Writing

Maria Pia Fusco

Born July 8, 1939 · Rome, Italy

Died December 13, 2016 · aged 77

Maria Pia Fusco (July 8, 1939 – December 13, 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and journalist. From 1975 to 1978, she worked on the script for Tinto Brass's Saloon Kitty, the scripts for three of the five entries into the Black Emanuelle series directed by Joe D'Amato, and the script to Sturmtruppen, a film adaptation of the homonymous comic book series by Bonvi. As journalist for La Repubblica,…

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Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty · 1976

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

Emanuelle Around the World

Emanuelle Around the World · 1977

Emanuelle Around the World

MovieAdventureDrama

The increasingly politicised Emanuelle gets deeper into fighting an international trade composed of sex, violence and high profile players.

Emanuelle in America

Emanuelle in America · 1977

Emanuelle in America

MovieDramaMystery

The untameable photo reporter Emanuelle travels the world documenting the sexual practices of the rich and powerful, getting dangerously close to their most disturbing and hidden schemes.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days · 1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.

The Twist

The Twist · 1976

Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...

Bluebeard

Bluebeard · 1972

MovieThrillerHorror

Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women.

Emanuelle in Bangkok

Emanuelle in Bangkok · 1976

Emanuelle in Bangkok

MovieDramaRomance

A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.

Stormtroopers II

Stormtroopers II · 1982

Stormtroopers II

A group of misfits form an army in an absurd war.

Filmography

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Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty · 1976

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

Screenplay

Emanuelle Around the World

Emanuelle Around the World · 1977

Emanuelle Around the World

MovieAdventureDrama

The increasingly politicised Emanuelle gets deeper into fighting an international trade composed of sex, violence and high profile players.

Screenplay

Emanuelle in America

Emanuelle in America · 1977

Emanuelle in America

MovieDramaMystery

The untameable photo reporter Emanuelle travels the world documenting the sexual practices of the rich and powerful, getting dangerously close to their most disturbing and hidden schemes.

Screenplay

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days · 1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.

Screenplay

The Twist

The Twist · 1976

Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...

Adaptation

Bluebeard

Bluebeard · 1972

MovieThrillerHorror

Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women.

Writer

Emanuelle in Bangkok

Emanuelle in Bangkok · 1976

Emanuelle in Bangkok

MovieDramaRomance

A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.

Screenplay

Stormtroopers II

Stormtroopers II · 1982

Stormtroopers II

A group of misfits form an army in an absurd war.

Screenplay

Stormtroopers

Stormtroopers · 1976

A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives in Arabic dress in a curtain and a sergeant in training who does not shine for intelligence. Continuing training between various and grotesque accidents until the order arrives for the front. And then?

Screenplay

Il maestro di violino

Il maestro di violino · 1976

Il maestro di violino

MovieRomanceDrama

The violin teacher at the Perugia Conservatory in Italy is loved by his female pupils and the rich ladies in town. Later we learn that he was a great concert soloist and had to give up his career because of his drunkard wife.

Writer