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Mauro Severino

Born January 1, 1930 · Rome, Italy

Died December 31, 2004 · aged 74

Mauro Severino was an Italian film director and screenwriter active during the 1960s and 1970s. He began his career as an assistant director and screenwriter, contributing to various Italian films. Severino made his directorial debut with Il caso Pisciotta (1972), a crime drama based on real events. He continued to explore social and political themes in his subsequent films, often focusing on con…

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The DollsThe Dolls · 1965
The Dolls
★ 5.31965
MovieComedyRomance
This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comencini. "The Soup", written by Rodolfo Sonego and Luigi Magni, directed by Franco Rossi. "Monsignor Cupid", written by Leo Benvenuti and Piero de Bernardi from a story by Boccaccio, directed by Mauro Bolognini.
Dirty AngelsDirty Angels · 1969
Dirty Angels
★ 5.21969
MovieThriller
An old pornographic photo and anonymous letters are sent to two men and a woman, who now enjoy a respectable social status, accusing them and questioning things they have done in their lives. Unique and amazing Morricone score
High InfidelityHigh Infidelity · 1964
High Infidelity
★ 5.31964
MovieComedy
Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. Segment 1: Scandaloso / The Scandal (Franco Rossi) Segment 2: Peccato nel poeriggio / Sin in the Afternoon (Elio Petri) Segment 3: La sospirosa / The Victim (Luciano Salce) Segment 4: Gente moderna / Modern People (Mario Monicelli)
Blood FeudBlood Feud · 1961
Blood Feud
★ 8.21961
MovieDramaCrime
An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
Sex Can Be DifficultSex Can Be Difficult · 1962
Sex Can Be Difficult
★ 6.31962
MovieComedy
A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.
Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveriTutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri · 1976
Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri
★ 5.11976
MovieComedyFamily
Viviana and Giovanni Renzelli are a married couple living in Turin. He works as a switchboard operator for a large plumbing supplies company. Suddenly, the couple’s life changes when Giovanni hits the jackpot on the Totocalcio, winning 850 million lire.
Our Men in BagdadOur Men in Bagdad · 1966
Our Men in Bagdad
★ 7.01966
MovieThrillerAction
The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East: they are selling arms in exchange for exclusive rights on the countries rich oil resources. The USSR sent a team of their best secret agents to rob the document, so that later they can apprehend the ship which must pass through one of the Russian ports... After special training in a secret island in the Black Sea, Alex, Sadov and Sonia are sent in to get the documents. All goes according to plan, and Sadov gives the handbag to the mastermind, General Fiodorenko. On opening it though, the handbag explodes. Who is the infiltrated agent in the most secret of the Soviets secret ring?
Swept Away by Family AffectionSwept Away by Family Affection · 1978
Swept Away by Family Affection
★ 3.51978
MovieRomanceComedy
This is an Italian sex comedy that, like the earlier sex comedy "Il Gatto Mammone", combines the comic stylings of Lando Buzzanca ("The Eroticist", "Il Domestico") with gorgeous, oft-nude body of Gloria Guida (Miss Teen Italy of 1974). Actually, Guida gets to demonstrate a few comic styling of her own as a bohemian theater "actress" who lives in cramped apartment with a whole bunch of other clothing-averse bohemian types. She is very devoted to her older beau Buzzanca, but his life is very complicated due to his own devotion to his very big and very old dog, the ironically named "Piccolo" (basically "Tiny"), and his even older grandmother. In order to take care of these two dependents, he forsakes his loyal girlfriend for a rich female pharmacist (Andrea Ferriola) and moves in with her and her haughty bourgeois mother and aunts--with disastrous results for all involved.

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Swept Away by Family AffectionSwept Away by Family Affection · 1978
Swept Away by Family Affection
★ 3.51978
MovieRomanceComedy
This is an Italian sex comedy that, like the earlier sex comedy "Il Gatto Mammone", combines the comic stylings of Lando Buzzanca ("The Eroticist", "Il Domestico") with gorgeous, oft-nude body of Gloria Guida (Miss Teen Italy of 1974). Actually, Guida gets to demonstrate a few comic styling of her own as a bohemian theater "actress" who lives in cramped apartment with a whole bunch of other clothing-averse bohemian types. She is very devoted to her older beau Buzzanca, but his life is very complicated due to his own devotion to his very big and very old dog, the ironically named "Piccolo" (basically "Tiny"), and his even older grandmother. In order to take care of these two dependents, he forsakes his loyal girlfriend for a rich female pharmacist (Andrea Ferriola) and moves in with her and her haughty bourgeois mother and aunts--with disastrous results for all involved.

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