Dino Risi

Directing

Dino Risi

Born — Died

1916-12-23 — 2008-06-07

Place of birth

Milan, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

53 titles

Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was born in Milan. Risi started his career in cinema as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada. Later he began directing his own films and was credited with giving early opportunities to future acting stars such as Sophia Loren and Vittorio Gassman. His 1966 film Treasure of San Gennaro was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. His biggest hits were Poor, But Handsome (Poveri ma belli), followed by two sequel…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Scent of a Woman poster
7.4

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

Scent of a Woman

1974

Scent of a Woman poster
7.4

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.

Scent of a Woman

1974

Il Sorpasso poster
8.2

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Il Sorpasso

1962

Il Sorpasso poster
8.2

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Il Sorpasso

1962

Complexes poster
7.0

In 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

Complexes poster
7.0

In 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

Life with the Kids poster
4.4

The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again in the relationship with a much younger woman and finally coming to grips with his age, and the fact that he hasn't been there for his family like he should have.

Life with the Kids

1990

Life with the Kids poster
4.4

The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again in the relationship with a much younger woman and finally coming to grips with his age, and the fact that he hasn't been there for his family like he should have.

Life with the Kids

1990

First Love poster
5.8

Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl.

First Love

1978

First Love poster
5.8

Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl.

First Love

1978

The Tiger and the Pussycat poster
6.8

A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.

The Tiger and the Pussycat

1967

Dirty Weekend poster
5.2

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.

Dirty Weekend

1973

Dirty Weekend poster
5.2

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.

Dirty Weekend

1973

Ghost of Love poster
7.0

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover.

Ghost of Love

1981

Ghost of Love poster
7.0

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover.

Ghost of Love

1981

Scandal in Sorrento poster
6.8

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.

Scandal in Sorrento

1955

The New Monsters poster
7.0

A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a pornographic film, and a conniving husband.

The New Monsters

1977

Sunday Lovers poster
5.8

A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Method" "Armando's Notebook" "Skippy"

Sunday Lovers

1980

The Treasure of San Gennaro poster
7.4

A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.

The Treasure of San Gennaro

1966

The Treasure of San Gennaro poster
7.4

A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.

The Treasure of San Gennaro

1966

In the Name of the Italian People poster
7.2

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?

In the Name of the Italian People

1971

Love in the City poster
6.5

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

Love in the City

1953

Love in the City poster
6.5

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

Love in the City

1953

How Funny Can Sex Be? poster
5.8

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.

How Funny Can Sex Be?

1973

How Funny Can Sex Be? poster
5.8

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.

How Funny Can Sex Be?

1973

The Widower poster
7.4

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

The Widower

1959

The Widower poster
7.4

Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

The Widower

1959

The Sign of Venus poster
6.8

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

The Sign of Venus

1955

The Sign of Venus poster
6.8

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

The Sign of Venus

1955

The Dolls poster
5.3

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise on Eugenics", written by Tullio Pinelli from a story by Luciano Salce and Steno, directed by Luigi Comencini. "The Soup", written by Rodolfo Sonego and Luigi Magni, directed by Franco Rossi. "Monsignor Cupid", written by Leo Benvenuti and Piero de Bernardi from a story by Boccaccio, directed by Mauro Bolognini.

The Dolls

1965

Il commissario Lo Gatto poster
6.2

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote island Favignana. There is very little for the commissioner to do on the quiet island, so Lo Gatto decides to investigate the vanishing of a tourist which quickly becomes a very complicated affair.

Il commissario Lo Gatto

1986

Il commissario Lo Gatto poster
6.2

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian remote island Favignana. There is very little for the commissioner to do on the quiet island, so Lo Gatto decides to investigate the vanishing of a tourist which quickly becomes a very complicated affair.

Il commissario Lo Gatto

1986

Good King Dagobert poster
4.2

King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.

Good King Dagobert

1984

Good King Dagobert poster
4.2

King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.

Good King Dagobert

1984

Lost Soul poster
6.7

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.

Lost Soul

1977

Lost Soul poster
6.7

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon become obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.

Lost Soul

1977

A Difficult Life poster
8.0

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

A Difficult Life

1961

Love and Larceny poster
7.2

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

Love and Larceny

1960

The Monsters poster
7.4

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

The Monsters

1963

The Monsters poster
7.4

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

The Monsters

1963