Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano

Born: January 6, 1938
in Milano, Lombardia, Italia
Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed il Molleggiato (the springy one) because of his dancing.

Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With 150 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling Italian musical artists. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business, and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies.

Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work. His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker.

Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis, Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci. Along with Gaber and Jannacci, he was discovered by Jolly Records A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni. In 1960, Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita.

In 1962, Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano (which is still active) with many performers such as Don Backy, Ola & the Janglers, Ricky Gianco, Katty Line, Gino Santercole, Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori.

As a film director, Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Mori have three children, Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano. Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows.

Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. As part of his TV and movie work, he created a comic genre, with a characteristic walk and facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed, in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, his low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance. ...

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Movies for Adriano Celentano...

Title: Adrian
Character: Adrian (voice)
Released: January 21, 2019
Type: TV
2068: in a dystopic Milan, a simple watchmaker called Adrian takes on a corrupt regime, assuming various identities with the aim of awakening popular consciences.
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1960
Title: 1960
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2010
Type: Movie
By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s.
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Cyber Eden
Title: Cyber Eden
Character: Furio
Released: December 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Gloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20. Convinced that science is getting nowhere in the search for a cure to the aging process, Gloria sets up a foundation whose mission is to find a miracle potion. Various scientists take up the challenge and develop a substance that reverses the biological clock. Now, they face a new challenge. How to stop getting younger before it's too late.
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Title: Flitterabend
Character: Self - Singer
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: TV
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The Grumpy
Title: The Grumpy
Character: Tito Torrisi
Released: December 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl immediately falls for the guy with the gruffy manners and in an very impertinent way, she leans on him as she gets in trouble: Not only that she gets tied up in her suite by some Gangsters, but also, her new husband is found dead.
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Joan Lui
Title: Joan Lui
Character: Joan Lui
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes to Christ (which represents the return to Earth) arrives to Italy by train and preaching for the salvation of mankind, condemning the hypocrisy and hedonism.
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He's Worse than Me
Title: He's Worse than Me
Character: Leonardo
Released: February 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Two reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing whatever they want and getting into endless alterations. When one of them decides to marry, their friendship is in a crisis ...
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Special Features: Handsome
Title: Special Features: Handsome
Character: Mattia
Released: December 22, 1983
Type: Movie
Forty-something Mattia has every woman in town lusting after him. But every time a woman wants to get hitched, he drags out his 'daughter' (actually the girl next door) to pass judgment on this woman.
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Sing Sing
Title: Sing Sing
Character: Alfredo "Boghy"
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute. But Eduardo is already rushing to the capital of England...
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Bingo Bongo
Title: Bingo Bongo
Character: Bingo Bongo
Released: December 23, 1982
Type: Movie
The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. The only one who believes in the human qualities of him is Laura, a woman anthropologist , so their affection for each other even grows to love.
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Grand Hotel Excelsior
Title: Grand Hotel Excelsior
Character: Taddeus
Released: October 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.
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Madly in Love
Title: Madly in Love
Character: Barnaba Cecchini
Released: December 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy corporate type and thereby start to turn around the losses their small kingdom is experiencing in its casino business. These less-than-noble intentions get derailed when Barnaba, a zany bus driver enters their lives and falls madly in love with the gorgeous Cristina. He is nuts enough to succeed in this romantic chase after royalty, as love seems to fuel his determination to rid Cristina of her elitism and to make her see his own irrepressible attractions.
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Ace
Title: Ace
Character: Asso
Released: April 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Asso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the "final" game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife (widow). Who is good enough for the wife of Asso ?
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Title: Astro-Show
Character: self
Released: February 7, 1981
