Suso Cecchi d'Amico — Playwright (18)
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The Best of Enemies (1961) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Best of Enemies
director: Guy Hamilton actor: David Niven / Alberto Sordi …
other title: I due nemici / Liebenswerte Gegner …
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 go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.
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The City Stands Trial (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Processo alla città
director: Luigi Zampa actor: Amedeo Nazzari / Silvana Pampanini …
other title: Processo alla città / Les Coupables …
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated.
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The Swindlers (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I magliari
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Alberto Sordi / Belinda Lee …
other title: I magliari / Auf St. Pauli ist der Teufel los …
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
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Flesh Will Surrender (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Roldano Lupi / Aldo Fabrizi …
other title: Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo / Le Crime de Giovanni Episcopo …
Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...
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Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta
director: Luigi Bazzoni actor: Franco Nero / Tina Aumont …
other title: L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta / Mit Django kam der Tod …
A Spanish army officer, Don Jose, stationed in Seville, meets and begins a relationship with a mysterious gypsy, Carmen. After he discovers she has cheated on him with his Lieutenant, he kills the officer and flees the city with Carmen. He recovers from his wounds and is forced to begin the life of a bandit.
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The Walls of Malapaga (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Au-delà des grilles
director: René Clément actor: Jean Gabin / Isa Miranda …
other title: Le mura di Malapaga / Die Mauern von Malapaga …
After murdering his mistress and being hunted by the authorities in France, Pierre stows away aboard a ship bound for Genoa. Though he's immediately robbed after arriving, things look up for Pierre when he meets kindhearted Cecchina, who introduces him to her mother, Marta. Pierre and Marta fall in love, but police are closing in and the new couple may not have much time left.
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The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Senta Berger …
other title: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal / Die zwei Leben des Mattia Pascal …
Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
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Twelve Hours to Live (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
È più facile che un cammello...
director: Luigi Zampa actor: Jean Gabin / Elli Parvo …
other title: È più facile che un cammello... / Pour l’amour du ciel
After dying in a car accident, wealthy shoe industrialist Carlo Bacchi finds himself in the afterlife, where he is condemned to hell for having committed evil while alive. Defending himself against the accusation in an impassioned plea, however, he succeeds in obtaining to return to earth for a few hours to make reparation for the evil he committed and, above all, for the bad deed that caused Amedeo Santini's suicide attempt. The affair will lead him to make a risky but happy choice.
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Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano
director: Luigi Comencini actor: Leonard Whiting / Maria Grazia Buccella …
other title: Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano / Kindheit, Berufung und erste Erlebnisse des Venezianers Giacomo Casanova …
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the omnipresence of hypocrisy.
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It Started in Naples (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
It Started in Naples
director: Melville Shavelson actor: Clark Gable / Sophia Loren …
other title: La baia di Napoli / Det begynte i Napoli …
Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To complicate matters, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub performer.
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Too Bad She's Bad (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Peccato che sia una canaglia
director: Alessandro Blasetti actor: Vittorio De Sica / Sophia Loren …
other title: Peccato che sia una canaglia / Bela e Canalha …
When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.