Gastone Moschin

The sequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, played with uncanny ability by Robert De Niro, and the ascension of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. (Paramount)

This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is going to Paris on his honeymoon and his bosses have an assignment for him there: to look up an old professor who fled Italy when the fascists came into power.

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture... (imdb)

This movie is about Omar Mukhtar, a Muslim and Arabian rebellion who fought against the Italian conquering of Libya in WWI. The movie put a spot of light on this little known replion for the West, and uncover the savage means which the conquering army treated the natives and replions with. (imdb)

Since her husband pronounced her frigid on her wedding night, Antonia DeAngelis has been an invalid. When he disappears, she believes him dead: she leaves her bed and takes over his business, traveling to see clients. She discovers her husband's passions, his political writing, mistresses, and his indifference to the peasants on her family's land. She improves their lot, begins an affair with a young foreign doctor, and publishes her husband's writings... (imdb)

All sort of things happen: marriage, betrayal, births and deaths, the fabric of every town's life. But decency is more important, and so "si fa ma non si dice" (everybody does it, nobody tells about it) is the law. (IMDB Comments)

The whole town of Blackstone is afraid, because they lynched Bret Dixon's brother - and he is coming back for revenge! At least that's what they think. (IMDB Comments)

A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. (imdb)

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery. (imdb)

Necchi (a bar owner), Perozzi (a journalist), Melandri (an architect) and Mascetti (a broken nobleman) live in Florence. They have been friends since their youngest years and spend every free moment together organizing complex and terrible jokes to all the people they meet, or just wandering around Tuscany. (imdb)

A leisurely game is interrupted by the discovery of a hand sticking out of a sandpit. It soon becomes obvious that the butler didn't do it because he is the first to go! We soon move on to the first real plot building scene, which takes form in a will reading to the members of a wealthy estate. Aside from getting a few laughs, we are also given the knowledge that the owner of the estate's favourite daughter is to inherit everything, much to the dismay of the rest of the house. (imdb)

A spinster tired of loneliness advertises for a companion and finds an assistant from a bookshop, but they are really diametrically opposed in character. (bfi.org)

In this slow-moving, sentimental drama, Vittorio (Enrico M. Salerno) is a 40-year-old journalist who reaches a mid-life crisis. His wife nags him constantly for ignoring her and their child. After his mistress dumps him, Vittorio returns to the town where he spent his childhood to reflect on the state of his life. Flashbacks are used to tell of Vittorio's relationship with his parents as a child and the effects World War II had on his development. (ovguide.com)

Ravelli is a cop consumed with the desire to get revenge on the crook who shot his wife to death during a robbery. The crook is Marseilles, who is trying to assemble funds for his own retirement. As the revenge scenario moves toward the inevitable confrontation, Emergency Squad retains interest because it paints both leads in a complex fashion. Ravelli's obsessive quest makes him as scary as he is sympathetic and the icy Marseilles reveals some surprisingly vulnerable sides to his character. (allmovie.com)

In the thirties, during the Fascist Dictatorship, an insurance broker, Omero Battifiori, reaches a small country town from Rome seeking for new customers. The main authorities, expecting an incognito inspection from the Fascist Party of the capital, suspect him to be the inspector and a very important member of the Party. The misunderstanding leads to a number of equivocals... (imdb)

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

The guys from "I soliti Ignoti" strike back.

Nicolas Pappas and Leon Dubois, two particularly calamitous killers, arrive in Paris where an evil gang leader urges them to cover the escape of the perpetrators of a robbery. They are doing so, and then see themselves responsible for liquidating a certain "Magnum" ...

The story of the killing of socialist Giacomo Matteotti, ordered by Benito Mussolini, and its consequences on Italian politics during the fascist era.

This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests. (imdb)

On August 4, 1936, General Metaxas declared martial law in Greece. A union leader using the name Boutros is sought in Athens by Primoukis, a ruthless police leader. Boutros narrowly escapes and, early the next morning, jumps through the window of Marchese Margot Santorini, the wealthy Austrian-born wife of Rico, a penniless Italian diplomat and playboy. Margot is bored and without purpose: aiding Boutros's escape invigorates her, and soon she is in love. (imdb)

Comedy set at the time of King Umberto I of Monza (Italy) about Maria Sarti, aka Ninì Tirabusciò, actress/singer who caused a scandal with her raunchy dancing. (imdb)

Sex-comedy set around an attempt to rob the mail van on the Rome-Paris express.

