
Pedro Ortiz (Mario Adorf) is released from prison and returns soon to free a young man called Carlos (Thomas Fritsch). Read More »
Tag Archives: Mario Adorf
The Taste of Violence / Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf

This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
Questi fantasmi (1967) Renato Castellani, Sophia Loren

Married couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. Read More »
The Visitor / La visita (1964) Antonio Pietrangeli, Sandra Milo, François Périer, Mario Adorf

Tells the story of two people who have met through an ad, a Roman woman bookseller and a provincial north. Read More »
A Scoundrel’s Honour / Ganovenehre (1966) Wolfgang Staudte, Gert Fröbe, Mario Adorf, Curt Bois

Safecracker Georg, called Artisten-Orje, (Mario Adorf) is fresh out of prison. Read More »
Treasure of San Gennaro / Operazione San Gennaro (1966) Dino Risi, Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf

In the greatest city of the world someone wants to steal the San Gennaro’s treasure. Read More »
An Eel Worth 300 Million / Un’anguilla da 300 milioni (1971) Salvatore Samperi, Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Mario Adorf

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents Read More »
The Italian Connection / La Mala Ordina (1972) Fernando Di Leo, Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Read More »
The Assassination of Matteotti / Il delitto Matteotti (1973) Florestano Vancini, Franco Nero, Mario Adorf, Riccardo Cucciolla

How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination Read More »
Sunscorched / Tierra de fuego (1965) Jaime Jesús Balcázar, Mark Stevens, Mark Stevens, Mario Adorf, Marianne Koch

When the town sheriff backs down from outlaws, he is branded a coward. Read More »
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum / Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1975) Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser

Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. Read More »
Felidae (1994) Michael Schaack, Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf, Helge Schneider

After his owner relocates, the cat Francis in involved in a series of cat murders in the new neighborhood. Read More »
Weak Spot AKA La faille (1975) Peter Fleischmann, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, Mario Adorf

Based on a novel by Antonis Samarakis, Peter Fleischmann’s La faille also known as Weak Spot stars Ugo Tognazzi as Georgis Read More »
Lola (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf

Ten years after the war, West Germany’s market economy is booming. Read More »
I Knew Her Well (1965) Antonio Pietrangeli, Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy

Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business. Read More »