Ely Galleani
Also Known As: Justine Gall, Ely Gall, Eli Galleani, Эли Галлеани
Biography: Born in Alassio as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, Galleani made her film debut in 1970 with a small role in Quella piccola differenza by Duccio Tessari, then appeared in a number of films with roles of more weight. She retired from acting in 1978 and moved on to a career as an accountant. She was the half-sister of actress Halina Zalewska, who accidentally died in 1976, at 36, in a fire. Galleani is also the ex-wife of Italian filmmaker Carlo Vanzina.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Alassio, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: April 24, 1953
Age: 72 years old
Gender: Female
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Five Dolls for an August Moon
Overview: A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they realize they’re trapped with a killer in their midst, sending them in a frenzy to figure out who amongst them is killing the others before they are killed next.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-14
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Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
Overview: Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-04-20
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Born for Hell
Overview: Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-12
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Traveling Companions
Overview: The Story of Oddyseus and the Sirens placed in the countryside of France. Oddyseus is a trucker and his Penelope runs a café.
Genres: Adventure Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-02-14
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Under the Sheets
Overview: Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-20
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Baba Yaga
Overview: Carroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over attractive, youthful fashion photographer Valentina Rosselli. Thrust into a world of sadism, Valentina must figure out whether the torture being inflicted on her is because of one woman's twisted agenda … or a curse known as Baba Yaga.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-09-20
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Sixteen
Overview: Thinly sketched portrayal of Maria, a sixteen year old girl who is resentful of her mother's decision to live with her lover. She flirts with the lover and eventually succumbs to his lust.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-19
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Damned in Venice
Overview: A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-18
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Emanuelle in Bangkok
Overview: A reporter travels the world's hot spots, looking for lurid stories that usually involve her sexual participation in gaining those behind-the-scenes exclusives.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-07
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Apache Woman
Overview: Tommy is an innocent cavalry officer who falls in love with a beautiful Apache woman after rescuing her from a nasty gun smuggler named Honest Jeremy. When Jeremy and his gang find Tommy, gruesome violence ensues.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-10
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The Tempter
Overview: A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-22
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Redneck
Overview: Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the back. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered, upsetting the balance of the thieves.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-02-02
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Mark Shoots First
Overview: Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-22
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Cugine mie
Overview: Mara, Silvia and Irene, three sisters, are sent from Rome to Padua as guests of prof. Bordignon, their uncle. First, they let off steam with the young cousin Anselmo; then, realizing that their destiny is a boarding school, they take plot their revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-08-25
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Overview: Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-02-18
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High Crime
Overview: An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-12
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Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
Overview: Investigative journalist Emanuelle breaks into a home to find a microfilm, which leads her to an "international expedition" in Hong Kong. This film was made entirely of footage from Joe D'Amato films released between 1976 and 1980, quickly becoming popular within the bootleg video market.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-07-20
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Day of Violence
Overview: Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-06-22
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The Big Operator
Overview: The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-11-27
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La prova d'amore
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Jus primae noctis
Overview: Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-07
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Roma bene
Overview: A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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It Was I
Overview: A humble Milanese window-cleaner with dreams of magazine and TV fame accuses himself of the murder of a soprano from La Scala.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Quella piccola differenza
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-18
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In the Name of the Italian People
Overview: An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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Beach House
Overview: Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-27
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