Francesco D'Adda

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1900 (1976)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Robert De Niro  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Stefania Sandrelli

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Robert De Niro  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Many Wars Ago (1970)

Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. As casualties mount, indignation spreads among the rank and file. Disturbed by his superiors' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Rosi
CAST:  Alain Cuny  •  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Mark Frechette  •  Giampiero Albertini

Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. As casualties mount, indignation spreads among the rank and file. Disturbed by his superiors' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Rosi
CAST:  Alain Cuny  •  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Mark Frechette  •  Giampiero Albertini

In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ely Galleani  •  Yvonne Furneaux

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ely Galleani  •  Yvonne Furneaux

A Virgin Named Mary (1975)

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Nasca
CAST:  Turi Ferro  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Alvaro Vitali  •  Renato Pinciroli

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Nasca
CAST:  Turi Ferro  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Alvaro Vitali  •  Renato Pinciroli

Destruction Force (1977)

A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Luc Merenda  •  Elio Zamuto  •  Katia Christine

A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Luc Merenda  •  Elio Zamuto  •  Katia Christine

Hit Squad (1976)

A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Robert Webber  •  Lilli Carati  •  Bombolo

A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Robert Webber  •  Lilli Carati  •  Bombolo

Stormtroopers (1976)

A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Teo Teocoli

A handful of recruits prepares for a war that nobody knows about the purpose or the motive. The field commander is a general who plays with a Marx puppet and lives in a luxurious palace that looks like a cabin from the outside. His orderlies are a captain who lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Renato Pozzetto  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Teo Teocoli

Quando la coppia scoppia (1982)

A woman takes advantage of the fact that her husband allowed himself to be praised for divorce to demand immediate separation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Enrico Montesano  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Dalila Di Lazzaro  •  Lia Tanzi

A woman takes advantage of the fact that her husband allowed himself to be praised for divorce to demand immediate separation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Enrico Montesano  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Dalila Di Lazzaro  •  Lia Tanzi

I Am Afraid (1977)

During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Erland Josephson  •  Mario Adorf  •  Angelica Ippolito

During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Erland Josephson  •  Mario Adorf  •  Angelica Ippolito

The Last Desperate Hours (1974)

Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Stegani
CAST:  Antonio Sabàto  •  Silvia Monti  •  Pier Paolo Capponi  •  Nicoletta Rizzi

Paolo Mancuso is a gang boss whose rivals want dead. During a failed assassination attempt, he is bitten by an infected lab rat. In the short time he has left to live, he tracks down his enemies and kills them one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Stegani
CAST:  Antonio Sabàto  •  Silvia Monti  •  Pier Paolo Capponi  •  Nicoletta Rizzi

Mark Shoots First (1975)

Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Franco Gasparri  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Nino Benvenuti  •  Ely Galleani

Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stelvio Massi
CAST:  Franco Gasparri  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Nino Benvenuti  •  Ely Galleani

Violent City (1975)

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Richard Conte  •  Ray Lovelock  •  Luciano Rossi

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marino Girolami
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Richard Conte  •  Ray Lovelock  •  Luciano Rossi

What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Dallamano
CAST:  Giovanna Ralli  •  Claudio Cassinelli  •  Mario Adorf  •  Franco Fabrizi

An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Dallamano
CAST:  Giovanna Ralli  •  Claudio Cassinelli  •  Mario Adorf  •  Franco Fabrizi

The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive (1972)

Don Giorgio, a handsome young priest and teacher in a convent, is involved with two lovers: Orchidea and Giulia. When he repents and vows to return to the Church, he is savagely beaten to death. Not long after, Giulia has her throat slashed. Inspector Boito ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Mazzei
CAST:  Renzo Montagnani  •  Bedy Moratti  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Salvatore Puntillo

Don Giorgio, a handsome young priest and teacher in a convent, is involved with two lovers: Orchidea and Giulia. When he repents and vows to return to the Church, he is savagely beaten to death. Not long after, Giulia has her throat slashed. Inspector Boito ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Mazzei
CAST:  Renzo Montagnani  •  Bedy Moratti  •  Eva Czemerys  •  Salvatore Puntillo

Killer Cop (1975)

The investigation of the bombing of a hotel lobby as seen through the eyes of a young detective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Ercoli
CAST:  Claudio Cassinelli  •  Arthur Kennedy  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Sara Sperati

The investigation of the bombing of a hotel lobby as seen through the eyes of a young detective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Ercoli
CAST:  Claudio Cassinelli  •  Arthur Kennedy  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Sara Sperati

Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Claudio Gora  •  Martin Balsam  •  Luciano Catenacci

A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damiano Damiani
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Claudio Gora  •  Martin Balsam  •  Luciano Catenacci

Brothers Till We Die (1977)

Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Pino Colizzi  •  Isa Danieli  •  Sal Borgese

Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Pino Colizzi  •  Isa Danieli  •  Sal Borgese

The Last Concert (1976)

Love story of a young woman Stella who is dying of leukemia. A man is mistaken for a family member at the hospital and is informed by a doctor the diagnosis of Stella. Stella cheerfully follows the man. He is reluctant at first but after some shaky moments the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Pamela Villoresi  •  Richard Johnson  •  Maria Antonietta Beluzzi  •  Francesco D'Adda

Love story of a young woman Stella who is dying of leukemia. A man is mistaken for a family member at the hospital and is informed by a doctor the diagnosis of Stella. Stella cheerfully follows the man. He is reluctant at first but after some shaky moments the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Pamela Villoresi  •  Richard Johnson  •  Maria Antonietta Beluzzi  •  Francesco D'Adda

Prostituzione (1974)

They're Italy's notorious "Ladies of the evening" catering to the strange cravings of their kinky, high-paying clients. But suddenly, the girls of the street find themselves being stalked by someone with desires even they can't satisfy. After a series of shocking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rino Di Silvestro
CAST:  Maria Fiore  •  Elio Zamuto  •  Krista Nell  •  Orchidea De Santis

They're Italy's notorious "Ladies of the evening" catering to the strange cravings of their kinky, high-paying clients. But suddenly, the girls of the street find themselves being stalked by someone with desires even they can't satisfy. After a series of shocking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rino Di Silvestro
CAST:  Maria Fiore  •  Elio Zamuto  •  Krista Nell  •  Orchidea De Santis

Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)

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When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Pippo Franco  •  Gigi Ballista  •  Riccardo Garrone

When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Edwige Fenech  •  Pippo Franco  •  Gigi Ballista  •  Riccardo Garrone
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