Carlo Campanini

Acting

Carlo Campanini

Born — Died

1906-10-05 — 1984-11-20

Place of birth

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

The Hussars poster
6.0

Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase.

The Hussars

1955

Mid-Century Loves poster
5.2

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.

Mid-Century Loves

1954

The Rape of the Sabine poster
6.0

Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. When the touring company of Prof. Tromboni arrives in the village, Ernesto decides to let them perform his play, though anonymously. So the day arrives and the theatre is sadly empty. But when the news that the author is the teacher spreads far and wide...

The Rape of the Sabine

1945

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

Se vincessi cento milioni poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Se vincessi cento milioni

1953

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

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 29 titles

The Hussars poster
6.0

Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase.

The Hussars

1955

Mid-Century Loves poster
5.2

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.

Mid-Century Loves

1954

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

Se vincessi cento milioni poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Se vincessi cento milioni

1953

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

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

Sins of Casanova poster
4.0

1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married.

Sins of Casanova

1954

They Stole a Tram poster
6.2

Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller.

They Stole a Tram

1954

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

Non perdiamo la testa poster
6.2

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

Non perdiamo la testa

1959

L'Incantevole nemica poster
7.0

The owner of a cheese factory fears communists and mistakes a meek youth who works for him for one of them. He invites him to his house to win his confidence and the youth falls in love with his daughter.

L'Incantevole nemica

1953

Simpatico mascalzone poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Simpatico mascalzone

1959

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

O.K. Nero poster
6.0

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

O.K. Nero

1951

Ho ritrovato mio figlio poster
8.0

A young boy, about to take his first communion, must wrestle with his familial loyalty and his conscience when there is a fire at their local cinema where his brother works and it is clear that he is involved in the theft of the projector. Determined to right the wrong done by his sibling, he attempts to make amends.

Ho ritrovato mio figlio

1954

100 Years of Love poster
7.5

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.

100 Years of Love

1954

I milanesi a Napoli poster
6.0

Some Neapolitans help a firm from Milan to establish two factories in Naples: one produces TV dinner pizzas the other manufactures lace. The owner of a pizza joint and a woman who makes lace at home are against the project.

I milanesi a Napoli

1954

L'inafferrabile 12 poster
7.2

Two twin brothers grew up and never met (due to the fact that the father with the couple would have had 13 children and therefore for superstition he closed one in an orphanage), the one goalkeeper of Juventus and the other employee at the state lottery.

L'inafferrabile 12

1950

The Woman's Confidant poster
5.8

A veterinarian in Figarolo, Giuliano Goberti has also been providing care to the villagers since the death of Dr. Lofal, but the arrival of a luscious replacement for the vacant doctor precipitates events. While she prescribes drugs, Giuliano orders the bedridden Countess to eat well and exercise. A Roman journalist reports on the miraculous results. Soon the quiet little Italian town is invaded by a motley crew of imaginary patients, who have to bring an animal with them to save the vet from trouble for practicing medicine illegally. In the end, the brave Giuliano marries the lovely doctoress, thus curing their celibacy.

The Woman's Confidant

1959

Riff Raff Girls poster
5.3

Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories , runs a floating night-club in Brussel. Marcel, her partner and lover, is in charge of the banknotes forgery manufacture concealed in the bottom of the boat. He decides to rob the Bank of Belgium and exchange a huge sum of counterfeit money for its equivalent in genuine one. But things get complicated when Yoko, the she leader of another gang and her lover The Bug interfere...

Riff Raff Girls

1959

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

It's Him!... Yes! Yes! poster
5.2

Fernando, owner of a large chain store, suffers from worrying dreams: he seems to successfully court saucy women, but just as he is about to win them over, a youngster comes on the scene and steals them from under his nose.

It's Him!... Yes! Yes!

1951

Lui, lei e il nonno poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lui, lei e il nonno

1959

Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco

1959

Porca miseria! poster
7.0

Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.

Porca miseria!

1951

Uncle Hyacynth poster
6.7

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon.

Uncle Hyacynth

1956

Viva la rivista! poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Viva la rivista!

1953

Viva il cinema poster
6.5

Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen.

