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I pagliacci (1943)
Character: Ruggero Leoncavallo da bambino
Movie adaptation of the Leoncavalo's famous opera. A troupe of traveling actors is being welcomed by villagers in Calabria in the summer of 1866.
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Il morbidone (1965)
Character: Giovanni
Study of a man whose basic sense of inferiority leads him from worse to worse.
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Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (1994)
Character: N/A
A man enters a restaurant in Trastevere, in the suburbs of Rome, and asks the owner to cook him the superb bass he has just been given. He wants it served at the dinner gathering like every year the group of inseparable friends he is a member of. The others join him. The last to come is a lawyer who has just liquidated the succession of the one that will be missing tonight. The deceased leaves them an estate in Umbria provided they live there in community. What will the friends decide during this dinner like no other?
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Rascel Marine (1958)
Character: N/A
During WW2 a platoon of marines fights the Japanese on a little island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island there is a hut where old Taikiki lives with his two daughters. The two opposing armies soon forget about war and concentrate on winning the girls' hearts.
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Su e giù (1965)
Character: Giorgio
A movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide in the next room; an husband invites a friend while his wife is not at home; a poor man dreams about having an adventure with a beautiful girl; an impoverished nobleman wins at gambling after taking the earring of the wife of a factory owner.
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Odessa in fiamme (1942)
Character: Paolo
The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.
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Copacabana Palace (1962)
Character: De Fonseca
For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
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Le voci bianche (1964)
Character: Meo
In 18th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.
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Susanna tutta panna (1957)
Character: Tao, un complice di Romoletto
A young Milanese pastry chef, Susanna, is working in the pastry shop of her family. She has to defend herself from both a jealous boyfriend, and competition from other pastry chefs who want to know the recipe of the famous cream cake that bears her name.
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Pugni, pupe e marinai (1961)
Character: Antonio Santini
Three sailors are sent to an island by their commander to steal a boat, but they are sunk by an enemy ship. Saved from the shipwreck by a fishing boat, they have to get back to the island before their commander knows about their adventure.
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Io, Emmanuelle (1969)
Character: Raffaello
Young woman sleeps with a variety of characters while on a road to self-destruction.
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Gambe d'oro (1958)
Character: Aldo Maggi
Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.
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Manuale d'amore 3 (2011)
Character: il presidente
In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man falls in love with his friend's daughter.
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La cambiale (1959)
Character: Ottavio
The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.
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I giorni contati (1962)
Character: Vinicio
A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.
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Totò cerca pace (1954)
Character: Il commesso del negozio
Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who are just interested in their inheritance.
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Mirant al cel (2008)
Character: N/A
In the thirties, the modern industrial technologies applied to wars create a new situation: the mass destruction and indiscriminate instant, affecting both civilians and combatants. Barcelona was the first city bombed from the air, after the tragic bombing of Gernika. Between 16 and 18 March 1938, Barcelona was bombarded continuously day and night for three days, thousands of people lost their homes and in 1300 died (including 118 children). Events beyond the specific case of Barcelona, were decisive in establishing the foundations of the fateful World War II and the bombing of Dresden, Cologne, London, Hiroshima, Nagasaki ...
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Akiko (1961)
Character: Terzo Braccio
The quaint life of Ottavia, a widow living in Rome, is turned upside down when a young and pretty Japanese girl knocks at her door, claiming to be the daughter of her late husband, an Italian military officer who went to Japan on a secret mission during WWII and reportedly killed in action there.
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Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954)
Character: Il corteggiatore
A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.
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Camping (1958)
Character: Tao
Two young lovers, Tao and Valeria, decide to go and enjoy a beautiful holiday in privacy, away from the daily routine and their parents. After a journey full of adventures, aboard a sidecar, they find themselves in a campsite populated by Germans.
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Il giorno più corto (1963)
Character: Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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