Sandro Ghiani

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Miracoloni (1981)

Stormtroopers (1976)

A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Teo Teocoli

A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Teo Teocoli

Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Mario Brega  •  Renato Scarpa  •  Verónica Miriel

Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Mario Brega  •  Renato Scarpa  •  Verónica Miriel

Ritorno a casa Gori (1996)

Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Benvenuti
CAST:  Alessandro Benvenuti  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ceccherini  •  Athina Cenci

Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Benvenuti
CAST:  Alessandro Benvenuti  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ceccherini  •  Athina Cenci

The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)

A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Ornella Muti  •  Edith Peters  •  Milly Carlucci

A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Ornella Muti  •  Edith Peters  •  Milly Carlucci

Chewingum (1984)

Geared to a teen and pre-teen audience, this juvenile romance is set in the last year of high school and involves the attraction between Isabella, a beautiful newcomer to the school, and Massimo, an introverted, hard-working young student .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Biagio Proietti
CAST:  Mauro Di Francesco  •  Isabella Ferrari  •  Massimo Ciavarro  •  Mara Venier

Geared to a teen and pre-teen audience, this juvenile romance is set in the last year of high school and involves the attraction between Isabella, a beautiful newcomer to the school, and Massimo, an introverted, hard-working young student .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Biagio Proietti
CAST:  Mauro Di Francesco  •  Isabella Ferrari  •  Massimo Ciavarro  •  Mara Venier

Fracchia The Human Beast (1981)

The world's greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face... now they'll share the same life!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Lino Banfi  •  Anna Mazzamauro  •  Francesco Salvi

The world's greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face... now they'll share the same life!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Lino Banfi  •  Anna Mazzamauro  •  Francesco Salvi

Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)

Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. A Lebanese terrorist receives the order to kill a stockbroker, which triggers a series of blackmail and deception. A deputy commissioner and a journalist intend to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Demetra Hampton  •  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Sergio Castellitto

Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. A Lebanese terrorist receives the order to kill a stockbroker, which triggers a series of blackmail and deception. A deputy commissioner and a journalist intend to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Demetra Hampton  •  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Sergio Castellitto

Velvet Hands (1979)

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, who've lost hundreds of customers, and the burglarers. When he temporarily ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  John Sharp  •  Olga Karlatos

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, who've lost hundreds of customers, and the burglarers. When he temporarily ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  John Sharp  •  Olga Karlatos

Ultrà. (1991)

The "Brigatte Veneno" is a fan group from the soccer club "AS Roma". The next match is against "Juventus Turin", the classic prestige duel. Principe, the former leader of the group, has been dismissed from jail a few days before. He has to realize that his best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricky Tognazzi
CAST:  Claudio Amendola  •  Ricky Memphis  •  Gianmarco Tognazzi  •  Giuppy Izzo

The "Brigatte Veneno" is a fan group from the soccer club "AS Roma". The next match is against "Juventus Turin", the classic prestige duel. Principe, the former leader of the group, has been dismissed from jail a few days before. He has to realize that his best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricky Tognazzi
CAST:  Claudio Amendola  •  Ricky Memphis  •  Gianmarco Tognazzi  •  Giuppy Izzo

Ace (1981)

Asso, THE best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the 'final' game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Renato Salvatori  •  Sylva Koscina

Asso, THE best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the 'final' game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Renato Salvatori  •  Sylva Koscina

Madman at War (1985)

Story about a doctor in a Libyan military hospital who is mad, but no-one wants to declare him unfit, and he becomes the captain of a fighting unit. Through him the Germans risk losing a truce with the British, and therefore kill him and give him a hero's funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Coluche  •  Beppe Grillo  •  Bernard Blier  •  Fabio Testi

Story about a doctor in a Libyan military hospital who is mad, but no-one wants to declare him unfit, and he becomes the captain of a fighting unit. Through him the Germans risk losing a truce with the British, and therefore kill him and give him a hero's funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Coluche  •  Beppe Grillo  •  Bernard Blier  •  Fabio Testi

Passion of Love (1981)

In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor (Trintignant). Among the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ettore Scola
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Valeria D'Obici  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Massimo Girotti

In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor (Trintignant). Among the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ettore Scola
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Valeria D'Obici  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Massimo Girotti

Spaghetti House (1982)

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Paradisi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Leo Gullotta  •  Rita Tushingham  •  Rudolph Walker

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Paradisi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Leo Gullotta  •  Rita Tushingham  •  Rudolph Walker

Don't Play with Tigers (1982)

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A stories of three really unlucky characters are discovered during the trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Pippo Franco  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Renato Pozzetto  •  Lino Banfi

A stories of three really unlucky characters are discovered during the trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Pippo Franco  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Renato Pozzetto  •  Lino Banfi

Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)

Three episodes. In the first episode Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. In the second episode Giuseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Lino Banfi  •  Pippo Franco

Three episodes. In the first episode Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. In the second episode Giuseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Edwige Fenech  •  Lino Banfi  •  Pippo Franco

A Boy and a Girl (1984)

Anna and Calogero are in love and living together in a low-scale apartment while going to the University of Milan. When Anna discovers she is pregnant, Calogero handles the situation like the moral coward he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Jerry Calà  •  Marina Suma  •  Monica Scattini  •  Sandro Ghiani

Anna and Calogero are in love and living together in a low-scale apartment while going to the University of Milan. When Anna discovers she is pregnant, Calogero handles the situation like the moral coward he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Jerry Calà  •  Marina Suma  •  Monica Scattini  •  Sandro Ghiani

Zora la vampira (2000)

Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Manetti  •  Marco Manetti
CAST:  Toni Bertorelli  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Raffaele Vannoli  •  Chef Ragoo

Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Manetti  •  Marco Manetti
CAST:  Toni Bertorelli  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Raffaele Vannoli  •  Chef Ragoo

Christmas Vacation '95 (1995)

Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Christian De Sica  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Luke Perry  •  Elizabeth Nottoli

Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Christian De Sica  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Luke Perry  •  Elizabeth Nottoli

My Wife is a Witch (1980)

A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Helmut Berger  •  Lia Tanzi

A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Castellano  •  Pipolo
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Helmut Berger  •  Lia Tanzi
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