Directing

Silla Bettini

Born 1923-02-28

Acting credits

Don Camillo in Moscow poster
7.1

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

Don Camillo in Moscow

1965

The Facts of Murder poster
7.2

A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.

The Facts of Murder

1959

Misunderstood poster
7.5

The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.

Misunderstood

1967

Everybody Go Home! poster
7.6

When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

Everybody Go Home!

1960

Five for Revenge poster
4.9

Jim Latimore's ranch is a thorn in the side of the ruthless Gonzales brothers and his marriage to their cousin Rosaria rankles even more. Bandit chief El Matanza is hired to rid them of Latimore and his baby son is taken to be raised as a Gonzales. Three years later five of Latimore's friends arrive to reclaim the boy, replace Rosaria in her home and avenge their murdered compadre.

Five for Revenge

1966

The Criminals of the Metropolis poster
4.3

A group of drug dealers clashes with the police several times between December 28th and New Year's Eve.

The Criminals of the Metropolis

1967

The Maniacs poster
5.0

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

The Maniacs

1964

Long Night in '43 poster
7.1

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?

Long Night in '43

1960

Pigeon Shoot poster
7.2

Young man Marco Laudato, after the '8/9/1943's WW2 armistice, enlists in the Italian Social Republic army, attending the last days of the old regime in decay.

Pigeon Shoot

1961

The Changing of the Guard poster
7.1

During WW2, it's not wise to be a mayor chosen by the fascists with the Americans' impending arrival.

The Changing of the Guard

1962

Little Girls and High Finance poster
7.7

A low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes a pimp and the prostitutes take over the country.

Little Girls and High Finance

1960

Getting Away with It the Italian Way poster
6.6

Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband and wife and he volunteers to take the wife to the Police Station. While he goes around Rome with the blonde and beautiful woman, a bank is robbed.

Getting Away with It the Italian Way

1962

Italian Engagement poster
10.0

In this romance, a middle-aged playboy finds himself running his father's fur business after his father's death. He continues to allow his papa's mistress to run the business. The playboy's fiancee gets pregnant and he refuses to marry her. She dumps him in favor of his best friend. Soon the selfish man finds himself deserted by all his friends. He winds up involved with his father's patiently waiting lover.

Italian Engagement

1964

A Pocketful of Chestnuts poster
5.5

A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs.

A Pocketful of Chestnuts

1970

Almost Perfect Crime poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Almost Perfect Crime

1966

Run with the Devil poster
5.1

The trials and tribulations of a group of artist friends and a gay gallery owner living in the Via Margutta neighbourhood of Rome. Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself, while many of his fellow artists are far more adept at selling their persona than creating art.

Run with the Devil

1960

Day by Day, Desperately poster
7.8

The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.

Day by Day, Desperately

1961

Di mamma non ce n'è una sola poster
3.8

Marcello, the scion of a noble and rich family, is morbidly obsessed with his mother, Countess Elisabetta di Tarcento. When she dies, things go haywire as people around him reveal their true identity and he gets a new motherly companion.

Di mamma non ce n'è una sola

1974

A Day for Lionhearts poster
7.0

September the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two meets Gino and all together will try to pass trough the Gothic Line.

A Day for Lionhearts

1961

Via Veneto poster
8.0

A young man who lives on scams and deceptions manages to convince a wealthy industrialist who has come from the province to finance a film. Having received an adequate advance, he begins to lead an expensive life among luxury cars and beautiful women.

Via Veneto

1964