Paolo Panelli

Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992)

During the annual Christmas gathering at the family home, the parents surprise their children by announcing their decision to move in with one of them and pass on the house. ...

Towards Evening (1990)

Italy, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he set for himself. An ardent old-style communist, he has always been at odds with the unconventional lifestyle led by his son and his hippieish girlfriend Stella. ...

Splendor (1989)

Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi ...

Department Store (1986)

A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store. ...

This and That (1983)

Two episodes. The 1st is 'Amore impossibile' (Impossible love). Giulio is a comic book draftsman. He is passing through a creativity depressed period. One day his editor makes him meet a blond nice girl. Immediately Giulio fall in love and starts to draw h ...

Sing Sing (1983)

Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute. But Eduardo is already rushing to the ...

Count Tacchia (1982)

In 1900 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized component of a noble family in the process of decay. Francesco knows the cynical and ruthless Prince Torquato Terenzi, disappointed by life and progress, and also falls in lov ...

Aggiungi un posto a tavola (1978)

Father Silvestro receives a phone call from God telling him He intends to send the second flood to earth. The priest then decides to seek help from his compatriots to build a new Noah's Ark. But to achieve their objectives they must overcome the obstacles ...

Midnight of Love (1970)

On the Day of the Lord (1970)

Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed herself. F ...

Zum Zum Zum 2 (1969)

While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that's just the beginning of his problems. ...

Song That's Playing In My Head (Zum Zum Zum) (1969)

The sons of a music-loving insurance broker take extreme measures to find happiness for themselves and others, with some help from the power of music. ...

Perdono (1966)

Federico, his girlfriend Laura and her cousin, Caterina, are three young people full of hope, united by a great friendship that seems indissoluble. The three work in a department store but, when Caterina decides to attempt a musical career, given her vocal ...

Gli altri, gli altri e noi (1966)

An unemployed youth tries different jobs such as waiter, hairdresser, porter, salesman and when desperate, he goes to sleep in a flop-house, where he finds a job as a night watchman. ...

Rita the Mosquito (1966)

Rita, a vivacious co-ed is in love with her music teacher, a man who leads a double life - bespectacled professor by day and composer of rock songs by night. Will Rita win his heart? ...

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. ...

Love Italian Style (1966)

Anthology comedy structured in 10 episodes (The Exam, Blue Bloods, Too Easy, Love Italian Style, Sunday Story, Wedding Present, Gold Fischer, The Tuxedo, Railway Courtesy, Play Boy). Whimsical exploration of the mores, customs and vices of Italy at that t ...

I Kill, You Kill (1965)

Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it. ...

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964)

Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decide to take on human features to study the terrestrials incognito, but end up getting involved in the Roman "dolce vita". ...

Siamo tutti pomicioni (1963)

The Shortest Day (1963)

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle. ...

The Assassin (1961)

Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is all about-- that he is the main suspect in the killing of his wealthy ex-lover. Is he guilty, or is he jus ...

Akiko (1961)

The quaint life of Ottavia, a widow living in Rome, is turned upside down when a young and pretty Japanese girl knocks at her door, claiming to be the daughter of her late husband, an Italian military officer who went to Japan on a secret mission during WW ...

I teddy boys della canzone (1960)

Le signore (1960)

Noi duri (1960)

Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers. ...

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. ...

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 ...

I pinguini ci guardano (1956)

La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to ...

Scampolo 53 (1955)

A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia. He decides to take the girl with him, who has been waiting for this. ...

Divisione Folgore (1954)

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front. ...

Rosso e nero (1954)

Submarine Attack (1954)

During WWII, handsome young Italian sub commander and his crew torpedo Allied freighters and transport ships for the Axis then rescue the occasional survivor and treat them humanely while seeking a safe place to put them ashore. ...

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954)

A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents. ...

Voice of Silence (1953)

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the "House of Silence". For three days, they meditate on their lives. ...

Ho scelto l'amore (1953)

A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he sear ...

Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953)

A crack team of Italian naval divers plan to attach high explosives to the hulls of Royal navy warships anchored in Gibraltar harbour. ...

Wife for a Night (1952)

A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage. ...

Paris Is Always Paris (1951)

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance. ...

The Last Sentence (1951)

Piero is the leader of a group of university students who lead a carefree life. Finding himself in trouble and in need of money, he turns to criminal means—receiving aid from Daniela, the daughter of a rigid magistrate. ...

Cuori sul mare (1950)

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress. ...

Against the Law (1950)

A young bourgeois who launders money for the mafia gets accused of murder. ...

Arrivederci, papà! (1948)

Two little angels, a boy and a girl, come down on earth to choose their parents prior to birth. They choose the daughter of a retired general as their future mother and an opera singer as their dad. But making the two chosen ones meet, fall in love and mar ...

Guarany (1948)

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda. ...