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Cavalleria (1936)
Character: Attendant Bagolini
Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.
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Raptus (1969)
Character: Ragioner Usai
Franco Adami injures a condescending prostitute to photograph her, but escaped from guilt, causing her death by bleeding.
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Cani e gatti (1952)
Character: Geometra
In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years before. To spite her rival, the innkeeper arranges to have her nephew set up a second pharmacy to take business away him. Unbeknownst to them a romance is developing between the younger generation of the families.
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Gagliardi e pupe (1958)
Character: N/A
Paolo, a youth, associates with very dubious characters and shirks work but all in all he is a good guy. Will he mend his own ways?
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Mercanti di vergini (1969)
Character: N/A
A man who sells counterfeit drugs decides to become a marriage counselor. Having barely started this business, he finds himself in serious trouble, threatening him with mortal danger...
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Ettore Fieramosca (1938)
Character: Uomo alle dipendenze di Graiano
ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost current patriotic fervor and pride in the Italian nation, and it contributed to a revival of Italian nationalism.
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Zorro il ribelle (1966)
Character: N/A
California, a province of the Spanish colony Mexico. Don Ramiro, the secretary of the tyrannical governor, is charged with assuring his son, don Luis, the chief of the military police, can marry Isaballe, the daughter of don Miguel, who plans to divide his land among his tenants, a recipe for revolt. Secretly don Ramoro is Zorro, the masked leader of the popular rebels. Both parties resort to desperate means, while don Carmello, the forcefully persuasive mission priest, guards morality.
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Pensione Edelweiss (1959)
Character: N/A
A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.
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Miss Italia (1950)
Character: N/A
Journalist decides to report on Miss Italy candidates, in which detective intrigue is added.
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Amarti è il mio destino (1957)
Character: Danny
Upon the death of her father, Anna, to escape economic ruin and save her family's honor, is forced to marry their main creditor, while her true love, Roberto, has to emigrate to Brazil.
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Assi alla ribalta (1954)
Character: Detective
The director of a detective agency discovers a jewellery thief likes to attends the theatre. So he hires two clumsy and bumbling detectives to guard all the theatres in the area. The two investigators now go from one venue to another attending various Italian magazine shows.
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Le juge (1971)
Character: Joe Picadilly
In a small western town the ineffable judge Roy Bean metes out justice in his own special way. A cargo of gold is ambushed by the outlaw Black Bird who fails in the attempt and then rides into town.
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Ritrovarsi all'alba (1955)
Character: N/A
Elba mine manager "Marco" meets, falls in love with, and marries "Paola" only to discover that her ex "André" is still keen.
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Pietro Micca (1938)
Character: Pinot
An 1938 Italian historical war film that portrays the life and death of Pietro Micca who was killed in 1706 at the Siege of Turin while fighting for the Duchy of Savoy against France in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Duello nel mondo (1966)
Character: N/A
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a globe-hopping escapade featuring a plane-and-parachute stunt later repeated in the James Bond film Moonraker.
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È arrivato l'accordatore (1952)
Character: N/A
Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
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Solimano il conquistatore (1961)
Character: L'Ubriaco nella Taverna
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.
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Prima comunione (1950)
Character: sacrestano
The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl's communion frock.
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I due magnifici fresconi (1968)
Character: Policeman on the beach
Two fearful and incapable individuals, Ciccio and Franco, are tasked by the leader of the Sicilian Mafia to travel to Milan to sell a large batch of wine. At first they have little luck, but soon they notice one of their competitors having great success using beautiful women to push their product. They adopt this model aggressively, but the women they hire end up enjoying so much success that their husbands become concerned and suspicious of their activities.
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Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti (1970)
Character: Doctor
Famed gunman Arizona Colt is sent by Moreno to rescue his daughter from the grips of Arizona's old enemy, Keane. But certain complications make the mission far more dangerous than expected.
