Acting

Vittorio Gassman

Born September 1, 1922 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Died June 29, 2000 · aged 77

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, w…

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Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

We All Loved Each Other So Much · 1974

We All Loved Each Other So Much

★ 8.31974

MovieDramaComedy

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Sharky's Machine · 1981

Sharky's Machine

★ 6.21981

MovieCrimeDrama

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

Life Is a Bed of Roses · 1983

Life Is a Bed of Roses

★ 5.71983

MovieDramaComedy

In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.

The New Monsters · 1977

The New Monsters

★ 7.01977

MovieComedy

A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a pornographic film, and a conniving husband.

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Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

King Benny

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Anatol Kuragin

We All Loved Each Other So Much · 1974

We All Loved Each Other So Much

★ 8.31974

MovieDramaComedy

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Gianni Perego

Bruno Cortona

Sharky's Machine · 1981

Sharky's Machine

★ 6.21981

MovieCrimeDrama

Victor Scorelli

Life Is a Bed of Roses · 1983

Life Is a Bed of Roses

★ 5.71983

MovieDramaComedy

Walter Guarini

The New Monsters · 1977

The New Monsters

★ 7.01977

MovieComedy

il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

Sahak

Big Deal on Madonna Street · 1958

Big Deal on Madonna Street

★ 8.11958

MovieComedyCrime

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

Peppe il pantera

I Knew Her Well · 1965

I Knew Her Well

★ 7.51965

MovieDrama

A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.

Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.

Giovanni Busacca

Scent of a Woman · 1974

Scent of a Woman

★ 7.41974

MovieComedyDrama

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

Fausto Consolo

Woman Times Seven · 1967

Woman Times Seven

★ 6.31967

MovieComedyDrama

Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress, a death pact, and a detective revealed as a jealous husband's spy.

Cenci

For Love and Gold · 1966

For Love and Gold

★ 7.71966

MovieComedyAdventure

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

Brancaleone da Norcia

When KAOS develops a bomb that can dissolve all clothing, Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil the evil plot.

Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind... A man of great faith, Abraham continues to believe in God even when He seems to have abandoned him.

Terach

The Desert of the Tartars · 1976

The Desert of the Tartars

★ 6.81976

MovieHistoryDrama

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Filimore

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen · 1976

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

★ 6.71976

MovieComedy

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo

The Dirty Game · 1965

The Dirty Game

★ 6.01965

MovieDramaThriller

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.

Perego / Ferrari

The Violent Patriot · 1956

The Violent Patriot

★ 6.01956

MovieAdventure

The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a convent. She thinks that John is guilty of the death of her family, and cannot continue to love him. He remains wounded in battle.

Giovanni De Medici

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

Walter

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

Luigi Corelli

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")