Type: TV
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The Taming of the Scoundrel
Title: The Taming of the Scoundrel
Character: Elia Codogno
Released: December 20, 1980
Type: Movie
A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...
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La locandiera
Title: La locandiera
Character: Cavaliere di Ripafretta
Released: October 2, 1980
Type: Movie
The innkeeper Mirandolina is a beautiful girl, and for her beauty the Count of Albafiorita and the Marquis of Forlimpopoli fall in love.
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Give Me Five
Title: Give Me Five
Character: don Fulgenzio
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
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Title: Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: TV
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Velvet Hands
Title: Velvet Hands
Character: Ingegner Quiller
Released: December 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agencies, who've lost hundreds of customers, and the burglarers. When he temporarily looses his memory and voice in an accident, of all people, a family of thieves finds and cares for him - believing he's a pocket-picker. Things get complicated when he falls in love with his host Tilli.
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Saturday, Sunday and Friday
Title: Saturday, Sunday and Friday
Character: Mr. Constantin (episodio "Venerdì")
Released: June 6, 1979
Type: Movie
SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company. DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of job, a man returns in it's house for sleep. But a series of facts hinder this, and the poor man does not succeed to sleep. VENERDI (third episode): A famous and rich creator of sexy ballets have various problems with a dancer. She want to leave the theater and marry a Mafia man.
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Geppo il folle
Title: Geppo il folle
Character: Geppo
Released: December 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Italian rockstar Geppo has to learn English in order to perform with Barbra Streisand in the US, but falls in love with his beautiful female tutor, Gilda.
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Loggerheads
Title: Loggerheads
Character: Herman / Gustav
Released: September 28, 1978
Type: Movie
A comedy styled as a documentary about the rise of Adolf Hitler as well as the story of two brothers, one a magician and Nazi, the other an anarchist anti Nazi...
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Title: Bio’s Bahnhof
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1978
Type: TV
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Here We for Example...
Title: Here We for Example...
Character: Antonmatteo Colombo detto Click
Released: October 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Poet Palmambrogio Guanziroli loses his wallet mere moments after arriving in Milan. He locates the culprit, a photographer nicknamed 'Click' and takes up residence with him until he either gets his money back or his poetry published.
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Title: Bitte umblättern
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 1977
Type: TV
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L'altra metà del cielo
Title: L'altra metà del cielo
Character: Don Vincenzo Ferrari
Released: March 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Don Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna.
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Lunatics and Lovers
Title: Lunatics and Lovers
Character: Sprint Boss
Released: May 29, 1976
Type: Movie
The family of a wealthy nobleman tries to take away his land away after learning that he is having an affair with an imaginary woman.
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The Con Artists
Title: The Con Artists
Character: Félix
Released: April 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, to escape. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to escape. He will succeeded and from that moment on the two will join to defraud Belle. The swindle plot become more complicate when Felix falls in love for Philip's daughter.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Yuppi Du
Title: Yuppi Du
Character: Felice della Pietà
Released: March 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Humble fisherman Felice finds out his first wife faked her suicide in order to run away — and now wants her daughter back.
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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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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Di che segno sei?
Title: Di che segno sei?
Character: Alfredo Astariti detto "Fred Astaire"
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a partner for a dance contest. A worker seduce his boss wife. A guard is too much proactive and this will cause many troubles.
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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The Five Days
Title: The Five Days
Character: Cainazzo
Released: December 20, 1973
Type: Movie
In 1848, as Italy becomes engulfed in a bubbling revolution to finally get rid of the ruling Austrians, a patriotic prisoner named Cainazzo begins to wonder if he will soon get the chance to see the revolution in action away from his prison cell. Suddenly, a cannonball comes flying through the air and knocks the main wall of the prison down. Excited to have a chance to see the change taking place in person, Cainazzo hits a bumpy road when one of his former fellow prisoners yells out to all the revolutionary gangs that Cainazzo is not a patriot, but is in fact a traitor!
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Rugantino
Title: Rugantino
Character: Rugantino
Released: October 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice.
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Little Funny Guy
Title: Little Funny Guy
Character: Peppino Cavallo
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Movie starts with a small boy watching his father boarding a ship to America. Years later, all grown up and in colour, Pippolo Cavallo (Adriano Celentano) takes the same route (dressed as a woman) to search for his father and begin a new life.