Viva il cinema

1953

I giorni più belli poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

I giorni più belli

1956

1940s · 26 titles

The Rape of the Sabine poster
6.0

Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. When the touring company of Prof. Tromboni arrives in the village, Ernesto decides to let them perform his play, though anonymously. So the day arrives and the theatre is sadly empty. But when the news that the author is the teacher spreads far and wide...

The Rape of the Sabine

1945

The Bandit poster
6.4

Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.

The Bandit

1946

Luce nelle tenebre poster
8.0

Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.

Luce nelle tenebre

1941

La zia smemorata poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La zia smemorata

1940

Mad About Opera poster
8.3

This story took place during World War II. A group of Italians living in London are raising funds to rebuild a Catholic cathedral that was bombed by the Nazis. To this end, they organized a concert, the proceeds of which would go toward the construction. The project was led by journalist Carlo Scala. He faced and overcame many difficulties in organizing the event, but he handled them with honor, and the performance by leading Italian singers took place. He was assisted in this by the incomparable Dora Scala.

Mad About Opera

1948

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La donna perduta

1940

Love Story poster
6.4

Anna, a woman with a troubled past, marries an honest worker at the SIMA mechanical workshop, who provides her with a decent life despite financial difficulties. Blackmailed by a man who knows about her past, Anna loses her mind and kills him. Sentenced to ten years in prison, she dies in childbirth while giving birth to a baby girl.

Love Story

1942

The Flame that Never Dies poster
6.2

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.

The Flame that Never Dies

1949

Christmas at Camp 119 poster
6.8

Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate , away from families , another sad Christmas. To dare a little rein to Their longing , they tell Episodes of Their Life . A Roman tells the USA difficult married life . A Neapolitan soldier tells of His lieutenant, a Neapolitan duke penniless . Meanwhile , the camp commander gave : Prisoners and a gramophone , So , Ai stories intertwine songs . Another soldier recalls the parties and the songs of the Sicilian spring , WHILE a Venetian gondolier evokes A HIS love affair . Sometimes , From Radio shabby listening news from abroad and Italy . Finally , one day , comes the ' pending release and All They return home .

Christmas at Camp 119

1947

The Firemen of Viggiù poster
5.7

In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.

The Firemen of Viggiù

1949

Margherita fra i tre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Margherita fra i tre

1942

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Anything for the Woman

1940

The Misery of Mr. Travet poster
5.9

The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr. Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.

The Misery of Mr. Travet

1945

Mamma poster
9.5

Matilde Sarni lives in her villa near Rome. She has a son who has just married Donata and who is coming home after a series of recitals in the States. Mario, her son, is a famous opera singer and he is twenty years older than his wife. Besides Donata doesn't like country life. So when Mario leaves for a tour of recitals and Donata meets Giulio...

Mamma

1941

How I Lost the War poster
6.5

Leo Bianchetti has just finished his military service but then is again called to arms; after 10 years on various fronts, he finds himself again in Italy to guard a bridge destroyes by the Germans that he doesn't want to leave.

How I Lost the War

1947

I peggiori anni della nostra vita poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I peggiori anni della nostra vita

1949

The Adventuress from the Floor Above poster
6.9

A comedy in which a young lawyer, with a very jealous wife, ends up hosting a woman from his building for a night, with strange consequences

The Adventuress from the Floor Above

1941

Partenza ore 7 poster
6.5

The young Chiaretta has joined, against the will of her family, a theater company in the magazine in the hope of being able to sing on the stage. Her fiancé chases her trying to make her change her mind and bring her home.

Partenza ore 7

1946

Con le donne non si scherza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Con le donne non si scherza

1941

In due si soffre meglio poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

In due si soffre meglio

1943

The Voice of Love poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Voice of Love

1946

I Live as I Please poster
9.0

A young farmer, with a magnificent voice, receives an invitation to present himself in a large theater to be hired. In reality, the invitation is a joke made by his cousin.

I Live as I Please

1942

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una volta alla settimana

1942

La guardia del corpo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La guardia del corpo

1942

Daddy's Little Devil poster
6.2

Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists that the impetuous girl is sent to college. Nicoletta becomes a true tornado for educators trying in vain to bring her under control.

Daddy's Little Devil

1943

Fame and the Devil poster
5.4

Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.

Fame and the Devil

1949