Umberto Orsini

Umberto Orsini

Born: April 2, 1934
in Novara, Piedmont, Italy
Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934, in Novara) is an Italian stage, television and film actor.

Born in Novara, Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In the late 1950s, he emerged as a talented stage actor, and in 1960, for the theatrical representation of L'Arialda, he worked for the first time with Luchino Visconti. After a few secondary roles (that include Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita), Orsini debuted in a leading role in 1962 with the film Il mare, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1969, he was awarded with the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Visconti's The Damned. In 2008, he was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca.

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Marcel!
Title: Marcel!
Released: June 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The young girl, an insomniac. The mother, an artist. The dog, named Marcel. The little girl loves her mother immensely, but her mother loves Marcel more than anything else. Will an unpredictable event allow those circles of love to reconnect?
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Sin
Title: Sin
Character: Marchese Malaspina
Released: November 14, 2019
Type: Movie
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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Copenaghen
Title: Copenaghen
Character: Niels Bohr
Released: April 20, 2019
Type: Movie
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Agadah
Title: Agadah
Character: Belial
Released: November 16, 2017
Type: Movie
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Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino
Title: Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
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Title: Gourmet Wars
Released: April 12, 2012
Type: TV
Two family owned restaurants of conflicting styles open up shop across the street from one another.
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Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Title: Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Character: (images d'archives)
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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The Early Bird Catches the Worm
Title: The Early Bird Catches the Worm
Character: Zio Lino
Released: November 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Marco Baldini is a young man determined to become the voice of a major radio; he alternates between his job at Radio Deejay and his gambling addiction, that slowly consumes his life, his relationship with his girlfriend and his work skills.
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Primo Levi's Journey
Title: Primo Levi's Journey
Character: Narrator (voice) (Italian version)
Released: September 12, 2006
Type: Movie
In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later, a film crew retraces Levi's steps. Levi's words, mainly from "The Truce" (1963), tell us what he experienced. In turn, we see Poland's hollow post-war factories, nationalism in the Ukraine, Soviet-style Communism in Belarus, the abandoned town of Prypiat (Chernobyl), poverty and emigration from Moldavia, Italian factories in Romania, and on across Hungary and Slovakia to Munich where Levi's rage found no listeners. Then home to Turin. An aged Mario Rigoni Stern remembers his friend. What has changed? Some issues of the war remain unsettled.
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Love Returns
Title: Love Returns
Character: Dr. Ambrosini
Released: April 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his life.
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Hannover
Title: Hannover
Released: December 10, 2003
Type: Movie
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Saint Paul
Title: Saint Paul
Character: Tribun
Released: December 3, 2000
Type: Movie
A biblical epic from the Book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering his conversion from Saul of Tarsus to his ministry to the Gentiles.
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Johnny the Partisan
Title: Johnny the Partisan
Character: Pinpin
Released: November 17, 2000
Type: Movie
After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among them. Johnny avoids to band together the red partisans (communists) and tries to be part of the azure bands (former regular soldiers). But in both cases he is deluded by the partisan bands and discovers that the partisan war is less poetic and genuine that he thought. At one point anyway the partisans free Alba from Germans. When the city falls again in German hands Johnny escape with Ettore and Pierre. But, one after another, German army and Italian fascists captures the partisans and Johnny will pass the winter alone and isolated. He then finds the way to participate to one of the last attack to occupants, in fact the war will be over two months later.
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Lourdes
Title: Lourdes
Character: Pater Laurent
Released: May 29, 2000
Type: Movie
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to hush up the entire incident. In vain, however, because when Empress Eugénie requests water from the spring for her sickly son, they are forced to acquiesce. And even the local priest is finally convinced. While taking his tuberculosis-stricken fiancé Claire to a sanatorium, the young doctor Henri Guillaumet meets Bernadette. The water from Lourdes' spring heals Claire's disease overnight, but the scientist in Henri doubts the miracle and wants to expose Bernadette as a liar. It is not until Henri again meets Bernadette, who has in the meantime become a nun and works as a nurse, that he finds a way to balance belief and modern science. And his love for Claire is strengthened as well.
