Gino Cavalieri

Who Works Is Lost (1963)

Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Sady Rebbot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Tino Buazzelli  •  Nando Angelini

Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Sady Rebbot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Tino Buazzelli  •  Nando Angelini

The Key (1983)

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Franco Branciaroli  •  Frank Finlay  •  Barbara Cupisti

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Franco Branciaroli  •  Frank Finlay  •  Barbara Cupisti

Lost Soul (1977)

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Danilo Mattei  •  Anicée Alvina

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Danilo Mattei  •  Anicée Alvina

Portrait of a Nude Woman (1981)

Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make love. She's had enough of his moods, so they separate so he can sort out his mind. His first night away, he sees a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Lattuada  •  Nino Manfredi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Georges Wilson

Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make love. She's had enough of his moods, so they separate so he can sort out his mind. His first night away, he sees a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Lattuada  •  Nino Manfredi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Georges Wilson

Ho scelto l'amore (1953)

A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  Renato Rascel  •  Marisa Pavan  •  Eduardo Passarelli  •  Margherita Bagni

A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  Renato Rascel  •  Marisa Pavan  •  Eduardo Passarelli  •  Margherita Bagni

The Priest's Wife (1970)

Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying to date him. He in turn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Jacques Stany

Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying to date him. He in turn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Venantino Venantini  •  Jacques Stany

Les Misérables - Manhunt (1948)

Jean Valjean, pursued through the years for a minor infraction by the implacable policeman Javert, attempts to create a life for himself and for his adopted daughter Cosette amid the revolutionary struggles of France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Gino Cervi  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Hans Hinrich  •  Luigi Pavese

Jean Valjean, pursued through the years for a minor infraction by the implacable policeman Javert, attempts to create a life for himself and for his adopted daughter Cosette amid the revolutionary struggles of France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Gino Cervi  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Hans Hinrich  •  Luigi Pavese

Flesh Will Surrender (1947)

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Lattuada
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Roldano Lupi  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Ave Ninchi

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Lattuada
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Roldano Lupi  •  Yvonne Sanson  •  Ave Ninchi

Ours are coming (1951)

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Walter Chiari  •  Lisetta Nava  •  Riccardo Billi  •  Mario Riva

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family chauffeur who puts things right.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Walter Chiari  •  Lisetta Nava  •  Riccardo Billi  •  Mario Riva

The White Line (1950)

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Raf Vallone  •  Erno Crisa  •  Cesco Baseggio

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Raf Vallone  •  Erno Crisa  •  Cesco Baseggio

Secret Fantasy (1971)

Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Lando Buzzanca  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Lino Toffolo  •  Ferruccio De Ceresa

Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Lando Buzzanca  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Lino Toffolo  •  Ferruccio De Ceresa

Professor, My Son (1946)

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato Castellani
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Giorgio De Lullo  •  Mario Pisu  •  Diana Nava

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato Castellani
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Giorgio De Lullo  •  Mario Pisu  •  Diana Nava

To Live in Peace (1947)

Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Gar Moore  •  Mirella Monti  •  John Kitzmiller

Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Gar Moore  •  Mirella Monti  •  John Kitzmiller

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Gino Cervi  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Hans Hinrich  •  Aldo Nicodemi

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Gino Cervi  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Hans Hinrich  •  Aldo Nicodemi

The Simple Life (1946)

Marco and his son Toto work in a Venetian gondola yard and maintain the old traditions of gondoliers. When a newly-arrived businessman decides he wants to buy the yard and demolish it, Marco and company want to fight to preserve their way of life. The businessman, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco De Robertis
CAST:  Luciano De Ambrosis  •  Giulio Stival  •  Maurizio D'Ancora  •  Gino Cavalieri

Marco and his son Toto work in a Venetian gondola yard and maintain the old traditions of gondoliers. When a newly-arrived businessman decides he wants to buy the yard and demolish it, Marco and company want to fight to preserve their way of life. The businessman, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco De Robertis
CAST:  Luciano De Ambrosis  •  Giulio Stival  •  Maurizio D'Ancora  •  Gino Cavalieri

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DIRECTION:  Nunzio Malasomma
CAST:  Assia Noris  •  Nino Besozzi  •  Vanna Vanni  •  Gino Cavalieri