Luciano Salce

Directing

Luciano Salce

Born September 25, 1922 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died December 17, 1989 · aged 67

Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. As a writer of pop music, he used the pseudonym Pilantra. During World War II, he was a prisoner in Germany. He later wor…

Known For

High InfidelityHigh Infidelity · 1964
High Infidelity
5.31964
MovieComedy
Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. Segment 1: Scandaloso / The Scandal (Franco Rossi) Segment 2: Peccato nel poeriggio / Sin in the Afternoon (Elio Petri) Segment 3: La sospirosa / The Victim (Luciano Salce) Segment 4: Gente moderna / Modern People (Mario Monicelli)
How I Learned to Love WomenHow I Learned to Love Women · 1966
How I Learned to Love Women
4.41966
MovieComedy
An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.
Hospitals: The White MafiaHospitals: The White Mafia · 1973
Hospitals: The White Mafia
6.81973
MovieDrama
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? · 1971
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
5.41971
MovieComedy
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...
Medicine Italian StyleMedicine Italian Style · 1969
Medicine Italian Style
6.51969
MovieComedyDrama
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
The Second Tragic FantozziThe Second Tragic Fantozzi · 1976
The Second Tragic Fantozzi
7.51976
MovieComedy
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
Fancy a WomanFancy a Woman · 1978
Fancy a Woman
3.81978
MovieComedy
An erotic, comedic anthology film in which a young couple becomes addicted to having their trysts recorded, a woman cheats on her husband with an older man and desperately attempts to avoid the traps set for her, and a man, with the help of a mad scientist, is able to have an amorous encounter with Cicciolina.
Totò in the MoonTotò in the Moon · 1958
Totò in the Moon
5.71958
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two men embarks upon a space race. Their efforts are hampered by aliens who clone the heroes to keep them from exploring further.

Movies

High InfidelityHigh Infidelity · 1964
High Infidelity
5.31964
MovieComedy
Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. Segment 1: Scandaloso / The Scandal (Franco Rossi) Segment 2: Peccato nel poeriggio / Sin in the Afternoon (Elio Petri) Segment 3: La sospirosa / The Victim (Luciano Salce) Segment 4: Gente moderna / Modern People (Mario Monicelli)
How I Learned to Love WomenHow I Learned to Love Women · 1966
How I Learned to Love Women
4.41966
MovieComedy
An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.
Hospitals: The White MafiaHospitals: The White Mafia · 1973
Hospitals: The White Mafia
6.81973
MovieDrama
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? · 1971
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
5.41971
MovieComedy
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...
Medicine Italian StyleMedicine Italian Style · 1969
Medicine Italian Style
6.51969
MovieComedyDrama
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
The Second Tragic FantozziThe Second Tragic Fantozzi · 1976
The Second Tragic Fantozzi
7.51976
MovieComedy
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
Fancy a WomanFancy a Woman · 1978
Fancy a Woman
3.81978
MovieComedy
An erotic, comedic anthology film in which a young couple becomes addicted to having their trysts recorded, a woman cheats on her husband with an older man and desperately attempts to avoid the traps set for her, and a man, with the help of a mad scientist, is able to have an amorous encounter with Cicciolina.
Totò in the MoonTotò in the Moon · 1958
Totò in the Moon
5.71958
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two men embarks upon a space race. Their efforts are hampered by aliens who clone the heroes to keep them from exploring further.
The Precarious Bank TellerThe Precarious Bank Teller · 1980
The Precarious Bank Teller
5.41980
MovieComedy
The accountant Arturo De Fanti has problems in the bank because he threatens to be hunted. But he does not import of this troubles, because he hopes to find comfort with his lover.
AngelaAngela · 1951
Angela
7.01951
MovieDrama
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.
Kiss the Other SheikKiss the Other Sheik · 1965
Kiss the Other Sheik
6.41965
MovieComedy
Italian comedy film in three segments
The Shortest DayThe Shortest Day · 1963
The Shortest Day
6.21963
MovieComedyHistory
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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.
The QueensThe Queens · 1966
The Queens
5.41966
MovieComedy
Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting infidelity, and a wealthy woman's drunken escapades with her butler.
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.
Sweet Kisses and Languid CaressesSweet Kisses and Languid Caresses · 1970
Sweet Kisses and Languid Caresses
4.01970
MovieComedy
A bourgeois family man falls in love with an uninhibited hippie girl who just wants to have fun and enjoy a libertine lifestyle. She makes him suffer and gives herself to everybody but him. He is so madly in love with her that he even gets in trouble with the police.
Homo EroticusHomo Eroticus · 1971
Homo Eroticus
5.01971
MovieComedy
Michele is a three-testicle, sexually insatiable man who goes around bedding all women in town (regardless of age), until one day things goes terribly wrong.
Tipi da spiaggiaTipi da spiaggia · 1959
Tipi da spiaggia
6.81959
MovieComedy
Four penniless friends wich Belong to a small commedy theatre go to taormina a famous Italian beach resort willing to marry Barbara a famous multimillionaire cosmetic firm owner and forget their troubles. After a series of adventures the four youths go back to Rome with four new girlfriends.
Vieni avanti cretinoVieni avanti cretino · 1982
Vieni avanti cretino
6.91982
MovieComedy
Pasquale Baudaffi, on amnesty, comes out of prison and starts looking for a job with the help of his cousin Gaetano. But first he goes to what was once a brothel, but, unbeknownst to our hapless hero, has been taken over and rented as a dental office. Pasquale finds himself at the center of endless misunderstandings. He tries to be a gamekeeper but that's not okay, he tries to be a waiter in a bar: he immediately gets his orders wrong and he is fired. His performance as a garage keeper was negative. The very latest experience is in an electronics company but its insertion into the futuristic mechanism triggers the craziest complications. The encounter with a lost dog allows him to get to know his mistress and thus discover the woman of his life.
The UnionThe Union · 1972
The Union
4.91972
MovieComedy
A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained important improvements, but the astute employer sells the company to a multinational company.
Hector the MightyHector the Mighty · 1972
Hector the Mighty
6.01972
MovieComedy
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal comes up with a plan to force Hector into selling him the land by kidnapping Helen, triggering a small gang war.
I baccanali di TiberioI baccanali di Tiberio · 1960
I baccanali di Tiberio
5.71960
MovieComedy
Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.
The DollsThe Dolls · 1965
The Dolls
5.31965
MovieComedyRomance
This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comencini. "The Soup", written by Rodolfo Sonego and Luigi Magni, directed by Franco Rossi. "Monsignor Cupid", written by Leo Benvenuti and Piero de Bernardi from a story by Boccaccio, directed by Mauro Bolognini.
Duck in Orange SauceDuck in Orange Sauce · 1975
Duck in Orange Sauce
6.11975
MovieComedy
When his wife wants a divorce -- in preference of a romantic Frenchman -- husband Livio seemingly accepts. But when he sets up a last weekend together with his secretary and his wife's lover, the trip turns out to be part of an elaborate plan to win his wife back.

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