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I figli del leopardo (1965)
Character: N/A
Penniless Baron Tulicò, nicknamed Leopard, abandons his mistress, with whom he's had two sons, and marries a rich woman. The mistress tries to have her rights established with the help of her sons.
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La ragazza di mille mesi (1961)
Character: N/A
A fashion designer rents his villa to a woman before leaving to go abroad. The daughter of the woman is forced to pretend to be handicapped in a dark conspiracy aimed to prevent the man from leaving.
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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Character: Secretary of Monsignore (segment "Le tentazioni") (uncredited)
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
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Roman Holiday (1953)
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
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La Pica sul Pacifico (1959)
Character: Adone
Adelaide takes possession of an island in the Pacific inherited from her deceased husband. She is opposed by the chieftain and a convict. To get the island's citizenship she tries to marry the convict, but he prefers to turn himself in.
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Vacanze col gangster (1952)
Character: N/A
A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.
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Un ettaro di cielo (1958)
Character: Germinal
As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress. Besides the beautiful Marina, three gullible old friends live here, pensioners who live off poverty, to whom he proposes the sale of a hectare of sky.
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Il giovedì (1964)
Character: N/A
It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day however, he will succeed in establishing a positive relationship with his son and telling the truth about himself.
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Il cappotto (1952)
Character: The Street Vendor
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
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Uccidi Django... uccidi per primo! (1971)
Character: Thomas Livingstone
Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.
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4 passi fra le nuvole (1942)
Character: The trumpet player
A family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's father has left her and she doesn't know how to tell to her parents that she's not married. She asks Paolo to play the role of her husband and he accepts....
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Sette canzoni per sette sorelle (1957)
Character: Gaspare
The six daughters of the mayor are not concerned with their six boyfriends because they are all infatuated with Claudio Villa. When this really comes to the village, everything happens, but as in Cinderella's fable, Claudio Villa falls in love with the seventh daughter, who is actually a child, and everything settles.
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Il duca nero (1963)
Character: Serafino
Cesar Borgia--a cardinal in the Catholic church, a confidant of the Pope and a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in 16th-century Italy--must deal with a host of political and personal crises. He is having problems with his mistress, and members of a secret society called The Black Carnation are out to assassinate him.
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Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1956)
Character: Il servo gobbo
The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a convent. She thinks that John is guilty of the death of her family, and cannot continue to love him. He remains wounded in battle.
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Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio (1962)
Character: Secretary of Monsignore (uncredited)
Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be driven mad by a seductive billboard of Anita Ekberg that haunts him with hallucinations.
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Addio, mia bella signora! (1953)
Character: Ercole
Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned.
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I vitelloni (1953)
Character: Giudizio
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
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Per 100,000 dollari ti ammazzo (1967)
Character: Old Sheriff
Johnny Forest, bounty hunter, attempts to carry out his mother's dying wish that he bring in his outlaw brother, Clint, alive. On the run from Jurago, a former partner he has crossed, Clint accepts Johnny's help, and agrees to surrender ..... for now.
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Il mio amico Jekyll (1960)
Character: Membro tedesco commissione
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda.
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The Story of William Tell (1953)
Character: Fritz
A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.
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Maria Rosa la guardona (1973)
Character: N/A
Country bumpkin Maria Rosa becomes the new maid in a second-rate Roman hotel. A hole in the wall behind the mirror in her room turns her and a horny bellboy into voyeurs
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Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972)
Character: N/A
In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.
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Piccola posta (1955)
Character: direttore del giornale
Polish countess Lady Eva is the authoritative signature of the correspondence of an Italian women's magazine; behind the fascinating name hides a Roman girl whose advice will create a series of tangled and comic situations.
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Puccini (1953)
Character: Gianni
Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
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Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966)
Character: Dog-catcher
Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.
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Gerarchi si muore (1961)
Character: N/A
Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with a real mania for ancient castles.
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Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961)
Character: N/A
A doctor running a health clinic by the sea is convinced that women are the cause of the disturbed behaviour of his (male) patients. We get to follow the adventures of the patients during a day on the beach.
