Paolo Stoppa Filmography

Born:: June 16, 1906
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Italian actor Paolo Stoppa is one of his country's premiere character actors on both stage and screen. He made his film debut in 1935 and since then, has appeared in hundreds of international films. He also founded and managed a theater. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide...Read More

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Becket

Actors: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt

Synopsis: A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Richard Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. As Becket takes his duties with the Read More

1/26/07
Testa O Croce

Actors: Renato Pozzetto, Mara Venier, Nino Manfredi, Ida Di Benedetto, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: In back-to-back stories that are unrelated to each other except through a few shared stabs at sexual and social morés, director Nanni Loy and the two featured stars (and co-writers) Renato Pozzetto and Nino Manfredi have fun with some "taboo" themes. In the first story, Don Emidio (Pozzetto) is Read More

12/22/82
Amici Miei, Atto 2

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Adolfo Celi, Gastone Moschin, Renzo Montagnani

Synopsis: In a series of vignettes that serve as a sequel to Amici Miei, director Mario Monicelli brings back several of his stars from the earlier movie to continue their antics in Florence, home of the friends of the title. All five are (or in some cases, were) close companions and have a penchant for Read More

12/22/82
Domani Si Balla!

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
Il Marchese Del Grillo

Actors: Alberto Sordi, Caroline Berg, Paolo Stoppa, Flavio Bucci

Synopsis: The real Marquis of Grillo lived in the early 18th century, but, for this take-off on the marquis' life, director Mario Monicelli) has changed the time period to the early 19th century when a lot more was going on in Rome. The marquis (Alberto Sordi) amuses himself by throwing red-hot coins to Read More

12/22/81
La Mazzetta

Actors: Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito

Synopsis: Nothing in his background has given Saso Iovine (Nino Manfredi) any preparation for the sticky situations he encounters when he is hired by the crooked building contractor Don Michele to find his daughter Giulia, and some important (and legally damaging) documents she stole from him before running Read More

3/17/78
Il Casotto

Actors: Jodie Foster, Paolo Stoppa, Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato

Synopsis: This farce features Jodi Foster, Catherine Deneuve, and Ugo Tognazzi. Tersina (Foster) is a pregnant teen whose parents want her married, pronto. Cerquette (Tognazzi) is an insurance man who wears a chastity belt to keep him from ravishing the two women he desires. A pair of bachelors liven up the Read More

10/28/77
Les Bidasses S'en Vont En Guerre

Actors: Les Charlots, Jacques Seiler, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Merlini

Synopsis: Les Charlots romp onto the screen again in this French comedy, which has the comic musicians serving as soldiers who actively support a peasant family who are resisting forced eviction by the army. Among other conflicts they have with their long-suffering sergeant is that he thinks their hair is Read More

1/1/74
The Adventures of Gerard

Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Peter McEnery

Synopsis: Peter McEnery stars as Col. Etienne Girard, Hussar officer of the Napoleonic era. The story takes place during the Little Corporal's 1808 campaign in the Spanish peninsula. Col. Gerard's adventures include an ongoing war of nerves against Napoleon's forces, not to mention a steamy affair with one Read More

1970
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
Once Upon a Time in the West

Actors: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Jr., Gabriele Ferzetti

Synopsis: In Sergio Leone's epic Western, shot partly in Monument Valley, a revenge story becomes an epic contemplation of the Western past. To get his hands on prime railroad land in Sweetwater, crippled railroad baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) hires killers, led by blue-eyed sadist Frank (Henry Fonda) Read More

12/21/68
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
After the Fox

Actors: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Lydia Brazzi, Paolo Stoppa, Tino Buazzelli, Victor Mature

Synopsis: With Peter Sellers as star, Neil Simon as screenwriter, and Vittorio DeSica as director, how could After the Fox miss? Miss it did, however--though the film, patchy and inconsistent though it might be, definitely has its moments. Sellers plays an Italian master thief who can't seem to stay out of Read More

