Furio Scarpelli

Furio Scarpelli

1919-12-16 Rome, Italy 145 Credits

Biography

Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous Commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli. He was the son of journalist Filiberto Scarpelli. During his childhood he devoted himself to writing and drawing. During World War II, he started to work as an illustrator for satire magazines, together with Federico Fellini and Ettore Scola, and he met Agenore Incrocci...

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A Bookshop in Paris

A Bookshop in Paris

2021

Original Story

5.5
Writing

Vincenzo dedicates his life to the bookshop he owns in Paris and to his daughter Albertine, forced to stay home because of an accident occurred to her...

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

2012

as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)

Acting
Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

2012

as Self (archive footage)

5.5
Acting

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).

Tormenti - Film disegnato

Tormenti - Film disegnato

2011

Screenplay

1.5
Writing
Christine Cristina

Christine Cristina

2010

Screenplay

Writing
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constru...

Il falso bugiardo

Il falso bugiardo

2008

as Self

Acting

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became b...

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

2007

as Self

Acting

RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world

2007

as Self

Acting

If Rome is the capital of the world, then Alberto Sordi is his true son. He absorbed all the vices and valor of his homeland. His whole life was conne...

Napoleon and Me

Napoleon and Me

2006

Screenplay, Story

6.1
Writing

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man...

Baciami piccina

Baciami piccina

2006

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

7th September 1943. The honest and reliable carabiniere Umberto is sent to escort the flamboyant con man Raoul Nuvolini from Terni to Venice. Umberto'...

Under a False Name

Under a False Name

2004

Thanks

6.0

A mysterious writer is involved in a love affair with his stepson's wife, leading to a web of intrigue and desire.

All in That Night

All in That Night

2004

Writer

Writing

Giorgio, married to Daniela, would like to take his beautiful lover Gloria somewhere to spend the night. So he asks his brother-in-law Marco, who is l...

Opopomoz

Opopomoz

2003

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

It's Christmas Eve in Naples. Little Rocco feels increasingly jealous due to the imminent birth of a baby brother. Three bungling devils sent by Satan...

A cavallo della tigre

A cavallo della tigre

2002

Original Film Writer

5.4
Writing

Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days befor...

Welcome to Collinwood

Welcome to Collinwood

2002

Original Film Writer

6.1
Writing

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli

2001

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.

Unfair Competition

Unfair Competition

2001

Screenplay, Story

7.0
Writing

Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses client...

The Dinner

The Dinner

1998

Writer

6.9
Writing

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young an...

Ovosodo

Ovosodo

1997

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

Porzûs

Porzûs

1997

Writer, Story, Script

5.1
Writing

In 1945, at the huts above Porzûs, a hundred partisans from the Garibaldi Brigade and the Gap massacred about twenty partisans from Osoppo. They were ...

Altri uomini

Altri uomini

1997

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

In 1985 in Milan Michele Croce is now in prison and decides to answer the magistrate's questions, telling how in the seventies he became the ruler of ...

Un inverno freddo freddo

Un inverno freddo freddo

1996

Story, Screenplay

Writing

Film about the romantic involvements and every day life of four women working in the financially troubled Guya Valentina Beauty Salon.

Celluloide

Celluloide

1996

Screenplay, Screenstory

6.6
Writing

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on ...

Bandits: Love and Liberty

Bandits: Love and Liberty

1994

Writer

4.1
Writing

In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, kills the bandit Caruso, whose widow gives birth to...

The Postman

The Postman

1994

Story

7.9
Writing

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

The Wicked

The Wicked

1991

Screenplay, Story

8.0
Writing

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously devel...

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa

1990

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th centu...

Time to Kill

Time to Kill

1989

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck wreck. He makes his way to the nearest...

Soldati - 365 all'alba

Soldati - 365 all'alba

1987

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fil...

The Family

The Family

1987

Screenplay, Story

7.5
Writing

"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the...