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L'età dell'amore (1953)
Character: primo giocatore
In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.
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La torta in cielo (1973)
Character: N/A
This movie is an adaptation of a book by Rodari, a famous Italian poet and writer of children literature. A group of children in the outskirts of Rome bump into a spaceship that landed nearby. Soon the event draws the attention of the media, the military and rich entrepreneurs. The spaceship is pointed as the evil to fight against by the authorities, and nobody trusts the kids, who on the other hand try to preserve the spaceship (which is actually a harmless space-cake).
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La bella mugnaia (1955)
Character: N/A
A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after the miller's wife Carmela. The miller himself plans to avenge his honor by seducing the wife of the governor.
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Il maestro di Don Giovanni (1954)
Character: Buio
Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia's duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Soon after arrival, Renzo will get in a big trouble and he will be forced to choose between going to church for marriage or going to prison.
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Luci del varietà (1950)
Character: Bruno Antonini
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
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Le calde notti di Poppea (1969)
Character: N/A
Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.
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Due Rrringos nel Texas (1967)
Character: Willy - barman
A western comedy starring the Sicilian comedians Franco and Ciccio who produced dozens of such spoofs in the 1960s. This time, they quote mainly "The Good, the Bad And the Ugly". Ciccio is sergeant in the army and Franco volunteers to join (after too many drinks). Franco has a talking horse telling him where a treasure is buried. They have to get behind enemy lines in the civil war to get hold of it, though.
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7 monaci d'oro (1966)
Character: Fra' Eutizio
Count Raimondo and his girlfriend Veronique return to Italy from Switzerland carrying with them a load of contraband cigarettes but, using the pretense of a kidnapping to cheat their supplier, they hide out in the convent run by his uncle Friar Hugh. In the same convent without anyone's knowledge, the bandit Lucky Marciano is also hiding out with a significant quantity of gold ingots stolen from the Swiss Federal Bank.
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Il mondo dei miracoli (1959)
Character: Il capostazione
An actor fails to find success in the film world but falls in love with a theatre manager's daughter.
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Furia a Marrakech (1966)
Character: N/A
A contemporary gang of international thieves has found the multi-billion counterfeit money stash that the Nazis produced. They need to dump it all across the world at once. A lower-level dame is spotted distributing some of it, and this sets American agent Bob Dixon (Stephen Forsyth) onto the trail.
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La morte sull'alta collina (1969)
Character: Stevens
Braddock is an influential and highly respected citizen of the town of Two Arrows. He also represents a group of Mexican outlaws led by Valiente. Braddock plans an important robbery with only two young men, Loring and Parker, standing in the way of the bandits.
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Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
Character: N/A
Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself.
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Moglie per una notte (1952)
Character: Silvio
A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.
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Uno di più all'inferno (1968)
Character: Weapon trader
Johnny King, a rebellious drifter, sets out to avenge the death of his mentor and friend, Steve, after he has been murdered for his land by the Ward Brothers. After causing some trouble for the Wards, Johnny faces a new opponent, his outlaw friend, Meredith.
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Veneri in collegio (1965)
Character: Prof. Lesax
Two competing teams of paparazzi try to enter a college to get a picture of an Arab Prince's fiancée.
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Amore e guai... (1958)
Character: collega di Franco
Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.
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I cosacchi (1960)
Character: N/A
Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander.
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L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940)
Character: Paolo Montez
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
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Apparizione (1943)
Character: Fotografo
One of the most famous movie stars of the moment has a problem with his car. The actor is obliged to stop in a provincial hotel, where he finds himself surrounded by his admirers.
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2 samurai per 100 geishe (1962)
Character: Capo Cinese
Two Sicilian cousins are forced to go to Japan to collect an inheritance. Once they arrive they realize they will have to adapt to the local customs. The tour will turn into a long series of troubles: the Sicilian cousins, to obtain the inheritance, will have to turn into real samurai.
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