Silvio Amadio

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Silvio Amadio

Born August 8, 1926 · Frascati, Lazio, Italy

Died August 19, 1995 · aged 69

Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing Amuck! (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to Commedia sexy all'italiana fans for directing so…

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That Malicious AgeThat Malicious Age · 1975
That Malicious Age
6.41975
MovieDramaRomance
Gardener Napoleone takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Paola and her mother, which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem.
Amuck!Amuck! · 1972
Amuck!
5.81972
MovieMysteryHorror
A beautiful American woman infiltrates the home of a novelist and his wife so she can investigate the disappearance of her lover — who was her employers’ previous secretary — and soon finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... · 1975
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...
4.81975
MovieDrama
Angela is not happy about her daddy's choice for a new wife and does everything she can to destroy her stepmother-to-be.
The Doctor...the SchoolgirlThe Doctor...the Schoolgirl · 1976
The Doctor...the Schoolgirl
5.11976
MovieComedy
Claudia, a perky eighteen year-old girl, is crushed when her step mother prevents her from going on a vacation to London. She discovers her step mother is having an affair with a doctor and so, with the help of her friends, sets about getting her revenge.
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of CreteMinotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete · 1960
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete
5.41960
MovieFantasy
King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.
War Gods of BabylonWar Gods of Babylon · 1962
War Gods of Babylon
8.51962
MovieAdventure
Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluring innocent peasant girl Mirra. Meanwhile, the treacherous and ruthlessly ambitious General Arbace plots against both siblings.
Smile Before DeathSmile Before Death · 1972
Smile Before Death
5.91972
MovieCrimeHorror
After the death of her mother under strange circumstances, a teenage girl quickly begins to suspect that her recently widowed stepfather may be involved.
The Slave of SinThe Slave of Sin · 1954
The Slave of Sin
4.81954
MovieDrama
A former prostitute and a little Polish girl are survivors of a train crash. The woman wishes to adopt the child, but her past makes that difficult.

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White Slave ShipWhite Slave Ship · 1961
White Slave Ship
6.01961
MovieAdventure
The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of low-cast women, and they take over the ship. After a storm, the captain takes back control of his ship. Since mutiny is punishable by death in the New World, the mutineers try to reroute the course, tossing Desny and Purdom in the brig. A practical male mutineer wants to throw the women overboard to save rations, but the women free Purdom and the captain to battle the mutineers. A British warship comes to the rescue, and the captain pardons Angeli and Purdom for having saved his life.

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