Roberto Risso

Acting

Roberto Risso

Born — Died

1925-11-22 — 2010-11-16

Place of birth

Genève, Switzerland

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 12 titles

The Fury of Achilles poster
5.3

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.

The Fury of Achilles

1962

A Breath of Scandal poster
5.5

A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

A Breath of Scandal

1960

The Shortest Day poster
6.4

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Shortest Day

1963

Hate Thy Neighbor poster
5.0

Ken Dakota's search for the murderer of his brother, killed by bandit Gary Stevens, at the behest of land owner Chris Malone. Dakota attempts to bring the men responsible for his brothers death to justice.

Hate Thy Neighbor

1968

I piaceri del sabato notte poster
3.0

Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.

I piaceri del sabato notte

1960

Rocambole poster
6.7

In London in 1903, during a reception at the German embassy, the legendary swindler Rocambole, thought to have died in the penal colony, helps the British secret service compromise a Prussian diplomat. His mission completed, Rocambole, under the identity of the Comte de Chamery, returns to Paris, where Baron Keller, an arms manufacturer in the service of the Kaiser, entertains the famous prima ballerina Cléo Santelli at Maxim's every evening, with whom he is madly in love. Despite her attentions, the young dancer falls in love with the false Chamery, who seems to have sworn the Baron's doom and ridicules him in the salons.

Rocambole

1963

Zorro and the Three Musketeers poster
6.0

In the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain, Isabella, is held captive in the French castle, and the Count of Seville is sent to France as a diplomat. While there, he is escorted by the Three Musketeers, who discover that he has secretly made a deal with Cardinal Richelieu to disclose Spanish military secrets in exchange for Isabella's release. However, he is merely bluffing and plans to take Isabella by force. When the musketeers discover this, they come to his aid, and together the four of them work at freeing the Countess. Meanwhile, the Count doubles as Zorro to free the Spanish court from a treacherous suitor.

Zorro and the Three Musketeers

1963

Un figlio d'oggi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un figlio d'oggi

1961

Gladiator of Rome poster
5.7

A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.

Gladiator of Rome

1962

Cocagne poster
5.0

As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When Amédée's "Fanny" is stolen from the bouliste club, Marc-Antoine offers to repaint another one. As soon as the work is finished, he becomes a local celebrity and, intoxicated by his new-found fame, leaves his family to go with Hélène, the young waitress, to his friend Septime's house in the Camargue to take up painting. Eventually, Marc-Antoine realizes that he is dissatisfied and that his success seems dishonest. He realizes that happiness awaits him with his wife, children and friends, and resumes his simple life without remorse.

Cocagne

1961

The Valiant poster
8.3

Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!

The Valiant

1962

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Revenge of the Musketeers

1963

1950s · 33 titles

Frisky poster
7.2

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

Frisky

1954

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Angels of Darkness poster
3.6

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their livelihood. The girls must now find honest work.

Angels of Darkness

1954

The Rival poster
9.0

The love triangle between a Countess, a soldier and a younger woman.

The Rival

1956

A Mink Coat poster
8.0

A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

A Mink Coat

1956

Adorable and Lying poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adorable and Lying

1958

The Young Ladies of 04 poster
6.3

The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.

The Young Ladies of 04

1955

Angel in a Taxi poster
8.0

Marietto is a very lively and creative orphaned child, housed in a boarding school of nuns. One day, while browsing a newspaper, he sees a photo of a beautiful opera house dancer, Camilla, and is convinced that she is her mother.

Angel in a Taxi

1958

La moglie è uguale per tutti poster
6.2

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.

La moglie è uguale per tutti

1955

The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue poster
5.8

Having been warned in dreams that Snow White is in danger, the Seven Dwarfs set out to rescue the princess from the evil Prince of Darkness.

The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue

1951

Three Forbidden Stories poster
7.0

While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.

Three Forbidden Stories

1952

Il raccomandato di ferro poster
7.5

An Italian clerk has been helped to his position by a fake kickback letter from a politician who, meanwhile has become a state secretary. His colleagues thus send him to Rome to settle an important matter with the powerful character. The poor fellow goes hoping the truth will not come out.

Il raccomandato di ferro

1959

Sua altezza ha detto: no! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sua altezza ha detto: no!

1953

Tomorrow Is Another Day poster
4.5

A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories revolving around suicide.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951

Il leone di Amalfi poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il leone di Amalfi

1950

The Devil's Daughter poster
7.0

Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.

The Devil's Daughter

1952

Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna poster
7.1

Giovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dying mother Caterina Sforza, listening to the re-enactment of her life.

Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna

1959

No artwork available
7.5

A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.

Revenge of the Pirates

1951

The Desperate Women poster
10.0

The film is a cheesy but sincere plea for proper sex education--and against illegal abortion.

The Desperate Women

1955

La voce del sangue poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La voce del sangue

1952

The Suitcase of Dreams poster
6.7

A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.

The Suitcase of Dreams

1953

A qualcuna piace calvo poster
10.0

Two girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor.

A qualcuna piace calvo

1959

Operazione Mitra poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Operazione Mitra

1955

Si le roi savait ça poster
8.0

Pascal's life should have been normal and happy. A shepherd in his native Provence, he was a friendly young man who very naturally fell in love with Vivette, the daughter of a rich farmer. But that was without counting with Marcellin, a spiteful, jealous man who coveted Vivette and wanted her for himself.The traitor managed to have Pascal enrolled in Napoleon's army. Pascal came close to death in Russia but miraculously survived. And fifteen years later vengeance would be his. Reunited with Vivette and the child he had given her, time had come for happiness.

Si le roi savait ça

1958

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! poster
7.5

A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has fallen for a marshal.

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!

1958

Nobody Has Betrayed poster
8.0

A retiring teacher tells a young teacher the story of two old pupils, who once the war begins they will become enemies ...

Nobody Has Betrayed

1952

Accadde di notte poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Accadde di notte

1956

Il campanile d'oro poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il campanile d'oro

1955

Songs from all over Italy poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Songs from all over Italy

1955

Paris, Palace Hôtel poster
6.0

On Christmas Eve, a manicurist pretends to be a wealthy man's daughter after meeting a young garage worker who falsely claims to own a luxury car. Their deceptions intertwine as they grow closer.

Paris, Palace Hôtel

1956

Toys and perfumes poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Toys and perfumes

1953

Francis the Smuggler poster
NR

A smuggler has to skip town at avoid the pursuing police. The he returns, he falls for the daughter of his disapproving boss - and soon he has murder in mind

Francis the Smuggler

1953

Il capitano nero poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il capitano nero

1951