Paolo Villaggio

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…

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Rimini RiminiRimini Rimini · 1987
Rimini 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.
Brancaleone at the CrusadesBrancaleone at the Crusades · 1970
Brancaleone at the Crusades
7.21970
MovieComedyAdventure
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
The ApocalypseThe Apocalypse · 2004
The 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.
Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenGoodnight, 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.
Strange OccasionStrange Occasion · 1976
Strange Occasion
5.51976
MovieRomanceComedy
Three sexy and comic episodes.
Fantozzi: White Collar BluesFantozzi: White Collar Blues · 1975
Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
7.81975
MovieComedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.
Super FantozziSuper Fantozzi · 1986
Super Fantozzi
6.31986
MovieComedy
Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a surreal historical journey, from Genesis to 1980s.
Where Are You Going on Holiday?Where Are You Going on Holiday? · 1978
Where 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.

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The ApocalypseThe Apocalypse · 2004
The 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.

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Sogni e bisogniSogni e bisogni · 1985
Sogni e bisogni
7.01985
Series
A TV series composed of eleven episodes and a conclusion, it aired in six one-hour programs starting on October 6, 1985. Lasting about half an hour each, the episodes are separated by intermissions starring three characters: Good, Evil, and Destiny. LA MORTE PORTA CONSIGLIO: At her father's deathbed, a daughter asks the man to tell her the winning Lotto numbers once he makes it to the after-life. But the man is offended by the modest funeral he receives and has fun playing pranks on his daughter. IL FATTACCIO: a doorman is paid to show an apartment in which something gruesome happened. Determined to keep the extra work, he invents increasingly grisly stories to keep interested buyers away. LADRI: two thieves in a working-class neighborhood have tragicomic adventures. L’IMBIANCONE: a very shy man enters a shoe store to buy a pair of shoes and seduce the female shop owner.

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