Scilla Gabel

Acting

Scilla Gabel

Born

1938-01-04 (88)

Place of birth

Rimini, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

She was born Scilla Gabellini, one of five siblings, in Rimini on the Adriatic coast. Scilla initially studied law at Oxford University, graduating with a doctorate. Her interest in pursuing a legal career waned quickly, however, since her next move was a return to Italy for acting classes at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. At the age of seventeen, the voluptuous, blue-eyed Scilla became a body double for Sophia Loren (to whom she bore more than a passing resemblance), notably in the classic Boy on a Dolphin (1957). Two years later, she underwent cosmetic surgery to look less like Sophia in order to forge her own screen image. In 1963, Scilla featured on the cover of several m…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 36 titles

Modesty Blaise poster
5.3

Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.

Modesty Blaise

1966

Sodom and Gomorrah poster
5.3

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.

Sodom and Gomorrah

1962

Mill of the Stone Women poster
6.1

Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorious women from history. Professor Gregorius Wahl, owner of the windmill, warns Hans to stay away from his mysterious daughter Elfi, in order to keep Hans from discovering the horrible secret shared by the Professor and Elfi's Doctor.

Mill of the Stone Women

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

The Queen of the Pirates poster
5.5

In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a tyrannical duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they commit a great injustice, a ship's captain and his daughter turn pirate to fight back for the people.

The Queen of the Pirates

1960

No Man's Land poster
7.7

A group of traveling persons end up as prisoners of a German sergeant and his squad, in an isolated and precarious cabin in the country.

No Man's Land

1962

Le avventure di Ulisse poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le avventure di Ulisse

1969

The Revenge of the Gladiators poster
7.0

Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World.

The Revenge of the Gladiators

1964

Son of Cleopatra poster
4.8

In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. When Petronius' daughter, Livia, newly-arrived from Rome, falls into his hands, El Kabir uses this opportunity to win her over to his side before releasing her to her father.

Son of Cleopatra

1964

Seven Slaves Against the World poster
9.0

Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He instigates a revolt by his slave-workers, then blames the situation on Marcus. During the revolt, five muscular slaves escape. They meet up with fellow escapee Balisten, a farmer unjustly condemned to the aqueduct project. Balisten, impressed by Marcus's enlightened attitudes, has rescued the Tribune from the revolt. The six slaves, with Marcus's advice, plan to gain their freedom using their prowess as gladiators. Marcus plans to clear his name and to re-unite with his fiancée, Claudia, recently arrived from Rome. Gaius plans to kill Marcus and thus hide the truth about the slave revolt. Brawls and fights both inside and outside the arena come thick and fast.

Seven Slaves Against the World

1964

Romulus and the Sabines poster
5.3

The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of course, attack Rome to get their wives and daughters back.

Romulus and the Sabines

1961

Colossus of the Arena poster
5.3

A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.

Colossus of the Arena

1962

How to Seduce a Playboy? poster
6.8

A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.

How to Seduce a Playboy?

1966

Three Faces of Sin poster
7.2

Laurent is an artist and sometimes con-man. He wanders into the life of Renee one day in her antique shop and tries to seduce her. Before they can leave town on a weekend getaway together, Renee's teenage daughter Daniele quits school and unexpectedly shows up. Laurent and Daniele fall for each other immediately and end up getting married. The film follows the disastrous situation created by the jealous mother and her daughter's immature husband.

Three Faces of Sin

1961

Target for Killing poster
6.4

A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.

Target for Killing

1966

The Odyssey poster
7.6

After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Ithaca. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]

The Odyssey

1969

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

Tender Sharks poster
9.0

While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.

Tender Sharks

1967

Djurado poster
10.0

Djurado is a gun-slinging professional gambler who struts into the small town of Silver Mine and wins half of the local saloon, the other part of which belongs to Barbara, whilst battling notorious outlaw Tucan.

Djurado

1966

Arms of the Avenger poster
9.2

Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.

