Franco Giacobini
Also Known As: Francesco Giacobini
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: March 15, 1926
Age: 99 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 27, 2015
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Soldiers and corporals
Overview: The army challenges the navy in a singing contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Crazy Desire
Overview: A middle-aged businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one, named Francesca.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-03-15
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Blackmail Chase
Overview: A couple of friends aspiring to join film land get mixed up in a robbery, ordered by a mafia boss who wants to seize the evidence he needs to blackmail an American politician.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-02
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Tender Sharks
Overview: While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-10
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Hercules in the Haunted World
Overview: Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-16
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Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo
Overview: A rock band called "The Trip" want to get to Montecarlo to take part in a festival. Due to a series of circumstances however they end up in the place they set about the journey from: Rome. There is a music festival on at The Terme of Caracalla and they sing there.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-07-28
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson embark on a search for Cleopatra's ancient necklace, which has been stolen.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1962-11-30
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It Can Be Done Amigo
Overview: An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously. The two get into a series of brawls and shoot-outs until they arrive in the town and find the boy's inheritance -which turns out not to be as useless as it first appears.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-03-31
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The Viking Who Became a Bigamist
Overview: The Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich and Rome. Because he believes that true love exists only in connection with marriage, he is secretly married twice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-09-04
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Totò diabolicus
Overview: The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-04-07
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Senza sole nè luna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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The Merchant of Venice
Overview: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-12
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Erik the Conqueror
Overview: In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-07
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The Fourth Wall
Overview: Marco Baroni spent four years in an English school. When he returns to Rome, the behavior of his family members finds him unprepared: his father, mother and sister Marzia have changed so much that they have not been recognized. He is deeply troubled by their immoral behavior.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-05-01
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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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I due vigili
Overview: Two traffic policemen help capture a dangerous robber after unwittingly contributing to his making off with the loot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-13
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I'm Getting a Yacht
Overview: A dentist buys a small yacht and takes his two children on a cruise of the Mediterranean. His ex-wife stows away to keep an eye on the children and the inevitable happens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-12-23
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Totò Sexy
Overview: Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-05
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His Women
Overview: Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute, approaches Stefano pretending to be a nurse. They get together, but Daniela has a sinister plan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-30
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Gli onorevoli
Overview: Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-10
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Dismissed on His Wedding Night
Overview: A businessman is nicknamed "L'avvocato" and his driver, Oscar, is a yes-man. When L'avvocato has a crash while driving his car, Oscar is put in jail in his place. When Oscar gets out, he finds himself married to the beautiful Maria, but he can't even touch her: she is l'avvocato's lover. Afterwards Oscar is appointed manager, but he can't manage a dime. At the end he shall find himself again in jail, hoping that his "sissignore" (yessir) will let him have, sometime, a driver to send to prison in his place. —
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-14
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La bellezza di Ippolita
Overview: Luca, a petrol dealer, marries a magazine dancer, Ippolita, a girl who likes to be courted by the many passing motorists. One day, the woman discovers that her husband has betrayed her with Adriana. Ippolita decides her revenge: she assures Luke that she will keep her duties as a wife only when she too has allowed herself similar distractions. Through a series of animated events, the two resume married life: but Luca will not be able to know if Ippolita was really unfaithful to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-21
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The Fascist
Overview: 1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort an opponent of the regime to Rome in the hope of be promoted — still oblivious as ever to the forthcoming fall of the regime.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-08-05
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The Ballad of Husbands
Overview: Giulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent a secret mission and leaves for the south.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-09
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Pane, burro e marmellata
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-09
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Soldati e capelloni
Overview: An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-03-23
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The Orderly
Overview: Colonels, majors, lieutenants: all of them live in the same building. Some of them have a wife or children or none, but everyone has his orderly. Major Penna is harassed by Osvaldo's mother. Lt. Martucci gets involved in the love affair between Antonio, his orderly, and Lauretta.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-03
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The Employee
Overview: Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-20
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The Strange Type
Overview: Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-28
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Alibi
Overview: Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine their life, to criticize one another on their achievements.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-02-13
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Two Idiots at Fort Alamo
