Elvira Cortese
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: August 13, 1910
Age: 114 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 20, 1982
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A Simple Heart
Overview: Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but whose heart is simple and uncomplicated enough not only to endure, but even to attain serenity in the face of her manifold frustrations. Her only friend, to whom she pours out all her troubles, is an old parrot. When the parrot dies, she reverently has it stuffed and continues telling it her woes. This drama is based on a story by Gustave Flaubert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-05-13
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L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Overview: Nadia is a social worker who is trying to keep the residents of a local slum in line. Unfortunately she keeps neglecting her work and fantasizing about a life as a pop-star. When she falls for one of the residents in question, a small time crook called Bel Ami, she ends up an accomplice in a convoluted heist involving a holy Catholic relic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-03-18
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The Grand Duel
Overview: A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-29
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The Innocent
Overview: Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-18
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Run with the Devil
Overview: The trials and tribulations of a group of artist friends and a gay gallery owner living in the Via Margutta neighbourhood of Rome. Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself, while many of his fellow artists are far more adept at selling their persona than creating art.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-16
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Increase and Multiply
Overview: Italian comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Garter Colt
Overview: At the border with Mexico, a brave young woman defends herself from the attack of the fearsome bandit, "Red", mastering a gun and the game of poker. Falling in love with a young Frenchman, he asks her to give up gambling and start a quiet and normal life, but when the young man is killed by "Red", she is determined to seek revenge. Source: SWDB http://www.spaghetti-western.net
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-19
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Planets Around Us
Overview: An alien race sends cyborgs — made to look like the son of a famous scientist, whom they killed when he landed on their planet — to Earth to help pave the way for an invasion.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-02-14
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Conversation Piece
Overview: A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-20
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The Strange Night
Overview: Aldo, a middle class family man decides to enjoy his last night alone while his family is away on vacation. He meets a pretty girl and takes her to his home. While he is in the kitchen preparing drinks, a shot goes off.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-04-13
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Beyond Good and Evil
Overview: The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his Jewish companion Paul Ree meet a beautiful young Russian intellectual and draw her into a ménage-à-trois.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-05
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