Mario Pisu

Nick the Sting (1976)

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs a ...

Sorbole... che romagnola! (1976)

Due to a mistake by the travel agency she works for, a young woman finds herself deeply in debt and stranded in a tourist resort full of incredibly stuck-up travelers. As these tourists all insist they are all incredibly thin attractive people despite evid ...

The Sensuous Nurse (1975)

Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition. ...

The Sex Machine (1975)

The year is 2037 A.D. Depletion of natural fuels has eliminated electrical power throughout the world. No light… no heat… no T.V., until a team of award-winning scientists succeeds in harnessing energy from the world's oldest source of reciprocating mo ...

The Noon Vigilante (1975)

Franco is abandoned by his wife and daughter who wrongly accuse him of being a wimp. Besides he's bossed around and sexually harassed at work. He decides to take justice into his own hands and get rough with the world. He soon gets his family's respect bac ...

Blue Jeans (1975)

Tells the story of young Daniela 'Blue Jeans' Anselmi, a free-spirited drifter who makes her way in life by selling sexual favors and practicing petty-crime. After Daniela is arrested, the man who might be her long-lost father is called into her life to lo ...

Carnality (1974)

A corrupt businessman obtains a castle through surreptitious means. He has a series of affairs while his ill wife remains bed-ridden and after her death he marries one of his mistresses. But she was the daughter of the man from whom the castle was stolen a ...

Orders Signed in White (1974)

After a phone call has been intercepted (an industrialist is going to receive a huge amount of money from a foreign bank), Mafioso Luca Albanese is assigned to set up a big robbery. He and his gang (three men and three women) then hide-out in a remote mou ...

The Sensual Man (1973)

The Catanese baron Paolo Castorini leaves the closed Sicilian environment and moves to Rome where he enters into erotic relationships with women of all classes. He, however, feels dissatisfied with a life of only the body, compared to his journalist friend ...

Io e lui (1973)

Rico is a not too successful screen-player. He is also a repressed sex addict. His life changes when he starts to talk to his own penis, which incredibly answers him! All his relationships and views about reality are seriously impacted by his new "friend", ...

Without Warning (1973)

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in order to penetrate a group of mercenaries with orders to assassinat ...

The Boss (1973)

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians. ...

Appuntamento a Senlis (1972)

A young man wants to give an idealized image of himself and his family and so he introduces the girl he loves to two old actors who pretend to be his parents. ...

We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)

A judge opens an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an MP. ...

Why (1971)

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why? ...

Zingara (1969)

Franco, singer in search of success, falls in love with Marisa. But she walks away from him to stay close to her sick cousin. ...

Temptation (1969)

The young architect Guido maintains a relationship with Carla, wife of industrialist Veraldi that despite being aware of her infidelity does nothing to prevent it. ...

L'amore è come il sole (1969)

Emma Hamilton (1968)

In the second half of the 18th century, the young shepherdess Emma accidentally catches the eye of the English painter George Romney. She becomes his model in London, where she also has several love affairs. After she is temporarily forced to work as a pro ...

Morire gratis (1968)

A young artist, living and working in Rome, drives his car for a long trip to Paris. Into the car also his last work, a sculpture. During the trip he meets Michelle, young french woman. The artist in Paris hopes to sell his sculpture. ...

Spia spione (1967)

Carlo Barlozzetti, a silly waiter, lives alone in an apartment located across a bank which a Professor and his followers try to robe. While The Professor intends to steal a ring packed with a precious and secret metal alloy guarded in A safety deposit box, ...

Johnny Banco (1967)

A hustler of humble origins steals $200,000 from a gangster and heads to Monte Carlo. ...

The Looters (1967)

Morgan, a lapsed burglar, is drugged and shanghaied on board a yacht by beautiful Colleen. When he comes to, the athletic young man learns that Colleen and her friends want him to break open the vaults of a Carribean island where a ruthless dictator has de ...

Tutto Totò - La scommessa (1967)

Pardon, Are You for or Against? (1966)

A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided between numerous lovers. ...

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo (1966)

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay. ...

Our Husbands (1966)

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

Adultery Italian Style (1966)

A betrayed wife decides to teach her philandering husband a lesson in this riotous farce. Marta (Catherine Spaak) discovers that husband Franco (Nino Manfredi) has been stepping out with her own best friend (Maria Grazia Buccella), and gets revenge by inve ...

How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966)

Dim-wits Franco and Cicco try to come up with a plan to rob the safes of the Bank of Italy, but with one muddle after another, they find themselves empty-handed after each attempt to do so. ...

