Lino Troisi

The Mayor (1997)

De Filippo 's tragedy of a politician presiding over criminal activities in Naples has been transferred to East Chicago. ...

Bandits (1995)

Amos, a watchmaker, loses his wife due to post-surgery complications. Destroyed by grief, he joins old friends Karl and Maner, former revolutionaries, to kidnap Prime Minister Ullmann, once their companion, to extort money from the state. ...

The Last Days of Humanity (1991)

The last days of humanity by Karl Kraus, a mammoth drama - almost 800 pages in the Adelphi edition - staged by Luca Ronconi in the Lingotto in Turin, broadcast by Rai ...

Disamistade (1988)

Ternosecco (1987)

On a hot summer night, Raffaele, the elderly manager of a Neapolitan counter-lot, is brutally strangled in his own accommodation. ...

The Professor (1986)

Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars. ...

One Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the sa ...

Il Ras del quartiere (1983)

Chopin (1982)

A small town has its placid waters rocked when a 120-piece orchestra is slated to visit on a regular basis to offer special concerts to the community and its environs. The honor of conducting the orchestra seems like it will fall to Francesco (Michele Plac ...

Honey (1981)

A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel. ...

I'm Starting from Three (1981)

Gaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people. ...

The Persians (1975)

An adaptation of the Aeschylus play. ...

Gambling City (1975)

Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for ...

The Murri Affair (1974)

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and ...

Rome Wants Another Caesar (1974)

In this costume epic, the last days of Julius Caesar are chronicled. ...

Tony Arzenta (1973)

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue. ...

Day by Day, Desperately (1961)

The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members. ...