Walter Chiari

Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993)

The film recalls Orson Welles' Italian period. "Rosabella" is the translation, proposed by the first Italian adaptation, of "Rosebud," the object at the center of the story of Charles Foster Kane, the main character of Citizen Kane (1941), Welles' debut fi ...

Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)

What is love? In how many forms can it manifest itself? 14 short episodes about love, spanning generations of lovers...to answer. ...

Romance (1986)

A father and son try to reconcile spending a few days together and confronting each other also through their own marital experiences. ...

Belli e brutti ridono tutti (1979)

"L'amore e' cieco "Discovered by the usher Capocchia in intimacy with an employee, Ernesto Rossi is fired by Mr. Bani. Pretending to be blind, Rossi retaliates by seducing Mrs. Bani in the sleeping car; but in the morning, he surprised to have been robbed ...

Three Under the Sheets (1979)

Film in three episodes, entitled Sabato mattina, L'omaggio and No, non è per gelosia, which see as protagonists Andrea, Giorgio and Mr. Sgarbozzi, married men who cheat on their respective wives for escapades and one-night stands. ...

Ridendo e scherzando (1978)

Four comic episodes based on betrayal. The main characters are a famous professionist that receives a girl as his anniversary present, a wife tired of her boring marriage, a look-alike of a dangerous wanted person and a very jealous husband. Fantastic Ital ...

Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)

Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give themselves to a stranger, Maria tries to escape her husband, two Bolognese spouses quarrel and do not realize that the civil war has broken out, a Neapolitan fan scanda ...

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)

Misadventures of a sacristan with three eager tourists, a commendatore with a sheikh, a worker who is passionate about hunting with a wife too good and an appearance mistaken for a priest with a patrician family. ...

The Rip-Off (1977)

Crime Comedy starring Walter Chiari, Maurizio Arena and Ettore Manni. Directed by Luciano Ercoli in 1977, but shelved when producer Niccolo De Nora was kidnapped... ironically the theme of the movie. A band of criminals plan one final heist, to kidnap a we ...

Passi furtivi in una notte boia (1976)

tory of a valet waitress. In order to become the owner of the bar where he works, he agrees to rob a bank. Good for the first time, not the second. ...

Per amore di Cesarina (1976)

Davide Camporesi is the owner of the "Tornerai" pension in Cesenatico which he manages together with his wife Elvira and daughter Carletta, and which mainly welcomes German tourists. One day, during a trip to the countryside to buy wine, Davide meets Vindi ...

Come ti rapisco il pupo (1976)

La banca di Monate (1976)

Lago Maggiore, 1949: a failed bank manager, to revive his economic situation, tries to combine a marriage of interest for his daughter. Failing to do so, he then tries a robbery in his own bank. ...

Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)

The birth of a nephew upsets the life of Paolo and Carlo who, unable to grow old, try to prove that they are lively. ...

Zig Zig (1975)

Two women work as entertainers and prostitutes to raise enough money for their dream home. ...

Amore mio non farmi male (1974)

Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic love so far, going against the directives of their parents ... who get in the way to prevent their sexual initiation. ...

The Valachi Papers (1972)

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence. ...

Squeeze a Flower (1970)

When greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor. ...

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce. ...

Caprice Italian Style (1968)

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events. ...

La più bella coppia del mondo (1968)

Walter and Paola, presenter and godmother of the sixth Cantagiro, are involved in a misunderstanding: to dismiss a suitor, the presenter pretends to be married to Quattrini. ...

L'idolo delle scene (1967)

A comedy of misunderstandings caused by words. Walter Chiari is a stage actor who tries to cash a check at a public office. ...

Tutto Totò - La scommessa (1967)

Vacanze in Argentina (1966)

Believing that his death is near, a millionaire who lives in Argentina brings three girls to benefit them in his will and they end up falling in love with three Argentines. ...

They're a Weird Mob (1966)

An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance. ...

Ischia operazione amore (1966)

Gennaro runs a small boarding house in Ischia, the beautiful island in the gulf of Naples. Each member of his family is involved: his wife cooks, his daughter has a small boutique and his married son courts the old and rich patrons under his wife's enraged ...

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 ...

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, ...