9/8/66
Un Monsieur de Compagnie

Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Catherine Deneuve, André Luguet, Sandra Milo

Synopsis: Following up 1964's Academy Award nominated L'Homme de Rio, French filmmaker Philippe de Broca wrote and directed this big-screen adaptation of André Couteaux's novel Un monsieur de compagnie. Jean-Pierre Cassel stars as Antoine, a young man who holds the philosophy "Laziness is the mother of all Read More

1965
The Visit

Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Irina Demick, Claude Dauphin, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: Friedrich Durrenmatt's misanthropic theatrical piece The Visit has never been totally successful in any production, not even in the original Broadway presentation starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The film version keeps this failure record consistent. Ingrid Bergman plays a fabulously Read More

1964
Behold a Pale Horse

Actors: Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Raymond Pellegrin, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: By 1964, it was possible for a major studio to make a film touching upon the Spanish Civil War without having to answer to some senate investigating committee or other. Based on Emeric Pressburger's novel A Mouse on Sunday, Behold a Pale Horse stars Gregory Peck as a war veteran who continues Read More

1964
The Leopard

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Serge Reggiani

Synopsis: Arguably Luchino Visconti's best film and certainly the most personal of his historical epics, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s. Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published Read More

3/28/63
Boccaccio '70

Actors: Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Tomas Milian

Synopsis: Released in the US by 20th Century-Fox, Boccaccio '70 is a compendium of short subjects directed by three of Italy's top filmmakers. Each story is written in the style of the famed Italian essayist Boccaccio, albeit told in contemporary terms. First up is "The Raffle", written by Cesare Zavattini Read More

2/23/62
Freedom Fighters

1962
Vanina Vanini

Actors: Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: Robert Rossellini's Vanina Vanini was released in many US markets as The Betrayer. Based on a Stendhal novel, the film is set in Italy during the turbulent years of the mid-19th century. Princess Vanini (Sandra Milo) confronts a strange looking woman in her palace. The woman turns out to be a man (Laurent Terzieff Read More

10/12/61
La Menace

Actors: Robert Hossein, Marie-José Nat, Elsa Martinelli, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: La Menace is not the most suspenseful or convincing crime drama, though its story has potential. Josepha (Marie-Jose Nat) is only eighteen and longs for the companionship of a group of her peers who dabble in activities on the shady side of a legal dividing line. In order to get the Read More

3/1/61
Viva L'italia!

Synopsis: The 1800s sees the emergence of a hero-statesman Italian who works to unify his country. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

2/2/61
II Giudizio Universale

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Rascel, Fernandel, Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis: An episodic, funny, though uneven spoof of human manners and foibles, this comedy by Vittorio de Sica begins in Naples when a disembodied voice announces to the city's residents "The Last Judgment will begin at 6:00 p.m." Naturally, not all are immediately willing to accept this statement -- but Read More

1961
La Giornata Balorda

Actors: Jean Sorel, Lea Massari, Jean Valerie, Isabelle Corey, Rik Battaglia

Synopsis: An uneven mix of right-on situations and two-dimensional characters or worse, La Giornata Balorda is all the more interesting because it was banned in Italy -- not because of sexual or anti-religious content, but because of its depiction of Italian society. David (Jean Sorel) is a poverty-stricken Read More

1961
Rocco and His Brothers

Actors: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin

Synopsis: Luchino Visconti's operatic masterpiece tells the story of the Parondis, a poor family from a village in southern Italy who come to Milan seeking a better life. Following the death of her husband, proud Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) picks up stakes and moves to the city with four of her sons: Simone (Renato Salvatori Read More

10/6/60
Cartagine in Fiamme

Actors: Anne Heywood, José Suárez, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Ilaria Occhini

Synopsis: This costume drama with spectacular special effects but a less-than-adequate storyline was one of the last films by director Carmine Gallone. The tale is set in 200 BC when Rome and Carthage were going at it, sending warships into battle over control of Carthage. Against this backdrop of warfare Read More

