Adriana Facchetti
Also Known As: Adriana Falchetti
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: January 06, 1921
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 06, 1993
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Ischia operazione amore
Overview: Gennaro runs a small boarding house in Ischia, the beautiful island in the gulf of Naples. Each member of his family is involved: his wife cooks, his daughter has a small boutique and his married son courts the old and rich patrons under his wife's enraged eyes.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-03-10
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Enchanted April
Overview: When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-27
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Toto and Cleopatra
Overview: Mark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces Mark Antony in the most delicate moments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-05
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Misunderstood
Overview: The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-01-21
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Giovannona Long-Thigh
Overview: When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an attempt to seduce the judge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-04-12
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School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
Overview: It's summer. Lisa goes every day in a holiday hotel to give French lessons to Mario, the owner's son. the beauty and personality of Lisa quickly raise the attraction of tourists, but also jealousy of mothers who see their husbands and son prowling around the lovely young woman ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-07
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School Teacher in the House
Overview: Luisa De Dominicus is a Milanese piano teacher who moves to Lucca to be with the man she loves: Ferdinando 'Bonci' Marinotti, a city councilman campaigning for mayor on a platform of moral values. She is of the belief that Fernando is single, living with his ailing mother. This, of course, is far from the case. The boys living in her apartment building mistakenly believe Luisa is a call-girl who uses piano teaching as a cover for her true profession, and word soon spreads among the building's dirty old men. The resourceful boys drill a well-concealed hole in the wall between Signorina Luisa's flat and the bedroom of the landlord's son, Marcello Busatti, allowing them a spectacular view of their spectacular neighbor. Marcello quickly becomes infatuated with Luisa, but is also conflicted regarding her supposed profession. Eventually Luisa learns of Fernando's philandering nature, and after a vigorous misunderstanding, satisfies Marcello's unrequited lust/love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-11-28
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Time of Indifference
Overview: A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-24
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The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn
Overview: Distressed that her wayward husband, Gianni (Alberto Lionello), forsakes her favors and seduces a series of other women, drop-dead gorgeous Gioia (Edwige Fenech) turns to handsome lothario Patrizio (Ray Lovelock) to help her get revenge. Will her enthusiastic affair help Gianni see the error of his ways? Luciano Martino directs this saucy comedy that also stars Aldo Maccione, Alvaro Vitali and Olga Bisera.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-03
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L'innocente Casimiro
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1945-10-07
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Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard
Overview: Franco and Ciccio embark on a journey to find Pirate Flint's lost treasure, hunted by the fearsome Pirate Blackbeard.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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I sogni nel cassetto
Overview: The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations during his wife's pregnancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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Beach Casanova
Overview: Mr. Edmond is a middle-aged playboy, living by his wits on the Riviera. Among the women with whom Edmond dallies are three gorgeous ladies.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-22
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Intervista
Overview: Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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Sexy Sinners
Overview: During the early Italian Renaissance and the Black Death epidemic, a group of young men and women, seeking refuge in a secluded villa just outside the city of Florence, shares different stories of adultery and forbidden love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-08-04
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Il sergente Rompiglioni
Overview: A satire of army life in which a tough army sergeant who loves opera clashes with his soldiers who love rock music and have formed a band.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-19
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Finalmente libero
Overview: Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-11-19
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Patroclooo!... e il soldato Camillone, grande grosso e frescone
Overview: The thief Bruno Camillone would like to escape abroad, but he needs a false passport and identity, which are obtained by a friend. Unfortunately, under his real name, Salvatore Bruschetta, he receives the postcard for military service, which he will have to perform in Puglia. In a barracks that is practically a madhouse...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-30
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Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows
Overview: A 3-episode film starring popular comedians Franchi and Ingrassia. In the first episode, Carlo and Oreste are married to the same woman; when she delivers twins, they fight for paternity. In the second episode, Celestina needs a heir to receive her dead husband's fortune. In the third episode, young widow Daisy arrives in Italy to meet her deceased much-older husband's family and ends up marrying his great-grandson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-04-13
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Transplant
Overview: To satisfy his wife, an elderly man has to have a penis transplant and is willing to pay a lot to do so. Three men are selected, who, for different reasons, are forced to accept; but giving up one's manhood can be more complicated than expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-05
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The Sicily Barbers
Overview: In a little Sicilian village two hairdressers who are in love with the same girl manage to sabotage the bacteriological weapons the Nazis are preparing to use against the allied armies invasion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective
Overview: After graduating in correspondence detective, Riccardo Finzi arrives in Milan. The first case he deals with is the death of a young maid. Cockpit in a surreal yellow from a novel by Luciano Secchi.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Delitto quasi perfetto
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Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-04-27
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School Days
Overview: When the local science teacher hurts herself during a failed experiment and ends up in hospital, she is replaced by young and sexy Stevania Marini. Barely out of school herself, Stefania finds herself the object of affection for several men, including a young baron and and even most of her male students. One of these, Andrea Balsamo is part of the family with whom Stefania is staying and as such has a stronger foothold than most of the other men in town
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-10
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Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-09
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All Cream Susanna
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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The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
Overview: Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of the covent's abbess, Sister Incarnation. Can Esteban rescue his love from this madhouse before the inquisitor discovers what is going on and has everyone executed?
