Acting

Giovanna Ralli

Born January 2, 1935 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (age 91)

Giovanna Ralli (born 2 January 1935) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filippo. After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's Variety Lights (1950), Ralli had her first film roles of weight in mid-fifties, often in comedy films. In 1959 sh…

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We All Loved Each Other So Much

We All Loved Each Other So Much · 1974

We All Loved Each Other So Much

MovieDramaComedy

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

Languidi baci... perfide carezze · 1976

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi

Warriors Five

Warriors Five · 1962

World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.

Roman Tales

Roman Tales · 1955

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?

The Mercenary

The Mercenary · 1968

MovieWesternComedy

While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? · 1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba · 1970

Cannon for Cordoba

MovieActionAdventure

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.

Deadfall

Deadfall · 1968

MovieDramaAction

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.

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We All Loved Each Other So Much

We All Loved Each Other So Much · 1974

We All Loved Each Other So Much

MovieDramaComedy

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Elide

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

Languidi baci... perfide carezze · 1976

Languidi baci... perfide carezze

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi

Elena

Warriors Five

Warriors Five · 1962

World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.

Italia

Roman Tales

Roman Tales · 1955

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?

Marcella

The Mercenary

The Mercenary · 1968

MovieWesternComedy

While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

Columba

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? · 1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

Gina Romano

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba · 1970

Cannon for Cordoba

MovieActionAdventure

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.

Leonora

Deadfall

Deadfall · 1968

MovieDramaAction

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.

Fe

It Happened in the Park

It Happened in the Park · 1953

It Happened in the Park

MovieComedyDrama

Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.

Virginia (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")

General Della Rovere

General Della Rovere · 1959

General Della Rovere

In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Valeria

Rivalità

Rivalità · 1953

MovieDramaRomance

A melodrama supervised by Roberto Rossellini.

Luisa

Steno

MovieDocumentary

Sé stessa

The Immature: The Trip

The Immature: The Trip · 2012

The Immature: The Trip

Seven thirty-something friends organise a post-grad trip they were never able to take after school. They find new adventures on a Greek island, and show that true maturity is never really achieved.

Mamma Iole

The Children Are Watching Us

The Children Are Watching Us · 1943

The Children Are Watching Us

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

What Have They Done to Your Daughters? · 1974

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

MovieCrimeThriller

An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. Conspiracies and horrors pile up, as do the body parts.

Asst. DA Vittoria Stori

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! · 1958

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!

A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has fallen for a marshal.

Carmelina

Variety Lights

Variety Lights · 1950

MovieDramaComedy

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

(uncredited)

Di che segno sei?

Di che segno sei? · 1975

Di che segno sei?

Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a partner for a dance contest. A worker seduce his boss wife. A guard is too much proactive and this will cause many troubles.

Cristina, Leonardo lover

Let's Talk About Women

Let's Talk About Women · 1964

Let's Talk About Women

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.

Prostitute

The Immature

The Immature · 2011

Six high school friends in their 40s who haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years rekindle their younger selves after a court cancels their diploma, forcing them to repeat the final high school exam.

Iole, la mamma di Lorenzo

A Golden Boy

A Golden Boy · 2014

MovieRomanceComedy

A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a publisher who wants to release his dad's autobiography.

madre di Davide

Peccato di castità

Peccato di castità · 1956

Peccato di castità

Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip.

Valentina Colasanti

Le belle dell'aria

Le belle dell'aria · 1957

Le belle dell'aria

Giovanna

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

The Caper of the Golden Bulls · 1967

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

MovieActionComedy

Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former companion Angela appears and blackmails him to help her robbing the Spanish National Bank of Pamplona. He gives in and develops a brilliant plan... Will this be then end of his comfortable life?

Angela

L'isola dei segreti - Koré

L'isola dei segreti - Koré · 2009

L'isola dei segreti - Koré

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Giovanna Grimaldi

Ho sposato uno sbirro

Ho sposato uno sbirro · 2008

Ho sposato uno sbirro

SeriesDramaComedy