Loris Gizzi

Acting

Loris Gizzi

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65 titles

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Film credits

1960s · 19 titles

Panic Button poster
4.7

A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" that's destined to fail, thus giving him some major tax breaks.

Panic Button

1964

Constantine and the Cross poster
5.3

Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.

Constantine and the Cross

1961

Sword in the Shadows poster
8.0

Sword in the Shadows (Italian: Una spada nell'ombra) is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Tamara Lees and Livio Lorenzon.

Sword in the Shadows

1961

A Soldier and a Half poster
7.2

Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who return to Italy with his family but he is drafted to go to the mandatory military service in Italy.

A Soldier and a Half

1960

Guns of the Black Witch poster
7.0

In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children ...

Guns of the Black Witch

1961

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils poster
6.3

An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies, and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.

Isabella, Duchess of the Devils

1969

Pirates of the Coast poster
5.7

Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.

Pirates of the Coast

1960

James Tont Operation U.N.O. poster
5.7

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

1965

James Tont Operation T.W.O. poster
4.8

A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.

James Tont Operation T.W.O.

1966

Suleiman the Conqueror poster
9.0

Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

The Secret of the Black Falcon poster
6.3

A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spaniards procure their best officer, Carlos de Herrera, to retrieve the document for them.

The Secret of the Black Falcon

1961

The Adventures of Mary Read poster
4.5

Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time.

The Adventures of Mary Read

1961

Hercules and the Masked Rider poster
4.8

In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders. Don Juan dons a mask and joins with a gypsy band led by Estella to fight against the forces of Don Ramiro.

Hercules and the Masked Rider

1963

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella poster
5.4

Five episodes which show Italian peoples pathological unfaithfulness in marriage.

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella

1963

Heads or Tails poster
5.8

Shanda is charged with the murder of the banker, Burton and to save her from being lynched, the sheriff sends her off to Phoenix. During the trip the two deputies to whom she's been entrusted rape and leave her in the desert, certain that she's dead. The girl is found by Black Talisman, an outlaw, who takes her to his hideout, nurses her back to health and after hearing her story, determines to avenge her and clear her name.

Heads or Tails

1969

Samson and the Slave Queen poster
6.8

The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to locate the will. Malva hires the bare-chested strongman Samson while Isabella relies on the masked El Toro (a.k.a. Zorro) even though her heart belongs to the mild-mannered poet, Ramon. Malva's ruthless desire for the throne soon alienates Samson and he and El Toro then team up to bring about a proper resolution to the Nogara succession. Meanwhile, Isabella learns El Toto's true identity, an identity which both surprises and pleases her.

Samson and the Slave Queen

1963

Son of Black Eagle poster
6.0

Count Aleksej is a notorious seducer at the Czar court but also the son of local Caucasus hero Black Eagle. When the Russians invade his land Aleksej must decide where to stand while pursuing his passion for Natascia, who detests him.

Son of Black Eagle

1968

Giant of the Evil Island poster
6.0

A Spanish sea captain is sent to clean out Evil Island, from where pirate bands are raiding Spanish shipping under the leadership of a pirate named Moloch.

Giant of the Evil Island

1965

Ten Italians for One German poster
7.3

A cinematographic account of the reprisal ordered by the ruthless Austrian colonel Kappler in 1944 in Rome. In Via Rasella (Rasella Street) ten Italian civilians were sentenced to death for each German soldier killed in a partisan attempt.

Ten Italians for One German

1961

1950s · 24 titles

Are We Men or Corporals? poster
6.7

These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic.

Are We Men or Corporals?

1955

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

The Violent Patriot poster
6.0

The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a convent. She thinks that John is guilty of the death of her family, and cannot continue to love him. He remains wounded in battle.

The Violent Patriot

1956

Napoleone poster
8.0

A historical farce about Napoleon.

Napoleone

1951

Theodora, Slave Empress poster
6.2

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.

Theodora, Slave Empress

1954

Beautiful But Dangerous poster
5.9

Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques".

