Screenwriter
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1959
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Director, Screenwriter
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1958
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This engaging slice of neorealism stars Marcello Mastroianni as "Il Medico" (The Doctor) and Vittorio de Sica as "Lo...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1958
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Director
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1957
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Donatela (Elsa Martinelli) is a poor girl who works as personal secretary to wealthy Guido (Walter Chiari). When Donatela's...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1956
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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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Screenwriter
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1955
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Director
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1955
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Director
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1955
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This routine drama set in post-war Italy is the first feature by novice director Sergio Capogna and is based on a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1955
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Director
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1954
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This enjoyable parody of classic fairytales about kingdoms and despotic kings is set in the year 1000 and stars Italy's...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1954
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Appointment for Murder is a standard mystery yarn, complicated by the involvement of no fewer than five screenwriters....
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Screenwriter
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1954
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Cavalleria Rusticana is adapted from the popular one-act play of the same name. Set in rural Sicily, the anecdotal story...
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Screenwriter
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1953
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Director, Screenwriter
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1953
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Director
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1952
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OK Nerone stars Italian film favorites Walter Chiari and Cario Capanine as a pair of fun-loving American sailors. While on a...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1952
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Director, Screenwriter
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1951
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Amedeo Nazzari stars as Peppe Musolino, a good-natured woodcutter wrongly accused of murder. Sentenced to 20 years in prison,...
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Screenwriter
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1951
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Director, Screenwriter
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1950
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Director
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1950
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It is hardly necessary to note that the star of Totò cerca casa is popular Italian farceur Toto. Nor does it require a PhD to...
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Director
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1949
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Al Diavolo con Celebrita is one of two Italian films hurriedly made in 1948 by comic actor Mischa Auer. Like the first...
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Director
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1949
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Screenwriter
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1948
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Before turning to horror pictures, Italian filmmaker Riccardo Freda directed some of the finest costume epics of the postwar...
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Screenwriter
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1946
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