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The Guest
Title: The Guest
Character: Antonio
Released: June 4, 1999
Type: Movie
Giulia works for her father's law film and still lives in her parents' luxurious home. However, she soon realizes the young man from Thailand who is their new houseguest is not just a family friend -- he is Guilia's mother's lover, and almost half her age. Father, however, has an even bigger secret -- he's been having an affair with a man young enough to be his son.
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Esther
Title: Esther
Character: Memuchan
Released: March 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.
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Solomon
Title: Solomon
Character: Natan
Released: December 15, 1997
Type: Movie
David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be.
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Il viaggio della sposa
Title: Il viaggio della sposa
Character: Don Diego
Released: September 5, 1997
Type: Movie
17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite backgrounds.
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Cinque giorni di tempesta
Title: Cinque giorni di tempesta
Released: September 2, 1997
Type: Movie
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Who Killed Pasolini?
Title: Who Killed Pasolini?
Character: High judge
Released: September 3, 1995
Type: Movie
November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being assaulted in the first place. Was Pasolini also killed for another reason?
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Love in the Strangest Way
Title: Love in the Strangest Way
Character: Vienne
Released: April 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Successful Julien sees his family off on holiday and at once becomes drawn into a risky relationship with Angela, whom he spies outside the cafe opposite his office. When he later finds she is to become his son's new nanny he rightly starts to worry there is more to the relationship than he bargained for.
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Notti e nebbie
Title: Notti e nebbie
Character: Bruno Spada
Released: November 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Milan, the last months of WWII. While everything starts to crumble down, RSI police chief Bruno Spada tries to crush the local anti-fascist resistance.
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Title: Ludwig
Character: Count Von Holnstein
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: TV
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The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Title: The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Character: Robert Usher
Released: March 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Four Edgar Allan Poe adaptations running an hour apiece, including "Night in the House of Usher," "Ligeia Forever," "The Delusion of William Wilson" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Originally made for Italian TV.
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Other People's Money
Title: Other People's Money
Character: Blue
Released: September 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Henri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a well-paid job with a large bank. Then, one day, his entire world collapses. In the wake of a high-profile financial scandal, he is summoned into his director's office and accused of negligence. Rainier has no choice but to resign, but he soon realises that he has been made a scapegoat. He begins his own investigation in an attempt to clear his name and discover who is responsible for the enormous hole in the bank's finances. It soon becomes apparent that he is up against a very powerful and dangerous opponent.
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The Fifth Commandment
Title: The Fifth Commandment
Character: Sturmführer Hannacker / Vater Redder
Released: August 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A notorious gang of robbers threaten the Ruhr region of Germany in the 1920s.
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Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Title: Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Character: Fabrizzio Conti
Released: August 23, 1978
Type: Movie
An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.
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Emmanuelle 3
Title: Emmanuelle 3
Character: Jean
Released: October 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
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Beyond Good and Evil
Title: Beyond Good and Evil
Character: Bernard Foester
Released: October 5, 1977
Type: Movie
The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman. According to Nietzsche's philosophy, that is beyond all morality. Depicting Nietzsche's opium addiction and madness meritorious.
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Gangbusters
Title: Gangbusters
Character: Ing. Farnese
Released: September 21, 1977
Type: Movie
Mario Gastaldi, a lawyer with no clients and no money, agrees to be a negotiator in a deal on stolen paintings, between the boss Peseti and the engineer Farnese, who plots kidnappings unsuspectedly. After he cashed from Farnese three hundred millions of lire to deliver to Peseti, Mario lets money be robbed by four pickpockets, which he is naturally in cahoots with and which he will share out it with. Money cannot be used since it comes from a kidnapping and it was marked. The lawyer will be able to make the boss get arrested.
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Casanova & Co.
Title: Casanova & Co.
Character: Count Tiretta
Released: March 1, 1977
Type: Movie
While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.
