Giuseppe Transocchi

Intervista (1987)

Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Antonella Ponziani  •  Maurizio Mein

Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Antonella Ponziani  •  Maurizio Mein

Seven Beauties (1975)

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lina Wertmüller
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Fernando Rey  •  Shirley Stoler  •  Elena Fiore

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lina Wertmüller
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Fernando Rey  •  Shirley Stoler  •  Elena Fiore

Suspiria (1977)

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Jessica Harper  •  Stefania Casini  •  Flavio Bucci  •  Miguel Bosé

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Jessica Harper  •  Stefania Casini  •  Flavio Bucci  •  Miguel Bosé

Love and Larceny (1960)

Classic

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Fosco Giachetti  •  Luigi Pavese

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dino Risi
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Anna Maria Ferrero  •  Fosco Giachetti  •  Luigi Pavese

Man of the East (1972)

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo Barboni
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Gregory Walcott  •  Yanti Somer  •  Dominic Barto

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo Barboni
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Gregory Walcott  •  Yanti Somer  •  Dominic Barto

The Conspirators (1969)

Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola and Colonel Nardoni are in charge of suppressing the liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Ugo Tognazzi

Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola and Colonel Nardoni are in charge of suppressing the liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Ugo Tognazzi

One Hamlet Less (1973)

The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a would-be playwright. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmelo Bene
CAST:  Carmelo Bene  •  Luciana Cante  •  Sergio Di Giulio  •  Franco Leo

The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet (Carmelo Bene) is a would-be playwright. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmelo Bene
CAST:  Carmelo Bene  •  Luciana Cante  •  Sergio Di Giulio  •  Franco Leo

Black Jesus (1968)

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valerio Zurlini
CAST:  Woody Strode  •  Franco Citti  •  Jean Servais  •  Pier Paolo Capponi

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valerio Zurlini
CAST:  Woody Strode  •  Franco Citti  •  Jean Servais  •  Pier Paolo Capponi

Fiasco in Milan (1959)

The usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Tiberio Murgia  •  Claudia Cardinale

The usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Loy
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Tiberio Murgia  •  Claudia Cardinale

The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Zeffirelli
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Richard Burton  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Michael Hordern

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Zeffirelli
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Richard Burton  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Michael Hordern

Crime at Porta Romana (1980)

A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Bombolo  •  Olimpia Di Nardo  •  Nerina Montagnani

A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Bombolo  •  Olimpia Di Nardo  •  Nerina Montagnani

Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)

The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional boarding school for troublemaker girls. Along the night, the intern Mary Smith, who is blackmailing another teacher - Sir Alfred Whiteman - with some love letters, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Heusch
CAST:  Carl Schell  •  Barbara Lass  •  Curt Lowens  •  Maurice Marsac

The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional boarding school for troublemaker girls. Along the night, the intern Mary Smith, who is blackmailing another teacher - Sir Alfred Whiteman - with some love letters, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Heusch
CAST:  Carl Schell  •  Barbara Lass  •  Curt Lowens  •  Maurice Marsac

Scandal Nudes (1968)

A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo di Gianni
CAST:  Mario Carotenuto  •  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Franco Franchi  •  Ciccio Ingrassia

A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo di Gianni
CAST:  Mario Carotenuto  •  Carlo Giuffrè  •  Franco Franchi  •  Ciccio Ingrassia

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DIRECTION:  Enzo di Gianni
CAST:  Moira Orfei  •  Paolo Carlini  •  Gina Rovere  •  Memmo Carotenuto