Ugo Gregoretti
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Biography: Ugo Gregoretti (born 28 September 1930) is an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. Born in Rome, Gregoretti entered RAI in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director. In 1960 he won the Premio Italia Award for the television documentary La Sicilia del Gattopardo. In 1962 he made his film debut with the comedy-drama I nuovi angeli. Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and opera representations. His activity as director is mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
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Birthday: September 28, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 05, 2019
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Rich and Poor
Overview: Pozzetto is a rich man obsessed by the idea of becoming poor. So, his psychiatric suggests him to leave home and live just like a poor man for some days. He will then become familiar with this way of living, and fear less the idea of becoming poor. So he does, and his old family & friends soon forget about him. They don't miss him at all.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-03-30
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Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Overview: italian documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-02-19
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Fatto su misura
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-02-01
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It's Happening Tomorrow
Overview: 1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.
Genres: Adventure Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-05-18
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Io, il tubo e le pizze
Overview: Gregoretti's last film, in which the great filmmaker, documentary maker and journalist retraces his activity with irony and light-heartedness. Through episodes of his personal and professional life, and images of his films and television programs, a humorous story of how we were to understand that now, in reality, we are not so different.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-06-18
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Help Me, My Love
Overview: Giovanni and Raffaella are happily married from ten years, but their relationship goes into crisis when Raffaella falls in love with Valerio Mantovani, a handsome forty-year-old man she knew during the concerts of chamber music she weekly attends with her mother.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-10-03
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Good for Nothing
Overview: Easygoing Gianni looks forward to retirement - until he is informed that a change in the law obliges him to work three more years. Faced with the outrageous possibility of having to do a full day's work, he sets about finding a way to achieve a quiet life
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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A Common Sense of Modesty
Overview: The film is divided into four episodes that blends sex and comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-03-09
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The Terrace
Overview: Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-to-gather. They discuss about their past, present and future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia
Overview: The story of La Rabbia by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovanni Guareschi, a movie lost in the archives of a laboratory in Rome, and recently re-discovered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The End of the Game
Overview: One of the first tv-movie of Gianni Amelio: a journalistic investigation about boys of Calabria.
Genres: Drama Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-02-01
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Pirata! Cult Movie
Overview: In a hypothetical future not too far away people are completely dazed and spend their days passively watching TV. The state is controlled by a dictator, the Supreme Dreamer, who governs through the brutal force of the police, whose agents have a very elegant yellow and black latex outfit. The only entertainment of the people is to watch the dictator's dreams on TV, which are aired through a hat. One day the protagonist, an anarchist rebel with fake mustache, steals the dictator's hat. At that point begins his escape during which he will meet some very special characters.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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Papà Ugo - I Gregoretti si raccontano
Overview: An unusual portrait of Ugo Gregoretti, actor, film, television and theater director, and father of 5 children. His children and his wife tell us about him, going through the years spent together, talking about his irony and tenderness, his indulgence and his ability to make people smile.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Il favoloso mondo di G. - Il cinema di Ugo Gregoretti
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-06-10
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Cesare Zavattini
Overview: Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Noi c'eravamo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-10-26
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
Overview: Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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Il segreto di Otello
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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