Stefania Casini
Also Known As: not available
Biography: After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 1970s, where she acted in Andy Warhol's 'Bad'. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera, and became a director. With Francesca Marciano, she wrote and directed the film "Lontano da dove", presented at the Venice Film Festival (1983). In 1997 she wrote and directed another feature film "Un Paradiso di Bugie". Her career as director also includes the making of six feature films for the Italian television network MEDIASET. A passionate traveler, Stefania has made a great number of documentaries and reportages for RAI and MEDIASET. She focuses her attention on contemporary topics concerning women and young people. She has made many hard-hitting series including: "Islam: stories of women"; "Latin America: stories of women"; "To be 20 years old in..." (broadcast in ten European Countries 2004-2005); "So close so far :portraits in the suburbs". "Schiaffo alla mafia"(A blow to the Mafia) Between 2000-2002 , Stefania was the Artistic Director of Siena's Film Festival "Terra di Siena". In 2010 she was Managing Director of DGTV IESTV. Currently, Stefania writes and directs programs, reportages and documentaries for RAI, and for satellite channels: RAI Sat Cinema World, Gambero Rosso Channel, and Sky. She also works as a journalist, contributing to several popular women's magazines.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Villa di Chiavenna, Italy
Birthday: September 04, 1948
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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1900
Overview: The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-28
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Blood for Dracula
Overview: Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-13
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Buio come il cuore
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-12-12
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The Belly of an Architect
Overview: The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-23
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Emergency Squad
Overview: A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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The Bloodstained Shadow
Overview: A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-06-02
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Come ti rapisco il pupo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-21
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Lontano da dove
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-09-21
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Luna di miele in tre
Overview: Close to the honeymoon, hotel waiter wins a stay in Jamaica with a pin-up. Direction directed by Carlo Vanzina, with the star of "Deep Throat".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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I prosseneti
Overview: David and his wife Gilda transform their beautiful villa in a brothel, which are home to several characters. Odile, the daughter of a woman tortured by mercenaries, meets in the villa one of the torturers and want to relive over his own body the suffering endured by the mother. An ambassador who was abandoned by his companion, imposes its new partner to take his place. An eighteen year old, very open-minded, staged an orgy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-04-28
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Good Vibes
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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The Goldsmith
Overview: Determined to rob a goldsmith, three young robbers break into his country house. The man and his wife turn out to be less defenseless than they seem.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-10-08
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Maicol Jecson
Overview: It's the last week of June 2009. Andrea's parents left for a summer trip so he takes advantage of the situation to skip summer camp and make love for the first time with his girlfriend Eva. His choice triggers a series of events leading him to an on the road adventure along with his younger brother Tomaso, a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and Cesare, an old man met at a retirement home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-07-19
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Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Overview: Dedicato al mare Egeo is a forgotten and bizarre co-production produced between Italy and Japan from 1979, starring the famous Italian porn star Illona Staller (Cicciolina) and directed by the famous Japanese pinter, printmaker and novelist Masuo Ikeda (1934–1997) from his own script based on his novel “Ege-kai ni sasagu”, for which he won the Akutagawa Prize, the most prestigious literary award in Japan. Ikeda’s vigorous artistic activity even included screenplay writing and film directing. With this movie, Masuo Ikeda has undoubtedly left his mark on the ’70s Italian skin cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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For Love One Dies
Overview: A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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I mariti
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-06
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Illa - Punto d'osservazione
Overview: Illa, a brilliant and somewhat immature girl, involuntarily witnesses a ferocious shootout during a bank robbery. This fact places her at the center of an intrigue in which private life, journalism and investigations are dangerously intertwined.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Overview: Luciana, a country girl who has moved to Milan, is married to Mario, an intellectual type who avoids her since an accident forced him to live with his torso permanently in a cast. Lonely and depressed because also of her recent dismissal, she asks for help through a letter and becomes friends with elementary school teacher Anna, who also resents the negativity of her workplace and the world around her. Meanwhile, blue collar worker Marco waits for his fellow paisan Luciana to reciprocate his feelings. The vicissitudes of this quartet intertwine with the comical interludes of a commune of hippies who live in the tunnels of the Milan subway and spend their time pulling pranks on the passers-by.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-12
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Geometra Prinetti, selvaggiamente Osvaldo
Overview: Italian comedy about a man who gets shiqwrecked on a lonely island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-04-19
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Nessuno siamo perfetti
Overview: A loving portrait of reclusive comic-book writer Tiziano Sclavi, creator of Dylan Dog
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-06-18
