In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer Gabriella, lover of Alvaro, with the complexity of shyness. Read More »
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Good King Dagobert AKA Le bon roi Dagobert (1984) Dino Risi, Coluche, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi
The caravan of the lazy king Dagobert is attacked by robbers who massacre the guards and rape the women. Read More »
The Success AKA Il successo (1963) Mauro Morassi, Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Giulio is a 38-year-old intellectual stuck in a meaningless white-collar job. Read More »
The New Monsters AKA I nuovi mostri (1977) Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Alberto Sordi
Several episodes depicting Italian’s life in short humoristic stories. Read More »
The Bishop’s Bedroom AKA La stanza del vescovo (1977) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere
Mario (Tognazzi), a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco (Dewaere) Read More »
Scent of a Woman AKA Profumo di donna (1974) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. Read More »
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
March on Rome AKA La marcia su Roma (1962) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin
After the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools Read More »
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968) Dino Risi, Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Pamela Tiffin
A romance between a young woman factory worker and a barber is stopped when her parents raise protests over her relationship with the man. Read More »
Dirty Weekend (1973) Dino Risi, Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Carole André
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they’re kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. Read More »
In the Name of the Italian People (1971) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. Read More »
Sono fotogenico (1980) Dino Risi, Renato Pozzetto, Edwige Fenech, Aldo Maccione
Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. Read More »
The Sign of Venus (1955) Dino Risi, Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica
Cesira lives with her cousin Agnese. Agnese is beautiful, while Cesira, dreamy and sentimental, is unattractive. Read More »
Normal Young Man (1969) Dino Risi, Janet Agren, Lino Capolicchio, Umberto D’Orsi, Comedy
Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a married American couple sightseeing in Italy. Read More »
The Gaucho (1964) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Amedeo Nazzari, Nelly Panizza, Comedy
Gassman plays Mario Ravicchio, a financially-strapped press representative who follows an Italian manufacturing company on its visit to Buenos Aires to present a movie in a festival. Read More »