Vinicio Sofia

Acting

Vinicio Sofia

Born — Died

1907-12-13 — 1982-12-20

Known for

Acting

Credits

52 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 11 titles

The Sword and the Cross poster
5.4

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.

The Sword and the Cross

1956

Are We Men or Corporals? poster
6.7

These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic.

Are We Men or Corporals?

1955

I morti non pagano tasse poster
7.0

The accountant Marco Vecchietti, a modest civil servant, leads a miserable life amidst the ferocious jokes of his colleagues, the reproaches of his mother-in-law, taxes, debts and citations.

I morti non pagano tasse

1952

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

The Thief of Venice poster
7.0

A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.

The Thief of Venice

1950

He Thief, She Thief poster
6.2

Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over.

He Thief, She Thief

1958

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

Mamma mia, che impressione! poster
6.0

Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.

Mamma mia, che impressione!

1951

Don Juan's Night of Love poster
7.5

Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is loved by the beautiful innkeeper Rosetta but draws attention to the Marquise de Montbricourt, favorite of the king, who comes from Versailles just to see him. She will saved his life and allow him to marry Rosetta.

Don Juan's Night of Love

1952

Neapolitan Turk poster
7.3

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.

Neapolitan Turk

1953

Tototarzan poster
6.0

Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white monkey", is utterly unaware that he is the long-lost son of a wealthy explorer. Then, three opportunists manage to capture and bring the white savage to civilisation, bent on getting their hands on his immense fortune.

Tototarzan

1950

1940s · 16 titles

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Arriviamo noi!

1942

Toto Tours Italy poster
6.5

A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour of Italy", so professor sells his soul to the devil to get the winning and the girl.

Toto Tours Italy

1948

Il bacio di una morta poster
7.0

Italy, 1848. Clara, daughter of a rich Milan trader, is in love with Enrico, a political dissident, but she is forced to marry Count Severi.

Il bacio di una morta

1949

L'innocente Casimiro poster
6.5

In this delightful 1945 comedy of errors, a mischievous, wealthy schoolgirl concocts a scandalous lie to win the heart of her incredibly naive history teacher, Casimiro.

L'innocente Casimiro

1945

I Do Not Move poster
6.5

Former batsman Carlo Mezzetti, who has been left homeless with his daughter Annuccia, takes advantage of favorable situations and legal loopholes to find temporary accommodation, illegally occupying vacant houses.

I Do Not Move

1943

Il fanciullo del West poster
10.0

Comedy Western

Il fanciullo del West

1942

No artwork available
9.0

Anthology comedy/romance film

The Za-Bum Circus

1949

Ragazza che dorme poster
9.0

In a village, rumours spread that a treasure is hidden nearby. To finance the search, a farmer sells a 14th-century painting of the Madonna, leaving it with a master restorer. The farmer's daughter, who felt a particular veneration for the sacred image, goes to the restorer's workshop to see the painting of the Madonna again and falls asleep in front of it. While the girl is asleep, the restorer begins to paint her portrait, which he will title "Sleeping Girl." In the end, the girl and the painter will marry and be able to keep the painting with them.

Ragazza che dorme

1941

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un mese d'onestà

1948

Fifa e arena poster
6.7

In Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to Spain. In Siviglia, he is blackmailed by the bandit Cast who wants him to marry the rich Patricia Cotten and then kill her. So Nicolino play the bull fighter and heads to the arena....

Fifa e arena

1948

Signorinella poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Signorinella

1949

Vietato ai minorenni poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vietato ai minorenni

1944

La maestrina poster
9.0

In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality, arouses people's curiosity and gossip. The young mayor of the village feels attracted to the girl and begins to court her.

La maestrina

1942

La maestrina poster
9.0

In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality, arouses people's curiosity and gossip. The young mayor of the village feels attracted to the girl and begins to court her.

La maestrina

1942

Villa da vendere poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Villa da vendere

1941

La fornarina poster
8.0

During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl. Raffaello falls into a state of prostration and does everything he can to find Margherita...

La fornarina

1944

1930s · 16 titles

La fossa degli angeli poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La fossa degli angeli

1937

Black Shirt poster
3.7

An Italian blacksmith who emigrated is wounded during the war on the French front, losing his memory. Hospitalized in a German hospital, he recovers it three years later and returns home from Tunisia, happy for the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes and the inauguration of the city of Littoria.

Black Shirt

1933

Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno

1936

Il conte di Bréchard poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il conte di Bréchard

1938

Everybody's Woman poster
6.6

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.

Everybody's Woman

1934

Ginevra degli Almieri poster
8.0

Ginevra degli Almieri's family has arranged a marriage of interest but the young Ginevra strenuously refuses until she falls into catalepsy and is buried alive. Once she wakes up she goes home but her family believes they are dealing with a ghost and they try to chase her away. She will only be welcomed by the penniless young painter who has always been in love with her.

Ginevra degli Almieri

1935

I'll Give a Million poster
6.8

A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.

I'll Give a Million

1935

Continental Atmosphere poster
NR

Angelo Musco leaves his small town in Sicily to go to Rome for an operation. Once there, he decides he likes that continental air and proceeds to acquire a veneer of same...and also acquires a dancer, sporting-and-claiming an even-larger dose of Continental Veneer. They return together to Sicily with Musco under the impression she comes from the continent. Leda's clothes, manners, habits and flirting ways start a small revelation-style revolution, which is not to Musco's liking. He ships Leda back to Rome, but not before learning that he has been taken in by a Scilian native, as Leda was born in a near-by town.

Continental Atmosphere

1936

Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei? poster
10.0

Cousins Michele and Tommaso are told by a notary that a distant uncle has left a large sum of money for them.

Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei?

1939

No artwork available
NR

A pianist is torn between her quartet's cellist and an exotic Indian maharajah she meets on tour with the troupe. The maharajah, however, has trouble forgetting his dead former love.

Una donna tra due mondi

1936

Lorenzino de' Medici poster
8.0

Lorenzino de 'Medici manipulates Alessandro ruler of Florence to save his beloved Bianca.

Lorenzino de' Medici

1935

Campo di Maggio poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Campo di Maggio

1935

Il dottor Antonio poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il dottor Antonio

1937

L'amor mio non muore! poster
8.0

A young man with no solid income is rejected by a wealthy industrialist when he dares to ask for his daughter's hand. After 20 yeas he has become a wealthy financier in America; he returns to his homeland and starts to track down the girl of his dreams.

L'amor mio non muore!

1938

Lohengrin poster
10.0

The monotonous life of a bourgeois family is disturbed by the announcement of the imminent return from America of Mr. Lohengrin, who had left Italy years earlier, leaving behind the reputation of being an irresistible womanizer. Lohengrin's cousin, worried about the stability of his marriage, convinces some relatives who live in the countryside to welcome the dreaded guest into their home and then, to avoid meeting him, leaves. Meanwhile, in the country house everyone eagerly awaits Lohengrin, and envy and spite are unleashed during the wait. In particular, while the young landlady prepares the house, the woman's husband begins to be tormented by jealousy. But the arrival of the long-awaited guest will be a huge disappointment for everyone: the once seductive man is now just an aged, with glasses and a prominent belly.

Lohengrin

1936

L'avvocato difensore poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'avvocato difensore

1934

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