Raffaella Carrà

Acting

Raffaella Carrà

Born — Died

1943-06-18 — 2021-07-05

Place of birth

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (Italian: [raffaˈɛlla karˈra]), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress. She was a popular figure in Europe and Latin America, both as a result of her many well-known taped presentations and records, and because of her many popular TV shows. Carrà is widely regarded as a gay icon. Carrà debuted in cinema at age nine, in Tormento del passato (1952). She made five other movies before 1960 when she graduated from the national film school of Italy. The same year she appeared in Long Night in 1943, and went on to appear in many Italian peplum films, including Fury of the Pagans …

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 25 titles

Von Ryan's Express poster
7.1

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

Von Ryan's Express

1965

Caesar The Conqueror poster
5.4

In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterid and others who'd once pledged allegiance to Rome.

Caesar The Conqueror

1962

Pontius Pilate poster
6.7

The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.

Pontius Pilate

1962

The Organizer poster
7.5

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

The Organizer

1963

Chance at Love poster
5.6

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

Chance at Love

1964

Long Night in '43 poster
7.1

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?

Long Night in '43

1960

5 Marines for 100 Girls poster
5.9

Five GIs end up in a female college during their military maneuvers. They're very welcome by the girls and since one of them has also a beautiful voice they take part in a show organized by the college.

5 Marines for 100 Girls

1961

Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules poster
5.5

Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her...

Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

1961

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist poster
4.4

The Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich and Rome. Because he believes that true love exists only in connection with marriage, he is secretly married twice.

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist

1969

The Saint Lies in Wait poster
6.2

Oscar Chartier plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American secret services, to ensure a comfortable future for his daughter, Sophie. But the plans are fake and Chartier decides to get help from his good friend Simon Templar.

The Saint Lies in Wait

1966

The Invincible poster
4.9

In addition to his passion for red roses, Count Henri de Verlaine adores wooing all the women he meets.

The Invincible

1966

Fury of the Pagans poster
7.0

In an imaginary northern European country during the High Middle Ages, two leaders of a barbarian village fight to gain power: one is good and right and the other is an evil selfish. Who will have it?

Fury of the Pagans

1960

Atlas Against the Cyclops poster
6.5

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.

Atlas Against the Cyclops

1961

The Terrorist poster
6.5

In Venice in 1943, a group of partisans led by Renato Braschi organize a series of autonomous terrorist attacks against the fascists while the National Liberation Committee urges caution. Renato is determined to carry out his ideas, risking his own life, and not only that...

The Terrorist

1963

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules poster
5.2

Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.

Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules

1962

La Celestina P… R… poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Celestina P… R…

1965

The Shadow of Zorro poster
6.5

A battle between revolutionary Mexicans and the U.S. cavalry brings Zorro onto the scene to enact vengeance for violent acts incurred by the cavalry Sergeant. Once the Sergeant is killed, Don Jose de la Torre retires from being Zorro and settles down to live a quiet life. The brother of the Sergeant, in an act of his own justice, dons the costume of Zorro and terrorizes the countryside. In an act to draw out the true Zorro, the imposter kidnaps Don Jose's wife, making him once again don the mask to rescue her.

The Shadow of Zorro

1962

Il peccato degli anni verdi poster
6.0

Released from a boarding school of nuns in Como, the seventeen-year-old Milanese Elena Giordani manages to convince her parents to let her spend the summer holidays together with her Genoese friend Diana D'Aquino in her villa in Rapallo.

Il peccato degli anni verdi

1960

Hell Commandos poster
6.5

Members of a German tank crew become trapped behind enemy lines.

Hell Commandos

1969

Beach Casanova poster
5.2

Mr. Edmond is a middle-aged playboy, living by his wits on the Riviera. Among the women with whom Edmond dallies are three gorgeous ladies.

Beach Casanova

1962

Il vostro superagente Flit poster
7.0

Eurospy movie.

Il vostro superagente Flit

1966

No artwork available
NR

Martino Lori, widowed by his own wife, does not seem to recover from that mournful event. He has a daughter, Palma, entrusted until the age of eighteen to a guardian, Senator Manfroni: this, having reached the age of majority, will marry Flavio, leaving his father, toward whom he has a deep contempt, alone and abandoned.