1/29/60
The Law

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Pierre Brasseur, Marcello Mastroianni, Melina Mercouri, Yves Montand, Raf Mattioli

Synopsis: Jules Dassin, blacklisted during the McCarthy era, directs this routine, ostensibly romantic tale that really courts an underlying theme of the misuse of power. Based on a popular French novel and set in a small Mediterranean town, the story involves a small group of men and the woman several of Read More

1/25/59
Los Jueves Milagro

Actors: Richard Basehart, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: Spain's contribution to the 1958 Brussels Film Festival was Los Jueves Milagro (Miracles of Thursday). The story is faintly reminiscent of such 1930s Hollywood films as Olsen and Johnson's Country Gentlemen. A group of clever businessman seek out a method to improve the tourist trade in a sleepy Read More

1958
Nonna Sabella

Actors: Tina Pica, Peppino De Filippo, Renato Salvatori, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: La Nonna Sabella (Grandmother Sabella) was one of two 1957 offerings from prolific Italian filmmaker Dino Risi. The 80-year-old title character tries to arrange a wealthy marriage for her worldly grandson. But our hero is a bit too clever for Grandmother Sabella: he intends to wed his childhood Read More

7/21/57
My Seven Little Sins

Synopsis: An old French count who keeps an index of all his past loves is surprised one day by a young woman who claims to be his daughter. He welcomes her and treats her well, but six more girls arrive with the same story, making the count suspicious. Meanwhile, his son returns from a scientific expedition Read More

1956
La Bella Mugnaia

Actors: Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Stoppa, Yvonne Sanson

Synopsis: A rich man's attempts to steal away a poor man's wife set the stage for this comic farce, set in Naples in 1860. Luca is a simple but honest man married who runs a mill and his married to Carmela (Sophia Loren), a strikingly beautiful woman. Carmela's face and figure attracts the eye of the Read More

10/27/55
La Bella di Roma

Actors: Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Antonio Cifariello

Synopsis: Nannina (Silvana Pampanini) is planning to marry Mario (Antonio Cifariello), but the nuptials hit a snag when he's put in prison for hitting a policeman. She goes to work as a cashier in a bar owned by Oreste (Paolo Stoppa), an older man who falls in love with her. She wants to open a restaurant Read More

10/5/55
J'avais Sept Filles

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Paolo Stoppa, Delia Scala

Synopsis: Maurice Chevalier is as roguishly charming as ever in J'Avais Sept Filles (I Had Seven Daughters). Chevalier plays an aging aristocratic roue who recalls his amorous history while writing his memoirs. His most vivid memory is the time that he became involved with a group of ballet dancers -- the Read More

12/29/54
L'Oro di Napoli

Actors: Totò, Pasquale Cennamo, Lianella Carell, Sophia Loren, Giacomo Furia, Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano

Synopsis: Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, and Giuseppe Marotta wrote this anthology of tales depicting various aspects of Neapolitan life, with the emphasis of poignancy and comedy: "The Racketeer" features Toto with a gangster as his unwanted house guest; "Pizza On Credit" gave Sophia Loren one of her Read More

12/3/54
Casa Ricordi

Actors: Miriam Bru, Elisa Cegani, Andrea Checchi

Synopsis: Told in pageantlike fashion, Casa Ricordi is the story of the Ricordi family, the most prestigious music publishers in all Italy. It was the Ricordis who, for better or worse, came up with the "royalty" concept, paying artists (and their families) for their work in perpetuity. As the family's Read More

12/1/54
Carosello Napoletano

Actors: Paolo Stoppa, Clelia Matania, Maria Fiore, Nadia Gray, Léonide Massine

Synopsis: Carosello Napoletano was the first major Italian musical of the postwar era. The title, which translates to Neopolitan Carousel, refers to a family of street singers. The story covers a century or so in the lives of this family, with ample screen time given over to romance and heartbreak. Read More

10/1/54
L'Allegro Squadrone

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Jean Richard

9/24/54
La Passeggiata

Actors: Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, Paolo Stoppa, Peppino Demartino

