A duel takes place in order to put an end to the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. Read More »
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The Mysterious Mr. Van Eyck AKA El misterioso señor Van Eyck (1966) Agustín Navarro, Espartaco Santoni, Tere Velázquez, Franco Fabrizi
Van Eyck disappears when falling into the sea during a fight. Read More »
I vitelloni (1953) Federico Fellini, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi
Fausto Moretti, having seduced Sandra Rubini, the sister of his friend Read More »
The Wastrel AKA Il relitto (1961) Michael Cacoyannis, Ellie Lambeti, Van Heflin, Franco Fabrizi
Duncan Bell (Van Heflin) is a wealthy man who sets out to sail around the globe with his son. Read More »
The Moralist AKA Il moralista (1959) Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Franco Fabrizi
Augustino works as the General Secretary of Social Morality Union Read More »
Shadows Unseen AKA Abuso di potere (1972) Camillo Bazzoni, Frederick Stafford, Marilù Tolo, Franco Fabrizi
When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Read More »
Witness in the City (1959) Édouard Molinaro, Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Read More »
Run with the Devil (1960) Mario Camerini, Antonella Lualdi, Gérard Blain, Franco Fabrizi
Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself Read More »
The Little Bather (1968) Robert Dhéry, Louis de Funès, Andréa Parisy, Franco Fabrizi
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
La romana / Woman of Rome (1954) Luigi Zampa, Gina Lollobrigida, Daniel Gélin, Franco Fabrizi, Drama
During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.
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Le amiche (1955) Michelangelo Antonioni, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi
Clelia comes from Rome to her native Turin, to set up a new fashion salon. On her first night, the woman in the next room of her hotel takes an overdose of pills. Clelia becomes involved with this woman, Rosetta, and three of her rich women friends, Momina, Nene, and Mariella. Momina is older than the others, and lives apart from her husband. Her current lover is Cesare, the architect of Clelia’s salon. Nene is a talented ceramics artist, and lives with her fiance, the painter Lorenzo. Mariella is a flighty woman only interested in having a good time. Clelia becomes attached to Carlo, the architect’s assistant, but the other women look down on him as he comes from a working class background. Momina, with the help of Clelia, discovers that Rosetta fell in love with Lorenzo as he was painting her portrait. Momina then encourages Rosetta to go after Lorenzo, even though he and Nene were supposed to marry soon.
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Un maledetto imbroglio / The Facts of Murder (1959) Pietro Germi, Claudia Cardinale, Franco Fabrizi, Crime, Drama
A masked bandit steals valuables from Commendatore Anzaloni’s apartment and flees, leaving Anzaloni unharmed. Inspector Ingravallo is called in. The robbery is suspicious; the thief found the jewellery too quickly. The neighbour, Liliana Banducci, employs a servant girl, Assuntina. Her fiancé, Diomede, tries to flee when he sees police tailing Assuntina. But Diomede has an alibi, a rich American woman… Liliana’s cousin, Dr. Valdarena, pays her a visit, only to find her body on the floor. But before calling police, Valdarena removes an envelope addressed to him from the sideboard… Liliana’s husband Remo was away from Rome at the time of the murder, but he is surprised to hear that Liliana had changed her will only the week before…
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Una vita difficile / A Difficult Life (1961) Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi
Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
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