Alberto Lionello

Dream of a Summer Night (1983)

Rock musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". ...

Riavanti… Marsch! (1979)

Five forty-year-old boys, who had been soldiers together, find themselves, once again in uniform, for a forty-day update period, during which they should learn the use of a new NATO-supplied missile. ...

Black Journal (1977)

A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building. ...

The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977)

Distressed that her wayward husband, Gianni (Alberto Lionello), forsakes her favors and seduces a series of other women, drop-dead gorgeous Gioia (Edwige Fenech) turns to handsome lothario Patrizio (Ray Lovelock) to help her get revenge. Will her enthusias ...

Love in 4 Easy Lessons (1976)

Four stories focused on the fair sex, dealing with the most varied and improbable sentimental and non-sentimental situations. ...

Italy is Rotten (1976)

Two Sicilian's, Peppe Truzzoliti and Antonio Mancuso, decide, after a misadventure with some mafia drug dealers, to leave the cold and racist Turin to return to their native land. Along for the ride with them is Domenica, a beautiful girl from Veneto, who ...

Illustrious Corpses (1976)

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. ...

Sex with a Smile (1976)

Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of Italian sexual humor. ...

Pleased To See You Again (1976)

Based on the novel 'Ritratto Di Provincia In Rosso' by Paolo Levi .Mario Aldara, a Ministry of the Intenal Affairs officer and former police inspector, is sent to his native town, Bologna to investigate the alleged suicide of Cesare Bonfigli, of a powerful ...

Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)

In early 20th-century Sicily, Eugenia Di Maqueda and Raimondo Corrao discover on their wedding night that they are brother and sister and therefore unable to consummate their marriage. For the sake of the family inheritance and honour, the two decide not t ...

Policewoman (1974)

A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department. ...

How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy. ...

Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969)

Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat. But Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband. ...

Togli le gambe dal parabrezza (1969)

"Remove your legs from the windshield" - Alberto, an engineer over forty years old, on his return from an inspection, a nineteen-year-old Parisian student called Sylvie is looking for a ride. Even though the girl reminds him of her daughter Francesca's age ...

La giacca stregata (1969)

Dino, a young failure dependent on his elderly aunt, meets Roberto, a former military comrade who went to war in his place. Roberto gives him the address of a tailor to have a new suit made. Based on the short story of the same name, from the collection "L ...

Pigsty (1969)

Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with ...

Sunstroke (1968)

One Sunday in summer a mixed crowd pours on to a beach near Rome. A few tourists who had hoped to spend a relaxing day, find themselves involved in a series of unpleasant experiences instead. ...

Che notte, ragazzi! (1966)

Lawyer Tony Green has to pay a two-million-dollar check as compensation to the widow of a wealthy businessman who died as a result of an explosion on the plane immediately after take-off. Tony has to reach the widow who is currently abroad. ...

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)

An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite ...

Money (1965)

On the theme "money is the driving force that drives man to commit follies to conquer them", this film presents a series of episodes. ...

Dangerous Pleasures (1965)

Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute, their husbands do what they can to avoid trace of scandal and any implication that their wives are involved. ...

Love in Four Dimensions (1964)

Young Italian writers and directors express themselves in four episodes about sex and love. "Love and Language," the first tale, centers on the difficulties of a Sicilian immigrant who is unable to master proper Italian. the second tale "Love and Life" cen ...

Operation Gold Ingot (1962)

The owner of a high-tech heating mechanism is being forced by gangsters to help them in a plot to steal gold ingots. An ex-secret agent is called in to search for him and stop the criminals. ...

Mariti a congresso (1961)

Cacciatori di dote (1961)

Manlio from Guatemala and Carlo the nobleman are both looking forward to settling down by marrying rich. ...

He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960)

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. ...

Non si dorme a Kirkwall (1960)

Set on a quiet, windswept Scottish island, the aging and somewhat lazy Pastor Mac Niff requests a curate to help him manage his eccentric parishioners. A young assistant named Newt arrives surprisingly early and begins using hyper-modern, bizarre methods t ...

Ricordati di Napoli (1958)

My Police Granny (1958)

Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself. ...