Mario Laurentino

The Two Marshals (1961)

September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Totò  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Gianni Agus  •  Arturo Bragaglia

September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Corbucci
CAST:  Totò  •  Vittorio De Sica  •  Gianni Agus  •  Arturo Bragaglia

L'impiegato (1960)

Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Puccini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Gianrico Tedeschi

Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Puccini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Gianrico Tedeschi

I Am Semiramis (1963)

Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Primo Zeglio
CAST:  Yvonne Furneaux  •  John Ericson  •  Renzo Ricci  •  Germano Longo

Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Primo Zeglio
CAST:  Yvonne Furneaux  •  John Ericson  •  Renzo Ricci  •  Germano Longo

The Possessed (1965)

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Bazzoni  •  Franco Rossellini
CAST:  Peter Baldwin  •  Salvo Randone  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Pier Giovanni Anchisi

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Bazzoni  •  Franco Rossellini
CAST:  Peter Baldwin  •  Salvo Randone  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Pier Giovanni Anchisi

La Sfida (1958)

Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Rosi
CAST:  José Suárez  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Nino Vingelli  •  Decimo Cristiani

Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Rosi
CAST:  José Suárez  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Nino Vingelli  •  Decimo Cristiani

Fra' Manisco cerca guai... (1960)

Father Pacifico is a genuine friar with a brisk manner, for this reason he is nicknamed Father Manisco. The religious finds himself grappling with a thorny case, as Don Liborio, a Neapolitan lord, dominates all local events, including the love choices of his young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando W. Tamburella
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Riccardo Garrone  •  Luisella Boni

Father Pacifico is a genuine friar with a brisk manner, for this reason he is nicknamed Father Manisco. The religious finds himself grappling with a thorny case, as Don Liborio, a Neapolitan lord, dominates all local events, including the love choices of his young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armando W. Tamburella
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Riccardo Garrone  •  Luisella Boni

The Monsters (1963)

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Marisa Merlini

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Marisa Merlini

I 4 tassisti (1963)

Four comedic episodes follows different taxi drivers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Bianchi
CAST:  Peppino De Filippo  •  Didi Perego  •  Gino Bramieri  •  Erminio Macario

Four comedic episodes follows different taxi drivers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Bianchi
CAST:  Peppino De Filippo  •  Didi Perego  •  Gino Bramieri  •  Erminio Macario

Un mostro e mezzo (1964)

A thief steals a suitcase but it contains a corpse and the thief is sentenced, but is released by the robbed doctor, who then subjects him to a facial plastic that makes him equal to a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  Franco Franchi  •  Margaret Lee  •  Alberto Bonucci

A thief steals a suitcase but it contains a corpse and the thief is sentenced, but is released by the robbed doctor, who then subjects him to a facial plastic that makes him equal to a criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  Franco Franchi  •  Margaret Lee  •  Alberto Bonucci

Carmela is a doll (1958)

Carmela defies her father who wants her to marry Baron Prospero and sleepwalks every night to Toto's room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Puccini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marisa Allasio  •  Ugo D'Alessio  •  Gianrico Tedeschi

Carmela defies her father who wants her to marry Baron Prospero and sleepwalks every night to Toto's room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Puccini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marisa Allasio  •  Ugo D'Alessio  •  Gianrico Tedeschi

Perfide.... ma belle (1958)

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Claudio Villa  •  Susana Canales  •  Tecla Scarano  •  Annie Alberti

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Claudio Villa  •  Susana Canales  •  Tecla Scarano  •  Annie Alberti

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DIRECTION:  Marco Leto
CAST:  Corrado Sonni  •  Guido Celano  •  Carlo Castellani  •  Franco Graziosi

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Gennaro Di Napoli  •  Mario Laurentino  •  Marina Pagano  •  Gino Maringola