Maurizio Nichetti Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: Popular Italian funnyman Maurizio Nichetti has explored the different faces of comedy from the perspective of director, screenwriter, producer, and actor on stage, screen, and television. A native of Milan, Nichetti was educated at the prestigious Leonardo Da Vinci Scientific School. In 1975, he...Read More

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Honolulu Baby

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Maria de Medeiros, Jean Rochefort, Paulina Gálvez, Giulia Weber

Synopsis: A guy finds himself living most men's fantasy, only to learn it isn't as much fun as he imagined in this offbeat Italian comedy. Alberto Colombo (Maurizio Nichetti) has spent 20 years working an insignificant desk job with a large multinational corporation, and he not only has little to show for Read More

2001
Ciao America

Actors: Anthony DiNanno, Antonio Navarro, Eddie Malavarca, Vittorio Amandola, Maurizio Nichetti

Synopsis: Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style Read More

2001
Palla Di Neve

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: A young boy and an old man team up to free a giant white dolphin from the swimming pool of a ruthless, one-legged millionaire Marcov in this upbeat Italian children's movie. Mischievous Snowball (the dolphin) gets into trouble when escapes into the beautiful Greek sea and playfully ends up Read More

1996
Luna e l'Altra

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this off-beat and lively Italian comedy fantasy, a schoolteacher cursed with being the town Goody Two Shoes proves that she too has a darker side after a visit to a travelling carnival. The tale begins in the present during a ceremony designed to honor the courage of one who saved a schoolyard Read More

1996
L'Articolo 2

Crew: Producer

Actors: Mohammed Miftah, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Susanna Marcomeni, Fabio Bussotti

Synopsis: The attempts of a Muslim immigrant to bring his second wife from Algiers to Italy are chronicled in this Italian drama. In the Italian Constitution, article 2 allows citizens the freedom to practice their religion. Said, a factory worker in Milan, lives with his first wife Malika, and their three Read More

1994
Tous les jours dimanche

Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Maurizio Nichetti, Rod Steiger, Marie-France Pisier, Molly Ringwald

Synopsis: This Italian comedy was filmed in Sarasota, Florida and features the exploits of a would be gigolo and a violinist. Dodo, a Frenchman, is the gigolo, and Jesus is the Italian violinist who pursued his girlfriend to Florida to marry her. When Jesus finds that his gal is helping to support Dodo he Read More

1994
Stefano Quantestorie

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Amanda Sandrelli, Elena Sofia Ricci, Cateiina Sylos Labini

Synopsis: The second word in the title to this film, Stefano Quantestorie harkens to the parental rebuke given to children who concoct fabulous tales to account for their little misdeeds: how many stories will you tell me? In this peculiar, comic film, all the stories are about Stefano (Maurizio Nichetti) Read More

1993
Volere, Volare

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Patrizio Roversi, Mariella Valentini

Synopsis: In this combined live-action and cartoon feature, Maurizio works with his brother at a movie-dubbing studio they own. His specialty is cartoon sound effects, and he travels all over Milan to capture special sounds on his tape recorder. While out and about, he encounters a delightfully kinky Read More

1991
The Icicle Thief

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Renato Scarpa, Heidi Komarek, Federico Rizzo

Synopsis: As indicated by its title, The Icicle Thief shamelessly parodies Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief--but it's much more than a mere lampoon. Director Maurizio Nichetti appears on-screen as a pompous filmmaker whose new film The Icicle Thief is the last-minute substitute for a Read More

2/16/89
Il Bi E Il Ba

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Nino Frassica

6/3/86
Il Cammissario Lo Gatto

1986
I Paladini - Storia d'Armi e d'Amori

Actors: Rick Edwards, Ronn Moss, Barbara de Rossi, Tanya Roberts, Zeudi Araya

Synopsis: Set in an early medieval period, this swashbuckling costume drama pits Christian knights against infidels in an imaginary holy war, and what is more astounding and a tribute to the Italian love of amore, is that the commanders from each side fall in love with "enemy" women and decide to call it a Read More

10/21/83
Domani Si Balla!

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mariangela Melato, Maurizio Nichetti, Paolo Stoppa, Elisa Cegani

Synopsis: The absurdist comedy of Maruizio Nichetti dominates this fluffy story about "moon men" who interfere with television reception in Milan and get everyone who comes in any kind of contact with them to abandon their dull, dreary routines and start doing a lively Scottish jig -- dancing for the Read More

9/9/82
Ho Fatto Splash!

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti

Synopsis: The writer and director of this comedy, Maurizio Nichetti, is also its star, known as the "cousin." Essentially mute and always nameless, the cousin pays tribute to one of Nichetti's favorites, the silent comedian Buster Keaton and his inventive sight gags. In a remake of the Rip Van Winkle nap Read More

10/30/80
Ratataplan

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Edy Angelillo, Lidia Biondi, Roland Topor

Synopsis: In this Italian comedy, a chronic daydreamer finds he is too busy using his imagination to find work or love. To rectify the situation, he builds a robot double that he dresses up in disco garb. The robot is a great success until a beautiful woman tries to seduce it. In the end, the dreamer and Read More

9/14/79
Rataplan

Synopsis: In this romantic fantasy, a lonely fellow finds a miraculous elixir that produces for him, an amorous android look-a-like. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Disco Delirio

1978
Allegro Non Troppo

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Something of a Fantasia for adults, Allegro Non Troppo intercuts slapstick live-action sequences -- which relay the story of a beleaguered animator's (Maurizio Nichetti) ongoing battle with an Oliver Hardy-like orchestra conductor -- and animated sequences, set to classical music, which visually Read More

12/22/77
Bertoldo, Bertoldino E...Cacasenno

Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Maurizio Nichetti, Lello Arena, Alberto Sordi, Annabella Schiavone

Synopsis: This enjoyable parody of classic fairytales about kingdoms and despotic kings is set in the year 1000 and stars Italy's Ugo Tognazzi in top form as Bertoldo, a crafty peasant who has to outwit the king (not necessarily a difficult job) and others in order to stay afloat and alive. Joining him for Read More

9/4/54