Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, tv host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''

Le pillole di Ercole ''Le pillole di Ercole'' is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Dottor Pasqui * Sylva Koscina a ...

'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the

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. As a writer of

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, he used the pseudonym Pilantra. During World War II, he was a prisoner in Germany. He later worked for several years in Brazil.

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

A Flea on the Scales ''A Flea on the Scales'' (Portuguese: ''Uma Pulga na Balança'') is a 1953 Brazilian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Waldemar Wey, Gilda Nery and Geraldo José de Almeida.Molinterno p.289 Cast * Waldemar Wey as Dorival * Gild ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Fascist ''The Fascist'' ( it, Il federale) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Luciano Salce. It was coproduced with France. It was also the first feature film scored by Ennio Morricone. Plot The movie takes place in 1944, when Italy was divided ...

'' (1961) * ''

'' (1962) * '' La voglia matta'' (1962) * ''

La cuccagna ''La cuccagna'', internationally released as ''A Girl... and a Million'', is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Salce. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 6 ...

'' (1962) * '' Le ore dell'amore'' (1963) * '' Alta infedeltà'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

The Man, the Woman and the Money ''Kiss the Other Sheik'' ( it, Oggi, domani, dopodomani, also known as ''The Man, the Woman and the Money'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film in three segments, directed by Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, and Luciano Salce. It stars Marcello Mastr ...

'' (1965) * ''

Le fate ''Sex Quartet'' (US title: ''The Queens'', it, Le fate, 'the fairies') is a 1966 Italian-French comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce. It starred Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti ...

'' (1966) * ''

Come imparai ad amare le donne ''How I Learned to Love Women'' ( it, Come imparai ad amare le donne, french: Comment j'ai appris à aimer les femmes, german: Das gewisse Etwas der Frauen, also known as ''Love Parade'') is a 1966 Italian-French-German comedy film directed by L ...

'' (1967) * ''

Ti ho sposato per allegria ''Ti ho sposato per allegria'' (internationally released as ''I Married You for Fun'') is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It is based on the play by Natalia Ginzburg. Monica Vitti was awarded the Globo d'oro for Best Actres ...

'' (1967) * '' La pecora nera'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1969) * '' Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue'' (1969) * '' Basta guardarla'' (1970) * ''

Il provinciale ''Il provinciale'' (''The Provincial'') is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Cast * Gianni Morandi: Giovanni * Maria Grazia Buccella: Giulia * Sergio Leonardi: Sergio * Tery Hare: Silvana * Franco Fabrizi: Colombo ...

'' (1971) * ''

Il sindacalista ''Il sindacalista'' (''The Trade Unionist'') is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Plot The Sicilian worker Saverio Ravizzi (Buzzanca), just hired in a factory in Bergamo, begins to mobilize his fellow workers in better wor ...

'' (1972) * ''

Io e lui ''Io e lui'' (''He and I'') is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It is based on the novel with the same name by Alberto Moravia. Cast * Lando Buzzanca: Rico * Bulle Ogier: Irene * Vittorio Caprioli: Cutica * Antonia Sa ...

'' (1973) * '' Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno'' (1974) * '' L'anatra all'arancia'' (1975) * ''

Fantozzi ''Fantozzi'' is a 1975 Italian satirical cult film, based on in the saga of the unlucky Italian accountant employee Ugo Fantozzi, written and played by his creator Paolo Villaggio. The film is a parody of middle class workers of the 1970s, unh ...

'' (1975) * ''

L'affittacamere ''L'affittacamere'' is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Gloria Guida. Plot Giorgia and Angela Mainardi are two sisters: the first is very beautiful, and the second is fat and has problems with sleepwalking. O ...

'' (1976) * ''

Il secondo tragico Fantozzi ''Il secondo tragico Fantozzi'' (''The Second Tragic Fantozzi'') is an Italian comedy film released in 1976. It is the second film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. Plot Fantozzi is working ove ...

'' (1976) * '' La presidentessa'' (1977) * '' Il... Belpaese'' (1977) * '' Dove vai in vacanza?'' (1978) * '' Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania'' (1978) * '' Riavanti... marsch!'' (1979) * '' Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario'' (1980) * ''

Vieni avanti cretino ''Vieni avanti cretino'' (''Come On Idiot'') is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It had a great commercial success, grossing over 3 billion lire at the Italian box office. Cast *Lino Banfi: Pasquale Baudaffi *Franco Braca ...

'' (1982) * ''

Vediamoci chiaro ''Vediamoci chiaro'' (''Let's See It Clear'') is a 1984 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. The author Enrico Giacovelli referred to the film as "a kind of '' Scent of a Woman'' but more ambiguous, midway between Luigi Pirandello's '' ...

'' (1984) * '' Quelli del casco'' (1988)

Actor

* ''

A Yank in Rome ''A Yank in Rome'' ( it, Un americano in vacanza) is a 1946 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Valentina Cortese. Cast * Valentina Cortese as Maria, La maestrina * Andrea Checchi as Roberto * Leo Dale as Dick * Adolfo Cel ...

