Movie List for "italian"

The Scopone Game (1972)

Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game. Year 1972.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Luigi Comencini
Writer: Rodolfo Sonego (screenplay)
Actors: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis

Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)

Italian-American mafioso Carmine Ganucci evicts Miss Poole and her school of etiquette from the commercial building he has just purchased, the space which he wants for one of his own … Year 1972.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Cy Howard
Writer: Evan Hunter (novel), Cy Howard (screenplay), Jonathan Axelrod (screenplay), Robert Klane (screenplay)
Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Victor Mature, Paul Sand, Margaret Blye

The Godfather (1972)

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Year 1972.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Mario Puzo (screenplay by), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by), Mario Puzo (based on the novel by)
Actors: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano

Death in Venice (1971)

While recovering in Venice, a sickly composer becomes dangerously fixated with a teenage boy. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Thomas Mann (novel), Luchino Visconti (screenplay), Nicola Badalucco (screenplay)
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci

Joe Hill (1971)

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill. Year 1971.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bo Widerberg
Writer: Bo Widerberg, Richard Weber (additional dialogue), Steve Hopkins (additional dialogue)
Actors: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson

Hell in the Aegean (1970)

In May 1941, after the fall of the mainland of Greece just before the Germans entered Athens, a bold cadet, Nikiforos Kallergis leaves with his classmates from the cadet school. They … Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
Writer: Stamatis Filippoulis, Ignacio F. Iquino (screenplay), Ignacio F. Iquino (story), Vasilis Manousakis (adaptation), Siro Marcellini (dialogue: Italian version), Juliana San José de la Fuente (screenplay), Juliana San José de la Fuente (story), Ornella Zanelli (dialogue: Italian version)
Actors: Hristos Politis, Stephanos Stratigos, Giorgos Tzortzis, Giota Soimoiri

The Band (1970)

Manager of female dance group and his cousin leads the group on a tour in the Rome and prohibit them to socialize with men. Problems occur when we see that one of the girls has a baby in Rome. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy, Musical
Director: Serge Korber
Writer: Jean Halain (adaptation), Serge Korber (adaptation), Géza von Radványi (original scenario), Jean Halain (dialogue)
Actors: Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam, Olivier De Funès, Daniel Bellus

How I Unleashed World War II (1970)

The adventures of unlucky Polish soldier Franek Dolas during world war II. In September he escapes from Stalag and goes to France. After that he fights in Africa and Europe. Year 1970.

Generes: Comedy, War
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski
Writer: Tadeusz Chmielewski
Actors: Marian Kociniak, Janina Boronska, Adam Cyprian, Wirgiliusz Gryn

Sunflower (1970)

An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia – like fifty thousand others during WWII. Year 1970.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writer: Tonino Guerra (story and screenplay), Cesare Zavattini (story and screenplay), Giorgi Mdivani (in collaboration with)
Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva

Eaten Alive! (1980)

A young woman teams up with an adventurer to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea and they stumble upon a religious cult led by a deranged preacher whom has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals. Year 1980.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writer: Umberto Lenzi (story and screenplay)
Actors: Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov, Paola Senatore

Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

Three stories, three characters all played by Verdone. The first is an awkward young man, who meet a Spanish tourist in Rome. The second has planned a trip towards East with a suitcase full… Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Carlo Verdone
Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti (story), Piero De Bernardi (story), Carlo Verdone (story), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Carlo Verdone (screenplay)
Actors: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa

Io e Caterina (1980)

Enrico Melotti, a businessman middle-aged, is dominated by a fierce as naive form of machismo sees women only for what they can give… Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Alberto Sordi
Writer: Rodolfo Sonego (story), Alberto Sordi (screenplay)
Actors: Alberto Sordi, Edwige Fenech, Catherine Spaak, Valeria Valeri

Rocky II (1979)

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Year 1979.

Generes: Drama, Sport
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)

A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Sergio Martino
Writer: Cesare Frugoni (screenplay), Cesare Frugoni (story), Sergio Martino (screenplay), Sergio Martino (story)
Actors: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Knock-Out Cop (1978)

Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows … Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Steno
Writer: Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Giovanni Simonelli (screenplay), Franco Verucci (screenplay), Rainer Brandt (screenplay), Franco Verucci (story)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath, Joe Stewardson