Macaroni

Macaroni

1985

Screenplay, Story

6.2
Writing

A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades only to discover that an old girlfriend of his, along with he...

My Dearest Son

My Dearest Son

1985

Story

4.3
Writing

A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell.

Madman at War

Madman at War

1985

Writer

5.7
Writing

A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.

Cuori nella tormenta

Cuori nella tormenta

1984

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook. They become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without k...

A Boy and a Girl

A Boy and a Girl

1984

Screenplay

4.1
Writing

Anna and Calogero are in love and living together in a low-scale apartment while going to the University of Milan. When Anna discovers she is pregnant...

Il tassinaro

Il tassinaro

1983

Story, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Pietro Marchetti, a mature Roman taxi driver, has countless and interesting meetings while he is on duty with his car "Zara 87".

Le Bal

Le Bal

1983

Writer, Scenario Writer

7.0
Writing

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian cultu...

Spaghetti House

Spaghetti House

1982

Screenplay, Story

6.2
Writing

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.

Portrait of a Nude Woman

Portrait of a Nude Woman

1981

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make ...

Habibi, amor mío

Habibi, amor mío

1981

Writer

3.5
Writing

Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's betrayals....

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

1981

Screenplay, Story

5.6
Writing

A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of common people...

The Terrace

The Terrace

1980

Story, Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. They discuss about their past, present and future.

Hurricane Rosie

Hurricane Rosie

1980

Screenplay, Story

4.2
Writing

Raoul has best chances to become next boxing champion in light-heavy weight. For a bet he tries to beat through a door with his bare fist. He wins the...

Where Are You Going on Holiday?

Where Are You Going on Holiday?

1978

Screenplay, Story

5.8
Writing

In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.

Double Murder

Double Murder

1977

Screenplay

2.0
Writing

Detective Baldassarre spends his forced exile sorting criminal records. He gets a chance to return to the line of fire when two people, an aristocrat ...

The New Monsters

The New Monsters

1977

Story, Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A 1977 Italian comedy film composed of 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963.

Keep It To Yourself!

Keep It To Yourself!

1976

Screenplay, Story

5.5
Writing

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire...

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

1976

Screenplay, Story

6.7
Writing

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

The Sunday Woman

The Sunday Woman

1975

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's...

We All Loved Each Other So Much

We All Loved Each Other So Much

1974

Screenplay, Story

8.3
Writing

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Come Home and Meet My Wife

Come Home and Meet My Wife

1974

Story, Screenplay

7.3
Writing

50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks...

Teresa the Thief

Teresa the Thief

1973

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and ...

We Want the Colonels

We Want the Colonels

1973

Screenplay, Story

6.6
Writing

Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts m...

Without Family

Without Family

1972

Story, Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Released from the orphanage at the age of thirty, a man dreams of finding his mother.

In the Name of the Italian People

In the Name of the Italian People

1971

Screenplay, Story

7.3
Writing

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatev...

That's How We Women Are

That's How We Women Are

1971

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

The film consists of twelve episodes, all with Monica Vitti as the protagonist.

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Brancaleone at the Crusades

1970

Story, Screenplay

7.2
Writing

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Cru...

Operation Snafu

Operation Snafu

1970

Story, Screenplay

5.5
Writing

World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

1970

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys...

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?

1968

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished ther...

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

1968

Screenplay, Dialogue

6.8
Writing

When Marino goes to Rome for an event, he certainly does not imagine meeting Marisa, who will become the love of his life. But once love is found, it ...

Caprice Italian Style

Caprice Italian Style

1968

Writer

6.2
Writing

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

The Tiger and the Pussycat

The Tiger and the Pussycat

1967

Story, Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.

The Witches

The Witches

1967

Story, Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from w...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966

Screenplay

8.5
Writing

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the Amer...

Our Husbands

Our Husbands

1966

Story, Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Three episodes about Italian husbands and their relationships.

For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

1966

Story, Screenplay

7.7
Writing

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a ...

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

1966

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his in...

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

1966

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a c...