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Une fille cousue de fil blanc
Title: Une fille cousue de fil blanc
Character: Frédéric
Released: January 26, 1977
Type: Movie
A young girl dies in an accident just before her wedding. But when her sister starts to look into it, she discovers the truth about her.
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A Woman at Her Window
Title: A Woman at Her Window
Character: Rico Santorini
Released: November 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.
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Title: Domenica In
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
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Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
Title: Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
Character: avvocato Vito Buscemi
Released: April 13, 1976
Type: Movie
Son of a poor Sicilian sharecropper committing suicide (he owed half a million lire to Baron Lamia), 35-year-old Carmelo Macaluso returns to the Sicilian town, after 15 years of hard work in Germany, with a Mercedes, 100 million in his briefcase and the ambitious plan to buy the respect of the villagers ...
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Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
Title: Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
Character: Jean
Released: December 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Emmanuelle returns to her husband in Hong Kong and proceeds to have several extramarital affairs -- with his knowledge, of course. Her husband's lover and American guest are both very puzzled by their openness.
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Smiling Maniacs
Title: Smiling Maniacs
Character: Erzi
Released: January 16, 1975
Type: Movie
During an inquest, an ambitious judge finds out that a lot of high-rank politicians are corrupt to the core.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Antichrist
Title: The Antichrist
Character: Dr. Marcello Sinibaldi
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Title: Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Character: Jacques
Released: October 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?
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Jury of One
Title: Jury of One
Character: The mafia Doctor (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
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Puzzle
Title: Puzzle
Character: Daniel
Released: August 23, 1974
Type: Movie
In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.
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Story of a Cloistered Nun
Title: Story of a Cloistered Nun
Character: Diego
Released: November 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elizabeth, and the stern but evil Mother Superior, as both are smitten by Carmela's beauty.
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The Assassination of Matteotti
Title: The Assassination of Matteotti
Character: Amerigo Dumini
Released: September 13, 1973
Type: Movie
How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.
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Tony Arzenta
Title: Tony Arzenta
Character: Isnello, Gusto's right-hand man
Released: August 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
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La Tosca
Title: La Tosca
Character: Cesare Angelotti
Released: March 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of them all has escaped from prison and the chief of police is on his tail. Angelotti is being helped by a painter, lover of "La Tosca", a famous singer. The police chief suspects the truth and tries to arouse the jealousy of "La Tosca" to catch the escapee.
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Ludwig
Title: Ludwig
Character: Count von Holnstein
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
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The Outside Man
Title: The Outside Man
Character: Alex
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: Movie
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
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Why
Title: Why
Character: Father of Michèle
Released: November 23, 1972
Type: Movie
Italian drama
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Cesar and Rosalie
Title: Cesar and Rosalie
Character: Antoine
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.
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Shadows Unseen
Title: Shadows Unseen
Character: Enrico Gagliardi
Released: March 24, 1972
Type: Movie
When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case.
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Maddalena
Title: Maddalena
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: Movie
The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest.
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Trastevere
Title: Trastevere
Character: Actor (scenes deleted)
Released: November 13, 1971
Type: Movie
A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.
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Roma bene
Title: Roma bene
Character: Rubio Marescalli
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
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A Big Grey-Blue Bird
Title: A Big Grey-Blue Bird
Character: Morelli
Released: April 9, 1971
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists.
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Bali
Title: Bali
Character: Carlo
Released: December 29, 1970
Type: Movie
The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult...
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Violent City
Title: Violent City
Character: Steve
Released: September 17, 1970
Type: Movie
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.
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Interrabang
Title: Interrabang
Character: Fabrizio
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Fabrizio, a fashion photographer, Maregalit, a nympho model; Anna, Fabrizio's wife and Valeria, her sister, land on deserted islet for a photo-shoot. When Fabrizio temporarily leaves the women alone to buy some fuel for their yacht, a young man, Marco, joins the trio. The women are diffident: Marco could be a fugitive from a penitentiary and the body of a policeman is hidden somewhere. He seduces all three and eventually kills Maregalit and Anna; he and Valeria are then joined by Fabrizio. The three had planned to murder Anna for her money but there's another surprise for Fabrizio, because he is in turn killed by his accomplices (who are long-time lovers). All over? Not at all, because there's a nice sting at the end...
