Armando Tortorici
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Ginger and Fred
Overview: Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-01-22
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The Taming of the Shrew
Overview: 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 temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-08
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Sacco & Vanzetti
Overview: Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-03-16
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School of Thieves
Overview: Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-09-25
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Ultrà
Overview: The "Brigatte Veneno" is a fan group from the soccer club "AS Roma". The next match is against "Juventus Turin", the classic prestige duel. Principe, the former leader of the group, has been dismissed from jail a few days before. He has to realize that his best friend Red has not only taken over control of the group, but also has started an affair with his girlfriend. The rivalry between the hot-blooded Principe and the sensible Red causes an anxious mood within the group. When Smilzo, a member of the group, dies during a street fight with another fan group, Red knows that Principe is to be blamed for this catastrophe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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The Boss
Overview: A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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The Escort
Overview: The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their rackets.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-04-15
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Puttana galera!
Overview: The presence of mafia boss Vangelli's yacht in front of the island of Ventotene brings a group of prisoners of the penitentiary close.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-01-12
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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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Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket
Overview: Len and Cody are two friends who can not spend more than two minutes without arguing. These crazy gunmen snatched a Confederate colonel charged an archaic machine gun sidecar soon becomes a coveted prize for all offenders in west Texas.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
Overview: A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but the sheriff doesn't want any help from a "kid."
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-16
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A Matter of Time
Overview: During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-07
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The Beyond
Overview: A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-04-22
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Intervista
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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The Inglorious Bastards
Overview: Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.
Genres: Action War Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-08
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Il casinista
Overview: Pippo Caciotta is an actor looking for a role. His manager wants to renew his repertoire. Caciotta then, with the help of the brother Poldo and a camera, go around the city to find new ideas.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-10-10
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Night Police Station
Overview: Rome police headquarters. A new commissioner, promoted by the political team at "night", has to deal with the case of a girl seriously injured at Villa Borghese.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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Naples... Serenade Caliber 9
Overview: Don Salvatore Savastano, a boss involved in the smuggling of contraband cigarettes, is forced to watch four masked robbers kill his wife and his only son in a restaurant where he and his family are celebrating the young boy's first Holy Communion. From that moment on Don Salvatore has no other purpose in life but to get his revenge on the four assassins.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul
Overview: When a rich uncle dies, giving him a great inheritance, Franco will clash with other grandchildren and lawyers.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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Mahogany
Overview: An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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Riot in a Women's Prison
Overview: This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter society-are brought to the limits of depravity. Martine, wrongly imprisoned will bear the scars of a prison system wrongly based on punishment rather than rehabilitation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-13
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Two Public Enemies
Overview: Two two-bit crooks get in the way of a criminal ring and cause a hold up to fail. The two flee to Paradise avoiding a reprisal and try and steal Saint Peter's halo.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Rome, the Other Face of Violence
Overview: Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-07-27
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His Name Was Holy Ghost
Overview: The Holy Ghost is a supernatural gunfighter dressed in white and with a dove sitting on his shoulder. With his sidekick, the Holy Ghost rescues some farmers from the fortified prison of the evil General Ubarte, then raids the castle again for gold treasure aided by some local prostitutes.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-30
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A Dangerous Toy
Overview: A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-02-21
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The Professor
Overview: An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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