Complexes

Complexes

1965

Story

7.0
Writing

In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for ...

Casanova '70

Casanova '70

1965

Screenplay, Story

6.3
Writing

The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.

Summer Frenzy

Summer Frenzy

1964

Screenplay

5.4
Writing
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

1964

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is sed...

High Infidelity

High Infidelity

1964

Story, Screenplay

5.3
Writing

Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love.

The Teacher from Vigevano

The Teacher from Vigevano

1963

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all ...

The Monsters

The Monsters

1963

Story, Screenplay

7.4
Writing

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

The Organizer

The Organizer

1963

Screenplay, Story

7.5
Writing

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory...

March on Rome

March on Rome

1962

Screenplay, Story

7.4
Writing

March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on...

Mafioso

Mafioso

1962

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill ...

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

1962

Story

6.6
Writing

Antonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war criminal, So the daughter of the criminal pays Antonio ...

The Police Commissioner

The Police Commissioner

1962

Story, Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the unlikely name of Dante Lombardo...

On the Tiger's Back

On the Tiger's Back

1961

Story, Dialogue, Screenplay

7.2
Writing

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 mu...

The Best of Enemies

The Best of Enemies

1961

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to ...

Everybody Go Home!

Everybody Go Home!

1960

Screenplay, Dialogue, Story

7.6
Writing

When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

The Passionate Thief

The Passionate Thief

1960

Screenplay, Story

6.9
Writing

On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.

Il principe fusto

Il principe fusto

1960

Writer

Writing
Love and Larceny

Love and Larceny

1960

Story

7.2
Writing

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in...

Fiasco in Milan

Fiasco in Milan

1959

Screenplay, Story

6.9
Writing

The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.

The Great War

The Great War

1959

Screenplay, Dialogue, Story

8.1
Writing

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to ...

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

1959

Story, Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promo...

First Love

First Love

1959

Story, Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Ugo meets the 18-year-old Renata in the hostel where she is staying. He falls in love with and leaves with her for several romantic places until the m...

The Law Is the Law

The Law Is the Law

1958

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinan...

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

1958

Screenplay, Story

6.4
Writing

A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must re...

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Big Deal on Madonna Street

1958

Screenplay, Story

8.1
Writing

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make...

March's Child

March's Child

1958

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Francesca and Sandro meet, falls for each other and get married. But the differences between them are too many and the separation is around the corner...

Doctor and the Healer

Doctor and the Healer

1957

Screenplay, Story

7.1
Writing

Francesco, a young doctor, is appointed doctor to the imaginary village of Pianetta in the province of Avellino, but is immediately in competition wit...

It Happened in Rome

It Happened in Rome

1957

Story, Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

1957

Story, Screenplay

6.7
Writing

The adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all ...

Peccato di castità

1956

Screenplay

Writing

Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip.

Time of Vacation

Time of Vacation

1956

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end.

A Mink Coat

A Mink Coat

1956

Screenplay

Writing

A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

The Band of Honest Men

The Band of Honest Men

1956

Story, Screenplay

7.7
Writing

Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. T...

The Bigamist

The Bigamist

1956

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.

Roman Tales

Roman Tales

1955

Screenplay, Dialogue

5.9
Writing

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to star...

Bravissimo

Bravissimo

1955

Story, Screenplay

6.2
Writing

The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.

Toto and Carolina

Toto and Carolina

1955

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.

Le signorine dello 04

Le signorine dello 04

1955

Story, Screenplay

6.0
Writing

The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes h...

Casta diva

Casta diva

1954

Story, Screenplay

6.0
Writing

As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.

House of Ricordi

House of Ricordi

1954

Screenplay, Story

6.2
Writing

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other histo...

The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love

1954

Story

6.4
Writing

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!

1954

Screenplay

Writing

A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.

It Happened in the Park

It Happened in the Park

1953

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.

Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco

Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco

1953

Screenplay

Writing
Cinema of yesteryear

Cinema of yesteryear

1953

Story, Screenplay

Writing

While filming in the Roman countryside, some of the workers damage the garden of Caterina. Going to ask for compensation, she meets the director Marce...

