Gianni Macchia

A Girl Called Jules (1970)

After his Western triumphs, Valerii stepped out of the shadow of Sergio Leone with this distinctly Bergmanesque sexual melodrama.Dionisio is perfect in the title role and this remains her best film, Valerii turns up along the way too. Just when the film hits a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonino Valerii
CAST:  Silvia Dionisio  •  Gianni Macchia  •  John Steiner  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

After his Western triumphs, Valerii stepped out of the shadow of Sergio Leone with this distinctly Bergmanesque sexual melodrama.Dionisio is perfect in the title role and this remains her best film, Valerii turns up along the way too. Just when the film hits a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonino Valerii
CAST:  Silvia Dionisio  •  Gianni Macchia  •  John Steiner  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

The Story of Romance and Knife (1971)

The story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to postpone their wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Claudia Mori  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Romolo Valli

The story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to postpone their wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Claudia Mori  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Romolo Valli

Under Siege (1980)

A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona Jr.
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Marisa Mell  •  Gianni Macchia

A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona Jr.
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Marisa Mell  •  Gianni Macchia

When Love Is Lust (1973)

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Ewa Aulin

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Ewa Aulin

A Woman on Fire (1969)

Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her husband. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Françoise Prévost  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Michel Bardinet  •  Monica Strebel

Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her husband. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Françoise Prévost  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Michel Bardinet  •  Monica Strebel

Madness (1980)

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Joe Dallesandro  •  Patrizia Behn  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Lorraine De Selle

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Joe Dallesandro  •  Patrizia Behn  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Lorraine De Selle

The Italian Connection (1972)

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Mario Adorf  •  Henry Silva  •  Woody Strode  •  Adolfo Celi

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Mario Adorf  •  Henry Silva  •  Woody Strode  •  Adolfo Celi

Emanuelle Around the World (1977)

Famous undercover journalist Emanuelle teams with her friend Cora Norman to uncover a white slave ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe D'Amato
CAST:  Laura Gemser  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Karin Schubert  •  George Eastman

Famous undercover journalist Emanuelle teams with her friend Cora Norman to uncover a white slave ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe D'Amato
CAST:  Laura Gemser  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Karin Schubert  •  George Eastman

Fiorina the Cow (1972)

Plenty of fun erotic stories in the spirit of the "Decameron", united by one constant hero - unlucky cow Fiorina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Ornella Muti  •  Ewa Aulin  •  Janet Ågren  •  Felice Andreasi

Plenty of fun erotic stories in the spirit of the "Decameron", united by one constant hero - unlucky cow Fiorina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sisti
CAST:  Ornella Muti  •  Ewa Aulin  •  Janet Ågren  •  Felice Andreasi

Amarsi male (1969)

Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Nieves Navarro  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Micaela Pignatelli  •  Lucio Dalla

Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo
CAST:  Nieves Navarro  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Micaela Pignatelli  •  Lucio Dalla

A Cold Day (2017)

A documentary about the making of Rolf Olsen's "Blutiger Freitag" aka "Violenza contro la violenza" aka "Bloody Friday".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadi Kantürk
CAST:  Gila von Weitershausen  •  Daniela Giordano  •  Horst Naumann  •  Otto Retzer

A documentary about the making of Rolf Olsen's "Blutiger Freitag" aka "Violenza contro la violenza" aka "Bloody Friday".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadi Kantürk
CAST:  Gila von Weitershausen  •  Daniela Giordano  •  Horst Naumann  •  Otto Retzer

Lady Emanuelle (1989)

Violent

Unhappily married rich lady Emanuelle is fed up with her sleazy, disgusting and overbearing lout husband Michael and other men insensitively treating her like a piece of meat. So Emanuelle dumps Michael and gets involved in a torrid lesbian affair with enticing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Fanetti
CAST:  Micaela  •  Malù  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Antonio Zequila

Unhappily married rich lady Emanuelle is fed up with her sleazy, disgusting and overbearing lout husband Michael and other men insensitively treating her like a piece of meat. So Emanuelle dumps Michael and gets involved in a torrid lesbian affair with enticing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Fanetti
CAST:  Micaela  •  Malù  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Antonio Zequila

Dangerous Affairs (1990)

The young scion of a rich lineage should get married and give an heir to the family. But no one wants to touch his girlfriend before marriage and instead consoled with the beautiful waitress. But things get complicated and suddenly strange deaths begin to hit the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninì Grassia
CAST:  Marisa Mell  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Federica Farnese  •  Marcello Montana

