Lou Castel — Actor (29)
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Obscene Desire (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'osceno desiderio
director: Giulio Petroni actor: Marisa Mell / Chris Avram …
other title: L'osceno desiderio / Poseida …
A young American woman moves to a large countryside villa with her newlywed Italian husband. Soon enough, strange and seemingly supernatural events begin to befall the property, as a black-gloved killer simultaneously picks up and murders prostitutes.
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Shadow (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Ombre
director: Giorgio Cavedon / Mario Caiano actor: Monica Guerritore / Lou Castel …
other title: Ombre
Renato, a depressed man with a troubled past, thinks his luck has finally changed when he meets the wonderful Monica. Unfortunately, Monica currently occupies a home she believes is haunted by the malicious spirit of her dead grandfather. This psychological horror / drama was a flop in theaters and, to date, has only been issued a single time on a home viewing format (a VHS release in Italy).
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Rorret (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Rorret
director: Fulvio Wetzl actor: Lou Castel / Enrica Rosso …
Un uomo, il mister Rorret del titolo, è il proprietario di un cinema dove vengono proiettati solo film dell'orrore. Ma la sua passione per il terrore è talmente autentica che si "diverte" a spaventare a morte gli spettatori (soprattutto le spettatrici) che frequentano il suo cinema. La sua follia lo porta ad ammazzare uno a uno quelli che dimostrano di avere più paura.
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Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale
director: Giuseppe Vari actor: Lou Castel / Beba Lončar …
other title: Terza ipotesi su un caso di perfetta strategia criminale / Mord Exklusiv …
Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...
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Year of the Gun (1991) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Year of the Gun
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Andrew McCarthy / Valeria Golino …
other title: L'anno del terrore / Verliebt in die Gefahr …
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.
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Treasure Island (1986) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'Île au trésor
director: Raúl Ruiz actor: Vic Tayback / Martin Landau …
other title: L'Île au trésor / La isla del tesoro …
Jim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to the Island they live will trouble his existence and tip him into an universe of adventures.
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Everyday Objects (2013) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Halbschatten
director: Nicolas Wackerbarth actor: Anne Ratte-Polle / Lou Castel …
other title: Objectos do Quotidiano / Halbschatten …
Merle follows the invitation of her lover to spend the summer in the South of France. She is surprised to find only his children in the summer house. Did she expect more than she should have? An ambiguous summer full of silent desire.
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C.I.A. Secret Story (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Faccia di spia
director: Giuseppe Ferrara actor: Adalberto Maria Merli / Mariangela Melato …
other title: Faccia di spia / Terrorismo oficial …
Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all facets of everyday life are controlled, innocent people are tortured needlessly and subjected to extreme violence.
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Change of Sex (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cambio de sexo
director: Vicente Aranda actor: Victoria Abril / Lou Castel …
other title: Je veux être femme / Cambio de sexo
Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.
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Francis of Assisi (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Francesco d'Assisi
director: Liliana Cavani actor: Lou Castel / Giancarlo Sbragia …
other title: Francesco d'Assisi
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.
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Kill and Pray (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Requiescant
director: Carlo Lizzani actor: Lou Castel / Mark Damon …
other title: Requiescant / Réquiem Para Matar …
A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a preacher. Years later, the boy is now a soft-spoken, devout young man with perfect shooting skills (despite being a pacifist). On his journey to help his half-sister out of a complicated situation, he crosses paths with the men who killed his family, unbeknownst to him.
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Matalo! (Kill Him) (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
¡Mátalo!
director: Cesare Canevari actor: Corrado Pani / Lou Castel …
other title: ¡Mátalo! / Willkommen in der Hölle …
A gang of cattle thieves rescue a criminal from the gallows, and later rob a stagecoach loaded with gold. When they get the loot, he is betrayed and left dying in the middle of the desert. In the escape they reach a mysterious ghost town, where they perceive there is something strange about ...
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In the Name of the Father (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nel nome del padre
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Yves Beneyton / Renato Scarpa …
other title: Nel nome del padre / Au nom du père …
In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
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Paranoia (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Orgasmo
director: Umberto Lenzi actor: Carroll Baker / Lou Castel …
other title: Orgasmo / Une folle envie d'aimer
Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes up a reclusive existence in a luxurious villa. After quickly succumbing to the charms of a local man, she lets him move into the villa and the two are later joined by his sister, which soon leads to complications.
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The Eyes, the Mouth (1982) [Movie] TMDB
Gli occhi, la bocca
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Lou Castel / Ángela Molina …
other title: Gli occhi, la bocca / Die Augen, der Mund …
A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.
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Marx Can Wait (2021) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Marx può aspettare
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Alberto Bellocchio / Letizia Bellocchio …
other title: Marx può aspettare / Marx kann warten …
"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory.