Directing

Mario Mattoli

Born November 30, 1898 · Tolentino, Marche, Italy

Died February 26, 1980 · aged 81

Mario Mattoli (30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film Defendant, Stand Up! was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Known For

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare · 1961

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.

Two Nights with Cleopatra

Two Nights with Cleopatra · 1954

Two Nights with Cleopatra

MovieComedyRomance

Sophia Loren plays a dual role, as both the sultry Queen of the Nile with a "man-a-night" appetite and a beautiful slave girl who takes her place and is wooed by a bodyguard who thinks she's the real monarch.

Toto the Sheik

Toto the Sheik · 1950

Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà · 1957

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà

Young painter Teddy is successful with women but not very clever about selling pictures. He is in love with Elisabetta but cannot marry her because he is penniless. The couple asks for help from Peppino, a retired clerk who often uses Teddy's painting, pretending that they are his so he can impress the women he likes.

Toto the Third Man

Toto the Third Man · 1951

Toto the Third Man

In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women.

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche · 1958

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness.

Nonna Felicita

Nonna Felicita · 1938

Poverty and Nobility

Poverty and Nobility · 1954

Poverty and Nobility

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.

Filmography

Sort

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare · 1961

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.

Director

Two Nights with Cleopatra

Two Nights with Cleopatra · 1954

Two Nights with Cleopatra

MovieComedyRomance

Sophia Loren plays a dual role, as both the sultry Queen of the Nile with a "man-a-night" appetite and a beautiful slave girl who takes her place and is wooed by a bodyguard who thinks she's the real monarch.

Director

Toto the Sheik

Toto the Sheik · 1950

Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.

Director

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà · 1957

Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà

Young painter Teddy is successful with women but not very clever about selling pictures. He is in love with Elisabetta but cannot marry her because he is penniless. The couple asks for help from Peppino, a retired clerk who often uses Teddy's painting, pretending that they are his so he can impress the women he likes.

Director

Toto the Third Man

Toto the Third Man · 1951

Toto the Third Man

In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women.

Director

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche · 1958

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness.

Director

Nonna Felicita

Nonna Felicita · 1938

Director

Poverty and Nobility

Poverty and Nobility · 1954

Poverty and Nobility

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.

Director

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today · 1960

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

MovieRomanceComedy

A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.

Director

Beach Types

Beach Types · 1959

Four penniless friends from a small theatre troupe go to Taormina, a famous Italian beach resort, to forget their troubles.

Director

5 Marines for 100 Girls

5 Marines for 100 Girls · 1961

5 Marines for 100 Girls

Five GIs end up in a female college during their military maneuvers. They're very welcome by the girls and since one of them has also a beautiful voice they take part in a show organized by the college.

Director

Tototarzan

Tototarzan · 1950

Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white monkey", is utterly unaware that he is the long-lost son of a wealthy explorer. Then, three opportunists manage to capture and bring the white savage to civilisation, bent on getting their hands on his immense fortune.

Director

Felicita Colombo

Felicita Colombo · 1937

Felicita Colombo

In the center of Milan, Felicita Colombo successfully manages a delicatessen that has among its customers the best bourgeoisie of the city.

Director

Neapolitan Turk

Neapolitan Turk · 1953

Neapolitan Turk

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.

Director

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon · 1943

Toto (Aldo Fabrizi), a Roman coachman with an old fashioned horse-drawn carriage who objects to the competition from motorised taxis, doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with Roberto, a young taxi driver. But it is Roberto who helps him when he gets into trouble with a former client, Mary Dunchetti (Anna Magnani), an arrogant singer.

Director

L'inafferrabile 12

L'inafferrabile 12 · 1950

L'inafferrabile 12

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.

Director

Toto Tours Italy

Toto Tours Italy · 1948

Toto Tours Italy

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.

Director

Damn the Taxes!!

Damn the Taxes!! · 1951

Damn the Taxes!!

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help.

Director

Il vedovo allegro

Il vedovo allegro · 1950

Il vedovo allegro

MovieComedyRomance

An artist of variety, known in art with the name of Bebè, is a charlatan in Cannes, in a company with Zallos, a shady type.

Director

Luce nelle tenebre

Luce nelle tenebre · 1941

Luce nelle tenebre

MovieDramaRomance

Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.

Director

Siamo tutti inquilini

Siamo tutti inquilini · 1953

Siamo tutti inquilini

Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.

Director

Corpse for the Lady

Corpse for the Lady · 1964

Corpse for the Lady

Laura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and Giovanna in the meantime become a nun to collect the amount requested.

Director

Il medico dei pazzi

Il medico dei pazzi · 1954

Il medico dei pazzi

Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.

Director

Eravamo sette vedove

Eravamo sette vedove · 1939

Eravamo sette vedove

Screenplay