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Title: The Brothers Karamazov
Character: Ivàn Karamazov
Released: November 16, 1969
Type: TV
Italian adaptation of Dostoevskys famous novel.
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The Damned
Title: The Damned
Character: Herbert Thallman
Released: October 30, 1969
Type: Movie
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
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Candy
Title: Candy
Character: The Big Guy
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
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The Girl and the General
Title: The Girl and the General
Character: Tarasconi, Soldat
Released: September 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World War I. Their quest for the 1,000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.
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Playgirl
Title: Playgirl
Character: Timo
Released: June 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Alexandra is a model who comes to Berlin to rekindle an affair she started in Rome with businessman Joachim Steigenwald. But he pretends to be too busy for her and has his employee take Alexandra sightseeing. He, too, immediately falls under her enchantment. When they encounter Steigenwald, she finds herself between the two men, as someone who is always up for flirting with men …
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Mademoiselle
Title: Mademoiselle
Character: Antonio
Released: June 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
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The Steps
Title: The Steps
Character: Roberto
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and her present.
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La violenza e l'amore
Title: La violenza e l'amore
Character: Roberto
Released: August 26, 1965
Type: Movie
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Title: The Captain's Daughter
Character: Pëtr Andreic Grinëv
Released: May 19, 1965
Type: TV
Italian miniseries based upon the novel by Alexander Pushkin.
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Title: Vita di Michelangelo
Character: Tommaso De Cavalieri
Released: December 13, 1964
Type: TV
A mini series about the great artist's life.
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Summer Night
Title: Summer Night
Character: Miguel
Released: June 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Barcelona in the early sixties: black and white chronicle of the ups and downs in the relationship of several young couples of the Catalan bourgeoisie during the time between two Saint John's eve festivals.
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Don't Tempt the Devil
Title: Don't Tempt the Devil
Character: Me Philliet, avocat de Gina Bianchi
Released: April 17, 1963
Type: Movie
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Soldato combattente (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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The Sea
Title: The Sea
Character: L'Attore
Released: March 8, 1962
Type: Movie
A well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a young man. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship can get off the ground, an alluring woman with a spontaneous sexuality and care free attitude joins the triangle and the boy is slowly pushed out of the picture.
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Manhunt
Title: Manhunt
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
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I Kiss... You Kiss
Title: I Kiss... You Kiss
Character: Paolo
Released: March 9, 1961
Type: Movie
Adolfo Cocchi has a building firm but his plan to build a set of buildings is been stopped by an old former Garibaldian, Don Leopoldo, who refuses to sell his property. A group of young people go to his house to play and sing. Marcella, Cocchi's daughter, who has a beautiful voice, goes to visit Leopoldo and falls in love with Paolo. They have an idea: open a night-club called "Io bacio... tu baci"...
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Battle of the Worlds
Title: Battle of the Worlds
Character: Dr. Fred Steele
Released: March 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Dr. Fred Steele (Umberto Orsini) and Eve Barnett (Maya Brent) work together at an astronomical station on a bucolic island. The station's scientists learn they must deal with a rogue planet -- "The Outsider" -- that has entered the solar system. which must be controlled by an alien intelligence… Professor Benson's(Claude Rains) expedition discovers a race of humanoid creatures dead...
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Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
Title: Call 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan
Character: Tommy
Released: December 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Cathrine has been sentenced to the gas chamber but Police Lieutenant Sheridan does not believe she is guilty of the murder she has been accused of. He has twenty-four hours to prove her innocence.
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Love in Rome
Title: Love in Rome
Character: Peppino Barlacchi
Released: November 24, 1960
Type: Movie
A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another.
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La Dolce Vita
Title: La Dolce Vita
Character: Man in Sunglasses That Helps Nadia Strip (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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Trifole
Title: Trifole
Character: Igor
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
To prevent her grandfather from eviction, Dalia, a modern-lost young woman, journeys to hunt the biggest truffle ever found.