Acting
Paolo Villaggio
Born December 31, 1932 · Genova, Liguria, Italy
Died July 3, 2017 · aged 84
Paolo Villaggio (30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi, perhaps the favourite character in Italian comedy. He wrote several books, usually of satirical cha…
Known For
The Apocalypse · 2004The Apocalypse
★ 5.52004
MovieDramaTV Movie
The film is set in 90 AD and concerns Jesus Christ's last surviving disciple, John of Patmos, and his writings and visions from the Apocalypse of John. Emperor Domitian has declared himself to be God and ruler, over heaven and earth. The Christians do not recognize his divinity and face persecution, from the God Emperor. John has been imprisoned on, the island of Patmos, a Roman mining, penal colony, with many others. He writes out messages of his visions and sends the "Revelation of God", to the seven churches of Greek Asia Minor. The Christian church, in Ephesus, sends Irene to make sure John is alive and to confer with him in person. The movie depicts scenes from the Book of Revelation and links them to events happening to the church in Asia.
School of Thieves · 1986School of Thieves
★ 5.81986
MovieComedy
Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen · 1976Goodnight, 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.
Strange Occasion · 1976Strange Occasion
★ 5.61976
MovieRomanceComedy
Three sexy and comic episodes.
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers · 1977Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
★ 5.11977
MovieComedy
Don Cimbolano - a priest in a small town. Oscar - a offender escaped from prison. Philip - attorney loser. They don't lose heart and find ways out of the most incredible situations.
Rimini Rimini · 1987Rimini Rimini
★ 4.81987
MovieComedy
Funny, entertaining comedy with a few storylines. All of them have one thing in common - a resort town of Rimini in Italy.
The Voice of the Moon · 1990The Voice of the Moon
★ 6.71990
MovieAdventureComedy
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia made of television commercials, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan rituals.
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style · 1983Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style
★ 5.11983
MovieCrimeComedy
Two stupid lowlifes are "forced" into a life of violent crime on the streets of Italy. What follows is a mocking takeoff of the American crime classic "Bonnie and Clyde."
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Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen · 1976Goodnight, 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.
Professor Schmidt / Presentatore quiz
Strange Occasion · 1976Strange Occasion
★ 5.61976
MovieRomanceComedy
Three sexy and comic episodes.
Giobatta (episodio "Italian Superman")
Where Are You Going on Holiday? · 1978Where Are You Going on Holiday?
★ 5.81978
MovieComedy
In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.
Arturo (episodio "Si Buana")






















