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Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno
other title: Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno / 贝托尔多,贝托尔迪诺和卡斯卡森诺
During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cari fottutissimi amici
other title: Caros F... Amigos / 親愛的朋友
In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.
Totó in color (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Totò a colori
director: 斯蒂诺 actor: Totò / Isa Barzizza
other title: Totò a colori / 托托的色彩美学观
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.
Neapolitan Turk (1953) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Un turco napoletano
director: Mario Mattoli actor: Totò / Isa Barzizza
other title: Un turco napoletano / Un turco napolitano
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974) [Movie] Eggplant.place IMDb TMDB Douban
Romanzo popolare
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Ornella Muti
other title: Romanzo popolare / Romances et Confidences
50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the lover affair with Vincenzina.
We Want the Colonels (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Vogliamo i colonnelli
other title: 우리는 대령을 원한다 / Nous voulons les colonels
Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1987) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 / 森塔·贝格尔
other title: 已故的帕斯卡尔 / Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
In the Name of the Law (1949) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
In nome della legge
director: 皮亚托·杰米 actor: 马西莫·吉洛蒂 / 约内·萨利纳斯
other title: 以法之名 / In nome della legge
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.
Laugh for Joy (1960) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Risate di gioia
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: Anna Magnani / 托托
other title: 热情的贼 / Risate di gioia
On New Year's Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. When a colleague invites her to a New Year's party, she jumps at the opportunity. Accidentally she runs into an old acting acquaintance (Toto), who is helping a professional pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) steal from people during the hustle-bustle of New Year's Eve festivities. During the course of the evening, they have numerous crazy, humorous adventures all over Rome at different parties, restaurants, and even the Trevi fountain. Magnani's character (Tortorella) falls for Gazzara's character (Lello) without knowing what he's up to, while Toto tries to placate them both. Written by Miriam Kramer
Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) [Movie] Douban
Speriamo che sia femmina
other title: 让我们祈祷这是个女孩 / Speriamo che sia femmina
Elena lives on a Tuscan farm, separated from her ineffectual husband Leonardo, who is more concerned with his mistress Lolli than his wife or two daughters, Franca and Malvina. This collection of female figures inhabiting a world virtually without men is completed by Elena's sister Claudia and Elena's housekeeper Fosca. The only male in the house is a senile old uncle who spends most of his time knitting. This unusual stable female environment is suddenly shaken by several crises.
For Love and Gold (1968) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Armata Brancaleone
other title: 黄金骑士 / L'Armata Brancaleone
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.
The Great War (1959) [Movie] Douban
La grande guerra
other title: 大战争 / La grande guerra
两个意大利士兵被卷入第一次世界大战,他们很想逃脱战争的阴霾,想了很多办法,但是现实无情,总是把他们推到荒唐而危险的境况中。在一次次偷懒成功后,他们却目睹着一次次战友们血肉模糊的战场惨状。终于一个亡故战友的妻子令两人的思想有了变化,在一次对敌行动被俘后两人被处死,但他们的长官却还以为他们照旧做了逃兵。
Bitter Rice (1949) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Riso amaro
other title: 艰辛的米 / Riso amaro
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.
Boccaccio '70 (1962) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Boccaccio '70
8.1 (30 ratings) director: 维托里奥·德西卡 / 费德里科·费里尼 actor: 玛丽莎·苏尼纳斯 / Germano Gilioli
other title: 三艳嬉春 / 博迦丘70年
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.