Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi (born Saturnino Manfredi, 22 March 1921 - 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre.

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Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956)

This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the '50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job relationships. 'Guardia scelta' (special agent) Giuseppe tries to be a composer, he wants to write the anthem for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauro Bolognini
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Gino Cervi

This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the '50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job relationships. 'Guardia scelta' (special agent) Giuseppe tries to be a composer, he wants to write the anthem for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauro Bolognini
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Gino Cervi

A Dangerous Toy (1979)

A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the cop who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge, with unforeseen consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Olga Karlatos

A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the cop who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge, with unforeseen consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Olga Karlatos

The Head of the Family (1967)

A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened with all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Leslie Caron  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mario Carotenuto

A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened with all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Leslie Caron  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mario Carotenuto

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987)

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kari Väänänen  •  Roberta Manfredi  •  Jean-Pierre Castaldi  •  Margi Clarke

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kari Väänänen  •  Roberta Manfredi  •  Jean-Pierre Castaldi  •  Margi Clarke

Time of Vacation (1956)

Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Racioppi
CAST:  Vittorio De Sica  •  Giovanna Ralli  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Maurizio Arena

Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Racioppi
CAST:  Vittorio De Sica  •  Giovanna Ralli  •  Marisa Merlini  •  Maurizio Arena

Adultery Italian Style (1966)

To get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect every hint trying to figure out who is the lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

To get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect every hint trying to figure out who is the lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

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

Keep It To Yourself! (1976)

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire a prostitute over the phone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini  •  Luigi Magni  •  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Monica Vitti  •  Johnny Dorelli  •  Lino Banfi

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire a prostitute over the phone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini  •  Luigi Magni  •  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Monica Vitti  •  Johnny Dorelli  •  Lino Banfi

Il gaucho (1964)

An italian film producer travels to Argentina with part of the crew to a Film Festival contest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Silvana Pampanini  •  Nino Manfredi

An italian film producer travels to Argentina with part of the crew to a Film Festival contest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Silvana Pampanini  •  Nino Manfredi

Alberto Express (1990)

A young Italian, living in Paris with his French wife, is about to become a father. Before the baby is born, Alberto must repay his father for every expense from his own birth until he left home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Joffé
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Nadia Vasil

A young Italian, living in Paris with his French wife, is about to become a father. Before the baby is born, Alberto must repay his father for every expense from his own birth until he left home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Joffé
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Nadia Vasil

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)

Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Mara Venier  •  Ida Di Benedetto

Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Mara Venier  •  Ida Di Benedetto

Italian Secret Service (1968)

A war hero turned unemployed is hired by a British man whose life he saved during the war, for a secret mission: to kill a neo-nazi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Clive Revill

A war hero turned unemployed is hired by a British man whose life he saved during the war, for a secret mission: to kill a neo-nazi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Françoise Prévost  •  Clive Revill

The Rogues (1987)

The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Enrico Montesano  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Giuliana De Sio

The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Enrico Montesano  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Giuliana De Sio

Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)

The story of salvation is told from the perspective of the Roman governor in Judea, Pontius Pilate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Antonio Pierfederici

The story of salvation is told from the perspective of the Roman governor in Judea, Pontius Pilate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Antonio Pierfederici

Strange Occasion (1976)

Romantic

Three sexy and comic episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini  •  Luigi Magni  •  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Paolo Villaggio  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Three sexy and comic episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Comencini  •  Luigi Magni  •  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Paolo Villaggio  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome (1972)

In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Guido Leontini  •  Orso Maria Guerrini

In Mussolini's Rome a murderer is targeting young girls. The movie explores how the fascist mind works, how it plays its values off the sentiment of the masses and explores the role of the press in creating a unified narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Guido Leontini  •  Orso Maria Guerrini

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

Trastevere (1971)

A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fausto Tozzi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Ottavia Piccolo

A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fausto Tozzi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Ottavia Piccolo

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ettore Scola
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Bernard Blier  •  Erika Blanc

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ettore Scola
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Bernard Blier  •  Erika Blanc

Controsesso (1964)

A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual inhibition and the pursuit of pleasure in sex.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri  •  Renato Castellani  •  Franco Rossi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Dolores Wettach

A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual inhibition and the pursuit of pleasure in sex.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri  •  Renato Castellani  •  Franco Rossi
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Dolores Wettach
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