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Writer 1917 - 2001

Giovanni Grimaldi

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist, and film director. He began his career in 1952, writing for numerous successful films, often collaborating with Bruno Corbucci. Grimaldi directed films such as Brutti di notte (1968) and I 2 deputati (1968). His work... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Angeli senza paradiso

Angeli senza paradiso

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti 1970 1h 27m

Al Bano and Romina bring to the big screen the unhappy love between the composer Franz Schubert and the Hungarian Countess Anna Rostkov. Al Bano sings the immortal 'Ave Maria'.

Stasera mi butto

Stasera mi butto

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti 1967 1h 32m

The son of an Italian Countess meets a young lady staying at a seaside resort with friends. His attentions are turned when a U.S. celebrity, Lola Falana, comes to town and steals his affections.

Starblack

Starblack

Giovanni Grimaldi 1966 1h 33m 5.0

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.

La vendetta di Lady Morgan

La vendetta di Lady Morgan

Massimo Pupillo 1965 1h 19m 6.5

A young woman is killed by her treacherous husband and returns as a vengeful ghost.

In ginocchio da te

In ginocchio da te

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti 1964 1h 54m

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.

Danza macabra

Danza macabra

Antonio Margheriti 1964 1h 31m 8.0

When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures.

Che fine ha fatto Totò baby?

Che fine ha fatto Totò baby?

Ottavio Alessi 1964 1h 27m 6.0

A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft, they discover that the stolen suitcase they got from an apparent sweet old lady actually contains a corpse.

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.

Horror

Horror

Alberto De Martino 1963 1h 27m 6.0

The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.

Gli onorevoli

Gli onorevoli

Sergio Corbucci 1963 1h 38m

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.

Totò diabolicus

Totò diabolicus

Steno 1962 1h 32m

The Marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them except Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta are killed by Diabolicus.

Il figlio di Spartacus

Il figlio di Spartacus

Sergio Corbucci 1962 1h 40m 6.0

The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort.

Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita

Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita

Sergio Corbucci 1961 1h 27m

Antonio goes to Rome to represent his fellow peasants, to request a highway that will be built in their region. But the guy is mastered by 'la dolce vita' and wastes the money entrusted to him for his mission. When Peppino is sent to to find out what happened, he lets himself be trapped by the gentle grip of 'la dolce vita'

Chi si ferma è perduto

Chi si ferma è perduto

Sergio Corbucci 1960 1h 37m 6.0

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.

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