Elisa Mainardi

Elisa Mainardi

Born: July 27, 1930
Died: May 8, 2016
in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Movies for Elisa Mainardi...

Il tempo del ritorno
Title: Il tempo del ritorno
Character: Mariuccia
Released: December 6, 1994
Type: Movie
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Il giorno del giudizio
Title: Il giorno del giudizio
Character: Madre del drogato
Released: August 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A 1994 Italian film.
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Il tuffo
Title: Il tuffo
Character: Madre di Matteo
Released: September 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Physical laws and human relations. In Terni (in the center of Italy), during a hot summer, Matteo, 30-years old with a degree in physics but unemployed gives private lessons to Elsa and Giulio. The three of them soon become friends but Matteo and Giulio also become love rivals.
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Dark Illness
Title: Dark Illness
Released: February 22, 1990
Type: Movie
After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.
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Gipsy Angel
Title: Gipsy Angel
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A really crappy singer who thinks too highly of herself gets betrayed by her record label and her gross Italian stud.
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Dirty Love 2: The Love Games
Title: Dirty Love 2: The Love Games
Character: Madame Rosaria
Released: October 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Valentine Demy stars as Eva, the gorgeous queen of the town brothel, which she left after inheriting a villa from a wealthy client. Now alone and bored, she picks up three handsome young men (including David D'Ingeo) and, one after the other installs them in her villa where she lovingly cares for each of them. The boys are more than happy to share exuberant Eva's brazen sensuality, without any jealousy, whilst Eva entertains them with arousing tales from her brothel days. However, the idyll ends when Eva falls for an older businessman, upsetting her young lovers who then plot to kill her. But they soon realise instead how Eva has changed their lives for the better, and they happily set off for more adventures leaving Eva the chance to begin a new life.
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Title: Big Man
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: TV
The renowned Insurance International Co. has created an enquiry network, headed by detective Jack Clementi, to defend itself against insurance fraud. Jack has saved the company enormous amounts of money throughout his successful investigations and his bosses are more than willing put up with his brusque manners, his disconcerting frankness, and his intolerance for any form of company bureaucracy. Yet he is a big guy with a huge heart.
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Title: Professione vacanze
Character: Sensitiva TV
Released: April 16, 1987
Type: TV
Enrico Borghini is an entertainer who finds himself becoming the director of a tourist village in crisis. Helped by the village staff, who are initially hostile to him, he manages to revive the fortunes of the structure.
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And the Ship Sails On
Title: And the Ship Sails On
Character: Teresa Valegnani
Released: October 7, 1983
Type: Movie
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
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Talcum Powder
Title: Talcum Powder
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
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The Marquis of Grillo
Title: The Marquis of Grillo
Character: Moglie di Gasperino
Released: December 23, 1981
Type: Movie
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
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Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Title: Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Character: Madama di Tebe
Released: March 26, 1981
Type: Movie
A Milanese industrialist goes to Rome to bribe a politician but he loses money. A thief helps him recover them. Milan and Rome in comparison in the duets of the couple Pozzetto-Milian.
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Catherine and I
Title: Catherine and I
Character: Teresa, the maid
Released: December 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Enrico Melotti, a middle-aged businessman, has a difficult relationship with his wife, maid and secretary/lover. During a business trip to America, his friend Arturo shows him the key to solving all of his problems: Caterina, a female-looking robotic maid that does all domestic chores better than any human.
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Love in First Class
Title: Love in First Class
Character: la signora che indossa le pellicce
Released: August 12, 1980
Type: Movie
A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who obviously is not too often at home, has no clue about how to deal with young children, even the most basic chores a father should know to tend the restless imp thrown in his care. The crowded train traveling from Milan to Reggio, Calabria, is packed in the second class section where Carmelo and Malcom have a hard time getting a seat. When they finally do, young Malcolm decides to disappear from his compartment. He goes to the first class car, where eventually Carmelo decides to sit and pay the extra supplement. He is lucky to find more space, and the companionship of Beatrice, a woman that is bringing the skeleton of a rare animal. Carmelo finds a way to interest the lady. Their ride is certainly bumpy, complicated when he decides to leave the mischievous Malcolm at an intermediate stop.
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The Women of Quiet Country
Title: The Women of Quiet Country
Character: Nena
Released: March 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Italy, late thirties. The regime of Mussolini in the Prime of their Italian volunteers are sent to the civil war in Spain. On the background of a peaceful village landscapes, behind the walls of the old farmhouses Florianna (Carmen Scarpitta - La Orca) creating its own dictatorship: everything runs her brother Guido, requires unquestioning obedience to his will. He believes all women around their property, and, as a rooster in the hen house, must constantly confirm this action. Its problem - the young son Alberto, all is not similar to the father, who dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care. When the estate is coming with his beautiful cousin Gloria, between young people flashes novel. Guido learns that my sister is going to bequeath his estate «unworthy» to his son. All the heralds tragic ending
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The Terrace
Title: The Terrace
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-to-gather. They discuss about their past, present and future.
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Riavanti… Marsch!
Title: Riavanti… Marsch!
Character: Othello's mother
Released: November 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Five forty-year-old boys, who had been soldiers together, find themselves, once again in uniform, for a forty-day update period, during which they should learn the use of a new NATO-supplied missile.
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Malabimba
Title: Malabimba
Character: The Medium
