Guido Alberti
Also Known As: Гвидо Альберти
Biography: Guido Alberti was an independently wealthy industrialist, whose father had built a nougat and wine business of which Guido became chairman of the board in the 1950's. He grew interested in acting and, after his official debut in Fellini's 8 1/2, grew more and more in demand through the cycles of the Italian film business. He even found himself cast in a few American productions such as BOBBY DEERFIELD and SAVING GRACE. He married a famous astrologer Lucia Alberti who died the year before him in 1995.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Benevento, Campania, Italy
Birthday: April 20, 1909
Deathday: August 03, 1996
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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8½
Overview: Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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Lady Caliph
Overview: La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-12-31
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Casanova '70
Overview: The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-06-15
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Two Men in Town
Overview: A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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The Executioner
Overview: An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-08-31
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The Decameron
Overview: A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
Genres: History Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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A Taste for Women
Overview: A writer discovers a link between a vegetarian restaurant and a series of mysterious deaths.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-05-13
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Syndicate Sadists
Overview: A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-08-16
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The Fifth Cord
Overview: A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their investigation.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-08-17
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Contraband
Overview: Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-08
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The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
Overview: A vengeful criminal targets the inspector who put him away, but the inspector survives and fakes his death. Ignoring orders to flee, he sets out to bring the fugitive back to justice.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-03
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What?
Overview: A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-07
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The Possessed Hand
Overview: To win a duel, a merchant makes a dangerous pact with an inscrutable spellcaster.
Genres: Horror Comedy History TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-06-17
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Tony Arzenta
Overview: A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-23
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Hands over the City
Overview: Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-11
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Violent Naples
Overview: Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-07
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Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Overview: Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated situation.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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A Strange Passion
Overview: French film based on the story Der Findling by german author Heinrich von Kleist.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-11-21
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Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-04-24
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OSS 117 Murder for Sale
Overview: A secret agent is sent to the Middle East to destroy a gang of assassins.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-27
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Angelique
Overview: In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
Genres: Adventure Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-08
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La ragazza fuoristrada
Overview: An Italian photojournalist falls madly in love with a young black women he meets while on assignment in Egypt. She goes with him when he returns to Italy and the two soon get married. But the small town he is from is not quite so friendly nor open-minded to his new bride, and racism and petty jealousy threaten to break up their once idyllic happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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The Camp Followers
Overview: In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-07-17
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Marco the Magnificent
Overview: Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-08-06
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Silence the Witness
Overview: De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-05-15
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The Vatican Affair
Overview: A blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-10
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The Mafia Triangle
Overview: A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-04-03
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The Escape
Overview: A young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an interior decorator.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-12
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The Circular Triangle
Overview: Business tycoon dies in plane crash. Suspected, Georg, his main partner, Alain, a young Turkish finance, and Anna Maria, the group's proxy, are all seeking his succession.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-17
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Philadelphia Story
Overview: Italian made-for-TV movie remake of the 1942 Philadelphia Story, also based on the 1939 play by Philip Barry.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-10-04
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Appuntamento a Senlis
Overview: A young man wants to give an idealized image of himself and his family and so he introduces the girl he loves to two old actors who pretend to be his parents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-06-09
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The Family Jewels
Overview: Sexual infedelity, blackmail, murder and suicide plague a fashion house and its nymphomaniac owner…
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-05-20
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The Black Corsair
Overview: The story circulates around the classical Black Pirate and his battle against arch enemy Prins van Gould. The Black Pirate is out for revenge on his brothers' killers. He has a blood-planned way to go, and he trusts only to his own rap sword.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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L'Herbe rouge
Overview: Telefilm directed by Pierre Kast broadcast in 1985, based on the eponymous novel by Boris Vian.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-09-11
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Youth March
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-10
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La sensualità è un attimo di vita
Overview: The two brothers Marcella and Mario live with other young people in a neighboring country from that of their parents. The arrival of a stranger ignites the contrast with the adult world in them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-18
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Il morbidone
Overview: Study of a man whose basic sense of inferiority leads him from worse to worse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-09-30
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Hallucination Strip
Overview: The story is about a youth named Massimo Monaldi, who, living in Rome, is a part-time college student who has some involvement in the protests that occur at his university. Massimo is also involved with drugs and he sometimes steals to make a living and support his habit (the theft of a tobacco box is very important to the story). Among his associates are his girlfriend, Cinzia, who comes from a wealthy family, and he has a wealthy male friend named Rudy who is very naive as well as strangely pampered by his overly-doting mother. Both families don't approve of their relationship with Massimo.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-18
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Spasmo
Overview: While walking along the beach, Christian and his girlfriend discover a mysterious woman washed ashore. The following day, Christian meets the woman again at a yacht party and soon finds himself entangled in a web of lust, intrigue and murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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Saving Grace
Overview: A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-02
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Without Warning
Overview: A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in order to penetrate a group of mercenaries with orders to assassinate its leader.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-15
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The Bloody Hands of the Law
Overview: When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate convinces her not to tell the police, fearing the consequences. Unfortunately the murderers realize that they have been seen, and kill both women. Catching the killers proves difficult as anyone who knows anything dies in unexplained circumstances. It becomes evident that a large and powerful criminal organization is behind the murders, and that they have links within the police force. It is up to Lt. Carmine to see that justice prevails, using any means necessary.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-11
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The Yes Man
Overview: Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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Almost Human
Overview: A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-08
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Donne con le gonne
Overview: Renzo falls in love with feminist Margherita, too emancipated for him: they start a troubled relationship until he kidnaps her, forcing her to be an housewife devoted to her husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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A Choice of Killers
Overview: Since the car accident that caused the death of his wife, the comics author Stéphane Destouches sinks into alcohol and wanders the roads of Morocco.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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The Moon in the Gutter
Overview: A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-05-18
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La Guérilléra
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Genres: War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-12-09
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Ten Days' Wonder
Overview: Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul Régis to help him solve the mystery of his recurring bouts of amnesia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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A Fine Pair
Overview: A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-27
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Bobby Deerfield
Overview: Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-29
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Queens of Evil
Overview: A young hippie kills a man, and seeks refuge at the lakeside house of three beautiful sisters, who seem to be hiding a dark secret.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-12-11
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Su e giù
Overview: A movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide in the next room; an husband invites a friend while his wife is not at home; a poor man dreams about having an adventure with a beautiful girl; an impoverished nobleman wins at gambling after taking the earring of the wife of a factory owner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-04-17
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