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Giorgio Arlorio
Writer 1929 - 2019

Giorgio Arlorio

Torino, Piemonte, Italy

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
Cento giorni a Palermo

Cento giorni a Palermo

Giuseppe Ferrara 1984 1h 46m 4.0

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.

Ogro

Ogro

Gillo Pontecorvo 1979 1h 41m

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.

La patata bollente

La patata bollente

Steno 1979 1h 40m

A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers' rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helping a young gay man.

Zorro

Zorro

Duccio Tessari 1975 1h 58m 6.5

A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat.

Queimada!

Queimada!

Gillo Pontecorvo 1969 2h 9m

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized to much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

Il mercenario

Il mercenario

Sergio Corbucci 1968 1h 41m 7.0

A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.

Il padre di famiglia

Il padre di famiglia

Nanni Loy 1967 1h 46m

Two architects meet some time after World War II and get married. Though they are deeply in love, they come from different backgrounds and do not share the same outlooks on life. Soon she becomes fascinated with his progressive socialist ideals.

Arabella

Arabella

Mauro Bolognini 1967 1h 45m 5.0

A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother.

Il giorno più corto

Il giorno più corto

Sergio Corbucci 1963 1h 27m 1.0

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

Crimen

Crimen

Mario Camerini 1960 1h 46m 7.0

Three couples are involved in a murder at Montecarlo.

Esterina

Esterina

Carlo Lizzani 1959 1h 27m 5.5

Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...

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