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Bimba lives in a gothic castle with her parents, however, when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances while involved in a seance, she begins acting in increasingly strange and perverted ways.
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Tigers in Lipstick
Title: Tigers in Lipstick
Character: Woman on Train
Released: March 16, 1979
Type: Movie
8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.
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The Iron Commissioner
Title: The Iron Commissioner
Character: Concierge
Released: December 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Comissioneer Mariani leads investigates a group of kidnappers.
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Gastone
Title: Gastone
Character: Burdigia
Released: September 9, 1977
Type: Movie
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Hit Squad
Title: Hit Squad
Character: Ballarin's Wife (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.
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The Girls Who'll Do Anything
Title: The Girls Who'll Do Anything
Released: January 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Whatever you can dream up, Angela and Susan are way ahead of you.
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Il piatto piange
Title: Il piatto piange
Character: Wilma Sperzi
Released: November 11, 1974
Type: Movie
In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
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I 7 magnifici cornuti
Title: I 7 magnifici cornuti
Character: Wife of Benito
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Women in Cell Block 7
Title: Women in Cell Block 7
Character: Prison Matron
Released: July 5, 1973
Type: Movie
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
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Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters
Title: Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters
Character: Violante
Released: July 9, 1972
Type: Movie
The three daughters of Madonna Violante: Nanna, Concetta Fiorenza and have only one thought, to have a good time as much as possible with men. Learning that one of the peasants of the family, Torello, is powerful, attractive, and very handsome, Concetta he brings it into the house. Meanwhile Fiorenza, believing her husband to be out of town for penance, enjoys the favors of a friar.
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Eye in the Labyrinth
Title: Eye in the Labyrinth
Character: Orphanage Director
Released: March 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to a seaside village where he might be and encounters Frank, who tells her Luca has indeed been there. Julie's investigation leads her to the house of Gerta, where the mystery deepens among the odd characters residing at this artists enclave.
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Roma
Title: Roma
Character: Pharmacist's wife / Cinema spectator
Released: March 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
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My Dear Killer
Title: My Dear Killer
Character: Servant at Moroni's home
Released: February 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.
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Zenabel
Title: Zenabel
Character: Friend of Zenabel
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Zenabel, a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who was killed by a ruthless don, Alonso, who took the title. So Zenable assembles a group of misfit friends to reclaim her title.
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Fellini Satyricon
Title: Fellini Satyricon
Character: Arianna
Released: September 18, 1969
Type: Movie
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
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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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Secret Diary of Fanny
Title: Secret Diary of Fanny
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Written and directed by Sergio Pastore in 1969. Il diario proibito di Fanny is an anthology film starring Giovanna Lenzi as four different women, all named Fanny. The film touches upon all the hot-button issues of 1968: illegal immigrants from the Eastern bloc, the Prague Spring, the Italian star cult and even abortion.
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Assicurasi vergine
Title: Assicurasi vergine
Character: Dora
Released: April 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Ruined by a local tyrant who also gets to marry his daughter to pay off a debt, a Sicilian ensures the girl's innocence and counts on the ardor of her lover to collect the prize and prevent her marriage to the squire.
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Night of Violence
Title: Night of Violence
Character: Talkative prostitute
Released: December 29, 1965
Type: Movie
Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!
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The Relentless Four
Title: The Relentless Four
Character: Nancy
Released: December 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.
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The Sons of the Leopard
Title: The Sons of the Leopard
Released: April 29, 1965
Type: Movie
Penniless Baron Tulicò, nicknamed Leopard, abandons his mistress, with whom he's had two sons, and marries a rich woman. The mistress tries to have her rights established with the help of her sons.
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Title: Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Character: Jouilienne
Released: December 27, 1964
Type: TV
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A Game of Crime
Title: A Game of Crime
Character: The woman who sends the anonymous letter
Released: September 27, 1964
Type: Movie
In an isolated villa, Davide Lugani lives with his wife, Carlo, his brother, and their secretary Paolo. Wheelchair-bound Carlo is blind and mute, but his abnormal sensitivity allows him to predict events before they happen. Davide dies of a suspected heart attack and Carlo's nurse is shot dead. The police suspect Davide's widow as well as Paolo, who seems to be her lover. Just as the pair are about to be arrested, there is a twist...
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Hercules and the Pirates
Title: Hercules and the Pirates
Character: Carmelita
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
aka Hercules and the Black Pirates. Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and duplicitous Rodrigo Sanchez joins forces with the wicked Black Pirate to thwart Samson.
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The Monsters
Title: The Monsters
Character: The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1963
Type: Movie
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
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The Vendetta
Title: The Vendetta
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Arbella is a charming village in Corsica. It's such a pleasant place to live that Monsieur Lauriston has decided to spend his old age there with his wife Marthe. Encouraged by Giuseppe, the owner of the Napoleon bar, he is promoted to mayor. This brings him the wrath of Captain Bartoli, owner of the Café Bonaparte, a self-styled pirate and navigator who has long aspired to this honorable position. Further complications arise when Lauriston's nephew romances Antonia, the daughter of Amoretti, the last bandit of honor in the area and the town's main tourist attraction.