Tag Archives: Italy
Il medico della mutua / Be Sick… It’s Free (1968) Luigi Zampa, Alberto Sordi, Sara Franchetti, Ida Galli, Comedy
FBI Operation Pakistan (1971) Harald Reinl, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Gisela Hahn, Action, Crime
Kommissar X – Kill Me Gently (1967) Rudolf Zehetgruber, Gianfranco Parolini, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Olga Schoberová, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Kommissar X – Drei blaue Panther / Kill Panther Kill (1968) Gianfranco Parolini, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Corny Collins, Action, Crime
Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen / Island of Lost Girls (1969) Roberto Mauri, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Monica Pardo, Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Centochiodi / One Hundred Nails (2007) Ermanno Olmi, Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi, Andrea Lanfredi, Drama
Le Roi de coeur / King of Hearts (1966) Philippe de Broca, Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Drama, Comedy, War
Les Choses de la Vie / The Things of Life (1970) Claude Sautet, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Gérard Lartigau, Drama, Romance
Rififi à Tokyo / Rififi in Tokyo (1963) Jacques Deray, Karlheinz Böhm, Charles Vanel, Barbara Lass, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Van Ekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up, to get a very valuable diamond, so big it’s named Titan. Read More »
La Terra Trema / The Earth Trembles (1948) Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Antonio Arcidiacono, Drama
Poor Sicilian fishers are exploited by fish wholesalers. One of the families is trying to escape them by being their own boss. But fate nobody helps them, and even fate is against them. Read More »
I soliti ignoti / Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Comedy, Crime
Peppe, formerly a boxer, organizes the break-in of a pawnshop. Tiberio, an unemployed photographer, Mario, a receiver, the Sicilian Michele and Capannelle, an ex-jockey, are the other members of the gang. Read More »
A cavallo della tigre / On the Tigers Back (1961) Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Comedy, Drama
This well-acted though conventional comedy-drama by director Luigi Comencini features comic Nino Manfredi in the title role of Giacinto, a father and husband who has been driven to steal in order to survive. Read More »
Go Go Tales (2007) Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Comedy, Drama
A screwball comedy centered on a Manhattan go-go dancing club, where a financial struggle between the owner, his accountant and his silent partner brother threatens the business’s future. Read More »
In Prison Awaiting Trial / Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (1971) Nanni Loy, Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Andrea Aureli, Comedy, Drama
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. Read More »