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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Partenza ore 7

Partenza ore 7 · 1946

MovieComedyMusic

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

Eighteen Year Olds

Eighteen Year Olds · 1955

Eighteen Year Olds

MovieComedyRomance

Love and jealousy in a female public school. Most of the co-eds are in love with professor La Rovere. One, Anna, accuses Maria to have an affair with him.

For a Few Dollars Less

For a Few Dollars Less · 1966

For a Few Dollars Less

A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.

Filmography

Sort

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

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

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

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

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

Partenza ore 7

Partenza ore 7 · 1946

MovieComedyMusic

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

Story

Eighteen Year Olds

Eighteen Year Olds · 1955

Eighteen Year Olds

MovieComedyRomance

Love and jealousy in a female public school. Most of the co-eds are in love with professor La Rovere. One, Anna, accuses Maria to have an affair with him.

Director

For a Few Dollars Less

For a Few Dollars Less · 1966

For a Few Dollars Less

A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.

Director

Appointment in Ischia

Appointment in Ischia · 1960

Appointment in Ischia

Famous singer Mimmo is a widower with a daughter, Letizia, to whom will give a mother. But the girl does not accept the current girlfriend of her father, growing fond of a young man, who wants as mother. The child creates many situations, such as coming to Ischia for treatment with mud, so that the two would meet and fall in love.

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

I cadetti di Guascogna

I cadetti di Guascogna · 1950

I cadetti di Guascogna

MovieComedyMusic

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.

Director

Target: Girls

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.

Director

Non perdiamo la testa

Non perdiamo la testa · 1959

Non perdiamo la testa

A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.

Director

Assunta Spina

Assunta Spina · 1948

Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.

Director

The Firemen of Viggiù

The Firemen of Viggiù · 1949

The Firemen of Viggiù

In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.

Director

La valle del diavolo

La valle del diavolo · 1943

La valle del diavolo

MovieDramaHistory

Screenplay

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

Schoolgirl Diary

Schoolgirl Diary · 1941

Schoolgirl Diary

In a girls' school, Maria, a student, is accused of having an affair with the young professor Marini. The main accuser is her classmate Anna, played by Alida Valli.

Director

I Love You Only

I Love You Only · 1935

I Love You Only

MovieDramaRomance

Florence in 1848. There is a strong political tension in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Giovanni, a young Neapolitan composer who has just arrived in the city, accidentally comes into contact with some liberals and is convinced to compose the hymn of the Volunteers.

Director

Il padrone del vapore

Il padrone del vapore · 1951

Il padrone del vapore

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.

Director

Ai vostri ordini, signora...

Ai vostri ordini, signora... · 1939

Ai vostri ordini, signora...

The young and poor Pietro Haguet accepts a job offer from the rich Marion, who wants to free herself from the suffocating presence of so many suitors, evidently interested only in her assets. Pietro's job therefore consists in posing as her boyfriend. Then things change and the two fake boyfriends discover that they are really in love with each other.

Screenplay

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

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

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