1954
Indiscretion of an American Wife

Actors: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer

Synopsis: Legendary producer David O. Selznick teamed with Italian neorealist Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief) to bring audiences this heartfelt romantic drama concerning the pain of lost love and the difficulty of saying goodbye. When a beautiful but married American woman, Mary Forbes (Jennifer Read More

1954
Destinees

Actors: Claudette Colbert, Eleonora Rossi-Drago, Michèle Morgan, Martine Carol, Raf Vallone

1954
Daughters of Destiny

Synopsis: This film is comprised of three vignettes focusing upon women and war. The first episode, set in WW II, chronicles the sad journey of an American woman who goes to Italy to bring her husband's body home. In Italy she makes a heart-wrenching discovery: he had been living with an Italian family and Read More

1954
L'Ennemi Public Numero Un

Actors: Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nicole Maurey, Alfred Adam

Synopsis: Lantern-jawed French comedian Fernandel plays a dual role in Most Wanted Man. He stars as an ordinary Joe (or ordinary Pierre, perhaps) who is the exact double of a notorious gangster. In the tradition of Edward G. Robinson's The Whole Town's Talking, Fernandel must take the place of the criminal Read More

12/22/53
Terminal Station

Actors: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer

Synopsis: Indiscretion of an American Wife began its life as a romantic drama entitled Terminal Station, directed with extraordinary skill and sensitivity by neorealist filmmaker Vittorio De Sica and starring Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift as a visiting American housewife and her Italian lover. Their Read More

4/2/53
Ring Around the Clock

Actors: Patrizia Mangano, Lauro Gazzolo

Synopsis: Based on a Time Magazine article by William Rospigliosi, Ring Around the Clock effectively combines neorealism with humor. When the town clock in a tiny Italian fishing community needs repair, what starts out as a solvable problem blossoms into a cause celebre. The mayor wants to form a Read More

1953
Il Ritorno di Don Camillo

1953
La Voce Del Silenzio

Synopsis: La Voca del Silenzio (Voice of Silence) was the only Italian production of fabled German director G. W. Pabst. Based on a concept by neorealism specialist Cesar Zavattini (fleshed out by a team of =12= prominent writers, including Pabst himself and Jean Cocteau), the film follows a small group of Read More

1953
Puccini

Actors: Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: The life of composer Giacomo Puccini is dramatized in this attractively produced biopic. Gabriele Ferzetti plays the title character, from his student days to his still-active 80s. The script is structured in classic "persevering over the odds" fashion, with Puccini recovering from the poor Read More

1953
Art. 519, Codice Penale

Actors: Cosetta Greco, Henri Vidal, Rosy Mazzacurati, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: For the benefit of those unfamiliar with Italian law, "Article 519" covers sexual assault crimes. When Renato (Henri Vidal) refuses to marry his under-aged girlfriend Clara (Cosetta Greco), the girl's parents invoke Article 519. Renato is thrown in jail, thereby setting in motion a snowballing Read More

1953
Les Belles de Nuit

Actors: Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida, Magali Vendeuil, Marilyn Buferd

Synopsis: Director René Clair insisted that his 1952 production Beauties of the Night (Les Belles du Nuit) was intended as a comic variation on Griffith's multipart Intolerance (1916). The Clair film deals with a disillusioned music teacher (Gérard Philipe) who dreams of the beautiful women of history Read More

11/14/52
Altri Tempi

Actors: Aldo Fabrizi, Enzo Staiola

Synopsis: An all-star cast graces this Italian "omnibus" feature. The film consists of eight short stories, each based on nostalgic literary efforts. Linking the various stories is bookseller Aldo Fabrizi, who passes the time by reading the works dramatized herein. In "The Excelsior Ball," dancer Alba Arnova Read More

9/28/52
Bride for a Night

Actors: Gino Cervi, Armando Francioli, Gina Lollobrigida, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: The title of this Italian period comedy translates to Bride for a Night. Armando Francioli plays an impoverished 18th-century musician who seeks the patronage of a wealthy, libertine count (Gino Cervi). When the count comes to town on a visit, the musician hits upon a scheme: he will bundle his Read More

