Filippo De Gara

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Lion of the Desert (1981)

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Rod Steiger  •  Oliver Reed  •  Irene Papas

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moustapha Akkad
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Rod Steiger  •  Oliver Reed  •  Irene Papas

The Superwitness (1971)

Comedy about a man who is sentenced to life imprisonment mainly because of a woman's testimony, but she later marries him during his sentence  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Giraldi
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Véronique Vendell

Comedy about a man who is sentenced to life imprisonment mainly because of a woman's testimony, but she later marries him during his sentence  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Giraldi
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Véronique Vendell

Good News (1979)

A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his frustrated wife at home. The monotonicity is disturbed when he is contacted by an old friend who confides in him he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Ángela Molina  •  Aurore Clément  •  Paolo Bonacelli

A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his frustrated wife at home. The monotonicity is disturbed when he is contacted by an old friend who confides in him he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Ángela Molina  •  Aurore Clément  •  Paolo Bonacelli

Joan Lui (1985)

In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes to Christ (which represents the return to Earth) arrives to Italy by train and preaching for the salvation of mankind, condemning the hypocrisy and hedonism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adriano Celentano
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Claudia Mori  •  Marthe Keller  •  Federica Moro

In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes to Christ (which represents the return to Earth) arrives to Italy by train and preaching for the salvation of mankind, condemning the hypocrisy and hedonism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adriano Celentano
CAST:  Adriano Celentano  •  Claudia Mori  •  Marthe Keller  •  Federica Moro

The Last Snows of Spring (1973)

A 10-year-old boy starts to die of neglect when his widowed father spends too much time forsaking his parental duties in favour of playboy activities and a jet-set life-style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimondo Del Balzo
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Agostina Belli  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Nino Segurini

A 10-year-old boy starts to die of neglect when his widowed father spends too much time forsaking his parental duties in favour of playboy activities and a jet-set life-style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raimondo Del Balzo
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Agostina Belli  •  Renato Cestiè  •  Nino Segurini

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

Dirty Weekend (1973)

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Oliver Reed  •  Carole André  •  Lionel Stander

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Oliver Reed  •  Carole André  •  Lionel Stander

Be Sick… It's Free (1968)

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Sara Franchetti  •  Nanda Primavera  •  Bice Valori

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Zampa
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Sara Franchetti  •  Nanda Primavera  •  Bice Valori

Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976)

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Tomas Milian  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Arthur Kennedy

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Maurizio Merli  •  Tomas Milian  •  Ivan Rassimov  •  Arthur Kennedy

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Florinda Bolkan  •  Gianni Santuccio  •  Salvo Randone

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elio Petri
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Florinda Bolkan  •  Gianni Santuccio  •  Salvo Randone

Medicine Italian Style (1969)

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Ida Galli  •  Pupella Maggio  •  Claudio Gora

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Ida Galli  •  Pupella Maggio  •  Claudio Gora

Petomaniac (1983)

The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Ricky Tognazzi

The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Ricky Tognazzi

Swept Away by Family Affection (1978)

This is an Italian sex comedy that, like the earlier sex comedy "Il Gatto Mammone", combines the comic stylings of Lando Buzzanca ("The Eroticist", "Il Domestico") with gorgeous, oft-nude body of Gloria Guida (Miss Teen Italy of 1974). Actually, Guida gets to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauro Severino
CAST:  Gloria Guida  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Nerina Montagnani

This is an Italian sex comedy that, like the earlier sex comedy "Il Gatto Mammone", combines the comic stylings of Lando Buzzanca ("The Eroticist", "Il Domestico") with gorgeous, oft-nude body of Gloria Guida (Miss Teen Italy of 1974). Actually, Guida gets to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauro Severino
CAST:  Gloria Guida  •  Lando Buzzanca  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Nerina Montagnani

Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? (1985)

Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Gigi Reder  •  Edmund Purdom  •  Ania Pieroni

Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neri Parenti
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Gigi Reder  •  Edmund Purdom  •  Ania Pieroni

La colonna infame (1973)

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nelo Risi
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Lucía Bosè

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nelo Risi
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Francisco Rabal  •  Lucía Bosè

Head Down, Feet Up (1972)

A serial killer who specialises in killing teachers is on the loose and Andrea becomes accidentally involved when he decides to lend a hand to one of the victims and catches a glimpse of the nocturnal predator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Novello
CAST:  Daniela Caroli  •  Corrado Pani  •  Marina Malfatti  •  Andreina Paul

A serial killer who specialises in killing teachers is on the loose and Andrea becomes accidentally involved when he decides to lend a hand to one of the victims and catches a glimpse of the nocturnal predator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ugo Novello
CAST:  Daniela Caroli  •  Corrado Pani  •  Marina Malfatti  •  Andreina Paul

Decameron II (1972)

During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy. All the novels speak of betrayals and erotic adventures  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Enzo Pulcrano  •  Claudia Bianchi  •  Mario Brega  •  Mariangela Giordano

During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy. All the novels speak of betrayals and erotic adventures  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mino Guerrini
CAST:  Enzo Pulcrano  •  Claudia Bianchi  •  Mario Brega  •  Mariangela Giordano

The Lady Has Been Raped (1973)

Good bourgeois damage unintentionally life of a drug-party, during which the mistress of the house is raped without recognizing the aggressor. Both she and her husband come into crisis and try to figure out who it was. The truth comes to the surface slowly, and it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Sindoni
CAST:  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Pamela Tiffin  •  Armando Bandini  •  Gigi Ballista

Good bourgeois damage unintentionally life of a drug-party, during which the mistress of the house is raped without recognizing the aggressor. Both she and her husband come into crisis and try to figure out who it was. The truth comes to the surface slowly, and it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Sindoni
CAST:  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Pamela Tiffin  •  Armando Bandini  •  Gigi Ballista

La svergognata (1974)

In this movie a writer comes to stay at an island resort and gets involved with a teenage lolita who is there with her parents and rather malicious best friend. She teases the older man mercilessly--going to a hotel and dancing with him naked and then suddenly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Biagetti
CAST:  Philippe Leroy  •  Leonora Fani  •  Barbara Bouchet  •  Stefano Amato

In this movie a writer comes to stay at an island resort and gets involved with a teenage lolita who is there with her parents and rather malicious best friend. She teases the older man mercilessly--going to a hotel and dancing with him naked and then suddenly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Biagetti
CAST:  Philippe Leroy  •  Leonora Fani  •  Barbara Bouchet  •  Stefano Amato

Amore mio non farmi male (1974)

Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic love so far, going against the directives of their parents ... who get in the way to prevent their sexual initiation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Sindoni
CAST:  Walter Chiari  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Luciano Salce  •  Macha Méril

Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic love so far, going against the directives of their parents ... who get in the way to prevent their sexual initiation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Sindoni
CAST:  Walter Chiari  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Luciano Salce  •  Macha Méril
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