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Cocktail Molotov
Overview: "Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at home. Once again, Anne, Frederic and Bruno realize that the important things of their time are happening somewhere where they are not. Swindled out of their car and virtually broke, they hitchhike back to Paris, hoping to arrive in time for some of the excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-06
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Cactus
Overview: Gaia is seventeen years old and has decided that the time has come to lose her virginity and explore her sexuality. Yes, decided! Everything seems to be going right when her plans are overturned by the return to town of Federica, her childhood friend. Day after day, a tangle of strong and incomprehensible feelings grows in Gaia's stomach. Together with an unusual grandmother, however, she will learn to accept these new emotions and, above all, herself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-03-19
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A Way of Being a Woman
Overview: Italian drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-10-12
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DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-11-01
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Bad
Overview: Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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Latin Male Wanted
Overview: A film in 5 segments. The first is about a trafficker who takes a German tourist to an illegal sex market in a working-class neighborhood. The second involves an elderly man courting a young adult film star. The third, a thief seduces a man's wife. The fourth involves an Italian immigrant in Germany who is fired and subsequently offered work as a porn actor. Finally the last segment involves a baron who convinces his wife into a swinging.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-28
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Bye Bye Monkey
Overview: In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-24
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The Golden Mass
Overview: A middle-aged couple invites a group of youngsters to their luxury villa to introduce them into the rituals and mystery of love and lust.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-08
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How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Overview: Alberto deceived by his wife, goes to some place in the mountains to escape. There he meets a woman who was there for the same reasons that he was.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-11-28
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Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Overview: Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he meets the problematic and shy Camilla, who disrupts his life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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The Big Delirium
Overview: A young peasant named Pierre makes friends with John and his sister Sonia, young bourgeoisie, who invite him to their home. Pierre soon falls in love with Emily, John's mistress. After the death of the father of his hosts, he has the idea of transforming their peaceful house into a brothel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-30
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Habibi, amor mío
Overview: Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's betrayals. This will lead the protagonists to drift apart and seek new paths; this will be an opportunity for them to reflect on themselves and the loss of values in life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-03-02
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The Climber
Overview: Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-18
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Nessuno deve sapere
Overview: The Calabrian 'ndrangheta holds control of public works and is behind an inexorable chain of murders and retaliations. A Milanese engineer in his sports car is tragically involved in these events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-12
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Overview: Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-11
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The Cousin
Overview: Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-07-26
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Dafne
Overview: Dafne has recently lost her mother – and Luigi his wife – in an accident. But whilst this 30-year-old, who was born with Down’s syndrome, is still managing to master her life with verve after the terrible disaster, her father sinks into a depression. It will take all the energy Dafne can muster to help him get back on his feet. Fortunately, headstrong Dafne happens to have a lot of it up her sleeve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
Overview: From Trevico in the province of Avellino, a young man arrives in Turin to work at Fiat. Once hired, he will face harsh experiences as an immigrant and a worker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-03
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Diabolik sono io
Overview: Docudrama about elusive comic book artist Zarcone, who disappeared without a trace after illustrating issue #1 of Diabolik (November 1, 1962).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-03-11
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Suspiria
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-01
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Ammazzare il tempo
Overview: From the novel by Lidia Ravera, which wants to be a mirror of the disappointed generation that made '68 and that ten years later finds itself without ideals to reject the world or to fit into that, reassuring, of the fifties. The protagonist, a left-wing journalist, manages to find her identity in the relationship with a teenager who lives her life without wasting it on hopes or regrets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-09-08
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Polsi sottili
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Mora
Overview: A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-12-29
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A Pocketful of Chestnuts
Overview: A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-30
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Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Overview: This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constructed his movies in a conventional way but also experimented new path. His favorite actresses such as Clau
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-12-06
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Operazione rosmarino
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-07-05
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