Oreste Lionello

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È arrivata la parigina (1958)

An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Jorge Mistral  •  Titina De Filippo  •  Maria Fiore

An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Jorge Mistral  •  Titina De Filippo  •  Maria Fiore

The Devil's Cavaliers (1959)

Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siro Marcellini
CAST:  Frank Latimore  •  Emma Danieli  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Gabriella Pallotta

Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siro Marcellini
CAST:  Frank Latimore  •  Emma Danieli  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Gabriella Pallotta

The Sensuous Sicilian (1973)

From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Giovanna, a servant girl, Lillian, a serious girlfriend in Rome, a hostess at a post-war party, Paolo makes love to them all. He also feels dissatisfied with a life only of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vicario
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Lionel Stander

From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Giovanna, a servant girl, Lillian, a serious girlfriend in Rome, a hostess at a post-war party, Paolo makes love to them all. He also feels dissatisfied with a life only of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vicario
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Lionel Stander

Nerone (1977)

Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Castellacci  •  Pier Francesco Pingitore
CAST:  Pippo Franco  •  Maria Grazia Buccella  •  Paola Tedesco  •  Oreste Lionello

Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Castellacci  •  Pier Francesco Pingitore
CAST:  Pippo Franco  •  Maria Grazia Buccella  •  Paola Tedesco  •  Oreste Lionello

Perils of Problemina (1968)

In a valley, two groups of little ants - the organized and efficient Red ones and the lazy and defenseless Yellow ones - go into a war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavioli
CAST:  Rita Pavone  •  Corrado Gaipa  •  Achille Millo  •  Carlo Romano

In a valley, two groups of little ants - the organized and efficient Red ones and the lazy and defenseless Yellow ones - go into a war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Gavioli
CAST:  Rita Pavone  •  Corrado Gaipa  •  Achille Millo  •  Carlo Romano

The SuperVips (1968)

A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Bozzetto
CAST:  Oreste Lionello  •  Fiorella Betti  •  Lydia Simoneschi  •  Micaela Esdra

A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Bozzetto
CAST:  Oreste Lionello  •  Fiorella Betti  •  Lydia Simoneschi  •  Micaela Esdra

The Prophet (1968)

In this comedy, a guru’s groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ann-Margret  •  Geoffrey Copleston  •  Dino Curcio

In this comedy, a guru’s groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ann-Margret  •  Geoffrey Copleston  •  Dino Curcio

Soldier of Fortune (1976)

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Bud Spencer  •  Enzo Cannavale  •  Franco Agostini  •  Philippe Leroy

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Bud Spencer  •  Enzo Cannavale  •  Franco Agostini  •  Philippe Leroy

Poker in Bed (1974)

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A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Carnimeo
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Didi Perego  •  Franca Valeri

A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Carnimeo
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Didi Perego  •  Franca Valeri

Italian Sex (1974)

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A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo  •  Sergio Ammirata
CAST:  Pilar Velázquez  •  Didi Perego  •  Mario Carotenuto  •  Toni Ucci

A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Di Leo  •  Sergio Ammirata
CAST:  Pilar Velázquez  •  Didi Perego  •  Mario Carotenuto  •  Toni Ucci

Totòtruffa '62 (1961)

Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Nino Taranto  •  Geronimo Meynier  •  Lia Zoppelli

Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Nino Taranto  •  Geronimo Meynier  •  Lia Zoppelli

Le pillole di Ercole (1960)

A doctor unwittingly drinks an aphrodisiac fluid and thus has relationships with an acquaintance's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Vittorio De Sica

A doctor unwittingly drinks an aphrodisiac fluid and thus has relationships with an acquaintance's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Jeanne Valérie  •  Vittorio De Sica

The Swindlers (1963)

A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  José Luis López Vázquez  •  Franco Franchi  •  Pietro De Vico

A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  José Luis López Vázquez  •  Franco Franchi  •  Pietro De Vico

Opopomoz (2003)

It's Christmas Eve in Naples. Little Rocco feels increasingly jealous due to the imminent birth of a baby brother. Three bungling devils sent by Satan promise him that if he'll stop Jesus from being born—entering the Nativity scene his father built by the magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo D'Alò
CAST:  John Turturro  •  Fabio Volo  •  Oreste Lionello  •  Tonino Accolla

It's Christmas Eve in Naples. Little Rocco feels increasingly jealous due to the imminent birth of a baby brother. Three bungling devils sent by Satan promise him that if he'll stop Jesus from being born—entering the Nativity scene his father built by the magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo D'Alò
CAST:  John Turturro  •  Fabio Volo  •  Oreste Lionello  •  Tonino Accolla

I due toreri (1964)

In Sicily Franco and Ciccio are empowered by a local mafia man to guard for a wide range of salad. In reality however this is not simple salad vegetables but marijuana; the two bungling fools and friends do not realize it at first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  Franco Franchi  •  Fernando Sancho  •  Rossella Como

In Sicily Franco and Ciccio are empowered by a local mafia man to guard for a wide range of salad. In reality however this is not simple salad vegetables but marijuana; the two bungling fools and friends do not realize it at first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Ciccio Ingrassia  •  Franco Franchi  •  Fernando Sancho  •  Rossella Como

The Best (1976)

An au pair girl comes to work for a greedy couple who make money by renting her out to all the other tenants in their building.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Gloria Guida  •  Oreste Lionello  •  Rossella Como  •  Loretta Persichetti

An au pair girl comes to work for a greedy couple who make money by renting her out to all the other tenants in their building.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Gloria Guida  •  Oreste Lionello  •  Rossella Como  •  Loretta Persichetti

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)

A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Christine Kaufmann  •  Geronimo Meynier

A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Totò  •  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Christine Kaufmann  •  Geronimo Meynier

My Sister in Law (1976)

Intransigent magistrate Viola Orlando is targeted by her rivals who set her twin sister Rosa — a high-class prostitute and pornographic photo-novel star — up to impersonate Viola and demolish her reputation. To complicate things even further, Viola is torn between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Raf Luca  •  Giancarlo Dettori  •  Gianni Agus

Intransigent magistrate Viola Orlando is targeted by her rivals who set her twin sister Rosa — a high-class prostitute and pornographic photo-novel star — up to impersonate Viola and demolish her reputation. To complicate things even further, Viola is torn between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Raf Luca  •  Giancarlo Dettori  •  Gianni Agus

The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Carnimeo
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  George Hilton  •  Annabella Incontrera  •  Paola Quattrini

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Carnimeo
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  George Hilton  •  Annabella Incontrera  •  Paola Quattrini

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Michael Brandon  •  Mimsy Farmer  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Bud Spencer

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Michael Brandon  •  Mimsy Farmer  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Bud Spencer
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