Beautiful But Dangerous

1955

Giuseppe Verdi poster
6.8

The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.

Giuseppe Verdi

1953

Il padrone del vapore poster
7.0

A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters.

Il padrone del vapore

1951

I am Catherine poster
8.0

The story of the life of St. Catherine of Siena

I am Catherine

1957

Il cardinale Lambertini poster
6.5

Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.

Il cardinale Lambertini

1954

Damn the Taxes!! poster
7.0

Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent Gaetano Pellecchia, who asks his friend Mario for help.

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

The Overcoat poster
7.0

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

The Overcoat

1952

Il tallone di Achille poster
9.0

Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he is believed to be immortal.

Il tallone di Achille

1952

Serenate per 16 bionde poster
8.0

A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm.

Serenate per 16 bionde

1957

Rigoletto poster
6.0

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

Rigoletto

1955

La prigioniera di Amalfi poster
NR

An Italian historical drama.

La prigioniera di Amalfi

1954

I milanesi a Napoli poster
6.0

Some Neapolitans help a firm from Milan to establish two factories in Naples: one produces TV dinner pizzas the other manufactures lace. The owner of a pizza joint and a woman who makes lace at home are against the project.

I milanesi a Napoli

1954

Defend My Love poster
9.0

As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally exonerated.

Defend My Love

1956

Santo disonore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Santo disonore

1950

L'amore nasce a Roma poster
8.0

Lello, a painter, and Mario, a singer, move to Rome looking for fortune and success.

L'amore nasce a Roma

1958

From Here to the Inheritance poster
7.0

A musical comedy film by Riccardo Freda.

From Here to the Inheritance

1955

Susanna tutta panna poster
6.8

A young Milanese pastry chef, Susanna, is working in the pastry shop of her family. She has to defend herself from both a jealous boyfriend, and competition from other pastry chefs who want to know the recipe of the famous cream cake that bears her name.

Susanna tutta panna

1957

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

The Devil's Cavaliers poster
9.0

Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.

The Devil's Cavaliers

1959

1940s · 12 titles

Difficult Years poster
7.8

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

Difficult Years

1948

La sonnambula poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La sonnambula

1941

Fra' Diavolo poster
6.7

The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well between two women, the sister of a royalist and a lady spy.

Fra' Diavolo

1942

In cerca di felicità poster
10.0

Two young people fall in love and run away from home. They soon run out of money and he, who has a decent voice, finds work in a low-class variety show, where he is captivated by the charms of a dancer.

In cerca di felicità

1944

Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone poster
6.6

The owner of a cosmetics factory has made a contract with Radio Sibilla for the transmission of an evening program in which the products of his company are advertised.

Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone

1947

The Genius and the Nightingale poster
7.0

A biopic of soprano Maria Malibran (1808–1836). A beautiful singer, Maria Malibran, is forced to turn to the stage after her husband takes to gambling, and goes to Paris where she falls in love with a famous violinist. When her money-seeking husband reappears, the couple go to London, where they find happiness. A composer falls in love with Maria but when his affections are unrequited, he becomes broken, takes to drinking and dies.

The Genius and the Nightingale

1943

I'll Love You Forever poster
7.3

Seduced by count Diego and then abandoned, Adriana finds a job at a large hairdresser shop, so she can lead a dignified life together with her daughter.

I'll Love You Forever

1943

Sempre più difficile poster
7.0

Sicily, early 1900s. An impoverished prince settles into the house of a rich shipowner and becomes his counselor.

Sempre più difficile

1943

Felicità perduta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Felicità perduta

1946

I Live as I Please poster
9.0

A young farmer, with a magnificent voice, receives an invitation to present himself in a large theater to be hired. In reality, the invitation is a joke made by his cousin.

I Live as I Please

1942

L'innocente Casimiro poster
6.5

In this delightful 1945 comedy of errors, a mischievous, wealthy schoolgirl concocts a scandalous lie to win the heart of her incredibly naive history teacher, Casimiro.

L'innocente Casimiro

1945

Il ladro sono io! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il ladro sono io!

1940

1930s · 4 titles

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