Arms of the Avenger

1963

Take Me As I Am poster
7.3

The director of the Rome office of an American news agency is seduced by his boss' daughter, who subsequently ends up dead at the foot of a cliff. Film adaptation of James Hadley Chase’s 1956 noir thriller novel You Find Him, I'll Fix Him.

Take Me As I Am

1960

Una storia di notte poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una storia di notte

1964

Outlaws of Love poster
6.1

This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marriage was strictly in the purview of the Catholic Church at that time, which strictly forbade divorce, these people are shown to suffer the consequences in their daily lives. Italy got its first civilian divorce law in 1970.

Outlaws of Love

1963

Two Colonels poster
7.5

In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.

Two Colonels

1963

Genitori in blue-jeans poster
6.6

Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.

Genitori in blue-jeans

1960

La salamandre d'or poster
8.0

In 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of Charles-Quint, with the Constable de Bourbon on their side. His mother, regent of the kingdom, commissioned the king's loyal equerry, Antoine de Montpezat, to raise a ransom of two million ecus and send it to Madrid. Despite the treachery of Vandoeuvre, governor of Languedoc and supporter of the connétable de Bourbon, who has his eye on the French throne, Montpezat accomplishes his mission and is reunited with his fiancée, who had almost married the traitor Vandoeuvre.

La salamandre d'or

1962

Mara poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mara

1961

No artwork available
7.0

It is fruit-picking season in the plain and pickers come from all over and live in a camp for several weeks. Among the many pretty girls are Kissa, a natural vamp who delights in exciting men; Margo who is hard and tough, and Josine who is tender and romantic. They work in a feverish atmosphere and inflamed by the summer heat, youthful passions run riot, and the girls' sensual behavior cause rivalry among the men. Lorry driver Armand applies the same degree of ardor to his love-making as to his work, and his biggest rival is the boss' son, Berto, a strutting rooster who is very proud of his American car. After work each day, Kissa queens it in the cabaret on shore, and derives great pleasure in arousing jealousy between the men.

The Fruit Is Ripe

1961

Village of Daughters poster
6.7

A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.

Village of Daughters

1962

Il terrore dei mantelli rossi poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Il terrore dei mantelli rossi

1963

La grande vallata poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La grande vallata

1961

Con rispetto parlando poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Con rispetto parlando

1965

The Festival Girls poster
6.0

Hollywood stars go wild at the Riviera film festivals.

The Festival Girls

1961

Noi duri poster
6.7

Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.

Noi duri

1960

Corpse for the Lady poster
5.4

Laura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and Giovanna in the meantime become a nun to collect the amount requested.

Corpse for the Lady

1964

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Johnny Belinda

1969

1950s · 8 titles

The White Warrior poster
5.3

The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.

The White Warrior

1959

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure poster
5.4

The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

1959

Legs of Gold poster
5.7

Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.

Legs of Gold

1958

Due sosia in allegria poster
8.0

TWO LOOK-A-LIKES IN HAPPINESS is a 1956 comedy film directed by Ignazio Ferronetti, starring Lauro Gazzolo, Anna Maria Ghiani, and Scilla Gabel, with a running time of 85 minutes.

Due sosia in allegria

1956

I ragazzi dei Parioli poster
7.5

A tale on the Italian upper class of the '60s and their ways to kill time.

I ragazzi dei Parioli

1959

Girls of the Night poster
7.0

In Marseille Father Hermann has created a home for the ex-prostitutes to accommodate a new start to a better life. But it does not take long to arouse the anger of the pimps, and especially of Charly, one of the "bosses" who uses are criminal means to convince those that dare to fight his rules and territory. But several of the girls and women are not afraid of Charly and his gang. They have all been to the bottom of existence. But father Hermann is running out of resources.

Girls of the Night

1958

Tua per la vita poster
7.0

A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.

Tua per la vita

1955

Gente felice poster
9.0

Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for the cemetery.

Gente felice

1957

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