'' (1946) - L'ufficiale americano * ''

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'' (1950) - (voice) * ''Terra É Sempre Terra'' (1951) * ''Ângela'' (1951) * ''Floradas na Serra'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) - (uncredited) * ''Piccola posta'' (1955) - Dog Wotan's Owner * ''

Toto in the Moon ''Totò nella luna'' (internationally released as ''Toto in the Moon'') is a 1958 Italian comedy science fiction film written and directed by Steno. The script was co-written by Lucio Fulci. The film starred Sylva Koscina, fresh from her appeara ...

'' (1958) - Von Braun * ''

Maid, Thief and Guard ''Maid, Thief and Guard'' ( it, Guardia, ladro e cameriera/ Cop, Thief and Maid) is a 1958 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Steno. Plot A poor man attempts to break in and steal on the night of New Year's Eve, putting a guard and a maid i ...

'' (1958) - Il Conte tedesco * ''

Tipi da spiaggia ''Tipi da spiaggia'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Johnny Dorelli. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Pasubio Giovinezza *Christiane Martel: Barbara Patton *Giustino Durano: Nick Balmora *Johnny Dorelli: Giorgio Binott ...

'' (1959) - Ionescu - the psychoanalyst * ''I baccanali di Tiberio'' (1960) - Coronel * '' Il carabiniere a cavallo'' (1961) - Il prete * ''

'' (1961)Review: ''The Fascist'' (film)
nytimes.com; accessed 3 July 2017. - German officer (uncredited) * ''La ragazza di mille mesi'' (1961) - La Psicanalista * '' La voglia matta'' (1962) - Bisigato (uncredited) * ''

'' (1962) - Il colonnello (uncredited) * '' Le ore dell'amore'' (1963) - (uncredited) * '' Gli onorevoli'' (1963) - Un invitato (uncredited) * ''

'' (1965) - Arturo Rossi (segment "L'ora di punta") * '' Anyone Can Play'' (1968) - Psychiatrist Dr. Stelluti * ''

'' (1969) - Himself * ''Oh dolci baci e languide carezze'' (1970) - Carlo Valcini * '' The Swinging Confessors'' (1970) - Monsignor Torelli * '' Basta guardarla'' (1970) - Farfarello * ''Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?'' (1971) - Il critico d'arte * ''Homo Eroticus'' (1971) - Achille Lampugnani * ''Non commettere atti impuri'' (1971) - Damiano * ''

Hector the Mighty ''Hector the Mighty'' ( it, Ettore lo fusto) is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. A parody of Homer's '' Iliad'' set in modern times, it is loosely based on the 1966 novel ''Le roi des Mirmidous'' by Henri Viard and Bern ...

'' (1972) - Mercurio * ''Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?'' (1972) - Maresciallo Dorigo * '' Hospitals: The White Mafia'' (1973) - Enrico * ''La signora è stata violentata'' (1973) - Il monsignore * ''

Three Tough Guys ''Three Tough Guys'' (also known as ''Tough Guys'') is a 1974 crime-action film directed by Duccio Tessari. It may be regarded as an example of the Blaxploitation genre. It stars Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson and Isaac Hayes, who also compo ...

'' (1974) - The bishop * ''

Commissariato di notturna ''Commissariato di notturna'' is a 1974 Italian crime- comedy film directed by . It was one of the few films that tried to mix the classical commedia all'italiana with the ''poliziottesco'' genre. Cast * Rosanna Schiaffino: Sonia *Gastone Mo ...

'' (1974) - On. Luigi Colacioppi * ''

Il domestico ''Il domestico'' is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Lando Buzzanca as Rosario Cabaduni, called 'Sasa ...

'' (1974) - The director * ''Amore mio non farmi male'' (1974) - Carlo Foschini * '' City Under Siege'' (1974) - Paolo Ferrero * ''Nipoti miei diletti'' (1974) - Don Vittorio * ''Son tornate a fiorire le rose'' (1975) - Carlo Foschini * '' Di che segno sei?'' (1975) - Leonardo * ''I prosseneti'' (1976) - Giorgio * '' Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe'' (1976) - Barone Alfonso Lamìa * '' Maschio latino cercasi'' (1977) - colonnello (segment "L'amnistia") * ''Ride bene... chi ride ultimo'' (1977) - Maresciallo (segment "Sedotto e violentato") / Bepi Pastorino (segment "La visita di controllo") * '' La presidentessa'' (1977) - Bortignon * '' Voglia di donna'' (1978) - Il matto * ''Tanto va la gatta al lardo...'' (1978) - Dino Chini / Amilcare Severi * ''Ridendo e scherzando'' (1978) - Lucio Sartori * ''Belli e brutti ridono tutti'' (1979) - Santucci * '' Riavanti... marsch!'' (1979) - Prof. Eduardo Settebeni * '' Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario'' (1980) - Paolo Lavetti * ''

'' (1982) - Himself (uncredited)

Bibliography

*Andrea Pergolari, ''Verso la commedia. Momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile'', Firenze Libri, Rome, 2002. *Andrea Pergolari, Emanuele Salce, ''Luciano Salce: Una vita spettacolare'', Edilazio, Rome, 2009.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salce, Luciano 1922 births 1989 deaths Film directors from Rome Italian lyricists Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni People of Venetian descent People of Marchesan descent Italian military personnel of World War II