A che servono questi quattrini?
''A che servono questi quattrini?'' (i.e. "What good are this money?") is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Esodo Pratelli and starring Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo. It is an adaptation of a play with the same name by Armando Curcio tha ...
'' (1942) - Il fruttivendolo
* ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Cliente nella taverna
* ''
Side Street Story
''Side Street Story'' ( it, Napoli milionaria , meaning "Millionaire Naples") is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo, who wrote the play upon which the film is based. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Plo ...
'' (1950) - Giovanni
* ''
Totò Tarzan
''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. Th ...
'' (1950) - Capo stazione napoletano
* ''
Women and Brigands
''Women and Brigands'' (Italian: ''Donne e briganti'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban and Jean Chevrier. It is based on the story of the legendary guerilla f ...
'' (1950) - Ciccillo
* ''
The Eternal Chain
''The Eternal Chain'' ( it, L'eterna catena) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Anton Giulio Majano.
Plot
A naval officer becomes the lover of his brother's girlfriend. The latter kills a suitor of the girl; of the murder, however, th ...
'' (1952) - Amedeo - Waiter (uncredited)
* ''
The City Stands Trial
''The City Stands Trial'' ( it, Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the ...
'' (1952) - Pasqualino 'o 17
* ''
Immortal Melodies
''Immortal Melodies'' ( it, Melodie immortali, also known as ''Mascagni'') is a 1952 Italian musical-biographical melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Pierre Cressoy and Carla Del Poggio. It is based on real life events of c ...
'' (1952) - Fiorello
* ''
Good Folk's Sunday
''Good Folk's Sunday'' ( it, La domenica della buona gente) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Anton Giulio Majano.
Plot
Several destinies are displayed as the soccer teams of Rome and Naples meet, with Sophia Loren in one of the episo ...
'' (1953) - Un guappo napoletano
* ''
Man, Beast and Virtue
''L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù'' (), internationally released as ''Man, Beast and Virtue'', is a List of Italian films of 1953, 1953 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Stefano Vanzina, Steno. It starred Italian comedian Totò and fa ...
'' (1953)
* ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Pietro
* ''La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Un detenuto
* ''
Bread, Love and Dreams
''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.
Plot
The film is set in Sagliena, an imagina ...
The Country of the Campanelli
''The Country of the Campanelli'' ( it, Il paese dei campanelli, french: Ces voyous d'hommes, also known as ''Town of Bells'') is a 1954 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Sophia Loren. It is loosely based on the opere ...
'' (1954) - Capitano corrotto
* ''
Of Life and Love
''Of Life and Love'' ( it, Questa è la vita) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati and Luigi Zampa.
Plot
The film tells four episodes from stories written by Luigi Pirandello (from the work: '' ...
'' (1954)
* ''Vestire gli ignudi'' (1954)
* ''
Il seduttore
''Il seduttore'' (translation: ''The Seducer'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Rossi. It was adapted from the play by Diego Fabbri.
Plot
Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.
Cast
* Alber ...
'' (1954) - Onofrio
* ''
Bread, Love and Jealousy
''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...
'' (1954) - Venditore ambulante
* ''
Toto Seeks Peace
''Toto Seeks Peace'' ( it, Totò cerca pace) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101
Plot
Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who ar ...
'' (1954) - Cameriere psicologo
* ''
The Gold of Naples
''The Gold of Naples'' ( it, L'oro di Napoli ) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, ...
Goodbye Naples
''Goodbye Naples'' (Italian: ''Addio, Napoli!'') is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Tamara Lees, Andrea Checchi and Giorgio De Lullo.Chiti & Poppi p.19
The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...
'' (1955) - Pasqualino De Rosa
* ''
Toto and Carolina
Toto may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Pets
* Toto (''Oz''), a dog in the novel and film ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''
* Toto, in Japanese ''The Cat Returns''
Characters of agency
* a character in '' Le château à T ...
A Hero of Our Times
''A Hero of Our Times'' ( it, Un eroe dei nostri tempi) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Alberto Sordi.
Plot
Alberto is an employee who is the Italian average of society of the Fifties. Alberto is a go-get ...
Nero's Weekend
''Mio figlio Nerone'' (literally: ''My Son Nero''), released in the US as ''Nero's Mistress'' is a 1956 Italian historical comedy film directed by Steno and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot, with cine ...
