Alberto Sorrentino

Alberto Sorrentino

Born: February 16, 1916
Died: February 1, 1994
in La Spezia, Italy

Movies for Alberto Sorrentino...

Taste of Life
Title: Taste of Life
Character: amico di Battistini
Released: December 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Elvio Battistini works as a ticket taker in the local cinema of the small town where he lives. He has a prosthesis in one leg, the result of an accident, but he tells anyone who will listen it is a war injury. Giuseppe Mondardini, is also an older man living alone in what was the splendid family home. When Elvio and Giuseppe meet, they hit it off immediately. A trip to a cooler area is in order, so Mordardini unveils his ancient automobile.
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Action
Title: Action
Character: Garibaldi
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Bruno is an idealistic hero who questions the meaning of life in this confusing and sometimes hallucinatory erotic drama. After a night in jail, he is gang-raped by punk rockers in a garbage dump. He later saves an old man who believes he is Garibaldi and a woman he believes is Ophelia. Bruno watches helplessly as she later jumps from a window.
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Occhio Alla Vedova!
Title: Occhio Alla Vedova!
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Concetta Li Cause, deprived of her husband Oreste by the Mafia, is coveted by Bologna Marcello and Charles postman. Besides the two, there are other suitors because the widow is rich; but Cosa Nostra deploys its resources to prevent the woman from finding a new partner.
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Il lumacone
Title: Il lumacone
Character: Tipografo
Released: December 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Italian comedy.
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The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective
Title: The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective
Character: Lazzaro De Li Mortazzi
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
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Torso
Title: Torso
Character: Witness at Crime Scene (uncredited)
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
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Il Santo Patrono
Title: Il Santo Patrono
Released: November 18, 1972
Type: Movie
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Ubalda, All Naked and Warm
Title: Ubalda, All Naked and Warm
Character: Notaio Adone Bellezza
Released: October 12, 1972
Type: Movie
During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has maintained her faithfulness. Now is her chance to wrest the key from him and enjoy herself. The knight’s portly friend has a similar problem with his equally gorgeous wife. And to top it off, both men have designs on the other’s wife — leading them to devise painful methods to discourage the other from trespassing.
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Jus primae noctis
Title: Jus primae noctis
Character: The friar
Released: September 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone.
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Title: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Character: Frate
Released: October 28, 1971
Type: TV
La vita di Leonardo da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly five hours.
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Armiamoci e partite!
Title: Armiamoci e partite!
Character: passeggero B
Released: September 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.
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Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
Title: Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
Character: Uno zingaro
Released: August 30, 1969
Type: Movie
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies, and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.
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Poppea's Hot Nights
Title: Poppea's Hot Nights
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.
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Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
Title: Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast
Character: Un cameriere
Released: December 6, 1968
Type: Movie
A hotel owner, in competition with a rival owner, finds a cache of lost treasure on the bottom of the bay after trying to drown himself which turns his life upside down.
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I 2 pompieri
Title: I 2 pompieri
Released: October 29, 1968
Type: Movie
The firefighter student Francesco Perricone and his cousin the brigadier Barrese fall in love both of the beautiful brunette Caramella and the barracks of Rome are transferred to the village of Sicily where the girl lives.
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Man Only Cries for Love
Title: Man Only Cries for Love
Character: Hairdresser's assistant
Released: July 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Tony and some friends put together a rock band to do some concerts and earn some money. Unfortunately the military service is incumbent, but fortunately the boys will find themselves in the same barracks.
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Cuore matto... matto da legare
Title: Cuore matto... matto da legare
Released: July 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Tony is in love with Carla, a young student of architecture, but his parents want him to marry Erminia, a rich but ugly girl.
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The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Title: The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Character: le domestique et chauffeur de Vincent
Released: February 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A thief falls in love with a maid and goes on the run after stealing Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."
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Gli onorevoli
Title: Gli onorevoli
Character: il malato
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.
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Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Title: Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Released: December 7, 1962
Type: Movie
An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.
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The Seventh Sword
Title: The Seventh Sword
Character: Sancho
Released: October 29, 1962
Type: Movie
In this costume adventure, a dashing swordsman helps protect Philip III of Spain from the traitors trying to overthrow him.
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Boccaccio '70
Title: Boccaccio '70
Character: Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1962
Type: Movie
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
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Cronache del '22
Title: Cronache del '22
Character: Alberto
Released: November 23, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Giants of Thessaly
Title: The Giants of Thessaly
Character: Licaone
Released: December 6, 1960
Type: Movie
In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.
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A qualcuna piace calvo
Title: A qualcuna piace calvo
Character: Agonia
Released: December 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Two girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor.
