Renato Rascel

Acting

Renato Rascel

Born — Died

1912-04-27 — 1991-01-02

Place of birth

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Renato Rascel (stage name of Renato Ranucci; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries. He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin. It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that's where he spent all of his life. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome and apparently it worked because growing up in t…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 12 titles

A Soldier and a Half poster
7.2

Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who return to Italy with his family but he is drafted to go to the mandatory military service in Italy.

A Soldier and a Half

1960

The Last Judgment poster
6.4

In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack thereof) to the announcement.

The Last Judgment

1961

Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani

1962

Questi fantasmi poster
8.1

A husband is persuaded to move his new bride into an old palace that is supposedly haunted. But the so called ghost is really the bride's former lover, who is stalking her on the premises.

Questi fantasmi

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

Follie d'estate poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Follie d'estate

1963

Destination Fury poster
7.0

Lemmy Caution has been assigned by Interpol to work as a double agent. Little does he know how many spies are on to this deception and how dangerous his assignment has become.

Destination Fury

1961

The Orderly poster
8.0

Colonels, majors, lieutenants: all of them live in the same building. Some of them have a wife or children or none, but everyone has his orderly. Major Penna is harassed by Osvaldo's mother. Lt. Martucci gets involved in the love affair between Antonio, his orderly, and Lauretta.

The Orderly

1961

Il corazziere poster
7.0

In fascist Italy, Urbano Marangoni aspires to become Corazziere, like his late father, but it is a dream destined not to come true because of his short stature.

Il corazziere

1960

The Bear poster
7.0

A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.

The Bear

1960

No artwork available
5.0

A married couple is completely absorbed in their heated argument and does not notice that war is raging outside, until bombs begin to fall on their house, devastating it.

Delirio a due

1967

No artwork available
NR

Italian comedy teleplay.

Enrico '61

1961

1950s · 31 titles

The Monte Carlo Story poster
5.9

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.

The Monte Carlo Story

1956

The Overcoat poster
7.0

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

The Overcoat

1952

Ferdinand I King of Naples poster
6.7

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search of love adventures. With the De Filippo brothers to complete.

Ferdinand I King of Naples

1959

Uncle Was a Vampire poster
5.6

Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle, staying on as a bellboy when it's converted into a hotel. However he becomes vampirized when his mysterious uncle comes to stay.

Uncle Was a Vampire

1959

Love I Haven't... But... But poster
6.1

Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way to seduce her.

Love I Haven't... But... But

1951

Gran varietà poster
6.7

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

Gran varietà

1954

Figaro qua... Figaro là poster
6.2

In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

Figaro qua... Figaro là

1950

Seven Hills of Rome poster
6.4

After having a fight with his girl friend, Marc follows her to Rome to try and win her back. On the train he meets a girl who is on her way to stay with her uncle. He gives her a lift to her uncle's, but they discover he has gone to South America. So as she has nowhere else to go, she stays with Marc and his cousin, which inevitably leads to romance.

Seven Hills of Rome

1957

Rosso e nero poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosso e nero

1954

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura poster
7.4

Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promotion and a raise that never comes, and, it seems, will never come. One day, Jerónimo, the son of Don César, meets Celeste, the daughter of Policarpo, and falls in love with her. Policarpo sees in that relationship the solution to his aspirations at work, and does everything in his power to make this relationship fruitful. Don César, who presumes to be a count, sees with very bad eyes that his son meets a girl from such a different social position, and does just the opposite. But the efforts made by both parties will be of no use, since Celeste has fallen in love with Mario Marquetti, a "specialized mechanic" (typist) who is giving private lessons in the offices of the businessman Franquinet .

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

1959

La passeggiata poster
8.0

A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way of living but she is very hard to convince. When she finally realizes he really loves her it is too late.

La passeggiata

1953

Oh! Sabella poster
7.2

Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

Oh! Sabella

1957

L'eroe sono io poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'eroe sono io

1952

Piovuto dal cielo poster
7.0

A pickpoket falls in love with one of his victims.

Piovuto dal cielo

1953

Ho scelto l'amore poster
7.8

A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up street and down canal for the missing bird, he meets and falls in love with luscious flower-girl Maria.

Ho scelto l'amore

1953

Alvaro piuttosto corsaro poster
7.0

Alvaro hunts for a treasure, of which he owns only half the map.

Alvaro piuttosto corsaro

1954

Il matrimonio poster
6.8

An Italian historical comedy film consisting of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov.

Il matrimonio

1954

Napoleone poster
8.0

A historical farce about Napoleon.

Napoleone

1951

Move and I'll Shoot poster
7.0

Renato Tuzzi, a primary school teacher, is a shy man, unable to be respected by the turbulent kids.

Move and I'll Shoot

1958

Beauties on bicycles poster
6.8

Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a lift, but the driver gets too fresh with them and they decide to continue the journey with any means of transport, including bicycles.

Beauties on bicycles

1951

I'm in the Revue poster
5.3

Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained dresser who has been assigned by a music hall star to bring her the gown she is to wear on stage. The two men get stolen by Cleo, a charming thief. Once in Rome, the painter finds himself penniless and the dresser without the gown...

I'm in the Revue

1950

I pinguini ci guardano poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

I pinguini ci guardano

1956

Io sono il capataz poster
8.0

The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the insurrectionist troops.

Io sono il capataz

1951

Rascel-Fifì poster
8.0

Renato and Gedeon have just opened a nightclub in a disreputable area of New York, triggering the hostility of Gionata, a gang leader and owner of the nightclub across the street. Helped by the hoods of his gang, Gionata uses a couple of tricks to try and ruin his competitors. To begin with, he induces his friend Barbara, a vamp, to perform in a hot number in Renato and Gedeon's joint, so that the police intervene and close the club. The move fails, so Gionata decides to have Renatino, Renato's son, kidnapped by his men, which proves another flop. To make matters worse for Gionata, Michaela, his own daughter, has fallen in love with Renato, and sides with him and his partner...

Rascel-Fifì

1957

Variety carousel poster
6.8

A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a series of variety shows taken from the sets of theatrical performances and various films recited by the famous Totò,

Variety carousel

1955

These Phantoms poster
8.0

A young husband is persuaded to move his new bride into an old palace that is supposedly haunted.But the so called ghost is really the bride's former lover who is stalking her on the premises.

These Phantoms

1954

Half a Century of Song poster
10.0

Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.

Half a Century of Song

1952

Attanasio cavallo vanesio poster
7.5

A jockey buys his favorite horse.

Attanasio cavallo vanesio

1953

Rascel Marine poster
10.0

During WW2 a platoon of marines fights the Japanese on a little island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island there is a hut where old Taikiki lives with his two daughters. The two opposing armies soon forget about war and concentrate on winning the girls' hearts.

Rascel Marine

1958

Io sono la Primula Rossa poster
10.0

Comedy with Renato Rascel

Io sono la Primula Rossa

1954

Il bandolero stanco poster
6.0

A comedy centered on the character of Pepito. It is an Italian western made before the Spaghetti western era and it is at the same time a parody of the western genre.

Il bandolero stanco

1952

Series credits

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