Arnoldo Foà

Acting

Arnoldo Foà

Born — Died

1916-01-24 — 2014-11-01

Place of birth

Ferrara, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 6 titles

1990s · 3 titles

1970s · 6 titles

Borsalino poster
6.9

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.

Borsalino

1970

The Tempter poster
5.2

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.

The Tempter

1974

Napoleone a Sant'Elena poster
NR

A reconstruction of Napoleon Bonaparte's years after Waterloo, from his exile to St. Helena until his death under mysterious circumstances: between hopes of escape and illness, the former emperor dictates his memoirs. Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi, the film is based on a story by Roberto Mazzucco, with a screenplay by Cottafavi and Giovanni Bormioli.

Napoleone a Sant'Elena

1973

A Matter of Time poster
5.1

During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.

A Matter of Time

1976

The Household poster
6.1

A butler for wealthy clients has a problem--he can't seem to stop getting sexually involved with the wives and daughters of his bosses.

The Household

1974

Cause of Divorce poster
6.0

A couple is short of money and got marital problems. Sylverte knows Enrica and intent to marry her but before he needs divorce from his wife.

Cause of Divorce

1972

1960s · 14 titles

The Trial poster
7.4

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

The Trial

1962

Barabbas poster
6.9

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

Barabbas

1961

The Tartars poster
6.0

The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe. When the leader of the Vikings, Oleg, declines to accompany the Tartars on a campaign against the Slavs, there is an explosion of violence. After Oleg kills the Tartar leader and kidnaps his daughter, the dead man's brother, Burandai, retaliates by holding Oleg's wife, Helga, hostage. The stalemate can be resolved only on the battlefield.

The Tartars

1961

The Shoes of the Fisherman poster
6.8

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

The Angel Wore Red poster
5.0

A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.

The Angel Wore Red

1960

Damon and Pythias poster
4.7

Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.

Damon and Pythias

1962

The Loves of Salammbo poster
4.8

During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised payment made to the mercenaries, they attack the African settlement, where Salammbô --the king's daughter and high priestess of goddess Tanit- tries to settle the matter when the Barbarian leader who has fallen for her steals the sacred veil of Carthage from the temple, without taking into account the evil schemes of a powerful member of the council of wise men.

The Loves of Salammbo

1960

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

Captain Blood poster
6.4

Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.

Captain Blood

1960

100 Horsemen poster
6.8

Don Fernando rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.

100 Horsemen

1964

War Gods of Babylon poster
8.5

Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluring innocent peasant girl Mirra. Meanwhile, the treacherous and ruthlessly ambitious General Arbace plots against both siblings.

War Gods of Babylon

1962

The Sailor from Gibraltar poster
5.8

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.

The Sailor from Gibraltar

1967

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

The Reluctant Saint poster
7.8

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.

The Reluctant Saint

1962

1950s · 26 titles

La Strada poster
7.9

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.

La Strada

1954

Times Gone By poster
5.2

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Times Gone By

1952

Double Cross poster
6.7

A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.

Double Cross

1951

Lucrèce Borgia poster
4.4

In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.

Lucrèce Borgia

1953

The Villa of Monsters poster
6.0

Short Documentary about a garden with strange sculptures near Rome.

The Villa of Monsters

1950

I cadetti di Guascogna poster
6.5

Two fellow soldiers fight for the love of the same girl, are constantly picked on by the older soldiers about to be discharged and are involved in the staging of a show in the military barracks.

I cadetti di Guascogna

1950

Il vetturale del Moncenisio poster
9.0

During the first Napoleonic expedition into Italy, Thibaud is seriously injured before being caught up in a mystery involving his wife, her rightful inheritance and his own daughter's happiness.

Il vetturale del Moncenisio

1954

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

I am Catherine poster
8.0

The story of the life of St. Catherine of Siena

I am Catherine

1957

Toto and Carolina poster
6.5

During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.

Toto and Carolina

1955

The Silent Enemy poster
5.9

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.

The Silent Enemy

1958

Outlaw Girl poster
7.2

Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.

Outlaw Girl

1950

Desert Warrior poster
7.0

Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.

