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Luciano Salce
Director 1922 - 1989

Luciano Salce

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
Vieni avanti cretino

Vieni avanti cretino

Luciano Salce 1982 1h 38m 6.7

The funny misadventures of a simpleton just out of jail, looking for a job until the very surreal ending.

Dove vai in vacanza?

Dove vai in vacanza?

Alberto Sordi, Luciano Salce 1978 2h 33m

In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.

Il secondo tragico Fantozzi

Il secondo tragico Fantozzi

Luciano Salce 1976 1h 50m 8.0

The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who spends all of his time fulfilling his bosses' wishes and desires.

L'anatra all'arancia

L'anatra all'arancia

Luciano Salce 1975 1h 45m 3.0

When the wife wants to leave her husband in preference of a romantic Frenchman, the husband seemingly does not raise difficulties and invites his rival, along with his own secretary, for a weekend. His real purpose is taking her wife back through an elaborate plan.

Fantozzi

Fantozzi

Luciano Salce 1975 1h 48m 8.0

A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood.

Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno

Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno

Luciano Salce 1974 1h 45m

Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-controlling mother, until their family hires a new young maid that changes his life.

Basta guardarla

Basta guardarla

Luciano Salce 1970 1h 46m

Enrichetta, a young peasant girl who lives in a little village, joins Silver Boy as a dancer.

Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue

Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue

Luciano Salce 1969 1h 43m

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.

Ti ho sposato per allegria

Ti ho sposato per allegria

Luciano Salce 1967 1h 40m

Pietro is a young bourgeois lawyer who married Giuliana, a pretty girl who was a little unscrewed, and met at a party of artists. Despite the premises, everything between the two seems to work best.

Slalom

Slalom

Luciano Salce 1965 1h 48m

Lucio sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bills.

Oggi, domani, dopodomani

Oggi, domani, dopodomani

Eduardo De Filippo, Luciano Salce 1965 1h 35m 7.0

Italian comedy film in three segments

La voglia matta

La voglia matta

Luciano Salce 1963 1h 50m 8.0

A middle-aged businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one, named Francesca.

Il federale

Il federale

Luciano Salce 1961 1h 40m 7.0

1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort an opponent of the regime to Rome in the hope of be promoted — still oblivious as ever to the forthcoming fall of the regime.

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