Nando Cicero

Directing

Nando Cicero

Born 1931-01-22 · Asmara, Eritrea

Fernando Cicero, better known as Nando Cicero (22 January 1931 – 30 July 1995), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Asmara, Cicero debuted as an actor, working with directors such as Luchino Visconti (Senso, 1953), Roberto Rossellini (Vanina Vanini, 1961), Francesco Rosi (Salvatore Giuliano, 1962) and Alberto Lattuada (The Steppe, 1962). He starred in eleven films between 1953 and 1962, always in supporting roles. After his directorial debut with Lo scippo he directed three Spaghetti Western films ( Professionals for a Massacre, Last of the Badmen, and Twice a Judas). From 1970 he focused on comedy genre, directing some parody films starred by Franco and Ciccio. Starting with The School Teacher Cicero established himself as one of the most important and successful directors of the commedia sexy all'italiana film genre. Following the decline of the genre, he retired in 1983; his last film was Paulo Roberto Cotechino, starring Alvaro Vitali and Carmen Russo.

Acting credits

Hercules Unchained poster
5.1

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Hercules Unchained

1959

Senso poster
7.2

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Senso

1954

Divisione Folgore poster
6.5

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.

Divisione Folgore

1954

Salvatore Giuliano poster
7.5

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.

Salvatore Giuliano

1962

Vanina Vanini poster
6.0

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhood of the Carboneria.

Vanina Vanini

1961

Paris, My Love poster
5.9

Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the queer community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.

Paris, My Love

1962

Roland the Mighty poster
7.0

In this sword-and-sandal saga set on the steppes of Asia, Roland, leader of the Paladin troops, who must proves his mettle against the dreaded Saracen invaders, and withstand their evil plots

Roland the Mighty

1956

Il campanile d'oro poster
10.0

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Il campanile d'oro

1955

Behind the camera

The School Teacher poster
5.5

A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.

The School Teacher

1975

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers poster
4.9

Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers

1978

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers poster
4.9

Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.

The Soldier with Great Maneuvers

1978

Long Live the Seal poster
6.5

Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.

Long Live the Seal

1982

Long Live the Seal poster
6.5

Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.

Long Live the Seal

1982

The Lady Medic poster
4.2

A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.

The Lady Medic

1976

The Lady Medic poster
4.2

A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.

The Lady Medic

1976

The Nurse on a Military Tour poster
5.0

Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.

The Nurse on a Military Tour

1977

The Nurse on a Military Tour poster
5.0

Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.

The Nurse on a Military Tour

1977

Il gatto mammone poster
4.6

Lando Buzzanca plays a man desperate to father a male heir. However, his wife (Roseanne Podesta) is apparently barren. They decide to use a surrogate mother, which, since this was in the days before artificial insemination, means Buzzanca will have to impregnate the surrogate the "old-fashioned" way. After a mishap involving a VERY unattractive but fertile widow, Buzzanca sets his sights on young girl (Gloria Guida) at an orphanage for unwed mothers (who has already given an illegitimate child up for adoption). They hire her as a maid, but she is under the impression they're going to adopt her, leading to some quasi-incestual misunderstandings...

Il gatto mammone

1975

Lady Football poster
5.5

It is the story of the brilliant football player Cotechiño, hired by the Napoli team as a centre-forward. Too bad that his professional career will be strongly influenced by the frequent absence of his fiancée, for which he feels an inexplicable, almost obsessive jealousy. That's why he hires a plumber very similar to him to keep an eye on his beloved, but that won't be enough when Cotechiño is kidnapped.

Lady Football

1983

Lady Football poster
5.5

It is the story of the brilliant football player Cotechiño, hired by the Napoli team as a centre-forward. Too bad that his professional career will be strongly influenced by the frequent absence of his fiancée, for which he feels an inexplicable, almost obsessive jealousy. That's why he hires a plumber very similar to him to keep an eye on his beloved, but that won't be enough when Cotechiño is kidnapped.

Lady Football

1983

The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater poster
4.9

An anthology film in which a guardian angel falls in love with a beautiful dancer a policeman must keep an eye on an arrested transvestite, and a dental technician sells his soul to the devil but is not satisfied with the results.

The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater

1979

The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater poster
4.9

An anthology film in which a guardian angel falls in love with a beautiful dancer a policeman must keep an eye on an arrested transvestite, and a dental technician sells his soul to the devil but is not satisfied with the results.

The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater

1979

The Last Italian Tango poster
5.0

A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship.

The Last Italian Tango

1973

Professionals for a Massacre poster
5.8

Caught selling stolen guns, three Confederate soldiers get a reprieve from the firing squad, provided they go into Mexico on a mission to recover stolen gold belonging to the Confederacy.

Professionals for a Massacre

1967

Last of the Badmen poster
5.7

Kitosch is charged with a crime he did not commit and joins up with Joshua Tracy, a vicious outlaw. When Tracy kidnaps and blackmails his former employer Kitosch redeems himself by saving them.

Last of the Badmen

1967

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! poster
6.3

Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!

1971

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! poster
6.3

Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.

Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!

1971

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate poster
4.5

Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only wealthy women, making her believe she wants to marry her to get money to disappear with. With this method he feeds his family.

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

1973

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate poster
4.5

Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only wealthy women, making her believe she wants to marry her to get money to disappear with. With this method he feeds his family.

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

1973

Twice a Judas poster
5.9

Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his wife and brother to take possession of the Barretts' land and money. At first Luke trusts him, but while looking for his forgotten identity he discovers the truth.

Twice a Judas

1968

The Mark of Kriminal poster
5.1

The bandit Kriminal by pure chance finds a fragment of a map in an old porcelain statue indicating the location of two precious paintings hidden by a notorious outlaw before he was executed. Kriminal immediately begins searching for the three other statuettes, similar to the one in their possession, containing the fragments needed to complete the map .

The Mark of Kriminal

1968

Lo scippo poster
7.0

Speranza, a female company cashier, organizes two young men with a motorcycle a snatching for stage a steal with money of customers. However, the bills are counterfeit because they have been changed out by Linzalone another bank's employee.

Lo scippo

1965