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Caravan Petrol
Title: Caravan Petrol
Character: Omar
Released: December 5, 1959
Type: Movie
A simple barberman from Naples travel to Arabia for search a big fortune that could make him rich.
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Terror of Oklahoma
Title: Terror of Oklahoma
Character: Tutti i Bouganville
Released: October 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Italian Western comedy in black-and-white. The movie intended to be a parody of the American western as even the title shows, being a hybrid between the original title of the movie The Oklahoma Kid and its rendering for the Italian audience, "Il terrore dell'Ovest".
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The Sheriff
Title: The Sheriff
Character: Brutto Tempo - the native American
Released: August 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A gang of outlaws terrorizes Rio Ciuccio. When they kill the sheriff his wife, an old neapolitan lady, takes his place.
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Simpatico mascalzone
Title: Simpatico mascalzone
Character: Giulebbe
Released: June 27, 1959
Type: Movie
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Non perdiamo la testa
Title: Non perdiamo la testa
Character: cameriere
Released: April 16, 1959
Type: Movie
A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.
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Prepotenti più di prima
Title: Prepotenti più di prima
Character: Numa
Released: March 11, 1959
Type: Movie
Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The parents of the baby, tired of those fights, run away to Milan.
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Here comes the gang
Title: Here comes the gang
Released: February 6, 1959
Type: Movie
Love is born between Anna, daughter of Alfonso, a wealthy farmer, and Luigi, a drum player in a musical band, who live in two different villages-Square on the Piano and Casalieta. This feeling is thwarted by her father, who would like to give her in marriage to Nicolino, a law student and son of a landowner, who has seen the girl only once and was struck by her beauty. Ahead of a party, her father prevents Anna from going out into the square where the band is scheduled to perform; the girl then comes up with the idea of delivering a note to Rosetta, the innkeeper's sister and a great friend of hers, finding mediation from Marcellino.
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L'amore nasce a Roma
Title: L'amore nasce a Roma
Character: Rubino
Released: December 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Lello, a painter, and Mario, a singer, move to Rome looking for fortune and success.
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The Third
Title: The Third
Character: Dolcecuore
Released: August 22, 1958
Type: Movie
A clothing merchant Ofelia, a naïve housewife Rina, and the outspoken nurse Edna meet at a police station and discover that they share a failed sentimental life.
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I dritti
Title: I dritti
Released: December 20, 1957
Type: Movie
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Pirate of the Half Moon
Title: Pirate of the Half Moon
Character: corsaro col turbante bianco
Released: December 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an attack against his castle. Nadir is the dashing fiery hero.
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Cantando sotto le stelle
Title: Cantando sotto le stelle
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket.
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Ricordami
Title: Ricordami
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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It Happened at the Police Station
Title: It Happened at the Police Station
Character: Comic actor
Released: October 29, 1954
Type: Movie
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
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Mother's Heart
Title: Mother's Heart
Character: Baron De Pasquale
Released: September 24, 1954
Type: Movie
An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
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Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno
Title: Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno
Character: Bertoldino
Released: September 4, 1954
Type: Movie
A poor farmer is invited to the King's court and tries to prevent the princess' marriage to a villanious knight.
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La prigioniera di Amalfi
Title: La prigioniera di Amalfi
Released: January 15, 1954
Type: Movie
An Italian historical drama.
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Trieste cantico d'amore
Title: Trieste cantico d'amore
Character: Albert
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
After WWII, "Jack Grandi" falls in love with a young girl only to find that there is an historical enmity between his family and her's. Can their love survive the accusations of treason and betrayal?
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La tua donna
Title: La tua donna
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from a Nazi catch, hides himself by a farm. Here he knows Luisa (Lea Padovani) and soon the two married and have a baby. After the war, Sandro, now a solicitor, succeeded also to be elected in Rome's parliament. Here he starts an extramarital affair with Germana (Patricia Neal). Sandro, now deep involved with Germana, tries all the way to leave Luisa (divorce wasn't legal during the '50s in Italy). But Luisa is determined to save her marriage and arrives in Rome to discuss with the two. The tragedy is behind the corner.
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Se vincessi cento milioni
Title: Se vincessi cento milioni
Character: Clerk (segment "Il principale")
Released: December 1, 1953
Type: Movie
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Finalmente libero
Title: Finalmente libero
Released: November 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.
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Easy Years
Title: Easy Years
Released: November 12, 1953
Type: Movie
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
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Funniest Show on Earth
Title: Funniest Show on Earth
Character: Bastian
Released: November 12, 1953
Type: Movie
A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman.
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Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
Title: Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
Character: fotografo
Released: September 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrepreneur.
