Giulio Calì
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 26, 1895
Deathday: January 20, 1967
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Gender: Other
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Ho scelto l'amore
Overview: A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up street and down canal for the missing bird, he meets and falls in love with luscious flower-girl Maria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-03-03
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La ragazza di Via Veneto
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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Getting Away with It the Italian Way
Overview: Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband and wife and he volunteers to take the wife to the Police Station. While he goes around Rome with the blonde and beautiful woman, a bank is robbed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
Overview: Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friends and pretends to be ill. Left alone in the villa he's left in the company of a friend and a butler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-06-01
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Winter Holidays
Overview: Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest, the prize of which is a free stay in a luxury hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-18
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A Hero of Our Times
Overview: Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-15
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The Suitcase of Dreams
Overview: In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The protagonist is a former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction, and uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-29
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The Overcoat
Overview: Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-03
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Escape by Night
Overview: In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three escaped POWs: an American pilot, a Russian sergeant and a British major.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-10-07
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Ultima illusione
Overview: Retired social worker "Petrucci" goes to live with a baker and his family with whom he soon becomes fond. When a film producer arrives and attempts to lure the young "Gina" it falls to the ailing old man to save her from temptation.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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A Mink Coat
Overview: A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-08-21
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Mother's Heart
Overview: An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Desiderio 'e sole
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-04-13
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Men and Wolves
Overview: Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-02-08
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La trappola di fuoco
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
Overview: To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more impressive apartment of a retired actor and arranges an elaborate luncheon there.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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In the Eddy of Sin
Overview: After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-30
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The Mill on the Po
Overview: In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up penniless and is forced to work for her fiancé’s relatives. Peasant unrest, carried to extremes by both workers and landowners, leads to violence and tragedy.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-09-28
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Too Bad She's Bad
Overview: When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-28
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Nero's Mistress
Overview: Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-09-13
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Days of Love
Overview: A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-11-19
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Eroe vagabondo
Overview: Noah earns his living as a plastic flower seller and despite his crushes and hardships, his sweet and dreamy character pushes him to go forward, as well as the love for a girl to whom he usually gives a flower every week . One day he discovers that his loved one has lost her life and begins to wander aimlessly, eventually becoming a hero after saving a clown from certain death but at the same time remains a slave to interest games by shady individuals. When he attends the representation of Romeo and Juliet, he finds in the female protagonist the features of the girl he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Le due madonne
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-09-25
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The Sword of the Rebellion
Overview: A kind of Italian Robin Hood leads a fight against a tyrant and his henchmen.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-16
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Public Opinion
Overview: Following the death of his wife in unclear circumstances, the mechanic Egisto Bianchi is accused of auxoricide. A journalist begins to take care of the case and ignites public interest with a successful press campaign. The accused is acquitted for lack of evidence, but the reporter thinks he can still take advantage of the case by making a film of it. He then convinces some filmmakers to draw from the episode the subject of a film in which Bianchi himself will be the protagonist. During the filming, the reporter discovers that Bianchi's wife was cheating on her husband. So he then decides to modify the film script, including adultery, and to be able to shoot without problems he makes Bianchi go away. But he returns and, unseen, witnesses the new scenes of the film in the cinema of the country. Bianchi convinced that adultery is an invention, protests for the change, but the journalist reveals the truth to him, bringing the story to a dramatic ending.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-02-26
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A Day in Court
Overview: A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-01-28
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The Unfaithfuls
Overview: A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows that these people will pay dearly rather than inform on themselves or others.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-02-04
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Variety Lights
Overview: In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-06
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Lacrime d'amore
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-28
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Susanna tutta panna
Overview: A young woman gets closely watched by her jealous fiance while she is trying to deliver cakes to customers' houses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-20
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La bella di Roma
Overview: Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-10-04
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The Gate of Heaven
Overview: Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lady of Loreto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1945-02-16
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Totò all'inferno
Overview: After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-03-16
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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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The Hunt
Overview: A young poacher is wrongly accused of killing the father of the woman he loves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-12-09
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Pia de' Tolomei
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-12-29
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The Traffic Policeman
Overview: An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-11-16
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Due soldi di felicità
Overview: A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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The Inveterate Bachelor
Overview: Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-09-19
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An American in Rome
Overview: Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-10
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Cops and Robbers
Overview: Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-11-29
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At the Edge of the City
Overview: Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-16
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Pellegrini d'amore
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-30
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Genitori in blue-jeans
Overview: Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-10
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Un uomo facile
Overview: The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen from the point of view of the women the boxers love. One of the pugilists is a rookie on the rise and his sister has married the reigning champion. Now the champ is getting older and less able to hold his own against the newcomers -- including his brother-in-law. As his fortunes begin to decline, his wife whom he married while affluent is slowly forced to deal with the difficulties of poverty. This Italian drama was an entry in the 1959 Berlin Film Festival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-04-24
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Operazione notte
Overview: An unemployed young man has a relationship with the mistress of a rich industrialist. In order to escape her protector, he decides to commit a robbery in the company of a friend...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-01-18
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The Mysteries of Paris
Overview: Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's son kidnapped by his father at birth. Disguised as a tramp, he wanders the city's slums encountering various characters who either help or hinder him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-08-21
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Toto and the Kings of Rome
Overview: An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-15
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Nerone '71
Overview: A family from the province goes to CinecittÃ, hoping that their daughter will be assigned a part in the blockbuster Nero 71 .
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-04-07
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Trouble for the Legion
Overview: Alberto Gherardi, a sailor is wrongly suspected of murder, flied and enroll into the Foreign Legion. His unfaithful fiancee Irene goes to look for him with his young brother Enrico, but the latter is killed. Will she still manage to free her lover?
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-08-27
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Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò?
Overview: The voice of one of his former classmates studying singing causes an irresistible itch for a wealthy industrialist. The cause is an old aversion that the industrialist has for the singer: he can only heal by overcoming this aversion and transforming himself into a benefactor of the hated ex-partner.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-10-10
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