Made in Italy (1965)

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

Thrilling (1965)

An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes. ...

The Sucker (1965)

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be ...

Two Vikings (1965)

The viking chief Hjorvard has two wild sons, Glum and Garm, both notorious berserkers. ...

Twins from Texas (1964)

A pair of twins survive an Indian raid on a caravan. While one of them will be raised by an army captain, the other will be raised by a bandit. ...

Laughs Italian Style (1964)

A sort of best of popular comedy skits from previous films by various directors. ...

Let's Talk About Women (1964)

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general. ...

The Maniacs (1964)

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society. ...

Le tardone (1964)

A collection of five episodes dealing with aging women. ...

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 ...

Heroes of the West (1963)

Two stage robbers impersonate the heirs to a gold mine but end up defending the families they intended to rip-off. ...

Follie d'estate (1963)

Gli onorevoli (1963)

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

The Swindlers (1963)

A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager. ...

The Reunion (1963)

Two members of a former group of friends find themselves after many years by chance through the streets of Milan; after a moment, memories of the past resurface. ...

Le motorizzate (1963)

Five episodes about women drivers during the economic boom. ...

Target: Girls (1963)

Four former soldiers meet and reminisce about the time they were in active service: a parachutist mistaking his sergeants house for a brothel, a hypnotized sailor who thinks he has changed his sex, two GIs captured by an African tribe. ...

The Attic (1963)

In the 1960s, Silvana, a beautiful girl from the countryside, decides to spend the night in Rome after missing the last bus home. Without a place to stay, she seeks refuge in an under-construction attic. There, she meets a young man, leading to a short-liv ...

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963)

Five episodes which show Italian peoples pathological unfaithfulness in marriage. ...

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. ...

Gli italiani e le donne (1962)

A group of vignettes about men, mostly married, scheming to get women and the funny ways the schemes play out. ...

Two Against All (1962)

Two brothers, Bull and Jonathan Bullivan, witness the murder of bandit Black Boy who had been terrorizing Golden City. The bandit had been put in place by the city mayor, who wants the local residents to leave so that he can keep their land, where there i ...

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. ...

Copacabana Palace (1962)

For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; thr ...

I magnifici tre (1961)

Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic of "Nonduras" from the oppression of dictator Bonarios. Parody of The Magnificent Seven, five writers got together for an anemic script that exploits a rep ...

Mariti a congresso (1961)

Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961)

A doctor running a health clinic by the sea is convinced that women are the cause of the disturbed behaviour of his (male) patients. We get to follow the adventures of the patients during a day on the beach. ...

Walter e i Suoi Cugini (1961)

Walter Chiari as a Pugliese who lives in Milan. He has two cousins ​​identical to him. The two arrive in the city to find work and twist their lives. ...

La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo (1961)

La moglie di mio marito (1961)

Giulio is an advertising agent; in order to conclude an important contract with a refrigerator manufacturer, he moves into their boss's villa for the weekend with his mistress, along with his designer, who is accompanied by the advertising agent's wife for ...

Ferragosto in Bikini (1960)

Sun, Sea, Love and a beautiful Italian beach... ...

Love, the Italian Way (1960)

A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other. ...

Un mandarino per Teo (1960)

Teo, a young theatre stand in, is offered a faustian pact by the devil: if he pushes a button a Chinese mandarin will die and leave his money to him. Teo seems to be tempted by the offer... ...

Un dollaro di fifa (1960)

Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves, who assume them to be lawmen and are almost hanged. ...

Caccia al marito (1960)

Italy, Sixties. A four-storey beach resort, and they look for the man of their life. Will they succeed? ...

I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)

Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in ...

The Surprises of Love (1959)

This is a very light comedy involving multiple love triangles (or really more complicated geometries) of confused, mismatched, or ambivalent lovers. The script includes witty dialogue and humorous situations; most of all on display is the ridiculousness of ...

Lui, lei e il nonno (1959)

Parque de Madrid (1959)

In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live all kinds of stories, funny stories and some not so, in one of the most beautiful parks that exist in the city, the Retiro park, known as Parque de Madrid. ...

L'amico del giaguaro (1959)

A grown man named Augusto escapes from an orphanage and after several unsuccessful attempts at holding down a job, decides to start a gang and make a living by stealing from the rich. ...