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Una donna prega
Title: Una donna prega
Character: Beniamino
Released: July 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Gianna, a young radio singer, marries Giulio, director of a travel agency. Soon after, they welcome a child. The tranquility of their family life is deeply disturbed by the arrival in Rome of a French tourist, Giselle, who falls madly in love with Giulio. He reciprocates her feelings and becomes her lover. Gianna separates from her husband and devotes her attention to the child, while Giulio begins to live with Giselle. But the thought of his family leads Giulio to ponder severing ties with his lover. Unexpectedly, Giselle's lifeless body is found in Giulio's apartment. Evidence points to Giulio's guilt, so he attempts to escape abroad. Giulio is involved in a car accident close to the border, nearly killing him. In the hospital, it is revealed that Giselle was killed by her former Parisian lover. Healed of his serious wounds, Giulio returns to the affection of his wife and little daughter.
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Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Title: Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Character: Agonia
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
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Viva il cinema
Title: Viva il cinema
Character: Giovanni
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen.
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I tre corsari
Title: I tre corsari
Character: Agonia
Released: October 16, 1952
Type: Movie
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 is attacked by pirates and the three brothers are liberated. They decide to join the pirates to have revenge on Van Gould, who has also moved to the Antilles on the command of the viceroy.
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The Lucky Five
Title: The Lucky Five
Character: padre ansioso
Released: October 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?
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È arrivato l'accordatore
Title: È arrivato l'accordatore
Character: Signor Narducci
Released: October 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
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Processo contro ignoti
Title: Processo contro ignoti
Character: L'autista romano della Mobilgas
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
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Abracadabra
Title: Abracadabra
Character: Fernando
Released: February 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by the sudden return of her husband who is far from dead.
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Vendetta... sarda
Title: Vendetta... sarda
Character: Narciso Bellezza
Released: February 21, 1952
Type: Movie
A cook from Sardinia who had emigrated to Milan goes back to his native island thinking he has inherited some money with his uncles death. He finds out he has to avenge his death instead.
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Giovinezza
Title: Giovinezza
Character: Venditore ambulante
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
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Tizio, Caio, Sempronio
Title: Tizio, Caio, Sempronio
Character: Sentinella idiota
Released: December 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.
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Stasera sciopero
Title: Stasera sciopero
Released: December 14, 1951
Type: Movie
A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind.
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My Heart Sings
Title: My Heart Sings
Character: "Signorina"
Released: December 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Two two-bit singers become thieves to make ends meet. One day during a theft in the house of a music impresario they hear Marco an electrician gifted with a beautiful voice and give him some money to help for his debut as a singer.
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Il padrone del vapore
Title: Il padrone del vapore
Character: Il disegnatore
Released: November 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters.
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Beauties in Capri
Title: Beauties in Capri
Character: Pasquale
Released: November 10, 1951
Type: Movie
The love story between Don Camillo's protégé and Don Violante's niece adds fuel to the rivalry between the two priests.
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Sette ore di guai
Title: Sette ore di guai
Character: Raffaele
Released: October 17, 1951
Type: Movie
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, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't lose heart and rents Rita's daughter and leaves looking for his son. Many adventures are awaiting for him.
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Toto the Third Man
Title: Toto the Third Man
Character: Giovannino
Released: September 23, 1951
Type: Movie
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 brother and loves the good life and beautiful women.
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Damn the Taxes!!
Title: Damn the Taxes!!
Character: Arturo
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help.
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Milano miliardaria
Title: Milano miliardaria
Character: Oscar, il fotografo
Released: August 4, 1951
Type: Movie
The Milanese Luigi Pizzigoni, photographer, and the Neapolitan barber Peppino Avallone, resident in Milan, are opponents in the sports field. The first is a proud Inter supporter, while the second is from Napoli.
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Ours are coming
Title: Ours are coming
Character: Guido
Released: March 7, 1951
Type: Movie
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 chauffeur who puts things right.
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Io sono il capataz
Title: Io sono il capataz
Character: Rivoluzionario
Released: February 28, 1951
Type: Movie
The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the insurrectionist troops.
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I cadetti di Guascogna
Title: I cadetti di Guascogna
Character: Il comico
Released: September 27, 1950
Type: Movie
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 staging of a show in the military barracks.
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The Last Wagon
Title: The Last Wagon
Character: Un passante che vuole salire sulla carrozzella
Released: December 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Toto (Aldo Fabrizi), a Roman coachman with an old fashioned horse-drawn carriage who objects to the competition from motorised taxis, doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with Roberto, a young taxi driver. But it is Roberto who helps him when he gets into trouble with a former client, Mary Dunchetti (Anna Magnani), an arrogant singer.