Acting

Gigi Ballista

Born December 1, 1918 · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Died August 2, 1980 · aged 61

Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consultant in the field of advertising and industrial documentaries. He debuted as an actor at a mature age in the early 1960s with some minor roles, but his breakout came in 1966 with …

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Midnight Express

Midnight Express · 1978

Midnight Express

MovieDramaCrime

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

The Queens

The Queens · 1966

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.

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty · 1976

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

How I Learned to Love Women

How I Learned to Love Women · 1966

How I Learned to Love Women

An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.

Giovannona Long-Thigh

Giovannona Long-Thigh · 1973

Giovannona Long-Thigh

When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an attempt to seduce the judge.

The Family Vice

The Family Vice · 1975

The Family Vice

When Giacomo D'Amato is released from jail he is immediately employed by Magda, in a plot to secure her the heritage of the count. But there are other players in this game too, and Giacomo has his own agenda.

Stavisky...

Stavisky... · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria · 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

MovieComedyDrama

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

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Midnight Express

Midnight Express · 1978

Midnight Express

MovieDramaCrime

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Chief Judge

The Queens

The Queens · 1966

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.

The Priest ("Fata Marta")

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty · 1976

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

Nazi General

How I Learned to Love Women

How I Learned to Love Women · 1966

How I Learned to Love Women

An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.

sir Archibald

Giovannona Long-Thigh

Giovannona Long-Thigh · 1973

Giovannona Long-Thigh

When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an attempt to seduce the judge.

Commendatore La Noce

The Family Vice

The Family Vice · 1975

The Family Vice

When Giacomo D'Amato is released from jail he is immediately employed by Magda, in a plot to secure her the heritage of the count. But there are other players in this game too, and Giacomo has his own agenda.

Conte Giosuè

Stavisky...

Stavisky... · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

Gaston Henriet

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria · 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

MovieComedyDrama

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

Padre Polenta

Horse Fever

Horse Fever · 1976

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.

Count Dallara

Under the Sheets

Under the Sheets · 1976

Under the Sheets

Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.

Professor Ciotti

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia · 1974

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

MovieComedyAdventure

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried.

doctor

Confessions of a Lady Cop

Confessions of a Lady Cop · 1976

Confessions of a Lady Cop

Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.

Questore Moretti

The Schoolmate

The Schoolmate · 1977

Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy

Girardi

Policewoman

Policewoman · 1974

A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.

avvocato

Lady Caliph

Lady Caliph · 1970

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

Il principe industriale

The Sunday Woman

The Sunday Woman · 1975

The Sunday Woman

MovieCrimeMystery

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect Anna Carla and at the same time falls in love for her. Lello is the lover of Massimo, Anna Carla’s gay friend. He is following another direction in order to find out the truth, and his results are confusing the Policeman. But another murder happens...

Vollero

Italian Sex

Italian Sex · 1974

A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her salivating thesis committee and a large audience of curious on-lookers.

padre di Carletto

Roma bene

Roma bene · 1971

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

Vitozzi

Blume in Love

Blume in Love · 1973

MovieComedyDrama

Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.

Older Man

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians · 1966

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.

Giacinto Castellan

1001 Nights of Pleasure

1001 Nights of Pleasure · 1972

1001 Nights of Pleasure

Sultan Almamud suddenly becomes powerless, unable to enjoy his beautiful Zumurud. The councillors then call people who can excite them by telling stories. At the end of their tales, he will finally be able to enjoy her.

Genie in Lamp

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia · 1967

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

MovieDramaThriller

When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.

Aldo

Black Turin

Black Turin · 1972

MovieDramaCrime

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

Marinotti

Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton · 1968

MovieDramaHistory

In the second half of the 18th century, the young shepherdess Emma accidentally catches the eye of the English painter George Romney. She becomes his model in London, where she also has several love affairs. After she is temporarily forced to work as a prostitute, she marries the much older Lord William Hamilton, who is stationed as British ambassador in Naples. There she meets Admiral Nelson again, whom Emma, now Lady Hamilton, had met years before...

Cardinal Ruffo

Il furto della gioconda

Il furto della gioconda · 1978

Il furto della gioconda

SeriesCrimeDrama

A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

Poupardin

Il Circolo Pickwick

Il Circolo Pickwick · 1968

Il Circolo Pickwick

Nathaniel Winkle