Umberto D'Orsi
Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revue. From 1962 till his death, D'Orsi... Read full bio →
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Fantozzi
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood.
Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia
During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to the core.
Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale
Nino is a glamour photographer who witnesses a murder of a prosecutor being constructed to look like an automobile accident.
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.
Quel gran pezzo della Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda
During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key from him and enjoy herself.
La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia
To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.
Il mio nome è Shangai Joe
A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.
Un posto ideale per uccidere
A young British man and his Dutch girlfriend travel through Italy illegally selling pornography. They get arrested and ordered to leave the country, but due to circumstances, they end up at a villa occupied by a mysterious woman.
Vedo nudo
Seven sketches including the title sketch "I See Naked" in which a fashion editor begins to see naked women everywhere he goes.
Il giovane normale
Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a married American couple sightseeing in Italy. The husband is an older and worldly professor of archaeology while his wife is interested in exploring living things. The young hitchhiker is seduced by the beautiful wife, while her husband continues to gaze at ancient ruins.
Beatrice Cenci
A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy
Histoires extraordinaires
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Io, io, io.... e gli altri
Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.
Rita, la figlia americana
Professor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classical music who has the passion of the orchestra director. However, the young audience of the 60 does not appreciate classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven, and so Serafino is likely to have compromised his image as a director.
I complessi
I complessi is a 1965 commedia all'italiana film compesed by three episodes.
Con rispetto parlando
Se permettete parliamo di donne
Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
Il giovedi
It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past.
I miserabili
The television series, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, is one of the most impressive television adaptations of a literary work. Filmed in 1963 over a period of four months at the RAI headquarters in Via Teulada, it is set in France between 1815 and 1833.
I marziani hanno 12 mani
Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita".
La parmigiana
Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino.