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Mario Lanfranchi

Born June 30, 1927 · Parma, Italy

Died January 3, 2022 · aged 94

Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theater, and television director, screenwriter, and producer. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) in the early 1950s, he was hired by Sergio Pugliese at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. Lanfranchi was the first to bring opera to the small screen in 1956 with Madama Butterfly, introducing a wide au…

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Navajo JoeNavajo Joe · 1966
Navajo Joe
6.21966
MovieWestern
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.
Death SentenceDeath Sentence · 1968
Death Sentence
6.31968
MovieWestern
Four men killed Django's brother a long time ago. A withdrawn rancher, a notorious card player, a despotic priest and a crazy albino with an obsession for gold. The relentless Django seeks for revenge and hunts them down without mercy.
Merciless ManMerciless Man · 1976
Merciless Man
7.21976
MovieCrimeThriller
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
The Big BlackoutThe Big Blackout · 1966
The Big Blackout
7.31966
MovieAdventureAction
Secret agent Perry Grant is called in to investigate a strange case which involves counterfeit money, industrial espionage, and a fashion company that may be functioning as a front for a secret criminal organization.
Dangerous PleasuresDangerous Pleasures · 1965
Dangerous Pleasures
5.31965
MovieDrama
Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute, their husbands do what they can to avoid trace of scandal and any implication that their wives are involved. Cracks in their relationships are revealed as is the hedonism and hypocrisy amongst the bourgeoise.
La sonnambulaLa sonnambula · 1956
La sonnambula
1956
Movie
Italian TV production of the Bellini opera
The KissThe Kiss · 1974
The Kiss
3.51974
MovieDramaHorror
Countess Elena marries the charming Guido Rambaldi, only for him to be seduced by dancer Nara during their Venice honeymoon.
Madama ButterflyMadama Butterfly · 1956
Madama Butterfly
1956
Movie
Mario Lanfranchi directed this film adaptation, starring Anna Moffo.

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The Beckett AffairThe Beckett Affair · 1966
The Beckett Affair
7.51966
MovieCrimeThriller
Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head of a clandestine organization which proclaims itself anti-Castroist, is playing a double game at the expense of the United States. He first tries to make contact with Ms Beckett, who should tell him. Segura's intentíons, but the woman is found killed. Subsequently, Rogerson, another American, presents Cooper to Segura himself and so Rod can enter his organization. Here he discovers that the colonel tries to attract a certain number of Americans to use them in an attack against the president of a state of southern America and thus promote communist expansion. Segura soon discovers Rod's real identity and tries to get rid of him; but the agent manages to reverse the situation and kills Segura in a shoot-out.

(as Mario Lanfranchi)

Rossini: L'italiana in AlgeriRossini: L'italiana in Algeri · 1957
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
1957
MovieMusic
In 1810, Mustafà, Bey of Algiers and thoroughly fed up with his wife, the docile Elvira, orders the captain of the corsairs to find him one of those feisty Italian women. It turns out to be Isabella, an Italian woman of unparalleled beauty searching for her fiancé Lindoro, whom Mustafà happens to be holding captive in his seraglio. The Bey intends to give Lindoro to his wife Elvira, hoping to get rid of him once and for all. Isabella, accompanied by her annoying suitor Taddeo—whom she passes off as her uncle to save him from the gallows—relies on her powers of seduction. “L’italiana in Algeri” (The Italian Girl in Algiers) is a two-act dramma giocoso (opera buffa) by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Angelo Anelli. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on May 22, 1813. Recorded in the studios of Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) in Milan on July 10, 1957.

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