Dino Risi

Aspirante vedovo (2013)

A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo". ...

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala (2005)

Acclaimed Ukranian dancer Svetlana Zakharova, who later became one of the youngest ballerinas in Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, stars in the title role of the famed Romantic ballet «Giselle,» recorded at the Teatro alla Scalla in Milan in April 2005. The produ ...

Le ragazze di Miss Italia (2002)

A story set behind the scenes of the annual Miss Italia pageant, with its load of young girls and recognizable characters. ...

Giovani e belli (1996)

Luca, a young man from a rich family, travels to Rome. Here he encounters Gino, who makes a living with petty theft. ...

Esercizi di stile (1996)

The end of a love story, told in fourteen different styles: from comedy to western, from noir to thriller, silent movie and so on. ...

Scent of a Woman (1992)

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colone ...

I'll Be Going Now (1991)

After eighteen years of psychiatric care, the former bank manager Augusto Scrivani returns home from his daughter-in-law Carla. Dino Risi directs a melancholy and scratchy Gassman. ...

Life with the Kids (1990)

The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again in the relationship with a much younger woman and finally coming to grips with his age, and the fact that he hasn't been there for his family like he should ...

Running Away (1989)

Remake of the famous 1960 "La Ciociara" movie. ...

Il vizio di vivere (1988)

A car accident leaves a young woman completely paralyzed and forced to live in an iron lung. Her boyfriend leaves her, but the unfortunate woman manages to spark tender feelings in a journalist. Inspired by the story of Rosanna Benzi, who spent twenty-eigh ...

Teresa (1987)

Teresa is a young widow who is concentrated on her little business until she hires Gino. ...

Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986)

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote is ...

Madman at War (1985)

A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II. ...

Good King Dagobert (1984)

King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two con ...

Sesso e volentieri (1982)

Ten segments, all starring Johnny Dorelli and all having sex and sexual perversions as main theme. ...

Ghost of Love (1981)

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover. ...

Sunday Lovers (1980)

A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). ...

I'm Photogenic (1980)

Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to further their own careers. ...

Dear Father (1979)

In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy whe ...

First Love (1978)

Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl. ...

The New Monsters (1977)

A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Monicelli) - 4. Kidnapping of a Beloved Person (Ettore Scola) - 5. First Aid ( ...

The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)

Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle. ...

Without Words (1977)

On a layover at a hotel, a young stewardess meets a handsome man. Though they do not speak a common language, they share a brief yet intense romantic relationship. Included in the omnibus film The New Monsters (I nuovi mostri). ...

Lost Soul (1977)

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic. ...

The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy's "White Telephone" films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl ...

Scent of a Woman (1974)

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. ...

How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)

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

Dirty Weekend (1973)

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the ...

In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the It ...

That's How We Women Are (1971)

The film consists of twelve episodes, all with Monica Vitti as the protagonist. ...

The Priest's Wife (1970)

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a young woman attempts suicide but survives and falls for the priest who took her call, leading to complications with his vow of celibacy. ...

Normal Young Man (1969)

Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a trio of Americans (an "open" couple and a homosexual) sightseeing in Italy. The husband is an older and worldly professor of archaeology while his wife is interested in exploring living things. T ...

I See Naked (1969)

Seven sketches including the title sketch "I See Naked" in which a fashion editor begins to see naked women everywhere he goes. ...

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968)

When Marino goes to Rome for an event, he certainly does not imagine meeting Marisa, who will become the love of his life. But once love is found, it is a matter of spreading it and here the difficulties begin: first the father who opposes it; then, after ...

The Prophet (1968)

In this comedy, a guru's groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests. ...

The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967)

A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away. ...

The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)

A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli. ...

Our Husbands (1966)

Three episodes about Italian husbands and their relationships. ...

Weekend, Italian Style (1965)

Manager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many friends. After three days Marletti comes back driving his car to Rome. So he can sleep, alone and happy, with silence around him. ...

Complexes (1965)

In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to b ...

The Dolls (1965)

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comenci ...

Il gaucho (1964)

An italian film producer travels to Argentina with part of the crew to a Film Festival contest. ...

The Thursday (1964)

It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day however, he will ...

The Monsters (1963)

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes. ...

I Mostri [Episodi Inediti] (1963)

Unreleased episodes from "I Mostri" with Ugo Tognazzi as protagonist. ...

March on Rome (1962)

March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirt ...

Il Sorpasso (1962)

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair's newfo ...

A Difficult Life (1961)

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment. ...

A porte chiuse (1961)

The movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier. ...

Love in Rome (1960)

A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another. ...

Love and Larceny (1960)

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant. ...

The Widower (1959)

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-non ...

Poor Millionaires (1959)

After a series of misunderstandings and other unfortunate incidents, the honeymoon of two young couples ends sooner than planned. Back at their starting point, the ensuing conflict leads to one of the couples separating. Salvatore, who moves away, is hit i ...

Venice, the Moon and You (1958)

Bepi, a gondolier with a girl in every port becomes entangled in too many romances. While Bepi is overly focused on a pair of gamine American tourists, fellow motor-boatman, Toni, threatens to steal away his childhood sweetheart. ...

Fast and Sexy (1958)

A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith. ...

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl (1957)

Romolo and Salvatore look for jobs to impress their girlfriends, but things get complicated when their old flame Giovanna reappears. ...

Oh! Sabella (1957)

Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her. ...

Poor But Beautiful (1957)

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with Giovanna. ...

The Monte Carlo Story (1956)

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes severa ...

Scandal in Sorrento (1955)

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife. ...

Disperato addio (1955)

An Italian medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. ...

The Sign of Venus (1955)

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her. ...

Love in the City (1953)

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze. ...

The Street of Hope (1953)

Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta, the most inexperienced and naive, will have to choose between the ...

Sunday Heroes (1952)

Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like a ...

Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952)

An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination. ...

Vacation with a Gangster (1952)

A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison. ...

Anna (1951)

The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to nursing. ...

Songs in the streets (1950)

In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to end his days. ...

Lights Out in the Cinema Hall (1950)

A traveling salesman in post WWII Milan pops into a movie house and the camera searches the faces in the dark watching. ...

La fabbrica del duomo (1949)

The technical office for the renovation of Milan Cathedral - the Duomo - shows the camera the treasures of the place and the projects for the facades of the building. ...

1848 (1948)

The real masterpiece, among these early works by Risi, is certainly 1848 . Made to order for the centenary of the Milan uprising against Austrian rule, the film opens with a group of soldiers apathetically attending the dress rehearsal for a ballet at La S ...

Tigullio minore (1947)

In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman. ...

Towards Life (1946)

Emilio -an orphan in an by WW II devastated Milan- can take part in a camp for boys called 'Verso la vita'. Slowly but surely the company of the other children helps him regain his lost innocence. ...

Barboni (1946)

A documentary. ...

Piccolo mondo antico (1941)

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will. ...

Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo (2024)

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant (2015)

Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010). ...

Sodankylä Forever (2010)

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has playe ...

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007)

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts from colleagues and admirers, including Woody Allen. ...

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne (2007)

A Beautiful Vacation (2006)

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he h ...

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004)

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them. ...

The Invisible Wall (1991)

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover ...

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party. ...