The young scion of a rich lineage should get married and give an heir to the family. But no one wants to touch his girlfriend before marriage and instead consoled with the beautiful waitress. But things get complicated and suddenly strange deaths begin to hit the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninì Grassia
CAST:  Marisa Mell  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Federica Farnese  •  Marcello Montana

Una storia d'amore (1970)

A married woman falls in love with a playboy dedicated to blackmail, to avoid that reveal his unedifying past, abandons her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Anna Moffo  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Jean Claudio  •  Alicia Brandet

A married woman falls in love with a playboy dedicated to blackmail, to avoid that reveal his unedifying past, abandons her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Anna Moffo  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Jean Claudio  •  Alicia Brandet

The House of Mature Apples (1971)

Marisa and Judy need mental help, but find themselves in a poorly managed clinic. While Marisa's husband cares for her and helps her out, Judy's brother cares more about his idea of family honor and the protection of his investments in factories, leaving his sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Tosini
CAST:  Erika Blanc  •  Marcella Michelangeli  •  Gérard Landry  •  Steven Tedd

Marisa and Judy need mental help, but find themselves in a poorly managed clinic. While Marisa's husband cares for her and helps her out, Judy's brother cares more about his idea of family honor and the protection of his investments in factories, leaving his sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Tosini
CAST:  Erika Blanc  •  Marcella Michelangeli  •  Gérard Landry  •  Steven Tedd

Bloody Friday (1972)

Womanizing thug Klett is sprung from the courthouse by two accomplices, then sets about planning the big heist of a local bank, equipped with a cache of high-powered weapons he's acquired from an American army outpost. Together with his faithful protégé, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Olsen
CAST:  Raimund Harmstorf  •  Amadeus August  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Christine Böhm

Womanizing thug Klett is sprung from the courthouse by two accomplices, then sets about planning the big heist of a local bank, equipped with a cache of high-powered weapons he's acquired from an American army outpost. Together with his faithful protégé, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Olsen
CAST:  Raimund Harmstorf  •  Amadeus August  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Christine Böhm

Morbosità (1974)

Giulia love her young lover, an architect, that she'll do sexual favors for influential people to help him. Anna, the younger sister, returns from college and is abused by the architect. But she will not allow things to stay that way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Russo
CAST:  Gianni Macchia  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Jenny Tamburi  •  Aldo Bufi Landi

Giulia love her young lover, an architect, that she'll do sexual favors for influential people to help him. Anna, the younger sister, returns from college and is abused by the architect. But she will not allow things to stay that way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Russo
CAST:  Gianni Macchia  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Jenny Tamburi  •  Aldo Bufi Landi

Mala, amore e morte (1975)

A woman is killed, and Femi Benussi appears to investigate. Her clothes fall off in almost every scene as with the help of a young handsome man she seeks a resolution to the mystery surrounding the murder, and the meaning of a block of wood with cryptical markings. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Longo
CAST:  Femi Benussi  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Massimo Mollica  •  Gabriella Lepori

A woman is killed, and Femi Benussi appears to investigate. Her clothes fall off in almost every scene as with the help of a young handsome man she seeks a resolution to the mystery surrounding the murder, and the meaning of a block of wood with cryptical markings. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Longo
CAST:  Femi Benussi  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Massimo Mollica  •  Gabriella Lepori

Perfume and Toys (1979)

A married woman with a young daughter runs away from home to live out her dream of becoming a photo model. She becomes involved with a wealthy Italian entrepreneur while she's at it but has second thoughts once her daughter becomes ill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Iacono
CAST:  Cintia Lodetti  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Gino Santercole

A married woman with a young daughter runs away from home to live out her dream of becoming a photo model. She becomes involved with a wealthy Italian entrepreneur while she's at it but has second thoughts once her daughter becomes ill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelo Iacono
CAST:  Cintia Lodetti  •  Gianni Macchia  •  Gino Santercole

Le Musk (2022)

Juliet Merdinian, who, 20 years since she was orphaned, seeks out the men who changed her destiny with one powerful memory - that of their scent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.R. Rahman
CAST:  Nora Arnezeder  •  Guy Burnet  •  Munirih Grace  •  Fran Kirchmair

Juliet Merdinian, who, 20 years since she was orphaned, seeks out the men who changed her destiny with one powerful memory - that of their scent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.R. Rahman
CAST:  Nora Arnezeder  •  Guy Burnet  •  Munirih Grace  •  Fran Kirchmair