Alberto Sorrentino

Taste of Life (1988)

Elvio Battistini works as a ticket taker in the local cinema of the small town where he lives. He has a prosthesis in one leg, the result of an accident, but he tells anyone who will listen it is a war injury. Giuseppe Mondardini, is also an older man livi ...

Action (1980)

Z-movie actor Bruno Martel has hero syndrome, often quarrelling with directors. He meets fellow actor Doris, who is obsessed with Ophelia but cannot get any Shakespearean bookings. One day, during a nervous breakdown, Bruno 'rescues' Doris from the set, le ...

Occhio Alla Vedova! (1976)

Concetta Li Cause, deprived of her husband Oreste by the Mafia, is coveted by Bologna Marcello and Charles postman. Besides the two, there are other suitors because the widow is rich; but Cosa Nostra deploys its resources to prevent the woman from finding ...

Il lumacone (1974)

A struggling chef and a kind-hearted thief form an unlikely bond on the streets of Rome, finding hope and a chance to rebuild their lives together. ...

Torso (1973)

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to h ...

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective (1973)

Il Santo Patrono (1972)

Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972)

During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key fr ...

Jus primae noctis (1972)

Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone. ...

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! (1971)

Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist. ...

The Clowns (1970)

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns ...

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969)

An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies, and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge. ...

Poppea's Hot Nights (1969)

Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles. ...

Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast (1968)

A hotel owner, in competition with a rival owner, finds a cache of lost treasure on the bottom of the bay after trying to drown himself which turns his life upside down. ...

Two Firefighters (1968)

The firefighter student Francesco Perricone and his cousin the brigadier Barrese fall in love both of the beautiful brunette Caramella and the barracks of Rome are transferred to the village of Sicily where the girl lives. ...

Man Only Cries for Love (1968)

Tony and some friends put together a rock band to do some concerts and earn some money. Unfortunately the military service is incumbent, but fortunately the boys will find themselves in the same barracks. ...

Cuore matto... matto da legare (1967)

Tony is in love with Carla, a young student of architecture, but his parents want him to marry Erminia, a rich but ugly girl. ...

The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)

A thief falls in love with a maid and goes on the run after stealing Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa. ...

Gli onorevoli (1963)

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

Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1962)

An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters. ...

The Seventh Sword (1962)

In this costume adventure, a dashing swordsman helps protect Philip III of Spain from the traitors trying to overthrow him. ...

Boccaccio '70 (1962)

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public aff ...

The Temptation of Dr. Antonio (1962)

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be driven mad by a seductive billboard of Anita Ekberg that haunts him with hallucinations. ...

Cronache del '22 (1961)

Five different episodes unfold against the backdrop of Italian historical and political events in 1922. In the first, in the aftermath of the March on Rome, two scoundrels speculate on the event. In the second, a punitive expedition enters the home of a so ...

The Giants of Thessaly (1960)

In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is p ...

Appointment in Ischia (1960)

A qualcuna piace calvo (1959)

Two girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor. ...

Caravan Petrol (1959)

A simple barberman from Naples travel to Arabia for search a big fortune that could make him rich. ...

Terror of Oklahoma (1959)

Italian Western comedy in black-and-white. The movie intended to be a parody of the American western as even the title shows, being a hybrid between the original title of the movie The Oklahoma Kid and its rendering for the Italian audience, "Il terrore de ...

La cento chilometri (1959)

During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations ...

The Sheriff (1959)

A gang of outlaws terrorizes Rio Ciuccio. When they kill the sheriff his wife, an old neapolitan lady, takes his place. ...

Simpatico mascalzone (1959)

Non perdiamo la testa (1959)

A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain. ...

Prepotenti più di prima (1959)

Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The parents of the baby, tired of those fights, run away to Milan. ...

