Giancarlo Sbragia
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: March 14, 1926
Deathday: June 28, 1994
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Laura nuda
Overview: Laura, a young woman from the Verona bourgeoisie, seeks to emancipate herself, but is desperately confronted with what she considers to be the hypocrisy of men and the conformism of a society that only considers women if they marry and procreate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-08-05
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Messalina
Overview: Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-03-12
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The Fall of Rome
Overview: After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco forced to become a gladiator.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-28
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The Bloodstained Butterfly
Overview: When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-10
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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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Highway Racer
Overview: Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-19
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Il gabbiano
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Original Language: it
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The Misanthrope
Overview: Alceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that social habits and the necessities of life do not fit the way of conceiving his existence.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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That Tender Age
Overview: A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada. In spite of the stylistic peculiarities of the filmmakers, we find in each of them the same desire not to affirm anything, not to judge, but to quite simply show.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-08-19
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Francis of Assisi
Overview: A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherhood, reflecting the spirit of 1968 student protests. Praised and condemned, the film sparked controversy for its bold, dissenting portrayal of faith.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-09-01
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Wolves in the Abyss
Overview: At some point, somewhere in the relentless events of the Second World War: A submarine returns from a long, successful patrol. Shortly before their native coast, however, they are bombarded by enemy aircraft. The submarine sinks and for the men begins a fight for survival at 110 meters depth.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-23
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I cammelli
Overview: Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-09-19
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La grande magia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-02-19
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War Gods of Babylon
Overview: Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluring innocent peasant girl Mirra. Meanwhile, the treacherous and ruthlessly ambitious General Arbace plots against both siblings.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-24
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Equinox
Overview: Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the incarnation of a dead man.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-20
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Kyoto
Overview: Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Nest of Vipers
Overview: A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-03-03
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Death Rage
Overview: A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-22
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Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
Overview: First portrait of Negus Hailé Selassié made by Italian television. The descendant of the Solomonid lineage, the last emperor of Ethiopia, forced into exile by the fascist invasion between 1936 and 1941, when he returned to his country after the liberation of the Allied Forces. In 1965 Selassié, considered a new messiah for Rastafarianism, was still in office, the empire of Ethiopia ending in 1974, a year before his death. (1965)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-12-31
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Love Birds
Overview: Two couples live their erotic fantasies out until one of the women is murdered.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-07
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To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Overview: Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-04-25
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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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Blame the Sun
Overview: This short film is the only cinematographic experience of Alberto Moravia. It shows some typical themes of the writer: the bourgeois setting, the taste for detail, the eros and the violence that scratch indifference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Il vizio assurdo
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-09-08
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