Poveri ma belli
''Poveri ma belli'' (U.S. title: ''Poor, But Handsome''; U.K. title: ''A Girl in Bikini'') is a successful 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.
There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio ...
'' (1957) - Old 'Pappagallo'
* ''
Oh! Sabella
''La nonna Sabella'' (internationally released as ''Oh! Sabella'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film won the Golden Shell at the San Sebasti ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Pretty But Poor
''Belle ma povere'' (internationally released as ''Pretty But Poor'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It is the sequel of '' Poveri ma belli'' and was followed by ''Poveri milionari''.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editrice I ...
'' (1957) - L'impiegato della gioielleria
* ''A sud niente di nuovo'' (1957)
* ''Un amore senza fine'' (1958)
* ''
Piece of the Sky
''Piece of the Sky'' ( it, Un ettaro di cielo) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Aglauco Casadio.
Plot
Severino Balestra, a peddler who goes around the various village festivals of the Po delta selling trinkets, returns to Migliarino ...
'' (1958) - Impresario
* ''
Legs of Gold
''Legs of Gold'' (Italian: ''Gambe d'oro'') is a 1958 Italian sports film directed by Turi Vasile and Antonio Margheriti and starring Totò, Memmo Carotenuto and Rossella Como.Bìspuri p.191
Plot
Barone Luigi Fontana is a rich and stingy produc ...
'' (1958) - Carmine
* ''
La sfida
''La sfida'' ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is based on the real-l ...
'' (1958) - Gennaro
* ''Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio)'' (1958) - Il brigadiere Spanò
* ''
Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!
''Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'', also known as ''È permesso Maresciallo?'', is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Peppino De Filippo and Giovanna Ralli.
Plot
In Sagliena, Pietro Stelluti has become a marshal ...
'' (1958) - Novità
* ''Non sono più Guaglione'' (1958) - Barman
* '' The Law'' (1959) - Pizzaccio
* ''
Prepotenti più di prima
''Prepotenti più di prima'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Aldo Fabrizi. It is the sequel of '' I prepotenti''.
Cast
* Aldo Fabrizi - Cesare Pinelli
* Nino Taranto - Domenico Esposito
* Ave Ninchi - Cleli ...
'' (1959) - Il barista
* ''Un canto nel deserto'' (1959) - Un legionario
* ''Lui, lei e il nonno'' (1959)
* ''
The Magliari
''I magliari'' (internationally released as ''The Magliari'') is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. The film won the silver ribbon for best cinematography.
In 2008 it was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be ...
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli
''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Plot
Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continuall ...
'' (1959) - The angry Card Player
* ''
Purple Noon
''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 nove ...
'' (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''Ti aspetterò all'inferno'' (1960) - Show Director
* ''
Pirates of the Coast
''Pirates of the Coast'' ( it, I pirati della costa, also known as ''Pirates of the Barbary Coast'') is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Cast
*Lex Barker as Luis Monterey
*Estella Blain as Isabella
*Livio Lorenzon a ...
'' (1960) - Porro
* '' Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita'' (1961) - Spacciatore (uncredited)
* '' Black City'' (1961) - Il ministro Sgarra
* ''Mina... fuori la guardia'' (1961) - L'impresario
* ''Fra' Manisco cerca guai'' (1961) - Vincenzino
* ''Che femmina!! E... che dollari!'' (1961)
* ''
Duel of Fire
''Duel of Fire'' (Italian: ''Duello nella Sila'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It starred Fernando Lamas and Liana Orfei. It was picked up for distribution in the US by AIP.Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino'' (1962) - (uncredited)
* ''La leggenda di Fra Diavolo'' (1962)
* ''Lo sgarro'' (1962)
* ''Canzoni a tempo di twist'' (1962)
* '' The Conjugal Bed'' (1963) - Man at the Cemetery
* ''
Attack and Retreat
''Attack and Retreat'' ( it, Italiani brava gente, russian: Они шли на Восток, Oni shli na Vostok) is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Itali ...
'' (1964) - Amalfitano
* ''
The Sucker
''The Sucker'' (french: link=no, Le Corniaud, ) is a French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès and Bourvil.
Plot
Leaving Paris for his summer vacation, the naïve Antoine Maréchal has his 2CV totally w ...
