Romano Ghini

Roseanna's Grave (1997)

Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man who owns the land next to the cemetery, won't sell. While Marcello is doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Weiland
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Polly Walker  •  Mark Frankel

Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man who owns the land next to the cemetery, won't sell. While Marcello is doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Weiland
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Polly Walker  •  Mark Frankel

Triumph of Maciste (1961)

The evil Queen Tenefi demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the God of Fire. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a village's women including the beautiful Antea. Maciste then becomes involved in an effort to restore to the throne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanio Boccia
CAST:  Kirk Morris  •  Cathia Caro  •  Liuba Bodina  •  Cesare Fantoni

The evil Queen Tenefi demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the God of Fire. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a village's women including the beautiful Antea. Maciste then becomes involved in an effort to restore to the throne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanio Boccia
CAST:  Kirk Morris  •  Cathia Caro  •  Liuba Bodina  •  Cesare Fantoni

The Fury of Achilles (1962)

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Gordon Mitchell  •  Jacques Bergerac  •  Mario Petri  •  Cristina Gaïoni

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Gordon Mitchell  •  Jacques Bergerac  •  Mario Petri  •  Cristina Gaïoni

Strong Arms (1997)

This tense thriller begins in the office of Claudia, a psychoanalyst whose sister was killed in a terrorist attack. Her newest client is Tancredi. He says that he is a journalist and that he suffers from having witnessed numerous atrocities in Bosnia. The events he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Bernini
CAST:  Francesca Neri  •  Claudio Amendola  •  Enzo De Caro  •  Aline Pilato

This tense thriller begins in the office of Claudia, a psychoanalyst whose sister was killed in a terrorist attack. Her newest client is Tancredi. He says that he is a journalist and that he suffers from having witnessed numerous atrocities in Bosnia. The events he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Bernini
CAST:  Francesca Neri  •  Claudio Amendola  •  Enzo De Caro  •  Aline Pilato

We Can Do That (2008)

The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Manfredonia
CAST:  Claudio Bisio  •  Anita Caprioli  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Giorgio Colangeli

The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Manfredonia
CAST:  Claudio Bisio  •  Anita Caprioli  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Giorgio Colangeli

The Big Dream (2009)

Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Riccardo Scamarcio  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Luca Argentero  •  Massimo Popolizio

Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Riccardo Scamarcio  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Luca Argentero  •  Massimo Popolizio

It Happened in '43 (1960)

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Belinda Lee  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Gino Cervi

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Belinda Lee  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Gino Cervi

Samson (1961)

While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Parolini
CAST:  Brad Harris  •  Luisella Boni  •  Mara Berni  •  Serge Gainsbourg

While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Parolini
CAST:  Brad Harris  •  Luisella Boni  •  Mara Berni  •  Serge Gainsbourg

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Albanese
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Aisha Cerami  •  Dino Abbrescia  •  Shel Shapiro

Incontro di notte (1961)

An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Samba Ababaka  •  Romano Ghini  •  Annabella Incontrera

An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Samba Ababaka  •  Romano Ghini  •  Annabella Incontrera

Passport for a Corpse (1962)

When a robbery goes wrong the only survivor tries to smuggle himself across the border by hiding in a coffin. When he gets out of the coffin he finds himself locked in a morgue freezer with three dead bodies. While trying to escape the morgue and his isolation he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Gariazzo
CAST:  Alberto Lupo  •  Hélène Chanel  •  Linda Christian  •  Erno Crisa

When a robbery goes wrong the only survivor tries to smuggle himself across the border by hiding in a coffin. When he gets out of the coffin he finds himself locked in a morgue freezer with three dead bodies. While trying to escape the morgue and his isolation he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Gariazzo
CAST:  Alberto Lupo  •  Hélène Chanel  •  Linda Christian  •  Erno Crisa

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DIRECTION:  Franco Montemurro
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Danielle De Metz  •  Renato Baldini  •  Peter Meersman

Catherine of Russia (1963)

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Hildegard Knef  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart  •  Ángela Cavo

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Hildegard Knef  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart  •  Ángela Cavo

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DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Pierre Brice  •  Daniele Vargas  •  Hélène Chanel  •  Massimo Serato

Arms of the Avenger (1963)

Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopoldo Savona
CAST:  John Drew Barrymore  •  Scilla Gabel  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart  •  Mario Pisu

Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopoldo Savona
CAST:  John Drew Barrymore  •  Scilla Gabel  •  Giacomo Rossi Stuart  •  Mario Pisu

Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)

Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king int he land of the Incas. Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osvaldo Civirani
CAST:  Mark Forest  •  Anna Maria Pace  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  Angela Rhu

Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king int he land of the Incas. Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osvaldo Civirani
CAST:  Mark Forest  •  Anna Maria Pace  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  Angela Rhu

Quanto sei bella Roma (1959)

Claudio and Maurizio, two young and reckless taxi drivers in a Roman gas station meet two American tourists, daughters of a Spanish man that has oil wells in America. Maurizio and Claudio walk the tourists to the Eternal City and forget their girlfriends Patricia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Claudio Villa  •  Lorella De Luca  •  Ennio Girolami  •  Maria Fiore

Claudio and Maurizio, two young and reckless taxi drivers in a Roman gas station meet two American tourists, daughters of a Spanish man that has oil wells in America. Maurizio and Claudio walk the tourists to the Eternal City and forget their girlfriends Patricia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Claudio Villa  •  Lorella De Luca  •  Ennio Girolami  •  Maria Fiore