Rina Franchetti

Rina Franchetti

Born: December 30, 1907
Died: August 18, 2010

Movies for Rina Franchetti...

Basta! Adesso tocca a noi
Title: Basta! Adesso tocca a noi
Character: Nonna Elvira
Released: September 7, 1990
Type: Movie
The friendship between two high school friends is tested when they are forced to separate because of university.
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Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori
Title: Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori
Released: May 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A man leaves home on errands and is "kidnapped" by a sunny Rome.
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My Father's Private Secretary
Title: My Father's Private Secretary
Released: December 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Ponziani Armando, the owner of a thriving chemical industry, lives in a beautiful villa on Lake Como with his wife and his son Franco Ersilia.
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La verginella
Title: La verginella
Character: Emma
Released: December 2, 1975
Type: Movie
A high school girl is lured into prostitution by a fashion photographer.
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Somewhere Beyond Love
Title: Somewhere Beyond Love
Character: Mother of Nullo
Released: June 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional Sicilian values, slowly allows herself to love...
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The Profiteer
Title: The Profiteer
Character: bigotta di chiesa
Released: March 20, 1974
Type: Movie
In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and sanctimonious family of landowners. Ercole soon becomes the lover of his master's wife, the beautiful Baroness Clotilde. In a familial and social context where only money, sex and power count, everyone tries to take advantage of everyone, but the real saprophyte turns out to be Ercole.
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All Sons of the Saintest Mother
Title: All Sons of the Saintest Mother
Character: la madre dei Morano
Released: August 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Two crime families battle for supremacy in 1929 Chicago in this Italian crime spoof. One group, known as the "Sons of Mammasantissima" thereby professes its (ironic) dedication to the Virgin Mother. The other family works undercover from a Salvation Army soup kitchen. Neither family seems capable of accomplishing anything of note until a wily Sicilian arrives on the scene and sorts things out.
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When Love Is Lust
Title: When Love Is Lust
Character: Marta
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.
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Cross Current
Title: Cross Current
Character: Anna - The Maid
Released: August 20, 1971
Type: Movie
A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. His relationship with his wife is troubled, so he starts an affair (sort of) with the another woman, which results in one of the three of them being shot. But there are several more twists--and more murders--to come.
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Mother's Heart
Title: Mother's Heart
Character: Berta
Released: January 29, 1969
Type: Movie
A mute mother stands by idly as her young children radicalise as a result of a society that thrives on conflict and manipulation. As she is drawn to a group of political activists, her absence allows her children to become increasingly extreme in their behaviour and lethal games they play.
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Gunman Sent by God
Title: Gunman Sent by God
Released: February 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Anthony Steffen, as a young gunman who works as a circus performer, witnesses the killing of some outlaws, carried out by their leader and is credited with the deed. Steffen suffers from a complex which blocks him in front of any violence and makes him appear cowardly, so when a young boy is kidnapped he must find a way to regain his composure.
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Massacre Time
Title: Massacre Time
Character: Mercedes
Released: August 10, 1966
Type: Movie
In 1866 New Mexico, Tom Corbett is a prospector who is called back to his hometown in Laramie Town, Texas at the bequest of a old family friend. Tom arrives in the town to see it under the control of a ruthless and greedy gangster named Jason Scott, who's psychotic and murder-crazed son, Junior Scott, runs it with fear with a posse of thugs who kill anyone who protests their business tactics. Tom finds his brother Jeff, a drunkard looked after by their family maid Mercedes. Tom then tries to persuade Jeff to help him take down the sadistic Scotts so the town can rest easy in peace and harmony again.
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Title: David Copperfield
Character: Meg Gummidge
Released: December 26, 1965
Type: TV
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Three Nights of Love
Title: Three Nights of Love
Character: suocera di Giselle
Released: October 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine Spaak as "out of place" women longing for love, in a Sicillian village, a monastery, and a modern Italian urban setting, respectively.
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Il treno del sabato
Title: Il treno del sabato
Released: February 20, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Eye of the Needle
Title: The Eye of the Needle
Character: Rita
Released: September 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.
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Barabbas
Title: Barabbas
Released: December 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
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Gioventù di notte
Title: Gioventù di notte
Released: May 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Elio is a member of a group of youngsters, all from good families, who have fun spending their days taking on silly challenges and perpetrating illicit activities. Their actions escalate and lead them to commit a robbery. Unfortunately, the robbery ends badly and a death ensues, leaving the group implicated in a murder. The police are groping in the dark due to the complexity of the investigation. Meanwhile, Elio meets and falls in love with a nightclub stripper, Suzette. The rest of the group, after a while, think they've got away with it, but make a reckless mistake that allows the police to track them down and arrest them.
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Blood Feud
Title: Blood Feud
Released: March 11, 1961
Type: Movie
An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
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Atom Age Vampire
Title: Atom Age Vampire
Character: Gaby
Released: August 16, 1960
Type: Movie
When a singer is horribly disfigured in a car accident, a scientist develops a treatment which can restore her beauty by injecting her with a special serum. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her. As the treatment begins to fail, he determines to save her appearance, regardless of how many women he must kill for her sake.
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La Dolce Vita
Title: La Dolce Vita
Character: Mother of the Miracle Children (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
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The Itchy Palm
Title: The Itchy Palm
Released: February 3, 1960
Type: Movie
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.
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L'ultimo amante
Title: L'ultimo amante
Character: La guardiana dell'istituto (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.
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The White Angel
Title: The White Angel
Character: Una detenuta
Released: April 6, 1955
Type: Movie
In this sequel to Nobody's Children, Guido still longs for former lover Luisa, who has become a nun. Then he meets Lina, a chorus dancer who is a dead ringer for Luisa.
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Magic Village
Title: Magic Village
Released: March 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. Robert is forced to postpone his trip and only joins Lucienne a few days later, taking advantage of the departure of a following group. During the train journey, he befriends Thérèse, a young Sicilian living in Paris, who wants to make a pilgrimage to the land of her ancestors. Lucienne is away from the camp when Robert arrives, so he can continue to see Thérèse, and little by little they discover that they love each other. When Lucienne returns, an explanation and reconciliation take place, then Robert changes his mind and, with the vacations over, leaves Lucienne alone to live in Sicily with Thérèse, who wants to stay in her family's homeland.
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These Phantoms
Title: These Phantoms
Released: November 12, 1954
Type: Movie
A young husband is persuaded to move his new bride into an old palace that is supposedly haunted.But the so called ghost is really the bride's former lover who is stalking her on the premises.
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I Always Loved You
Title: I Always Loved You
Character: Assunta
Released: December 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A landowner loves a good girl, but is ensnared by another richer woman who is actually aiming for her fortune. This she will be able to temporarily make the two young men go away but the man makes his girlfriend understand that her is true love; he realizes that he has been the victim of a scam and will bring the woman he has always loved to the altar.
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Good Folk's Sunday
Title: Good Folk's Sunday
Released: January 25, 1953
Type: Movie
In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.
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The King's Guerrillas
Title: The King's Guerrillas
Character: Sister Emilia
Released: November 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also falls in love with Marietta, the king's illegitimate child.
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The Peddler and the Lady
Title: The Peddler and the Lady
Character: Rosa, domestica di Olga
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long... But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa...
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The secretary for everyone
Title: The secretary for everyone
Released: October 16, 1932
Type: Movie
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Two Happy Hearts
Title: Two Happy Hearts
Character: Anna Rosi
Released: September 16, 1932
Type: Movie
When his wife storms out of a dinner planned in honor of his American boss (because their dog is not allowed to be at the table) an engineer pretends that his secretary is the missus.