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-03-26
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Quella peste di Pierina
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-02-26
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Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
Overview: Claudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead seemingly neat and respectable married lives. One day, they are summoned to the notary public's office and learn that Anna, one of their peers in high school who got a bad name as a "whore" in the town because of them and was forced to leave is now dead. Furthermore, she had amassed a great fortune abroad and decided to bequeath it to the three. However, she has a strange condition: Claudia, Rita, and Caterina should cheat on their husbands within three days and provide photographic evidence or else the inheritance will be donated to the retirement home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-08-31
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Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Overview: Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only wealthy women, making her believe she wants to marry her to get money to disappear with. With this method he feeds his family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-02-08
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Poker in Bed
Overview: A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at the gambling tables.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-14
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Taxi Girl
Overview: Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-04-15
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The Nonexistent Knight
Overview: Agilulfo is a righteous, perfectionist, faithful and pious knight with only one shortcoming: he doesn't exist. Inside his empty armor is an echoing voice that reverberates through the metal. Nevertheless, he serves the army of a Christian king out of goodwill and faith in the holy cause.
Genres: Animation Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-30
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School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
Overview: Girls' dance instructor Claudia Gambetti takes over the boy's gym class after gym teacher Martorelli breaks both his legs owing to one of his student's pranks. Soon both teachers and students are interested in learning more of Claudia's athletic dance moves. Director Fiorontori has made some debts betting on horses and wants Claudia to win a disco competition to balance the school budget, too. When the boys team are invited to face off against their superior Russian counterparts, Claudia calls in her dancing girls to be used as a secret weapon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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Il gatto mammone
Overview: Lando Buzzanca plays a man desperate to father a male heir. However, his wife (Roseanne Podesta) is apparently barren. They decide to use a surrogate mother, which, since this was in the days before artificial insemination, means Buzzanca will have to impregnate the surrogate the "old-fashioned" way. After a mishap involving a VERY unattractive but fertile widow, Buzzanca sets his sights on young girl (Gloria Guida) at an orphanage for unwed mothers (who has already given an illegitimate child up for adoption). They hire her as a maid, but she is under the impression they're going to adopt her, leading to some quasi-incestual misunderstandings...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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Street Law
Overview: Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-17
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A Man Called Magnum
Overview: A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this backdrop, Inspector Dario Mauri arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples. His mission – find the drugs and stop the killing.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-07
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Tragic Ceremony
Overview: After a peaceful sailboat ride, four young people, including rich kid Bill, Joe, Fred and Jane, knock on the door of a secluded villa after their dune buggy runs out of gas. Earlier in the day, Bill had given the lovely Jane a pearl necklace with a supposedly paranormal history, and this later opens up a can of worms. They are invited to spend the night at the mansion, owned by Lord Alexander and Lady Alexander, who happen to be hosting a strange ceremony that night attended by a group of eccentrics in black robes. During the evening, Jane exits her sleep chamber, seemingly in some kind of trance, and is lured to a sacrificial alter where the robed houseguests are hovering over her. As a knife is about to be plunged into the young lady, her three friends come to the rescue, but they are also witness to a chaotic mass murder catastrophe in which they flee with feelings of guilt and uncertainty.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-20
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The Four Days of Naples
Overview: September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-16
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The Return of Halleluja
Overview: Ramirez, the general of the Mexican revolution against Maximilian who has been appointed king of Mexico, organizes his forces to attack the king's General, Miranda. Ramirez realizes that the Aztec Indians would be allies of great value, so he offers to return to them an idol statue that has been stolen from them. Only Alleluja is capable of retrieving the idol from the thieves.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-08-30
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-10
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The Wonders of Aladdin
Overview: Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-31
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Two Colonels
Overview: In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-01-05
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Fontana di Trevi
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-25
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Cinecittà Cinecittà
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-02-01
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Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Overview: Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-08
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Porta un bacione a Firenze
Overview: After a difficult eye operation, Simonetta, an Italian-American girl, returns for a vacation in Florence, the home town of her family. Here he meets Alberto, a sculptor.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-12-22
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From Here to the Inheritance
Overview: A musical comedy film by Riccardo Freda.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-07
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