
Acting
Elsa Merlini
Born — Died
1903-07-26 — 1983-02-22
Place of birth
Trieste, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
38 titles
Known for
8.3The English countryside provides the backdrop for the story of the Bennet family, who are of modest social standing, and in particular for the second daughter, Elizabeth. Italian adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice".
Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
1957
7.2A look at Alessandro Manzoni's novel and the tormented love story of Renzo and Lucia during the troubled years of Spanish rule in 17th-century Lombardy.
I promessi sposi
1967
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Il mulino del Po
1963
6.8Miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel. Frédéric Moreau, an eighteen-year-old provincial youth, full of dreams and rather attractive, comes to Paris to study. From 1840 to the evening of the coup d'état in 1851, he learns about the world in a society in turmoil. Along the way, he encounters true love and the contingencies of pleasure, the Revolution and its false apostles, art, the power of money and stupidity, the reversibility of beliefs, brotherly friendship, and the inevitability of betrayal, without ever managing to commit himself to any cause other than that of following the loss of his illusions.
L'Éducation sentimentale
1973
9.0The young and poor Pietro Haguet accepts a job offer from the rich Marion, who wants to free herself from the suffocating presence of so many suitors, evidently interested only in her assets. Pietro's job therefore consists in posing as her boyfriend. Then things change and the two fake boyfriends discover that they are really in love with each other.
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
1939
No synopsis available yet.
La regina di Navarra
1942
Film credits
1970s · 3 titles
A young man wants to give an idealized image of himself and his family and so he introduces the girl he loves to two old actors who pretend to be his parents.
Appuntamento a Senlis
1972
No synopsis available yet.
I mariti
1974
Beatrice discovers the affair between her husband and the young wife of Ciampa, a man advanced in years and secretly resigned to that infidelity whose existence he openly denies. Beatrice, however, does not intend to do the same, on the contrary: she wants to publicly denounce that adulterous relationship.
Il berretto a sonagli
1970
1960s · 6 titles
Rockefeller is a tough and resilient man, who has spent his life as a cowboy in the Wild West, always without fear and without remorse. He is the head of a large family, which he leads with authority, sharp words and a passionate temperament. In the village, Rockefeller faces an alcoholic doctor, a wise wife, a generous-hearted girl and a sheriff who takes justice into his own hands.
Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Al calar del sipario
1965
Set on a quiet, windswept Scottish island, the aging and somewhat lazy Pastor Mac Niff requests a curate to help him manage his eccentric parishioners. A young assistant named Newt arrives surprisingly early and begins using hyper-modern, bizarre methods to "save souls." It is eventually revealed that Newt is actually a rebellious devil who has deserted Hell to save humans—not out of goodness, but purely to spite Satan.
Non si dorme a Kirkwall
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Arsenico e vecchi merletti
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Il segretario particolare
1968
Dino, a young failure dependent on his elderly aunt, meets Roberto, a former military comrade who went to war in his place. Roberto gives him the address of a tailor to have a new suit made. Based on the short story of the same name, from the collection "Le K" (1966).
La giacca stregata
1969
1950s · 8 titles
5.7Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.
Legs of Gold
1958
A married couple buys a house in the country and spends a lot of money renovating it. But then the two protagonists find a manuscript by George Washington and become rich again.
Giorgio Washington ha dormito qui
1959
8.3Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...
Position Wanted
1951
4.9Airy comedy of a man a woman and the lengths they'll go to for a really great apartment! Located in the center of Rome with amazing views both want it and strike the compromise of marrying each other platonically to get it. The woman still hopes for true love and the man agrees to step aside should that special someone come along but he is secretly smitten with her and surreptitiously makes her various suitors look like fools. All goes well until he comes up against Rosanno Brazzi and finds him a tough challenge to overcome.
It Happens in Roma
1955
5.9Sunday is the only day off that house maids use to date the young men who cross their paths: doormen, soldiers, sailors, timid virgins and lurid husbands, or even a doctor.
I pappagalli
1955
10.0An adaptation of Molière's play.
L'avaro
1957
NRA door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman finds himself caught up in a surreal misdeed, which takes place inside a cottage where the man has gone to introduce the product to a potential customer.
Villini a sorpresa
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Alla Prova
1957
1940s · 3 titles
1930s · 14 titles
9.0The young and poor Pietro Haguet accepts a job offer from the rich Marion, who wants to free herself from the suffocating presence of so many suitors, evidently interested only in her assets. Pietro's job therefore consists in posing as her boyfriend. Then things change and the two fake boyfriends discover that they are really in love with each other.
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
1939
8.0Ginevra 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
6.7After an argument with her husband, an unsatisfied wife suffers from selective amnesia. She doesn't recognize the man she married and calls her doctor husband instead.
I Don't Know You Anymore
1936
6.5During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him.
The Private Secretary
1931
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Das Blumenmädchen vom Grand-Hotel
1934
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lisetta
1933
10.0A married woman hits a pedestrian with her car who requests that she must perform a particular punishment as a penance.
30 Seconds of Love
1936
7.2The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holiday in Cervinia.
The Lady in White
1938
No synopsis available yet.
Una notte con te
1932
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paprika
1933
10.0Based on the comedy Il successo by Alfredo Testoni.
L'albero di Adamo
1936
No synopsis available yet.
Cercasi modella
1932
10.0After falling in love with his friend's wife, a young man prefers to move to another place on a long trip. After several years he returns and reunites with the woman he loved and this time she will confess her love for him. The woman's husband will begin to suspect something.
Amicizia
1938
No synopsis available yet.
Melodramma
1934
Series credits
8.3The English countryside provides the backdrop for the story of the Bennet family, who are of modest social standing, and in particular for the second daughter, Elizabeth. Italian adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice".
Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
1957
7.2A look at Alessandro Manzoni's novel and the tormented love story of Renzo and Lucia during the troubled years of Spanish rule in 17th-century Lombardy.
I promessi sposi
1967
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Il mulino del Po
1963
6.8Miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel. Frédéric Moreau, an eighteen-year-old provincial youth, full of dreams and rather attractive, comes to Paris to study. From 1840 to the evening of the coup d'état in 1851, he learns about the world in a society in turmoil. Along the way, he encounters true love and the contingencies of pleasure, the Revolution and its false apostles, art, the power of money and stupidity, the reversibility of beliefs, brotherly friendship, and the inevitability of betrayal, without ever managing to commit himself to any cause other than that of following the loss of his illusions.
L'Éducation sentimentale
1973


