Elisa Mainardi
Also Known As: Lisa Mainardi
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: July 27, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 08, 2016
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Roma
Overview: A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-16
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And the Ship Sails On
Overview: In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-10-07
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I 7 magnifici cornuti
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Il tempo del ritorno
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-12-06
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Dark Illness
Overview: After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-02-22
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The Girls Who'll Do Anything
Overview: Whatever you can dream up, Angela and Susan are way ahead of you.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-28
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The Sons of the Leopard
Overview: Penniless Baron Tulicò, nicknamed Leopard, abandons his mistress, with whom he's had two sons, and marries a rich woman. The mistress tries to have her rights established with the help of her sons.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-04-29
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My Dear Killer
Overview: Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-03
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Malabimba
Overview: Bimba lives in a gothic castle with her parents, however, when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances while involved in a seance, she begins acting in increasingly strange and perverted ways.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-09-22
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Women in Cell Block 7
Overview: A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-07-05
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Il tuffo
Overview: Physical laws and human relations. In Terni (in the center of Italy), during a hot summer, Matteo, 30-years old with a degree in physics but unemployed gives private lessons to Elsa and Giulio. The three of them soon become friends but Matteo and Giulio also become love rivals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-09-07
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The Women of Quiet Country
Overview: In the late thirties of Italy, In the background of peaceful village landscapes, Guido requires unquestioning obedience to his will in his house. Alberto dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-03-24
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The Vendetta
Overview: Arbella is a charming village in Corsica. It's such a pleasant place to live that Monsieur Lauriston has decided to spend his old age there with his wife Marthe. Encouraged by Giuseppe, the owner of the Napoleon bar, he is promoted to mayor. This brings him the wrath of Captain Bartoli, owner of the Café Bonaparte, a self-styled pirate and navigator who has long aspired to this honorable position. Further complications arise when Lauriston's nephew romances Antonia, the daughter of Amoretti, the last bandit of honor in the area and the town's main tourist attraction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-04-17
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Eye in the Labyrinth
Overview: Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to a seaside village where he might be and encounters Frank, who tells her Luca has indeed been there. Julie's investigation leads her to the house of Gerta, where the mystery deepens among the odd characters residing at this artists enclave.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-24
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Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters
Overview: The three daughters of Madonna Violante: Nanna, Concetta Fiorenza and have only one thought, to have a good time as much as possible with men. Learning that one of the peasants of the family, Torello, is powerful, attractive, and very handsome, Concetta he brings it into the house. Meanwhile Fiorenza, believing her husband to be out of town for penance, enjoys the favors of a friar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-07-09
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Talcum Powder
Overview: Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-22
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Cafè Express
Overview: An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-16
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Satyricon
Overview: After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-18
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Ante Up
Overview: In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-11-11
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Hercules and the Pirates
Overview: aka Hercules and the Black Pirates. Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and duplicitous Rodrigo Sanchez joins forces with the wicked Black Pirate to thwart Samson.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Tigers in Lipstick
Overview: 8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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Gipsy Angel
Overview: A love story cloaked in gypsy magic. Angel is a famous rock star. An idol for millions of teenagers who copy her "look" and adopt her language. She has everything a girl could wish for with the exception of a true love. Suddenly, her whole life crumbles; she is blackmailed with some videos where she is seen making love with Francisco, a gypsy boy he met on the island of Ibiza. Francisco, who is in love with Angel, admits that he had been paid to seduce her, but he did not know he had hidden cameras in the room. To prove his love, he decides to personally undertake the investigation leading him to unveil a surprising ending.
Genres: Music Romance Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-06-03
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Love in First Class
Overview: A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who obviously is not too often at home, has no clue about how to deal with young children, even the most basic chores a father should know to tend the restless imp thrown in his care. The crowded train traveling from Milan to Reggio, Calabria, is packed in the second class section where Carmelo and Malcom have a hard time getting a seat. When they finally do, young Malcolm decides to disappear from his compartment. He goes to the first class car, where eventually Carmelo decides to sit and pay the extra supplement. He is lucky to find more space, and the companionship of Beatrice, a woman that is bringing the skeleton of a rare animal. Carmelo finds a way to interest the lady. Their ride is certainly bumpy, complicated when he decides to leave the mischievous Malcolm at an intermediate stop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-12
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Riavanti… Marsch!
Overview: Five forty-year-old boys, who had been soldiers together, find themselves, once again in uniform, for a forty-day update period, during which they should learn the use of a new NATO-supplied missile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-11-26
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Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Overview: A Milanese industrialist goes to Rome to bribe a politician but he loses money. A thief helps him recover them. Milan and Rome in comparison in the duets of the couple Pozzetto-Milian.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-03-26
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Catherine and I
Overview: Enrico Melotti, a middle-aged businessman, has a difficult relationship with his wife, maid and secretary/lover. During a business trip to America, his friend Arturo shows him the key to solving all of his problems: Caterina, a female-looking robotic maid that does all domestic chores better than any human.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Dirty Love 2: The Love Games
Overview: Valentine Demy stars as Eva, the gorgeous queen of the town brothel, which she left after inheriting a villa from a wealthy client. Now alone and bored, she picks up three handsome young men (including David D'Ingeo) and, one after the other installs them in her villa where she lovingly cares for each of them. The boys are more than happy to share exuberant Eva's brazen sensuality, without any jealousy, whilst Eva entertains them with arousing tales from her brothel days. However, the idyll ends when Eva falls for an older businessman, upsetting her young lovers who then plot to kill her. But they soon realise instead how Eva has changed their lives for the better, and they happily set off for more adventures leaving Eva the chance to begin a new life.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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Il giorno del giudizio
Overview: A 1994 Italian film.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-08-26
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Poppea's Hot Nights
Overview: Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Iron Commissioner
Overview: Comissioneer Mariani leads investigates a group of kidnappers.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-12-07
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Assicurasi vergine
Overview: Ruined by a local tyrant who also gets to marry his daughter to pay off a debt, a Sicilian ensures the girl's innocence and counts on the ardor of her lover to collect the prize and prevent her marriage to the squire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-04-03
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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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The Marquis of Grillo
Overview: In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-12-23
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Secret Diary of Fanny
Overview: Written and directed by Sergio Pastore in 1969. Il diario proibito di Fanny is an anthology film starring Giovanna Lenzi as four different women, all named Fanny. The film touches upon all the hot-button issues of 1968: illegal immigrants from the Eastern bloc, the Prague Spring, the Italian star cult and even abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Zenabel
Overview: Zenabel, a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who was killed by a ruthless don, Alonso, who took the title. So Zenable assembles a group of misfit friends to reclaim her title.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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The Monsters
Overview: The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-30
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Hit Squad
Overview: A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Gastone
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-09-09
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A Game of Crime
Overview: In an isolated villa, Davide Lugani lives with his wife, Carlo, his brother, and their secretary Paolo. Wheelchair-bound Carlo is blind and mute, but his abnormal sensitivity allows him to predict events before they happen. Davide dies of a suspected heart attack and Carlo's nurse is shot dead. The police suspect Davide's widow as well as Paolo, who seems to be her lover. Just as the pair are about to be arrested, there is a twist...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-27
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Night of Violence
Overview: Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-29
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The Relentless Four
Overview: Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-03
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Three Swords for Rome
Overview: 222 AD in the Roman Empire. A teenage Emperor, Elagabalus, is technically on the throne but manipulated by a conniving mother, who is the real power.
Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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