Maurizio Arena
Featured Characters
Roles you can spot in Whatthemovie snapshots
La bidonata
Italian expat Renato lives off illegal trafficking in Paris. He learns from a prostitute about a kidnapping plot to be carried out shortly in Italy: the intended victim is the son of a rich family. Renato then decides to immediately return to Italy and recruit some friends in order to thwart the kidnapping.
Telefoni bianchi
This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! –…
Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire
After a petty thief steals a valuable tobacco box, he quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous web involving the police and the Mafia.
Colpo in canna
An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.
Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più
A funk is believed to be a tough guy because of a magic bowler hat which gives him courage and strength.
Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?
In Lazio, four young people named Riccetto, Girasole, Lallo and Tombarolo try to make a living by stealing what they find in the tombs of the rich buried. Being inexperienced, they often find themselves in trouble or pursued by the police.
Il giorno più corto
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Poveri milionari
After a series of misunderstandings and other unfortunate incidents, the honeymoon of two young couples ends sooner than planned. Back at their starting point, the ensuing conflict leads to one of the couples separating.
Amore e guai
Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.
Poveri ma belli
Romolo e Salvatore sono due giovani romani a cui piace divertirsi ed uscire con le ragazze. Vicini di casa, sono amici fin da bambini, ma la loro amicizia rischia di incrinarsi quando si invaghiscono entrambi di Giovanna, la bella figlia di un sarto.
Belle ma povere
Romolo and Salvatore look for jobs to impress their girlfriends, but things get complicated when their old flame Giovanna reappears.
Il segno di Venere
Due cugine, l'una napoletana e avvenente, l'altra milanese e dall'aspetto anonimo, vivono a Roma a casa degli zii: intorno alla coppia di ragazze, ronzano numerosi uomini.
Un giorno in pretura
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
Villa Borghese
Six vignettes set in the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday is a romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck involving a mix-up game with a young and beautiful princess who spends some days with the charming American reporter in Rome.