'' (1965) - (uncredited)
* ''
I figli del leopardo
''I figli del leopardo'' (also known as ''Sons of the Leopard'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio that is a parody of ''The Leopard''.
Plot
Sicily, 1860. The Baron Tulico is a pen ...
'' (1965) - Farm manager
* ''
Casanova 70
''Casanova 70'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Michèle Mercier.
Plot
NATO officer Andrea Rossi-Colombotti is a ladies' m ...
'' (1965) - Man talking about Santina (uncredited)
* ''
God's Thunder
''God's Thunder'' or ''Le Tonnerre de Dieu'' is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier.
Plot
Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassac ...
'' (1965) - Le patron du café
* ''
Giant of the Evil Island
''Il mistero dell'isola maledetta'', internationally released as ''Giant of the Evil Island'', is a 1965 Italy, Italian adventure film.
Cast
* Peter Lupus as Pedro Valverde (as Rock Stevens)
* Halina Zalewska as Dona Alma Morales
* Arturo Domini ...
Johnny Oro
''Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' ( it, Johnny Oro) is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Mark Damon.
Synopsis
Renamed to cash in on the success of Duccio Tessari’s Ringo movies, ''Ringo and His Golde ...
'' (1966) - Fat Friend of Gilmore
* ''War Between the Planets'' (1966) - Man at Conference
* ''
After the Fox
''After the Fox'' ( it, Caccia alla volpe) is a 1966 heist comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and starring Peter Sellers, Victor Mature and Britt Ekland. The English-language screenplay was written by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime c ...
'' (1966) - 3rd Judge (uncredited)
* '' Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand'' (1966)
* ''Operation White Shark'' (1966)
* ''Giorno caldo al Paradiso Show'' (1966)
* ''Cisco'' (1966) - Doctor Martin
* ''7 monaci d'oro'' (1966) - Totonno
* ''Snow Devils'' (1967) - Peter
* ''Ballata da un miliardo'' (1967)
* '' Wanted'' (1967) - Honorable Townsman (uncredited)
* ''
No Diamonds for Ursula
''No Diamonds for Ursula'' (Italian: ''I diamanti che nessuno voleva rubare'') is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Gino Mangini and starring Jeanne Valérie, Salvo Randone and Dana Andrews.McKay p.191
Cast
* Jeanne Valérie as Ursula
* ...
'' (1967) - Carta Carbone
* ''
Death Rides a Horse
''Death Rides a Horse'' ( it, Da uomo a uomo, lit=As man to man) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law.
Plot
Bill (John Phillip Law), a boy ...
'' (1967) - Giocatore (uncredited)
* ''
Death on the Run
''Death on the Run'' (Italian: ''Bersaglio mobile''), also known as ''Moving Target'', is a 1967 Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Filmed in Athens,''Films and Filming'', Volume 14, Hansom Books, 1968. it was referred as a film ...
'' (1967) - Conducente del camioncino (uncredited)
* ''Hipnos follia di massacro'' (1967)
* ''Una ragazza tutta d'oro'' (1967) - Carabiniere
* ''
Fantabulous Inc.
''Fantabulous Inc.'' ( it, La Donna, il sesso e il superuomo) is a 1968 Italian-French superhero crime film directed by Sergio Spina and starring Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison.
Cast
* Richard Harrison (actor), Richard Harrison as R ...
'' (1967) - De Laurentiis, Producer of Commercial
* ''Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli'' (1967) - Napoletanino
* ''
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
''The Biggest Bundle of Them All'' is a 1968 American crime film set in Naples, Italy. The story is about a mobster and a novice gang of crooks who team up to steal $5 million worth of platinum ingots from a train. The film stars Robert Wagner ...
'' (1968) - Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
* '' A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'' (1968) - Man in Saloon (uncredited)
* ''Operazione ricchezza'' (1968)
* ''A suon di lupara'' (1968) - Il sindaco
* ''Zorro, the Navarra Marquis'' (1969) - Fra Pistola
* ''Puro siccome un Angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza'' (1969)
* ''Ma chi t'ha dato la patente?'' (1970)
* ''
Many Wars Ago
''Many Wars Ago'' ( it, Uomini contro, lit=Men Against) is a 1970 anti-war film set on the Alpine Front of the First World War. Directed, produced, and co-written by Francesco Rosi, the film is based on Emilio Lussu's memoir ''Un anno sull'altip ...