Tutto per bene

1967

No artwork available
NR

Rockefeller is a tough and resilient man, who has spent his life as a cowboy in the Wild West, always without fear and without remorse. He is the head of a large family, which he leads with authority, sharp words and a passionate temperament. In the village, Rockefeller faces an alcoholic doctor, a wise wife, a generous-hearted girl and a sheriff who takes justice into his own hands.

Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso

1967

No artwork available
NR

Dino, a young failure dependent on his elderly aunt, meets Roberto, a former military comrade who went to war in his place. Roberto gives him the address of a tailor to have a new suit made. Based on the short story of the same name, from the collection "Le K" (1966).

La giacca stregata

1969

Dopo il buio poster
NR

Roberto Faenza's Nouvelle Vague-inspired graduation film at CSC, shot in 1964 with a then-unknown Raffaella Carrà in the lead role.

Dopo il buio

1964

Series credits

Top of the Pops poster
6.6

The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

Top of the Pops

1964

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

2017

Viña del Mar International Song Festival poster
4.7

A yearly musical contest organized by the municipality of Viña del Mar, Chile which takes place during the last week of February at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater since February 21, 1960.

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

1963

Sanremo Music Festival poster
7.9

The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Sanremo Music Festival

1951

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Einer wird gewinnen

1964

Disco poster
NR

Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..

Disco

1971

Musik aus Studio B poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Musik aus Studio B

1961

Musikladen poster
8.0

Der Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.

Musikladen

1972

Domenica In poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Domenica In

1976

Domenica In poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Domenica In

1976

Arsène Lupin poster
7.7

Arsène Lupin is a French TV show which was co-produced with German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Swiss, Italian and Austrian TV stations. It was only loosely based on Maurice Leblancs novels. Georges Descrières' portrayal of Arsène Lupin showed more similarity to Graf Yoster than to Maurice Leblanc's original. He behaved in the first place as a perfect gentleman who never got angry. He was always relaxed, because whatever could possibly had bothered him in daily life was taken care of by his butler. It wasn't questioned how he had come to his financial independence although the series sometimes discreetly implied that he was a professional criminal. Besides rescuing damsels in distress Lupin took on criminals, competing with their wit and intelligence. Either he stole paintings from rich people who had to be considered white-collar criminals or he acted as a detective who derailed criminal schemes. However, when he was attacked, he could defend himself effortlessly by using elegant jujutsu methods. Among the guest stars were German actors such as Günter Strack and Sky du Mont. Jean-Paul Salomé said in his commentary on the DVD version of his film Arsène Lupin he had like this series as a child. German TV, one the investors, would broadcast the show eventually between 18:00-20:00 o'clock because it was only allowed to show commercials within that very timeslot. For them to get a financial return on investment the show had to be appropriate for families and also for children who would watch it alone. Subsequently it was nearby to ask to defuse and flatten some of Leblanc's plots in order to avoid possible complaints that could force the station to broadcast the show beyond the "Vorabendprogramm".

Arsène Lupin

1971

Starparade poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Starparade

1968

Television poster
8.0

Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.

Television

1985

Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?

1999

TV Story Superstar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

TV Story Superstar

2020

Scaramouche poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Scaramouche

1965

I grandi camaleonti poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

I grandi camaleonti

1964

The Voice of Italy poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Voice of Italy

2013

Mamma per Caso poster
NR

Annamaria, a single, independent, and career-focused photojournalist living in Rome. Her structured life is turned upside down when her sister suddenly departs, leaving her three young children—Carlo, Alice, and the baby Nicolas—in Annamaria's care. Completely inexperienced in parenting and juggling a demanding job alongside a complex romantic life, Annamaria must adapt to her unexpected role as a surrogate mother, leading to a series of chaotic situations, emotional growth, and heart-warming moments.

Mamma per Caso

1997

Carràmba! Che sorpresa poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carràmba! Che sorpresa

1995

Io, Agata e tu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Io, Agata e tu

1970

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pesto kai tha ginei

1985

Ma che sera poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ma che sera

1978

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Millemilioni

1981