
Acting
Nino Manfredi
Born 1921-03-22 · Castro dei Volsci, Frosinone, Italy
Nino Manfredi (born Saturnino Manfredi, 22 March 1921 - 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre.
Acting credits
8.3Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
7.2A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960
4.4Mima and her Italian family live in France. When her grandfather is killed, she discovers that they have a long-running family feud with the mafia.
Mima
1991
7.5A fun adventure in which young soccer players try to realize their dream of participating in the famous animal soccer tournament.
Magicsport - Magnetic Football
2006
7.5Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
7.5Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
1976
9.5An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
We Are Cinema
2021
6.5Three couples are involved in a murder at Montecarlo.
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960
7.5A tale on the Italian upper class of the '60s and their ways to kill time.
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959
6.8In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Roaring Years
1962
6.7An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
5.3Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love. Segment 1: Scandaloso / The Scandal (Franco Rossi) Segment 2: Peccato nel poeriggio / Sin in the Afternoon (Elio Petri) Segment 3: La sospirosa / The Victim (Luciano Salce) Segment 4: Gente moderna / Modern People (Mario Monicelli)
High Infidelity
1964
7.5A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
I Knew Her Well
1965
5.6Three sexy and comic episodes.
Strange Occasion
1976
7.0In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Complexes
1965
6.4Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?
The Bachelor
1955
7.6An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.
The Executioner
1963
6.0A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
Roma bene
1971
5.5The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
I picari
1987
7.4A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
6.4In 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
5.8A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.
Department Store
1986
6.4The film tells the love stories of several young people: Nando, owner of a mechanical shop, supplements his income by posing for photo novels, sparking jealousy in his girlfriend Marisa. Otello, who works as a barber, sincerely loves Adriana, Nando's sister, who has been promised to Franco, who is tempted by the charms of Ines, owner of the neighbourhood trattoria.
Wild Love
1955
6.1A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Made in Italy
1965
Behind the camera
7.4A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
5.6Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during the Carnival. After sixteen years of marriage, Sandro can no longer reconcile his spontaneous and lively character with that of his wife Laura, a cultured and composed Venetian woman. Yet another argument prompts him to leave her and seek refuge at the home of a painter friend. Among his many paintings, he notices one depicting a naked woman who bears an incredible resemblance to his wife. Are they two women or one, and in the masquerade of the Carnival, what is real?
Portrait of a Nude Woman
1981
5.6Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during the Carnival. After sixteen years of marriage, Sandro can no longer reconcile his spontaneous and lively character with that of his wife Laura, a cultured and composed Venetian woman. Yet another argument prompts him to leave her and seek refuge at the home of a painter friend. Among his many paintings, he notices one depicting a naked woman who bears an incredible resemblance to his wife. Are they two women or one, and in the masquerade of the Carnival, what is real?
Portrait of a Nude Woman
1981
7.2An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
Bread and Chocolate
1974
5.5Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1982
7.0A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.
A Dangerous Toy
1979
7.1An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
Café Express
1980
7.2Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.
Between Miracles
1971
7.2Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.
Between Miracles
1971
6.3A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.
Sex Can Be Difficult
1962
4.7Two episodes. The 1st is 'Amore impossibile' (Impossible love). Giulio is a comic book draftsman. He is passing through a creativity depressed period. One day his editor makes him meet a blond nice girl. Immediately Giulio fall in love and starts to draw his impossible love story into a new comic book. The 2nd is 'Quello dal basco rosso' (the one with the red beret). Sandro, a mature man, meets one of his former girlfriend and her daughter Daniela. Daniela couldn't have sex with her boyfriend because of a childhood remembrance. In fact she always remember her mother having sex with a man wearing a red beret. She discovers that man is Sandro, makes love with him and soon recovers from her obsession.
This and That
1983
5.8Nando is dissatisfied with his repetitive and mortifying work. He manages to escape from daily mediocrity only at night, when he enters his fantasy world.
The Employee
1960
8.0Two young lovers, Tao and Valeria, decide to go and enjoy a beautiful holiday in privacy, away from the daily routine and their parents. After a journey full of adventures, aboard a sidecar, they find themselves in a campsite populated by Germans.
Camping
1958
5.0Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.
I cuori infranti
1963
6.0A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them.
A Rose for Everyone
1967
6.0A poor laborer, Zilio, wants to marry Betìa, the daughter of a rich peasant woman. After a number of refusals Zilio is desperate, but his friend Nale plots a sham marriage between the two, convinced he can take advantage of it.
In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain
1971