Mario Maranzana
Also Known As: Mario Maranza
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Birthday: July 14, 1930
Deathday: January 11, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Piccoli borghesi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-26
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The Cézanne Affair
Overview: Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man reawakens in Gabriele memories of his childhood, of his loving mother, his uncle, his friends... but also of his father's rage and bitterness over his failure in achieving his artistic ambitions: Ernesto was convinced he was destined to be a famous painter, and was willing to sacrifice everything for this belief, even his own dignity – and this made his son swear that he wouldn't turn out like him. Only now, many years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand Ernesto and to see what sort of person his father really was.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-12-03
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Lady of the Camelias
Overview: A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-26
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My Sister in Law
Overview: 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 enforcing the law or giving up her seat on the bench to marry her childhood friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-05
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The Nephews of Zorro
Overview: Two fellows from Sicily go to America thinking that they will find gold . For their bad luck in California they meet the brave Zorro who is protecting the helpless people. They have to help him which is followed by a lot of adventures and funny moments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-12
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Gun Moll
Overview: A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-21
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Midsummer Night Dance
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-12-03
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Dollar of Fire
Overview: A sheriff fights against a band of thugs led by a rich banker.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Winsome Widow
Overview: After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-12
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Burnt By A Scalding Passion
Overview: Virginia and Casimiro are both married with children to passionate spouses, while they are shy and devoted to poetry, crying watching "Anna Karenina" on TV. They commute every day from a little town in Lombardy to Milan and during the journeys they meet and fall in love. They suffer from being unable to realize their love without hurting their marriages but they don't know their respective spouses share a hot relationship...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-12
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The Sweet Aunts
Overview: An anarchist grandfather has custody of his nephew Free, but three aunts, two of which still handsome, they get the help of a priest and the police. So take possession of the child and cover it with lust
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-02
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Ladies & Gentlemen
Overview: Catello Coppola is a journalist dreaming a scoop to revive his career. Unexpected help comes following the death of a friend, who appears to him in a dream, promising to give him advance notice of the next day's news.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-09-06
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Two Faces of the Dollar
Overview: A teacher, a gunman, an ex-Colonel and a beautiful girl decide to steal a big load of gold stored in Fort Henderson. The task is not easy, because the fort is very well guarded, but with adventurous stratagems...
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-28
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The Dead Are Alive
Overview: A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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Ciccio Forgives, I Don't
Overview: Franco and Ciccio are small time horse thieves who get involved with the bandit, El Diablo, and two former members of his gang who are after his gold. Fortunately two pretty, sharp shooting saloon girls come to the bumbling duo's rescue.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-26
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Giorgio Washington ha dormito qui
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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Rebecca (La prima moglie)
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-08-26
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I barbieri di Sicilia
Overview: In a little Sicilian village two hairdressers who are in love with the same girl manage to sabotage the bacteriological weapons the Nazis are preparing to use against the allied armies invasion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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Ma che musica maestro
Overview: The love story between two youths born in rival villages is hindered by the other inhabitants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-04-06
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Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
Overview: Three nerdy students who have the hots for their sexy astronomy teacher hit upon the idea of pretending to be outer-space aliens, in the hopes of tricking her into going to bed with them.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-09-26
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The Women of Quiet Country
Overview: In the late thirties of Italy, In the background of peaceful village landscapes, Guido requires unquestioning obedience to his will in his house. Alberto dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-03-24
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The Beasts
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-04-25
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Scandal In the Family
Overview: A rich older man dies during a massage (you see, uh--never mind). His young widow (Lucrezia Love) decides she needs some male help in managing her deceased husband's estate (for some reason she doesn't ask the family lawyer who she spends all her time rolling around in the hay with), so she summons her younger step-brother to come stay with her and her "little stepdaughter" (Gloria Guida). Of course, Guida's character ends up being attracted to her new "uncle" and plots to get "his bird in her bush" by, among other things, arranging for him to witness a steamy lesbian encounter between her and a friend in a, uh, steam room. To resist this temptation, the "uncle" marries Guida off to another guy while he in turn marries her friend, but they still can't resist each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-26
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Caligula's Hot Nights
Overview: In Augusta the emperor Caligula has a serious problem: he must demonstrate his manliness "coram populo" on the occasion of the feast of Priapus. But the Imperial young man is powerless and threatens a fool in front of the people who arrive in droves to watch the battle. To avoid this conflict, he goes to the professor Barnardus and attempts to hide out in his clinic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-25
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Concorde Affair
Overview: A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-23
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The Forbidden Decameron
Overview: The Decameron forbidden is a 1972 Italian comedy, directed by Carlo Infascelli. The film, which counts among the starring actors such as Orchidea De Santis, Gabriella Giorgelli, nut Crostarosa and Carlo De Carvalho, is inspired by Boccaccio's fourteenth-century novels. In particular, it is the film adaptation of that novel starring frà Pepin, a young native of Florence, which was discovered and arrested for his relationship with Mona Fawaz, a married woman. Thanks to the help of his friends painters, manages to escape..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-22
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A Long Ride from Hell
Overview: Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to extract revenge on their enemies.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-05
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The Sex Machine
Overview: The year is 2037 A.D. Depletion of natural fuels has eliminated electrical power throughout the world. No light… no heat… no T.V., until a team of award-winning scientists succeeds in harnessing energy from the world’s oldest source of reciprocating motion.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-27
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Operation Snafu
Overview: World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
Genres: War Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-03
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The Cricket
Overview: An impressionable young woman's relationship with an aging prostitute leads to a job as a maid at a brothel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-04-18
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La Bohème
Overview: The film tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-03-09
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Overview: Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-05
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L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Overview: Exasperated by the great racket coming from Miss Aurora Trabocchetti's apartment, the neighbors give Professor Canestrari a mandate to deliver an ultimatum to the young woman. Too bad the teacher takes a liking to Aurora and agrees to give her private lessons. In fact, the girl aspires to marry the scion of a noble family and to try to crown her dream she must improve her culture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Day of the Cobra
Overview: An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses the opportunity to get even with an old enemy, but soon he finds out he's facing a relentless organization
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-12
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Lady Caroline Lamb
Overview: Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-22
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Behind Convent Walls
Overview: A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-01-25
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The Venus of Ille
Overview: A wealthy landowner uncovers a bronze statue of Venus on his property. He asks an antique expert to examine the statue and confirm its wealth. Upon arrival, the expert is striken with love by the landowner’s daughter-in-law who bears an uncanny resemblance to the statue.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-05-27
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Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-04-29
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Terapia Roosevelt
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-06-01
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