Mario Merola

Mario Merola

Born: April 6, 1934
Died: November 12, 2006
in Napoli, Italy

Movies for Mario Merola...

Title: TV Story Superstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Toto’ Sapore and the Magic Story
Title: Toto’ Sapore and the Magic Story
Character: Vincenzone (voice)
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.
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Sud Side Stori
Title: Sud Side Stori
Character: Re Vulcano
Released: September 21, 2000
Type: Movie
In Roberta Torre's "true story of Romeo and Julet", Toni Giulietto is a vulnerable street singer and Little Tony-impersonator (who is himself an Italian Elvis-impersonator) who is constantly deceived and hoodwinked by almost everyone he knows. Romea is an attractive Nigerian immigrant who sells sex on the streets of Palermo to pay off her huge fee to the man who smuggled her in to the country. Various characters plot against each other and the plots, which draw in people from all the different social strata, spiral out of control as the tug-of-war between these different factions of Sicilian society is fought to the last.
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Hundred Years
Title: Hundred Years
Character: Se stesso
Released: June 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Gigi, an orphan boy adopted by Mario Merola, works as a clerk in a clothing store but cultivates within himself the dream of becoming a famous singer. Gigi is in love with the girlfriend of his employer.
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The Creeping Crimson
Title: The Creeping Crimson
Released: October 31, 1987
Type: Movie
A short film by George Kuchar.
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Torna
Title: Torna
Character: Salvatore
Released: March 8, 1984
Type: Movie
Salvatore manages a gas station and a cafeteria in the outskirts of Naples, but bad luck has stolen his beloved wife, left alone, the pain has crushed all the projects and removed any desire to live. Then one night, Angela, eager for a different and simple life, enters his life.
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Guapparia
Title: Guapparia
Character: Salvatore
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Salvatore Di Donato is one of the most feared and respected members of the Mafia in Naples. His wife, Assuntina, is a young theater actress. During a pilgrimage to Madonna of the Arch, Salvatore and Assuntina meet Margaret, a woman proud and beautiful. Salvatore falls in love with her, leaves Assuntina and goes to live with his new love. Margaret, however, is a strong woman, free, resistant to bring controlled by Salvatore, and ultimately he is forced to return home, ridiculed in the eyes of all.
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Tradimento
Title: Tradimento
Character: Gennaro La Monica
Released: September 9, 1982
Type: Movie
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Giuramento
Title: Giuramento
Character: Salvatore Improta
Released: April 24, 1982
Type: Movie
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Children are Pieces of Your Heart
Title: Children are Pieces of Your Heart
Character: Tommaso Maffettone
Released: November 28, 1981
Type: Movie
A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen: she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies and the man is forced, through hardship, to buy one from a chorus girl who wants to get rid of him. After a short time even his wife dies and the poor man brings up the child on his own, singing in taverns to make ends meet. The father and son's humble life is upset when the real father of the boy reappears and wants his child back. The two men fight to get the custody of the boy.
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Inmate
Title: Inmate
Character: Francesco Improta
Released: August 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Francesco Improta is an honest fruit and vegetable peddler who lives with his elderly mother Assunta and daughter Fiorella. His wife Lucia left home two years earlier, as, in order to help the family, she did not hesitate to give herself to the boss Peppino Ascalone, with whom she is now forced to live together.
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Lacrime napulitane
Title: Lacrime napulitane
Character: Salvatore Rinaldi
Released: June 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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The Mafia Triangle
Title: The Mafia Triangle
Character: Gennaro Savarese
Released: April 3, 1981
Type: Movie
A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
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Zappatore
Title: Zappatore
Character: Francesco, 'o zappatore
Released: December 5, 1980
Type: Movie
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La tua vita per mio figlio
Title: La tua vita per mio figlio
Character: Francesco Accardo
Released: August 10, 1980
Type: Movie
Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1980
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Hunted City
Title: Hunted City
Character: Raffaele Acampora
Released: September 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Commissario Paolo Ferro (Maurizio Merli) stars as a (typical) tough cop again. This time he returns to the city of Milan to go after a murder corporation. Acampora (Mario Merola) is believed to be the prime suspect although he later proves to be one of the mafia's targets. As if all that wasn't enough, Paolo has to face his own nephew who seems to be involved in all sorts of dirty business.
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The New Godfathers
Title: The New Godfathers
Character: Don Francesco Antiero
Released: August 24, 1979
Type: Movie
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
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From Corleone to Brooklyn
Title: From Corleone to Brooklyn
Character: Michele Barresi
Released: April 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his prisoner face a series of traps set up by the Mafia.
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Il mammasantissima
Title: Il mammasantissima
Character: Don Vincenzo Tramontano
Released: February 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Don Vincenzo is a well respected boss from Naples, but he protects people from other criminals, like gypsies, loan sharks and Don Bufalo...but as they say in Naples, a Mammasantissima either ends in jail or inside a grave.
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Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back
Title: Naples... The Camorra Challenges, the City Hits Back
Character: Francesco Gargiulo
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Italian crime movie from 1979 directed by Alfonso Brescia.
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Naples... Serenade Caliber 9
Title: Naples... Serenade Caliber 9
Character: Salvatore Savastano
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Don Salvatore Savastano, a boss involved in the smuggling of contraband cigarettes, is forced to watch four masked robbers kill his wife and his only son in a restaurant where he and his family are celebrating the young boy's first Holy Communion. From that moment on Don Salvatore has no other purpose in life but to get his revenge on the four assassins.
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L'ultimo guappo
Title: L'ultimo guappo
Character: Francesco Aliprandi
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1978
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Title: Domenica In
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
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Sgarro alla camorra
Title: Sgarro alla camorra
Character: Andrea Stajano
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Andrea leaves the prison in advance through Cecere who wants to use him for his shady dealings. Tidied a boat, would be given to the fishing with his friend Peter, but first must do justice.