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White Sister
Title: White Sister
Character: Annibale Pezzi
Released: March 31, 1972
Type: Movie
Sister Germana, a beautiful woman who took the vows following the death of her fiancé Guido, is forced to return from Libya, and becomes the mother superior in a hospital in Lombardy. A young Communist, pretending to be sick, has established himself in the hospital where he has been for some time now, though he tries to make himself useful in whatever way he can. Realizing that the nun does not tolerate his presence, the young man leaves the hospital, and in order to make a living, busies himself as a ‘nurse’ in the town. During the course of a strike, he is wounded. He is brought to the hospital where he is reconciled with the mother superior...
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The Story of Romance and Knife
Title: The Story of Romance and Knife
Character: Nino "Ninetto" Patroni, detto Er Più di Borgo
Released: September 18, 1971
Type: Movie
The story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to postpone their wedding.
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Title: Disco
Character: Self
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: TV
Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..
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Title: Treffpunkte
Character: Self
Released: May 26, 1970
Type: TV
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Title: Wünsch dir was
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Unsere kleine Show
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1969
Type: TV
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Serafino
Title: Serafino
Character: Serafino Fiorin
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.
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Title: Night-Club
Character: self
Released: September 13, 1968
Type: TV
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La più bella coppia del mondo
Title: La più bella coppia del mondo
Character: Adriano Celentano
Released: January 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Walter and Paola, presenter and godmother of the sixth Cantagiro, are involved in a misunderstanding: to dismiss a suitor, the presenter pretends to be married to Quattrini.
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Title: Europarty
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 1967
Type: TV
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Robbery Roman Style
Title: Robbery Roman Style
Character: Sergio
Released: December 17, 1964
Type: Movie
After scoring big in a high-profile bank robbery, a gang of Milanese criminals has to hide in a monastery.
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Title: Vergißmeinnicht
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1964
Type: TV
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Malamondo
Title: Malamondo
Character: Narrator
Released: April 30, 1964
Type: Movie
This documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in Switzerland, hot-butchering in Italy, and an orgy in a graveyard.
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Title: Die Drehscheibe
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: TV
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The Monk of Monza
Title: The Monk of Monza
Character: Un falso frate
Released: March 29, 1963
Type: Movie
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.
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The Strange Type
Title: The Strange Type
Character: Peppino
Released: February 28, 1963
Type: Movie
Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for autographs and personal appearances. While Celentano tries to romance Emanuela Mazzolani, the daughter of a well-to-do resident who dissaproves of the union between his daughter and the man he thinks of as a "punk", Peppino, unaware of the true nature of his job to impersonate Celentano, tries to deal with his girlfriend's newborn baby which gets switched around between him and Celentano.
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La colère
Title: La colère
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his city, his country and soon the whole world. (Segment of "Les sept péchés capitaux")
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The Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
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Hey, Let's Twist!
Title: Hey, Let's Twist!
Character: Cantante (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze.
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I Kiss... You Kiss
Title: I Kiss... You Kiss
Character: Se stesso
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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Sanremo - La grande sfida
Title: Sanremo - La grande sfida
Character: Adriano Celentano
Released: November 13, 1960
Type: Movie
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Howlers of the Dock
Title: Howlers of the Dock
Character: Adriano il molleggiato
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire jiving from some of Rome's citizens, and bitter complants from others which inspire a group of corrupt officials determined to a bring the group down.
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La Dolce Vita
Title: La Dolce Vita
Character: Self (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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Juke Box - Screams of Love
Title: Juke Box - Screams of Love
Character: Singer
Released: November 28, 1959
Type: Movie
After serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa to marry her...
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The Jukebox Kids
Title: The Jukebox Kids
Character: Adriano
Released: August 13, 1959
Type: Movie
When a promising record company president is arrested, his daughter takes over his company to promote her own rock and roll music by promoting various young singers.
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Go, Johnny, Go!
Title: Go, Johnny, Go!
Character: Adriano Celentano (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.