Oreste Biancoli

1897-10-20 Bologna, Italy 76 Credits

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Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage

1964

Writer

5.5
Writing

An anthology comedy with segments about love and marriage.

The Avenger of Venice

The Avenger of Venice

1964

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Rolando, who was close to marrying the daughter of the Doge, is condemned after a highly unfair judicial process and locked up in Venice. Digging a tu...

The Ghost

The Ghost

1963

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he...

The Masseuses

The Masseuses

1962

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

Two industry managers from Milan are in Rome to get the contract to build a YMCA hostel. They get in touch with a masseuses ring and one of the masseu...

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

1962

Writer

4.2
Writing

Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.

The Witch's Curse

The Witch's Curse

1962

Writer

4.6
Writing

Maciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.

Il mio amico Benito

Il mio amico Benito

1962

Story, Screenplay

5.5
Writing

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 fri...

Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate

1962

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned C...

Erik the Conqueror

Erik the Conqueror

1961

Story, Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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 nea...

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

1961

Story, Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

Joseph and His Brethren

Joseph and His Brethren

1961

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his...

Atlas Against the Cyclops

Atlas Against the Cyclops

1961

Screenplay, Story

6.1
Writing

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the ...

Love, the Italian Way

Love, the Italian Way

1960

Story, Screenplay

4.4
Writing

A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.

Genitori in blue-jeans

Genitori in blue-jeans

1960

Story, Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.

Gastone

Gastone

1960

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

During the period between world wars, vaudeville sketches were popular before film showings.Gastone is one of the characters played by the famous Etto...

Death of a Friend

Death of a Friend

1960

Story

6.0
Writing

Two young people trickle, steal and exploit prostitutes.

The Moralist

The Moralist

1959

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to ...

Winter Holidays

Winter Holidays

1959

Screenplay, Story

6.6
Writing

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 hote...

Domenica è sempre domenica

Domenica è sempre domenica

1958

Story, Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person...

Non sono più guaglione

Non sono più guaglione

1957

Screenplay

Writing

A mechanic falls in love with a girl who aspires to become a diva.

La canzone del destino

La canzone del destino

1957

Writer

Writing
Desert Warrior

Desert Warrior

1957

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The ...

Occhi senza luce

Occhi senza luce

1956

Screenplay

Writing

A blind girl and a disabled singer fall in love.

Altair

Altair

1956

Story

Writing

In the military academy of the Nisida Air Force a new course begins which sees among the new recruits called "chicks": Giorgio, forced by his father a...

Scampolo 53

Scampolo 53

1955

Screenplay

Writing

A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia....

Songs from all over Italy

Songs from all over Italy

1955

Screenplay

Writing
Divisione Folgore

Divisione Folgore

1954

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and...

A Free Woman

A Free Woman

1954

Adaptation, Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she b...

Il cardinale Lambertini

Il cardinale Lambertini

1954

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love ...

In the Eddy of Sin

In the Eddy of Sin

1954

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.

Rosso e nero

Rosso e nero

1954

Writer

Writing
Submarine Attack

Submarine Attack

1954

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

During WWII, handsome young Italian sub commander and his crew torpedo Allied freighters and transport ships for the Axis then rescue the occasional s...

The Slave of Sin

The Slave of Sin

1954

Story

5.5
Writing

A former prostitute and a little Polish girl are survivors of a train crash. The woman wishes to adopt the child, but her past makes that difficult.

Gran varietà

Gran varietà

1954

Writer

6.1
Writing

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

100 Years of Love

100 Years of Love

1954

Screenplay, Theatre Play

7.0
Writing

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love st...

Mid-Century Loves

Mid-Century Loves

1954

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight ...

Cavalcade of Song

Cavalcade of Song

1953

Writer

Writing
Voice of Silence

Voice of Silence

1953

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the “House of...

Black Feathers

Black Feathers

1952

Story, Screenplay, Director

5.3
Writing Directing

In the last days of the world war II a young Alpine soldier trys to find his way back home after the army was disbanded. In his village the soldiers, ...

Times Gone By

Times Gone By

1952

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Wanda the Sinner

Wanda the Sinner

1952

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.

Half a Century of Song

Half a Century of Song

1952

Writer

Writing

Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.

Il caimano del Piave

Il caimano del Piave

1951

Writer

Writing

It is 1917, the period of the First World War when Italy is fighting Austria-Hungary. Lucilla di Torrebruna leaves high school and returns to her fath...

Domani è un altro giorno

Domani è un altro giorno

1951

Co-Writer

2.2
Writing

A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories ...

Cuori sul mare

Cuori sul mare

1950

Writer

7.0
Writing

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Tomorrow Is Too Late

1950

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with...

Yvonne of the Night

Yvonne of the Night

1949

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is ...

Sicilian Uprising

Sicilian Uprising

1949

Writer

Writing

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and...

The Flame that Never Dies

The Flame that Never Dies

1949

Screenplay, Script

5.2
Writing

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice hi...

Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves

1948

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his w...

Heart

Heart

1948

Adaptation, Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates that are of working-class backgrounds, after a novel in diary format by E...

Sinfonia fatale

Sinfonia fatale

1947

Story

Writing

An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.

The Great Dawn

The Great Dawn

1947

Writer

Writing
The Bandit

The Bandit

1946

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest li...

Sant'Elena, piccola isola

Sant'Elena, piccola isola

1943

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

The last days of Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena.

Il vagabondo

Il vagabondo

1941

Screenplay

Writing
Il chiromante

Il chiromante

1941

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing
The King's Jester

The King's Jester

1941

as Courtier

Acting

Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful da...

Piccolo alpino

Piccolo alpino

1940

Director

Directing
La gerla di papà Martin

La gerla di papà Martin

1940

Screenplay

Writing
Ballo al castello

Ballo al castello

1939

Writer

Writing
L'eredità in corsa

L'eredità in corsa

1939

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing
Frenesia

Frenesia

1939

Screenplay

Writing
Ai vostri ordini, signora...

Ai vostri ordini, signora...

1939

Screenplay

Writing

The young and poor Pietro Haguet accepts a job offer from the rich Marion, who wants to free herself from the suffocating presence of so many suitors,...

Mille lire al mese

Mille lire al mese

1939

Story

8.0
Writing
Amicizia

Amicizia

1938

Director

Directing

After falling in love with his friend's wife, a young man prefers to move to another place on a long trip. After several years he returns and reunites...

La mazurka di papà

La mazurka di papà

1938

Theatre Play, Director

Directing
Nina, non far la stupida

Nina, non far la stupida

1938

Screenplay

Writing
Tonight at Eleven

Tonight at Eleven

1937

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically wit...

Cavalleria

Cavalleria

1936

Screenplay, Story

4.7
Writing

Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umber...

Nozze vagabonde

Nozze vagabonde

1936

Writer

Writing
Oggi sposi

Oggi sposi

1934

Writer

Writing
Paprika

Paprika

1933

Writer

Writing
The Last Adventure

The Last Adventure

1932

Story

Writing

A youth and an elderly libertine aristocrat vie for the favors of a beautiful woman, amid the setting of Rapallo.

The Secretary for Everyone

The Secretary for Everyone

1932

Writer

Writing
The Private Secretary

The Private Secretary

1931

Writer

5.0
Writing

During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her wh...