Te lo leggo negli occhi (1966)

A girl from a country village goes to town and falls in love with a songwriter struggling for success. Soon however their life-paths go different ways and they split. Only for a short time naturally : a song he writes will help them to reunite. ...

Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta. ...

Made in Italy (1965)

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants. ...

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. ...

The Gendarme in New York (1965)

Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y. ...

Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her pai ...

Violence and Love (1965)

The nature of love and marriage is studied in two episodes. ...

Soldiers and corporals (1964)

The army challenges the navy in a singing contest. ...

L'abito nuovo (1964)

In Naples, where the modest clerk Michele Crispucci lives with his daughter Assuntina, his ex-wife arrives with her circus. The young Concettino confides to a friend that he wants to give up his marriage to Assuntina, because twenty years earlier the girl' ...

Arms of the Avenger (1963)

Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy. ...

The Organizer (1963)

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy. ...

Totò sexy (1963)

Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time. ...

8½ (1963)

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one ...

Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)

In the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain, Isabella, is held captive in the French castle, and the Count of Seville is sent to France as a diplomat. While there, he is escorted by the Three Musketeers, wh ...

I motorizzati (1962)

A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy. ...

Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)

A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband. ...

Roaring Years (1962)

In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their ...

Mariti a congresso (1961)

The Cossacks (1960)

Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander. ...

Hannibal (1959)

A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome. ...

First Love (1959)

Ugo meets the 18-year-old Renata in the hostel where she is staying. He falls in love with and leaves with her for several romantic places until the money ends. Ugo will try to get the girl engaged on a local TV station, but Renata falls in love with a man ...

Totò all'inferno (1955)

After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell. ...

Di qua, di là del Piave (1954)

10 love songs to save (1953)

The plot concerns a songwriter, played by Jacques Sernas who leaves his sweetheart and publisher when he learns that he is going blind. ...

Il mago per forza (1951)

In the prison of San Vittore there is, among other detainees, a strange type that they call "Il Cavaliere". The latter suffers a conviction for theft and his fellow prisoners have a certain respect for him. ...

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. ...

Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)

Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes. ...

Margaret of Cortona (1950)

A Tuscan peasant girl in the 13th century overcomes sexual harassment, and the skepticism of her fellow citizens, as she saves plague victims, works miracles, and eventually becomes a saint. ...

Il diavolo in convento (1950)

March 1945: an air raid destroys a fishing village. The homeless are hosted by Brother Angelo in the convent of San Fruttuoso in Camogli: years pass but the houses are not rebuilt and when the prior dies, the convent is sold to the rich engineer Milone, de ...

Superstition (1948)

Short documentary about superstition in southern Italy. ...

Professor, My Son (1946)

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles. ...

Il canto della vita (1945)

During the German occupation, the only heir of a rich owner of the Roman countryside, in order to escape capture, lives hidden in a cave. To help him there is a young woman who has been in love with him for a long time. However, one day, during one of thos ...

The Rape of the Sabine (1945)

Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. ...

Lettere al sottotenente (1945)

La locandiera (1944)

Il cappello da prete (1944)

The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from the house of a very rich priest and, surprised during the theft, he kills the priest, and then throws the b ...

Il nostro prossimo (1943)

Princess Cinderella (1941)

Cinderella manages to marry the prince and move to the palace, where she is well-liked and loved by everyone. However, her evil stepsisters devise a way to get her kicked out. ...

Manovre d'amore (1940)

Il suo destino (1938)

An engineer living in Brazil meets a variety dancer during a temporary stay in Italy. He falls in love with her and convinces her to follow him abroad. But the head of the fazenda, at which he is employed, falls in love with the girl and uses all his power ...

Re di danari (1936)

Destiny Unknown (1935)

Based on fact, Passaporto Rosso (Red Passport) details the plight of a group of poor Italian immigrants who are hired as railroad workers in turn-of-the-century South America. In addition to facing poverty, deprivation, and prejudice, the immigrants are al ...

Orders Signed in White (1974)

After a phone call has been intercepted (an industrialist is going to receive a huge amount of money from a foreign bank), Mafioso Luca Albanese is assigned to set up a big robbery. He and his gang (three men and three women) then hide-out in a remote mou ...

La grande avventura (1954)

The adventures of Count Angelo de Marchis as he tries to reach his besieged allies in Rome with much needed funds from England. Can he evade the pursuing "Contessa Sara Mondini" and her Milanese henchmen? ...