Directing

Paolo Moffa

Born — Died

1915-12-16 — 2004-10-01

Place of birth

Toulouse, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Paolo Moffa was a French-born Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career in the Italian film industry as an assistant director and production manager in the late 1930s. Moffa made his directorial debut with Il cavaliere del sogno (1947), a biographical film about the poet Theodor Körner. He directed several films, including The Corsican Brothers (1961) and The Avenger (1962). Moffa also worked as a producer and screenwriter, contributing to various Italian films across different genres. His career reflects a commitment to storytelling and cinematic craftsmanship.

Known for

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death poster
6.4

Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name.

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

1969

Goliath and the Vampires poster
6.3

Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the blood drinking Kobrak. Maciste vows to rescue them.

Goliath and the Vampires

1961

The Cheerful Squadron poster
6.1

The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.

The Cheerful Squadron

1954

The Last Days of Pompeii poster
5.3

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence her, kills her and arranges to have Lycias accused...

The Last Days of Pompeii

1950

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst poster
6.0

Investigative journalist Emanuelle breaks into a home to find a microfilm, which leads her to an "international expedition" in Hong Kong. This film was made entirely of footage from Joe D'Amato films released between 1976 and 1980, quickly becoming popular within the bootleg video market.

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

1983

Five for Hell poster
4.9

Lt. Glenn Hoffmann is the the fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball, acrobatic G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.

Five for Hell

1969

Behind the camera

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death poster
6.4

Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name.

I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death

1969

Goliath and the Vampires poster
6.3

Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the blood drinking Kobrak. Maciste vows to rescue them.

Goliath and the Vampires

1961

The Cheerful Squadron poster
6.1

The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.

The Cheerful Squadron

1954

The Last Days of Pompeii poster
5.3

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence her, kills her and arranges to have Lycias accused...

The Last Days of Pompeii

1950

The Last Days of Pompeii poster
5.3

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence her, kills her and arranges to have Lycias accused...

The Last Days of Pompeii

1950

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst poster
6.0

Investigative journalist Emanuelle breaks into a home to find a microfilm, which leads her to an "international expedition" in Hong Kong. This film was made entirely of footage from Joe D'Amato films released between 1976 and 1980, quickly becoming popular within the bootleg video market.

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

1983

Five for Hell poster
4.9

Lt. Glenn Hoffmann is the the fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball, acrobatic G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.

Five for Hell

1969

Bury Them Deep poster
6.2

Clive Norton is a young captain ordered by his superior to recover two shipments of stolen army payroll gold. Clive enlists the help of Ted Hunter, a condemned prisoner whom he has released. They soon discover that two different gangs are responsible for the robberies...

Bury Them Deep

1968

The Revolt of the Slaves poster
5.8

A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Revolt of the Slaves

1960

4 Dollars of Revenge poster
5.5

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.

4 Dollars of Revenge

1966

The Island Princess poster
6.0

1470. The Canary Islands try to resist the Spanish invaders. Their inhabitants are divided, their chief and his daughter Guayarmina (for whom a Spanish officer has fallen in love) wanting the peace, while the priest and resistance leader are for war. After several battles the islanders are chased to Tirma mountain by the Spanish army.

The Island Princess

1954

The Island Princess poster
6.0

1470. The Canary Islands try to resist the Spanish invaders. Their inhabitants are divided, their chief and his daughter Guayarmina (for whom a Spanish officer has fallen in love) wanting the peace, while the priest and resistance leader are for war. After several battles the islanders are chased to Tirma mountain by the Spanish army.

The Island Princess

1954

Johnny Colt poster
6.6

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice.

Johnny Colt

1966

Il viaggio del signor Perrichon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il viaggio del signor Perrichon

1943

Il viaggio del signor Perrichon poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il viaggio del signor Perrichon

1943

Sunstroke poster
10.0

One Sunday in summer a mixed crowd pours on to a beach near Rome. A few tourists who had hoped to spend a relaxing day, find themselves involved in a series of unpleasant experiences instead.

Sunstroke

1968

Lulù 77 poster
4.0

Antonio, a Neapolitan merchant in Istanbul, knows the prostitute Linda, known as Lulu, in Paris, ignoring his profession. After robbing his patron, Ciro, of a fine little bundle, the girl embarks the young man on a ship bound for Turkey, after having been drugged, and, on waking, makes him believe that he married him. —Ulf Kjell Gür

Lulù 77

1980

Lulù 77 poster
4.0

Antonio, a Neapolitan merchant in Istanbul, knows the prostitute Linda, known as Lulu, in Paris, ignoring his profession. After robbing his patron, Ciro, of a fine little bundle, the girl embarks the young man on a ship bound for Turkey, after having been drugged, and, on waking, makes him believe that he married him. —Ulf Kjell Gür

Lulù 77

1980