7/12/52
Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

Actors: Gérard Philipe, Viviane Romance, Frank Villard, Noël-Noël, Henri Vidal, Jacqueline Plessis, Isa Miranda, Eduardo de Filippo, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: The Seven Deadly Sins is a portmanteau film (a la Quartet and O. Henry's Full House) assembled by some of the biggest talents in the Italian and French film industry. The film's six sections (one containing two sins) are designed by separate titles, which should be self-explanatory. "Avarice and Read More

3/27/52
Le Cap De L'Esperance

Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Frank Villard, Cosetta Greco, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: La Cap De L'Esperance (The Cape of Hope) takes place in the criminal demi-monde of a French portside community. Faded beauty Myriam (Edwige Feuilliere) presides over a seedy waterfront dive. Myriam's kept man is shiftless young Pierre (Bernard Lajarrige), a petty thief planning a big-time robbery. Read More

11/14/51
Cameriera Bella Presenza Offresi...

Actors: Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Gino Cervi, Giulietta Masina

Synopsis: This episodic Italian comedy follows the misadventures of housemaid Maria (Elsa Merlini). Her various employers include a salesman (Aldo Fabrizi) who values peace and quiet, but never gets it, and a vainglorious actor (Vittorio de Sica) with woman trouble. Through it all, Maria survives with a Read More

11/3/51
Miracolo a Milano

Actors: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Guglielmo Barnabo

Synopsis: Vittorio DeSica's follow-up to The Bicycle Thief documents the lives of the poverty-stricken in post-war Italy. Francesco Golisano is Good Toto, an orphan boy who begins living with a cluster of beggars. His organizational efforts bring some structure to the colony and engenders a sense of faint Read More

2/8/51
Abbiamo Vinto!

1/28/51
Senza Bandiera

Actors: Vivi Gioi, Massimo Serato, Umberto Spadaro, Paolo Stoppa, Walter Rilia

Synopsis: The title of this Italian wartime drama translates to Without a Flag. Set during WW I, the story concentrates on a group of Austrian saboteurs, who wreak havoc on Italian military installations. A secret agent manages to infiltrate the saboteur's headquarters in Vienna, where he appropriates a Read More

1951
Il Ladro di Venezia

Actors: Maria Montez, Massimo Serato, Faye Marlowe

Synopsis: Maria Montez made her final screen appearance in the Italian-American co-production Thief of Venice. Montez is cast as Tina, an 8th-century Venetian tavern keeper, caught in the crossfire during the Italian city-state's war with Turkey. Aligning herself with naval officer Alfiere Lorenzo Contarini Read More

12/22/50
Donne e Briganti

Actors: Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban, Jean Chevrier, Jacqueline Pierreux, Nando Bruno

Synopsis: Donne e Briganti (Women and Bandits) was the second of two Mario Soldati-directed films released in Europe during the last week of June, 1951 (the first was Je Suis de la Revue). Set in the early 19th century, the film recounts the Robin Hood-like adventures of bandit Michele Pezza (Amedeo Read More

11/3/50
La Beauté du Diable

Actors: Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valere

Synopsis: La Beaute du Diable came into being when French filmmaker Rene Clair became fascinated with a structural defect in the "Faust" legend. Clair felt that the beginning and end of the story was perfect, but the middle section, wherein the title character blasphemes the Pope, was "silly." The director Read More

1950
II Figlio di D'Artagnan

Actors: Gianna Maria Canale, Franca Marzi, Piero Palermini, Carlo Ninchi, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: Few Italian filmmakers turned out lavish costume dramas with as much panache as Riccardo Freda. In Il Figlio D'Artagnan, Piero Palmermini stars as Raul, the son of swashbuckler D'Artagnan of Three Musketeers fame. Unlike his famous father, Raul has no deep abiding love for swordplay, but before Read More

1950