Paola Pitagora
Also Known As: Paola Gargeloni, Paola Gargaloni
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Birthday: August 24, 1941
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Messalina
Overview: Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-03-12
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Law Breakers
Overview: A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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The Hassled Hooker
Overview: Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-04-07
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Revolver
Overview: An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-09-27
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Not with a Bang
Overview: Cesare Settembre is a twenty-six year old studying law to follow in the footsteps of his lawyer father. On the eve of his last exam, Cesare falls ill with depression and begins to remain secluded at home, completely deprived of strength. The only person to try to help him is his friend Antonio, while his mother seems more concerned with taking care of the strange plant she keeps in her room, his father is only interested in his son's university career. To find a purpose in life, Cesare falls in love with Milena, Antonio's girlfriend, but in the meantime his family falls into chaos.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-03-25
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Riconciliati
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-03-15
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Kapo
Overview: Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-27
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Fists in the Pocket
Overview: A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-10
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L'età giusta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-12-24
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Psychout for Murder
Overview: Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-02-03
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Unknown Woman
Overview: When an old lady dies two hours before her life insurance expires, the insurance lawyer suspects something dubious. He begins to investigate and he becomes the lover of the old lady's daughter...
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-18
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Order of the Daisy
Overview: Matou is an innocuous, gentle-looking man. He is married to a formidable, even a frightening woman, who is as dissatisfied with him as he is with her. He knows everything there is to know about restoring and authenticating manuscripts, particularly ancient ones, through his job at the museum. One day, it occurs to him that his skills could be put to use in a more personal way, and he embarks on a private career of re-arranging the documents of people who have had the misfortune to be married to the wrong people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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The Lovemakers
Overview: The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is weakened when he heads for Florence and meets prostitute Bianca.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-06-13
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Death on the Run
Overview: On the run from the police in Athens, a man named Jason has in his possession a microfilm eagerly sought by both criminal gangs and government agencies.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-09
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Gli anni spezzati
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-01-07
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One Way Ticket
Overview: After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear himself of a crime that he did not commit, and protect his girlfriend from a shady lawyer.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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The Devil's Advocate
Overview: A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canonized.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-10-26
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The Union
Overview: A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained important improvements, but the astute employer sells the company to a multinational company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-08-29
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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Overview: Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love. This comedy traces their troubled relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-26
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Once a Year, Every Year
Overview: A man enters a restaurant in Trastevere, in the suburbs of Rome, and asks the owner to cook him the superb bass he has just been given. He wants it served at the dinner gathering like every year the group of inseparable friends he is a member of. The others join him. The last to come is a lawyer who has just liquidated the succession of the one that will be missing tonight. The deceased leaves them an estate in Umbria provided they live there in community. What will the friends decide during this dinner like no other?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-10-13
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Equinox
Overview: Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the incarnation of a dead man.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-20
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Chiunque Tu Sia
Overview: Arrived in Naples to work in the Doumenec family's factories, engineer Stefano Mascardi meets Rita, wife of Junio Doumenec, eldest son of the industrialist Alfredo Doumenec, founder of the factory of the same name. A liking is born between the two but, soon, Stefano learns that Rita is involved in shady deals. The woman is in fact the lover of an unscrupulous man, Mr. Detoledo and, in agreement with him, has recently stolen an important industrial formula from Doumenec. When Mr. Detoledo is found killed, Stefano receives a mysterious phone call. A woman arranges to meet him in the very place where Detoledo's body is found by the police. It's a trap? Maybe... But in the meantime, next to Mr.'s body. Detoledo, a photograph portraying three girls is found. One of these is Rita Doumenec..
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-05-01
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The Serpent
Overview: Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies wants to take the listed agents into custody; meanwhile, those on the list start dying under mysterious circumstances.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-04-07
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Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Overview: Young protesters live together in a commune in Milano. One has a ventriloquist ability and is signed by national TV becoming a superstar in commercials aimed for kids. One by one his commune friends leave the protest to enter the business world except for one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-08
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A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket'
Overview: Documentary on the making of Marco Bellocchio's first film as a director, 'Fists in the Pocket'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-07-07
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In Search of Gregory
Overview: Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a mystery man called Gregory.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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The Carpet of Horror
Overview: Shortly after his return from India, a special agent of the British secret service falls victim to an insidious poisoning in London. Scotland Yard gets involved. But too late: valuable information has fallen into the hands of an international criminal gang...
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-07-31
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Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Overview: A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided between numerous lovers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-23
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Help Me Dream
Overview: In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the villa she finds her childhood friends and her old love Guido, who has not forgotten her. Francesca has a passion for everything that comes from America, like music and cinema. She even tells her daughters that her husband who died in the war would actually leave for the USA, where he would live.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-03-26
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Gli assassini vanno in coppia
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Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-01-03
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Un amore così fragile, così violento
Overview: From the homonymous novel. Rejecting the consumer society, a young man abandons the profession of architect and retires to live in a South Island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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All About Loving
Overview: Serge follows Hélène in the crowded streets of Paris and manages to seduce her. Werther takes Sophie to her dentist, Raoul, who tries to seduce her too.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-28
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Disperatamente l'estate scorsa
Overview: Lisa, a widow on vacation with her son, meets Alessandro and falls in love. The man is actually a former agent of the communist Germany who escaped from Berlin and is pursued by some former colleagues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-21
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Bread from Heaven
Overview: Homeless veterans Lilli and Aníbal find a baby in the dumpster on Christmas Eve. Although he looks healthy, they decide to take him to the nearest hospital, where they discover that no one else can see him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-02-10
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Cronache del '22
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-23
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Naples: A Story of Love and Vengeance
Overview: A robbery at a nightclub goes wrong.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-04-03
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Barabbas
Overview: Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
Genres: History Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-23
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Journey into the Twilight
Overview: A portrait of Italy in the 60's and 70's, based on films by Marco Bellocchio.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-09-09
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Provincia Segreta
Overview: Two provincial stories, murky, mysterious and disturbing that shed a new light on apparent "small and sincere" paradises far from the metropolises and their devastating existences and instead so tangled and full of pitfalls.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-01-13
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La vita provvisoria
Overview: A film made up of a series of eight episodes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-01-24
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Policeman
Overview: In order not to go hungry, as has happened to his family members, a young southern man enlists in the police where he learns to use violence and to hate anyone who opposes the established order. But his girlfriend does not share his ideas and abandons him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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