Desert Warrior

1957

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia poster
5.5

Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family, is brought into service by autocrat Cesare Borgia. His promiscuous sister Lucrezia seems to have an amorous interest in Federico and wants him as her lover though Federico is in love with Diana, the Duke of Alva's daughter, whom he has saved from being raped. When he learns about Diana's feud against the Borgia clan, he becomes aware of their infamous deeds.

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia

1959

Non c'è amore più grande poster
7.0

While her new husband is away looking for work, the wife loses the child she was expecting and uses another woman's baby as a substitute so she won't have to upset her spouse when he returns.

Non c'è amore più grande

1955

Stranger on the Prowl poster
6.4

A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.

Stranger on the Prowl

1952

Il leone di Amalfi poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il leone di Amalfi

1950

Rosso e nero poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosso e nero

1954

The Stranger's Hand poster
6.8

Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in three years. Roger lives with his Aunt Rose since his mother abandoned him.

The Stranger's Hand

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

Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco

1953

Angela poster
5.8

Dennis O'Keefe plays a GI who falls in love with Mara Lane in postwar Rome. Lane kills her boss, forcing her to flee the law. O'Keefe goes along for the ride so that he won't be knocked off by Lane's husband. Just when it looks as though O'Keefe is willing to go to any lengths to protect the woman he loves, he discovers that she frankly isn't worth it.

Angela

1954

Magia Lucana poster
8.5

Short documentary about pagan rites in the countryside.

Magia Lucana

1958

Red Love poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Red Love

1952

The Girls of San Frediano poster
5.4

Andrea, a young and charming florentine mechanic in the 1950s, romances five beautiful women simultaneously, enjoying life without really committing to anyone, but in the end who wants to grasp all lose all.

The Girls of San Frediano

1955

Immortal Melodies poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Immortal Melodies

1952

Series credits

Il tastomatto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il tastomatto

1985

Gian Burrasca's Diary poster
8.2

A miniseries based upon the eponymous children's classic by Vamba. A mischievous young boy gleefully causes chaos and confusion to his immediate family and acquaintances.

Gian Burrasca's Diary

1964

L'isola del tesoro poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'isola del tesoro

1959

Rete tre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rete tre

1976

Napoleone a Sant'Elena poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Napoleone a Sant'Elena

1973

Carabinieri - Sotto copertura poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carabinieri - Sotto copertura

2005

Diamoci del tu poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Diamoci del tu

1967

In the Land of Don Quixote poster
5.2

Filmed during Orson Welles’s travels through Spain while preparing his unfinished Don Quixote project, this nine-part travelogue documents the country’s landscapes, cities, and cultural traditions—from Andalusia to Pamplona—through an intimate, observational lens. Shot as a series of personal, narration-free travel films, the material was later broadcast by Italian television (RAI) with added voiceover, making the series both a poetic portrait of Spain and a rare glimpse into Welles’s working life, family, and creative process.

In the Land of Don Quixote

1964

The Black Arrow poster
8.0

Very successful italian version of Robert Louis Stevenson's historical romance "The black arrow", produced by public TV and directed by Anton Giulio Majano, considered "italian tele-romance father". An happy ending love story during the "Two Roses War" between York and Lancaster, in seven episodes.

The Black Arrow

1968

Le fiabe dell'albero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le fiabe dell'albero

1974

Viaggio nel Sud poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Viaggio nel Sud

1958

Bel Ami poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bel Ami

1979

I racconti di padre Brown poster
NR

Renato Rascel dons the priest-detective's cassock and, with irony and wit, embodies the character of Father Brown in the six episodes that make up the series. Endowed with a great humanity that allows him to “read” hearts, the protagonist, assisted by the repentant thief Flambeau, solves the cases that arise by resorting to psychological insights that are every bit as good as those of Agatha Christie or Georges Simenon. The series, produced by Rai and broadcast on Rai Uno in prime time, was a huge success with critics and audiences alike and also marked Renato Rascel's personal breakthrough as a comedy actor. He also wrote the theme song, which topped the charts for many weeks.

I racconti di padre Brown

1971