Overview: During the War of Succession, Franco and Ciccio are arrested for being accused of desertion from the Northern army. Rather than condemn them to death for his carelessness, they will be chosen for a special mission: to infiltrate as expert officers on a delicate espionage action.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-08-13
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Carlo and Clara
Overview: In a curious-looking old hospital, an elderly couple, Carlo and Clara, is waiting for their turn tenderly holding hands. There is a choice to be made, and the woman begins to hesitate. Only the words of the loving Carlo will be able to transform fear into courage. At one point the setting makes way for animation, suggested and overlapped by the words of Clara. It leads the listener to a deep reflection on life. The brief evocation of the magic of existence is imprinted in the deeply moved smile of the woman, certain that life on Earth is nothing but a stage of eternity.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Le Scorpion
Overview: Peter is commissioned by William to rob an Amsterdam bank. He wants to find out who li is working for. With the help of Corinne, a young prostitute, he investigates and approaches the bank.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-21
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El Greco
Overview: Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-08-15
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Three Cheers for Us
Overview: A story about ten year old Enrico who spends the summer in the village mostly playing Indians with his friends.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-01-19
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Sonny and Jed
Overview: As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, Joe nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When beautiful Sonny decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-08-11
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Witness to Murder
Overview: The director of a school is surprised by a student when murdering someone. He must kill the only eyewitness too, but his only clue is a number 32 shoeprint.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-04-20
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The Mercenary
Overview: While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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Il mio amico Benito
Overview: A clerk has had a picture taken during W.W.I with the future Italian dictator Mussolini and tries to exploit the situation pretending he is a dear friend of his. When he finds out who Mussolini really is he changes his mind and goes back to his bleak life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-03-03
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Uncle Was a Vampire
Overview: Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle, staying on as a bellboy when it's converted into a hotel. However he becomes vampirized when his mysterious uncle comes to stay.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-28
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Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza
Overview: Comic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-24
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Sing Sing
Overview: Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute. But Eduardo is already rushing to the capital of England...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-10-15
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Three Tigers Against Three Tigers
Overview: Don Cimbolano - a priest in a small town. Oscar - a offender escaped from prison. Philip - attorney loser. They don't lose heart and find ways out of the most incredible situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-15
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Scrivilo sui muri
Overview: Sole, an university student bored of her daily routine, meets graffiti artists Pierpaolo and Alex and her life changes until she falls in love with one of them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-09-21
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On the Tiger's Back
Overview: Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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Run with the Devil
Overview: The trials and tribulations of a group of artist friends and a gay gallery owner living in the Via Margutta neighbourhood of Rome. Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself, while many of his fellow artists are far more adept at selling their persona than creating art.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-16
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I'll See You on the Balcony
Overview: Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-11-13
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Eighteen in the Sun
Overview: An Italian variation on the Frankie & Annette-Gidget beach party movies that were all the rage in North America in the early 60s. Nicole Molino (Catherine Spaak) and Nicola Molino (Gianni Garko) are not related to one another. In fact, they don’t even know each other until both are inadvertently assigned the same hotel room on the island of Ischia. Nicole isn’t interested in any hanky-panky, so Nicola reluctantly promises to keep his hands to himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-11
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Man Only Cries for Love
Overview: Tony and some friends put together a rock band to do some concerts and earn some money. Unfortunately the military service is incumbent, but fortunately the boys will find themselves in the same barracks.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-27
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Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
Overview: During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-02-25
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Le sedicenni
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-24
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I Kill, You Kill
Overview: Six sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-03-25
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La Dolce Vita
Overview: Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-05
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Assassination in Rome
Overview: In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-06-07
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L'idolo delle scene
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-31
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Operation Kid Brother
Overview: The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-04-20
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I motorizzati
Overview: A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-30
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The Swindlers
Overview: A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-25
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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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The Two Marshals
Overview: September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-22
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Lo smemorato di Collegno
Overview: A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-07
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The Shortest Day
Overview: Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Genres: Comedy History War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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Non scherzare con le donne
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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