Acting
Enzo Cannavale
Born April 5, 1928 · Castellammare di Stabia, Campania, Italy
Died March 18, 2011 · aged 82
Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including Cinema Paradiso, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. He was awarded the Nastro d’Argento for Best Supporting Actor in 32 dicembre (December 32nd) by Luciano De Crescenzo. Source: Article "Enzo Cannav…
Known For
Cinema Paradiso · 1988Cinema Paradiso
★ 8.41988
MovieDramaRomance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
My Father's Private Secretary · 1976My Father's Private Secretary
★ 5.21976
MovieComedy
Ponziani Armando, the owner of a thriving chemical industry, lives in a beautiful villa on Lake Como with his wife and his son Franco Ersilia.
The Teasers · 1975The Teasers
★ 4.81975
MovieComedy
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone · 1983Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone
★ 5.91983
MovieComedy
Marino Stroppaghetti is a breadwinner in a layoff fund who, in order to make some money, arranges himself by doing small tailoring jobs at home. Desperate for having received the eviction, he turns to the City of Rome, where he discovers that there are as many as 80 thousand questions before his. How to do?
My Friends Act III · 1985My Friends Act III
★ 6.41985
MovieComedy
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.
Taxi Girl · 1977Taxi Girl
★ 5.41977
MovieComedy
Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
The School Teacher · 1975The School Teacher
★ 5.61975
MovieComedy
A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.
Midnight of Love · 1970Midnight of Love
★ 8.01970
MovieRomance
Movies
Cinema Paradiso · 1988Cinema Paradiso
★ 8.41988
MovieDramaRomance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
My Father's Private Secretary · 1976My Father's Private Secretary
★ 5.21976
MovieComedy
Ponziani Armando, the owner of a thriving chemical industry, lives in a beautiful villa on Lake Como with his wife and his son Franco Ersilia.
The Teasers · 1975The Teasers
★ 4.81975
MovieComedy
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone · 1983Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone
★ 5.91983
MovieComedy
Marino Stroppaghetti is a breadwinner in a layoff fund who, in order to make some money, arranges himself by doing small tailoring jobs at home. Desperate for having received the eviction, he turns to the City of Rome, where he discovers that there are as many as 80 thousand questions before his. How to do?
My Friends Act III · 1985My Friends Act III
★ 6.41985
MovieComedy
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.
Taxi Girl · 1977Taxi Girl
★ 5.41977
MovieComedy
Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
The School Teacher · 1975The School Teacher
★ 5.61975
MovieComedy
A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.
Midnight of Love · 1970Midnight of Love
★ 8.01970
MovieRomance
Gegè Bellavita · 1979Gegè Bellavita
★ 6.41979
MovieComedy
Pregnant with their 10th child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro betrays her cheerfully.
Flatfoot in Hong Kong · 1975Flatfoot in Hong Kong
★ 6.21975
MovieActionComedy
Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
32nd of December · 198832nd of December
★ 7.21988
MovieComedy
Three episodes about the relativity of time.
Savage Breed · 1980Savage Breed
★ 6.51980
MovieDrama
Mario lives in Turin with his sister Michelina. He works in the factory. He meets a young Turin man running a night club frequented by unsavory people related to drug trafficking.
Flatfoot in Africa · 1978Flatfoot in Africa
★ 6.21978
MovieActionComedy
Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.
Man spricht deutsh · 1988Man spricht deutsh
★ 6.81988
MovieComedy
A very middle-class Bavarian family spend the last day of their Mediterranean vacation on the beach, day-dreaming and muttering racist remarks about Italian people.
Flatfoot in Egypt · 1980Flatfoot in Egypt
★ 6.21980
MovieActionComedy
Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.
Il marito in vacanza · 1981Il marito in vacanza
★ 4.21981
Movie
The Treasure of San Gennaro · 1966The Treasure of San Gennaro
★ 7.41966
MovieComedyCrime
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
Between Miracles · 1971Between Miracles
★ 7.21971
MovieComedy
Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.
Tonight I'll Throw Me · 1967Tonight I'll Throw Me
★ 5.31967
MovieComedyMusic
Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And relaxing baths. For everyone: young and old. Singles and couples. In the endless consumption of flirtation and new knowledge, the musical background goes crazy with the famous screamer. Famous personalities like Lola Falana emerge from famous people. They get confused. They are inserted between these alleged stars. But above all, they have fun like crazy ...
The Knock Out Cop · 1973The Knock Out Cop
★ 6.51973
MovieActionComedy
Inspector “Flatfoot” Rizzo investigates crime and corruption in Naples.
Chaste and Pure · 1981Chaste and Pure
★ 4.51981
MovieComedy
Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter of remaining "chaste and pure" ( so that she cannot marry ) until his own death.
Condemned to Be Wed · 1993Condemned to Be Wed
★ 4.51993
MovieComedy
A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to cheat on her. Things take a turn for the literal when one night he splits into two different versions of himself, a soon-to-be-married one and a confirmed bachelor one.
The Adventures of Pinocchio · 1972The Adventures of Pinocchio
★ 7.51972
MovieFantasyDrama
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.
Roma bene · 1971Roma bene
★ 6.01971
MovieComedy
A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
TV Shows
The Adventures of Pinocchio · 1972The Adventures of Pinocchio
★ 7.31972
SeriesComedyFamily
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.
Cinecittà Cinecittà · 1985Cinecittà Cinecittà
1985
Series
I delitti del cuoco · 2010I delitti del cuoco
★ 7.12010
SeriesComedyCrime
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore · 1970FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
★ 8.01970
SeriesCrime
FBI – Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore is an Italian television series.
Birth of the Republic · 1971Birth of the Republic
1971
Series
A 1971 three-part miniseries about the birth of the Italian Republic, directed by Sandro Bolchi, Vittorio De Sica, and Ermanno Olmi
Anni '50 · 1998Anni '50
★ 6.81998
SeriesComedy
Year 1955 in Capri
Peppino Girella · 1963Peppino Girella
1963
SeriesComedy