Directing
Aldo Lado
Born December 5, 1934 · Fiume, Istria, Italy [now Rijeka, Croatia]
Died November 25, 2023 · aged 88
Aldo Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934. Lado came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970). After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maur…
Known For
The Cousin · 1974The Cousin
★ 5.41974
MovieComedyDrama
Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
The Conformist · 1971The Conformist
★ 7.61971
MovieDrama
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Farinelli · 1994Farinelli
★ 6.61994
MovieHistoryDrama
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Sahara Heat · 1987Sahara Heat
★ 4.41987
MovieDrama
A photographer and her lover travel to Morocco for photo shoots. While traveling there she has erotic adventures with residents of the area. But she ends up having an affair with someone who ends up betraying her and she murders the man.
The Humanoid · 1979The Humanoid
★ 3.71979
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.
Late Night Trains · 1975Late Night Trains
★ 6.11975
MovieThrillerHorror
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Unfortunately a pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize the pair.
Marquise · 1997Marquise
★ 5.51997
MovieDramaComedy
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.
Hollywood Flies · 2005Hollywood Flies
★ 4.42005
MovieActionThriller
While on a road trip, a man and his sister pick up two hitchhikers (Brad Renfro, Vinnie Jones) on the run for murder and armed robbery.