The Girl of San Pietro Square (1958)

Armando Conforti, his family and his friends have a business: they sell souvenirs near St. Peter's, in Rome, they change dollars, in short they get along. ...

The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not. ...

Love at First Sight (1958)

Love at First Sight is an Italian movie directed by Franco Rossi. ...

Premier mai (1958)

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, their little boy, to a soccer match. Their plans change when they meet a former factory mate who seems to h ...

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs. ...

The Little Hut (1957)

Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attent ...

Moglie e buoi... (1956)

Donatella (1956)

Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who ...

Uncle Hyacynth (1956)

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon. ...

Io piaccio (1955)

Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwittingly invents a serum which transforms any man in a womanizer. His boss scents a good business and wants to produce the serum on industrial basis, but Robert ...

Headlines of Destruction (1955)

Released from prison after two years, Michel Gérard sets out to find his wife Alice. Alice, luxuriously maintained by her lover, Jacques Rupert, editor-in-chief of a major newspaper, rejects him. Shortly afterwards, Rupert discovers Alice dead, murdered. ...

It Happened in the Penitentiary (1955)

A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives. ...

Nana (1955)

Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana. ...

Magic Village (1955)

Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. Robert is forced to postpone his trip and only joins Lucienne a few days later, taking advantage of the departure of a following group. During the train jou ...

Rosso e nero (1954)

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 ...

Jailbirds (1954)

Three jailbirds— a surgeon, a robber, and a wrongly convicted man— must adjust to their lives once released from prison. ...

Gran varietà (1954)

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore. ...

Of Life and Love (1954)

A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight ja ...

A Day in Court (1954)

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters. ...

Cinema of yesteryear (1953)

While filming in the Roman countryside, some of the workers damage the garden of Caterina. Going to ask for compensation, she meets the director Marcello, who propose her to star working in movies. ...

Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1953)

Viva la rivista! (1953)

Era lei che lo voleva! (1953)

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. ...

Noi due soli (1952)

A man and his girlfriend struggle to find some time for themselves. ...

The Moment of Truth (1952)

After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues. ...

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 ...

Poppy (1952)

A high school girl, enamored by her young teacher, follows him and discovers that his home life holds many secrets. ...

The Dream of Zorro (1952)

An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride. ...

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. ...

Bellissima (1952)

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she'll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria. ...

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. ...

It's Him!... Yes! Yes! (1951)

Fernando, owner of a large chain store, suffers from worrying dreams: he seems to successfully court saucy women, but just as he is about to win them over, a youngster comes on the scene and steals them from under his nose. ...

O.K. Nero (1951)

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero. ...

È l'amor che mi rovina (1951)

A naive clerk finds himself involved in the theft of a ring containing a dangerous liquid. ...

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. ...

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. ...

L'inafferrabile 12 (1950)

Two twin brothers grew up and never met (due to the fact that the father with the couple would have had 13 children and therefore for superstition he closed one in an orphanage), the one goalkeeper of Juventus and the other employee at the state lottery. ...

Quel fantasma di mio marito (1950)

Gianni Alberti is a journalist who is sent to Palestine. He decides to fake a fatal accident so he can then return home as a hero. But things don't turn out as planned, Gianni end up coming back to Italy, but only as a ghost. ...

Toto Tours Italy (1948)

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl. ...

Che tempi! (1948)

Anna, only daughter of Felice Pastorino, a rich Genoese merchant, falls in love with a young sailor, Eugenio Devoto, with whom she has exchanged only a few words. Pastorino, a kind-hearted man, sincerely loves his daughter but is also very attached to mone ...

Vanità (1947)

Romance (1986)

A father and son try to reconcile spending a few days together and confronting each other also through their own marital experiences. ...

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)

Misadventures of a sacristan with three eager tourists, a commendatore with a sheikh, a worker who is passionate about hunting with a wife too good and an appearance mistaken for a priest with a patrician family. ...

Le tardone (1964)

A collection of five episodes dealing with aging women. ...

Walter e i Suoi Cugini (1961)

Walter Chiari as a Pugliese who lives in Milan. He has two cousins ​​identical to him. The two arrive in the city to find work and twist their lives. ...