'' (1970) - Soldato presunto autoferito
* ''
I due maghi del pallone
''I due maghi del pallone'' (''The two wizards of the ball'') is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
Plot summary
Ciccio Ingrassetti is the PR of a milanese pharmaceutical firm which ...
'' (1970) - Don Alfio
* ''
Mezzanotte d'amore
''Mezzanotte d'amore'' (Italian for ''Midnight of love'') is a 1970 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti and starring Al Bano and Romina Power. It is the sequel of '' Il suo nome è Donna Rosa''.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matt ...
'' (1970) - Ferdinando
* '' Gang War'' (1971) - Pasquale - il barista
* ''
Ma che musica maestro
''Ma che musica maestro'' is a 1971 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Mariano Laurenti. It is loosely based on the William Shakespeare's tragedy '' Romeo and Juliet''.
Plot
Between the two villages of Santa Veronica Bassa and Santa Vero ...
'' (1971) - Train passenger
* ''
Black Belly of the Tarantula
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...
'' (1971) - Inspector Di Giacomo
* ''
Drummer of Vengeance
''Drummer of Vengeance'' ( it, Il giorno del giudizio, also known as ''Day of Judgment'', ''Doomsday'' and ''An Eye for an Eye'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Ty Hardin, Rossano Bra ...
'' (1971) - Poker Player
* ''
Armiamoci e partite!
''Armiamoci e partite!'' (Italian for "Let US arm ourselves and YOU go!") is a 1971 war comedy film directed by Nando Cicero and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
Plot
Cast
* Franco Franchi as Franco
* Ciccio Ingrassia as Cicci ...
'' (1971) - Train Employee
* ''I due assi del guantone'' (1971)
* ''
Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire
("One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future") is a 1971 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. It is his last film.
Plot
A young lawyer who married for money the wealthy daughter of a speculator discovers, on his wedd ...
'' (1972) - Maresciallo
* ''
Gang War in Naples
''Gang War in Naples'' ( it, Camorra) is a 1972 crime film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri.
Cast
*Fabio Testi: Tonino Russo
*Raymond Pellegrin: Don Mario Capece
*Jean Seberg: Luisa
*Enzo Cannavale: Nicola Cafiero "Sciancato"
* Ugo D'Ale ...
'' (1972) - Prisoner
* ''Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più'' (1972) - Cart-driver
* ''Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora!'' (1973) - Kadi
* ''Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella'' (1973) - Newspaper Vendor
* '' The Black Hand'' (1973) - Don Gaetano
* ''
Little Funny Guy
''L'emigrante'', internationally released as ''Little Funny Guy'', is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.
Plot
At the end of 1900s Saturnino Cavallo leaves his family to emigrate to America, in search of fortune, bu ...
I guappi
''I guappi'' (internationally released as ''Blood Brothers'') is a 1974 Italian historical drama film with "poliziotteschi" and " noir" elements. This film marks the meeting between Claudia Cardinale and the director Pasquale Squitieri, who soon b ...
Violent Naples
''Violent Naples'' ( it, Napoli violenta) is a 1976 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It starred Maurizio Merli, John Saxon and Barry Sullivan, and was the first sequel to ''Violent Rome''. Saxon appeared in several such movies.
Pl ...
'' (1976) - Don Antonio Polipo
* ''
Blazing Flowers
''Blazing Flowers ( it, Milano... difendersi o morire, literally: "Milan... to defend or to die"), is a 1978 Italian Poliziesco film co-written and directed by Gianni Martucci and starring Marc Porel, George Hilton and Anna Maria Rizzoli.
Cast ...
Teresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name.
It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...
'' (1987) - Adelmo
* ''
Kaputt Mundi
''Kaputt Mundi'' ( it, L'ultimo capodanno) is a 1998 Italian comedy drama film directed by Marco Risi. It is based on the short story '' L'ultimo capodanno dell'umanità'' by Niccolò Ammaniti.
Cast
*Monica Bellucci: Giulia Giovannini
*Marco Gi ...
'' (1998) - Don Pepe
* ''Tobia al caffè'' (2000) - Avvocato