Raccà, a businessman on the edge of bankruptcy, plans to swindle an insurance company by sinking his yacht, at present anchored in a Moroccan port. The operation is to be carried out by his submissive brother-in-law Zappi, who takes along a life boat for him and the would-be sea dog, Bigazza. The two arrive in Morocco, undergo a series of misfortunes in the desert... (mediasetdistribution)

Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain. (imdb)

A satirical expose of Roman aristocracy today. (bfi)

Massimo returns to Renaissance Venice after years of fighting the Turks to learn that Elena, his former sweetheart, is now married to the city's tyrannical Doge. He avoids resuming this romance, despite Elena's apparent interest, because he is now falling in love with the beautiful, blonde Katarina. He also avoids becoming involved in a plot to overthrow the Doge, but after a friend is tortured and killed by the Doge's men, Massimo feels compelled to join the spreading revolt. (imdb)

A superhero becomes invisible after he swallows an Indian potion. (imdb)

Eros on the rampage in three delightful sketches concerning love and sex...or sex and love? (imdb)

Comedy with a number of typical Italian family men becoming involved in an espionage drama. (bfi)

A group of school friends meet again after several years, and reminisce. (bfi)

Four episodes satirising Italian women, their manners and their morals. (imdb)

The internal minister's very sophisticated ultra-technological and plated car stops for a mechanical accident in front of a villa. The owner of the villa is De Andreis that immediately offers his help to save the minister entrapped inside the car. Everything has to be done in secret to avoid a scandal within the Roman politic world. Many attempt are done but the result is unexpectedly terrific. (imdb)

In this caper movie, a gang of prison inmates sneak out and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A businessman is nicknamed "L'avvocato" and his driver, Oscar, is a yes-man. When L'avvocato has a crash while driving his car, Oscar is put in jail in his place. When Oscar gets out, he finds himself married to the beautiful Maria, but he can't even touch her: she is l'avvocato's lover. Afterwards Oscar is appointed manager, but he can't manage a dime. At the end he shall find himself again in jail.. (imdb)

Giulio Ceriani (Vittorio Gassman) has a lovely wife, a close friend and a job. However, as soon as he figures a way of becoming rich he will put all those things in danger.

Milian is living in a home that's in the heart of Roman Governmental Power (making him all the more vulnerable). The servants are all homosexuals. (Invisionfree.com)

Strange things are happening to silent tax collector Dr. Ugo La Strizza. When he finally opens his mouth, we learn that four of his clients are attempting to bribe him with favours. From here on the film leaves Ugo behind and follows the comical losers instead. One of them actually built the tax collectors building, so he tries to get the others to join him in a burglary (stealing taxes in order to pay them back). (imdb)

Sci-fi film by Vittorio Cottafavi made for TV.

Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organized crime in the business and political life of Sicily. (imdb)

A criminal mastermind (the Professor) assembles a crack team of international thieves to steal seven tons of gold from a Swiss bank.

Renzo Calabrese, a dentist, falls in love with the restless feminist Margherita, with whom he has a very turbulent relationship because of her emancipation. This situation continues even after the marriage, until Renzo decides to kidnap his wife and keep her segregated in a country cottage, forcing her to play the role of wife totally devoted to housework and husband care.

Based on 1925 Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs, a zoologist finds a way to accelerate embryo growth in chicken eggs to help feed the population after the war. An unfortunate logistical accident makes the country swarmed with dangerous reptiles. (imdb)

Four episodes set on the beaches of Rimini: a womanizer pretends to be homosexual in order to gain the favors of a beautiful woman who ignores him. A mature beachgoer suffers from indigestion. A businessman unknowingly finances his wife's infidelities. Two wives from the south are forced to exchange partners. (imdb)

Giuliano Gemma stars in this love story in a dystopian future for a movie ahead of its time… After committing a murder, an ordinary man escapes from the police with the help of his ex-wife. A vigilante state will not allow them to relive their love story.