Ghost Captain

Ghost Captain

1953

Screenplay

2.0
Writing

A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.

Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!

Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!

1953

Screenplay

Writing
Neopolitans in Milan

Neopolitans in Milan

1953

Story, Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Afterfive people die in crumbling Naples housing run by Northerners, the Southern relatives trek to Milan to sue for damages.

Saluti e baci

Saluti e baci

1953

Story, Screenplay

1.0
Writing

Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if ...

L'Incantevole nemica

L'Incantevole nemica

1953

Story

7.0
Writing

The owner of a cheese factory fears communists and mistakes a meek youth who works for him for one of them. He invites him to his house to win his con...

Toto and the Women

Toto and the Women

1952

Story, Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.

Ragazze da marito

Ragazze da marito

1952

Story, Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to f...

I tre corsari

I tre corsari

1952

Screenplay

Writing

The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count and sends his three sons in the Antilles. The ship ...

Il segreto delle tre punte

Il segreto delle tre punte

1952

Story, Screenplay

Writing
Totó in color

Totó in color

1952

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea ...

L'eroe sono io

L'eroe sono io

1952

Screenplay, Story

Writing
Una bruna indiavolata!

Una bruna indiavolata!

1951

Story

6.0
Writing

Carlo wins some money and decides to go to Rome to celebrate, but he gets his money stolen on the train. He tries to find a friend of his for a loan. ...

O.K. Nero

O.K. Nero

1951

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

Position Wanted

Position Wanted

1951

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matte...

Rome-Paris-Rome

Rome-Paris-Rome

1951

Screenplay, Story

5.8
Writing

Vincenzo, a railwayman who works on the Rome-to-Paris line, has a wife in Italy and a mistress in France: Ginette, a widow with a four-year-old daught...

Seven Hours of Troubles

Seven Hours of Troubles

1951

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism...

Greetings and sons!

Greetings and sons!

1951

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

Three friends, a mechanic, a clockmaker, and a night warden are engaged to three sisters but are broke and cannot get married and pay the rent. They c...

Toto the Third Man

Toto the Third Man

1951

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his ...

Milano miliardaria

Milano miliardaria

1951

Story, Screenplay

Writing

The Milanese Luigi Pizzigoni, photographer, and the Neapolitan barber Peppino Avallone, resident in Milan, are opponents in the sports field. The firs...

Ours are coming

Ours are coming

1951

Screenplay, Story

5.2
Writing

A ruthless businessman wants to bring a penniless nobleman financially on his knees because he wants to marry the man's daughter. It is the family cha...

47 Talking Corpses

47 Talking Corpses

1950

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Greedy Baron Antonio Peletti refuses to give to his town the heredity left by his father, a box full of precious jewels, which he keeps for himself. T...

Toto the Sheik

Toto the Sheik

1950

Screenplay, Story

6.7
Writing

Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he...

Tototarzan

Tototarzan

1950

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white mon...

Figaro qua... Figaro là

Figaro qua... Figaro là

1950

Story, Screenplay

5.9
Writing

In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

I cadetti di Guascogna

I cadetti di Guascogna

1950

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the...

Il vedovo allegro

Il vedovo allegro

1950

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

An artist of variety, known in art with the name of Bebè, is a charlatan in Cannes, in a company with Zallos, a shady type.

Vivere a sbafo

Vivere a sbafo

1950

Writer

Writing

Italian comedy starring Peppino De Filippo, Mischa Auer, Dolores Palumbo and Virginia Belmont. Rosa Auricchio (Dolores Palumbo) and her daughter (Vir...

Totò Looking for Wife

Totò Looking for Wife

1950

Screenplay, Story

6.3
Writing

Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.

Totò le Mokò

Totò le Mokò

1949

Screenplay, Story

6.9
Writing

Mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumacon...

Totò Looking for a House

Totò Looking for a House

1949

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an...