Here comes the gang (1959)

Love is born between Anna, daughter of Alfonso, a wealthy farmer, and Luigi, a drum player in a musical band, who live in two different villages-Square on the Piano and Casalieta. This feeling is thwarted by her father, who would like to give her in marria ...

L'amore nasce a Roma (1958)

Lello, a painter, and Mario, a singer, move to Rome looking for fortune and success. ...

Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)

Two young men love the same girl and decide to fight for her. The winner realizes, however, that his feelings are not returned. ...

The Third (1958)

A clothing merchant Ofelia, a naïve housewife Rina, and the outspoken nurse Edna meet at a police station and discover that they share a failed sentimental life. ...

I dritti (1957)

Aldo has a bad habit of always acting like a straight guy. His friend Carletto, a serious guy who is in love with Giovanna, a silly girl who is attracted to men in uniform, doesn't like his lifestyle. Aldo is loved by Tosca, a fishmonger, but he despises h ...

Pirate of the Half Moon (1957)

Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an ...

Cantando sotto le stelle (1956)

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket. ...

From Here to the Inheritance (1955)

A musical comedy film by Riccardo Freda. ...

Ricordami (1955)

It Happened at the Police Station (1954)

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the ...

Mother's Heart (1954)

An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thie ...

Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno (1954)

A poor farmer is invited to the King's court and tries to prevent the princess' marriage to a villanious knight. ...

La prigioniera di Amalfi (1954)

An Italian historical drama. ...

La tua donna (1954)

During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from a Nazi catch, hides himself by a farm. Here he knows Luisa (Lea Padovani) and soon the two married and have a baby. After the war, Sandro, now a solicitor, ...

Trieste cantico d'amore (1954)

After WWII, "Jack Grandi" falls in love with a young girl only to find that there is an historical enmity between his family and her's. Can their love survive the accusations of treason and betrayal? ...

Se vincessi cento milioni (1953)

Finalmente libero (1953)

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years. ...

Funniest Show on Earth (1953)

A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman. ...

Easy Years (1953)

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption. ...

Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)

A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrepreneur. ...

Una donna prega (1953)

Gianna, a young radio singer, marries Giulio, director of a travel agency. Soon after, they welcome a child. The tranquility of their family life is deeply disturbed by the arrival in Rome of a French tourist, Giselle, who falls madly in love with Giulio. ...

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1953)

Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her. ...

Viva il cinema (1953)

Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen. ...

I tre corsari (1952)

The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have reven ...

The Lucky Five (1952)

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others ...

È arrivato l'accordatore (1952)

Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches. ...

Processo contro ignoti (1952)

Abracadabra (1952)

Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by the sudden return of her husband who is far from dead. ...

Vendetta... sarda (1952)

A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead. ...

Giovinezza (1952)

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951)

A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire. ...

Stasera sciopero (1951)

A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind. ...

My Heart Sings (1951)

Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music impresario they hear Marco an electrician gifted with a beautiful voice and give him some money to help for his debut as a singer. ...

Il padrone del vapore (1951)

A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters. ...

Beauties in Capri (1951)

The love story between Don Camillo's protégé and Don Violante's niece adds fuel to the rivalry between the two priests. ...

Seven Hours of Troubles (1951)

Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't los ...

Toto the Third Man (1951)

In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women. ...

Damn the Taxes!! (1951)

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help. ...

Milano miliardaria (1951)

The Milanese Luigi Pizzigoni, photographer, and the Neapolitan barber Peppino Avallone, resident in Milan, are opponents in the sports field. The first is a proud Inter supporter, while the second is from Napoli. ...

Ours are coming (1951)

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right. ...

Io sono il capataz (1951)

The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the insurrectionist troops. ...

I cadetti di Guascogna (1950)

Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks. ...

The Last Wagon (1943)

Toto (Aldo Fabrizi), a Roman coachman with an old fashioned horse-drawn carriage who objects to the competition from motorised taxis, doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with Roberto, a young taxi driver. But it is Roberto who helps him when he ...