Lara Wendel

Acting

Lara Wendel

Born 1965-03-29 · Munich, Germany

Lara Wendel (born Daniela Rachele Barnes, March 29, 1965 in Munich) is an actress and model of American-German descent who worked mainly in Italy during the 1970s and 1980s.

Acting credits

Playing with Love poster
5.3

Laura and Fabrizio have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parent's summer home. Fabrizio is a solitary boy with only his dog for company; Laura a sweet but unconfident child. This summer new aspects enter into their story as both are growing up. Laura is falling in love with Fabrizio, while he displays a new sexual awareness of her masked by his malice. Things develop further when they meet Sylvia who, unlike the innocent Laura, is confident and assertive. Fabrizio develops a fascination with her, eventually bribing Laura to fetch her to the forest to join them in play.

Playing with Love

1977

Tenebre poster
6.8

A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.

Tenebre

1982

Mimi poster
6.2

Home from boarding school after years abroad, a precocious teenager, Mimmina, becomes obsessed with seducing her journalist father.

Mimi

1979

The Italian Connection poster
7.1

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

The Italian Connection

1972

You'll Die at Midnight poster
5.3

A cop suspects his wife's infidelity, only to become the prime suspect when she's murdered. A criminal psychologist believes the real killer is a presumed-dead serial killer, as more murders unfold.

You'll Die at Midnight

1986

Ernesto poster
5.7

Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.

Ernesto

1979

Husbands and Lovers poster
6.5

Stefan finds that he can no longer tolerate the arrangement of his cheating wife ... he, the husband, gets her during the week and her lover gets her on the weekends. At the same time the wife finds herself increasingly drawn to the violence of her lover versus the adoration of her husband.

Husbands and Lovers

1991

Ring of Darkness poster
4.8

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage daughter, Daria, starts showing the evil influence of dear old Dad. Convinced that she can stop the devil's power on earth, Carlotta calls upon an exorcist for help.

Ring of Darkness

1979

Little Girl in Blue Velvet poster
5.7

An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

1978

Identification of a Woman poster
5.9

Movie director Niccolò has just been left by his wife. Subsequently he embarks on an obsessive relationship with a young woman who eventually leaves him and disappears while searching for her, he meets a variety of other willing girls. This gives him the idea of making a movie about women's relationships. He starts to search for a woman who can play the leading part in the movie.

Identification of a Woman

1982

Redneck poster
4.4

Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the back. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered, upsetting the balance of the thieves.

Redneck

1973

Intervista poster
6.8

Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.

Intervista

1987

An Australian in Rome poster
6.0

Jill, a young and beautiful girl Australian party for a vacation in Italy. In Rome Pierluigi meets the young, a boy sympathetic and fascinating. The two begin to frequentarsi and what began as a simple friendship soon turns into a much stronger feeling. Everything seems to wonder proceed between the two, as in a beautiful tale with a happy ending, as long as it abides Pierluigi victim of a bad car accident.

An Australian in Rome

1987

Killing Birds poster
3.7

A group of students goes into the woods to study birds, and soon the dead begin to rise to devour the living.

Killing Birds

1988

Desideria poster
3.1

All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...

Desideria

1980

My Dear Killer poster
6.5

Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.

My Dear Killer

1972

Fatto su misura poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Fatto su misura

1985

The Perfume of the Lady in Black poster
6.4

Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974

The Red Monks poster
4.4

A young woman weds a seemingly charming young man, and moves into his ancient mansion. She quickly learns to hate the old mansion and its inhabitants, while she gets frustrated with her husband's secrecy on his late night activities and the contents of the dungeon below. As heads begin to roll she discovers about her husband's past and his connection to some cult called the Red Monks. However, wait till he finds about HER past.

The Red Monks

1989

Ghosthouse poster
5.1

A group of unlikely companions receive a radio call leading to a deserted house with a grisly past.

Ghosthouse

1988

The Hawk and the Dove poster
3.8

Fabio Testi is the politician who finds himself descending into a world of drugs and crime when he encounters Lara Wendel. A mixture of crime and old-fashioned melodrama all set to songs from Neil Diamond!

The Hawk and the Dove

1981

A me mi piace poster
5.5

Arturo is a Tv content autor scared by the love. Mike is an old american friend that come to visit him because his girlfriend has broken with him. Everyone wants somebody to love.

A me mi piace

1985

Go to Great poster
6.0

Giorgio, Walter and Dario's dream is to own a boat. Meanwhile, they overcome boredom by inventing an endless series of jokes. Between the three and the rich boys in the area led by Fernando there is a strong rivalry that will become more acute with the arrival of the beautiful Karin, a young German with an ambiguous past.

Go to Great

1983

Requiem per voce e pianoforte poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Requiem per voce e pianoforte

1993