Alberto Sorrentino

Acting

Alberto Sorrentino

Born — Died

1916-02-16 — 1994-02-01

Place of birth

La Spezia, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 8 titles

The Clowns poster
6.9

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.

The Clowns

1970

Torso poster
6.6

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.

Torso

1973

Ubalda, All Naked and Warm poster
5.3

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.

Ubalda, All Naked and Warm

1972

Il Santo Patrono poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Il Santo Patrono

1972

Jus primae noctis poster
3.9

Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone.

Jus primae noctis

1972

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective

1973

Il lumacone poster
5.1

A struggling chef and a kind-hearted thief form an unlikely bond on the streets of Rome, finding hope and a chance to rebuild their lives together.

Il lumacone

1974

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! poster
6.3

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.

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!

1971

1960s · 14 titles

Boccaccio '70 poster
6.9

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.

Boccaccio '70

1962

The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen poster
5.2

A thief falls in love with a maid and goes on the run after stealing Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."

The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen

1966

Poppea's Hot Nights poster
4.7

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.

Poppea's Hot Nights

1969

Man Only Cries for Love poster
3.8

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.

Man Only Cries for Love

1968

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils poster
6.3

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.

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils

1969

Gli onorevoli poster
6.8

Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.

Gli onorevoli

1963

The Giants of Thessaly poster
4.9

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.

The Giants of Thessaly

1960

Cuore matto... matto da legare poster
6.0

Tony is in love with Carla, a young student of architecture, but his parents want him to marry Erminia, a rich but ugly girl.

Cuore matto... matto da legare

1967

The Seventh Sword poster
6.0

In this costume adventure, a dashing swordsman helps protect Philip III of Spain from the traitors trying to overthrow him.

The Seventh Sword

1962

Appointment in Ischia poster
6.2

Famous singer Mimmo is a widower with a daughter, Letizia, to whom will give a mother. But the girl does not accept the current girlfriend of her father, growing fond of a young man, who wants as mother. The child creates many situations, such as coming to Ischia for treatment with mud, so that the two would meet and fall in love.

Appointment in Ischia

1960

Two Firefighters poster
4.4

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.

Two Firefighters

1968

Vino, whisky e acqua salata poster
5.5

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.

Vino, whisky e acqua salata

1962

The Temptation of Dr. Antonio poster
7.0

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be driven mad by a seductive billboard of Anita Ekberg that haunts him with hallucinations.

The Temptation of Dr. Antonio

1962

Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast poster
5.0

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.

Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast

1968

1950s · 35 titles

Finalmente libero poster
7.0

Enrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.

Finalmente libero

1953

Martin Toccaferro poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Martin Toccaferro

1953

I tre corsari poster
7.0

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.

I tre corsari

1952

Cantando sotto le stelle poster
6.5

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket.

Cantando sotto le stelle

1956

I cadetti di Guascogna poster
6.5

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.

I cadetti di Guascogna

1950

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio poster
8.0

A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

1951

It Happened at the Police Station poster
6.5

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.

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

No artwork available
NR

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?

Trieste cantico d'amore

1954

Una donna prega poster
7.0

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.

Una donna prega

1953

Damn the Taxes!! poster
7.0

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.

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

Seven Hours of Troubles poster
6.4

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.

Seven Hours of Troubles

1951

Toto the Third Man poster
6.5

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.

Toto the Third Man

1951

No artwork available
7.0

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.

Here comes the gang

1959

Processo contro ignoti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Processo contro ignoti

1952

Se vincessi cento milioni poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Se vincessi cento milioni

1953

È arrivato l'accordatore poster
6.3

Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.

È arrivato l'accordatore

1952

Fermi tutti... arrivo io! poster
7.0

A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrepreneur.

Fermi tutti... arrivo io!

1953

Non perdiamo la testa poster
6.2

A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.

Non perdiamo la testa

1959

Pirate of the Half Moon poster
8.0

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.

Pirate of the Half Moon

1957

The Lucky Five poster
7.4

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?

The Lucky Five

1952

Il padrone del vapore poster
7.0

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.

Il padrone del vapore

1951

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair poster
6.4

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.

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair

1953

No artwork available
10.0

A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind.

Stasera sciopero

1951

Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno poster
7.0

A poor farmer is invited to the King's court and tries to prevent the princess' marriage to a villanious knight.

Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno

1954

Terror of Oklahoma poster
10.0

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".

Terror of Oklahoma

1959

Valeria ragazza poco seria poster
7.0

Two young men love the same girl and decide to fight for her. The winner realizes, however, that his feelings are not returned.

Valeria ragazza poco seria

1958

Simpatico mascalzone poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Simpatico mascalzone

1959

Milano miliardaria poster
7.0

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.

Milano miliardaria

1951

Io sono il capataz poster
8.0

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.

Io sono il capataz

1951

A qualcuna piace calvo poster
10.0

Two girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor.

A qualcuna piace calvo

1959

La prigioniera di Amalfi poster
NR

An Italian historical drama.

La prigioniera di Amalfi

1954

Easy Years poster
6.8

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

Easy Years

1953

Funniest Show on Earth poster
6.2

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.

Funniest Show on Earth

1953

From Here to the Inheritance poster
7.0

A musical comedy film by Riccardo Freda.

From Here to the Inheritance

1955

L'amore nasce a Roma poster
8.0

Lello, a painter, and Mario, a singer, move to Rome looking for fortune and success.

L'amore nasce a Roma

1958

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