Alberto Sordi — Playwright (19)
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Io e Caterina (1982) IMDb Douban
Io e Caterina
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: Alberto Sordi / Edwige Fenech …
other title: 凯瑟琳与我 / Ich und Katharina …
Enrico Melotti, a middle-aged businessman, has a difficult relationship with his wife, maid and secretary/lover. During a business trip to America, his friend Arturo shows him the key to solving all of his problems: Caterina, a female-looking robotic maid that does all domestic chores better than any human.
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The Miser (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'avaro
director: Tonino Cervi actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / 劳拉·安托内利 …
other title: El avaro / 吝嗇鬼 …
Misery money-lender Arpagone is looking to arrange three weddings simultaneously - to cut down on costs. One for himself and the others for his two children. Of course he doesn't approve of the choices his son and daughter have made and conspires to arrange more well to do spouses against their will. However, fate will prove itself to be on the side of true love, not of the greedy.
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While There's War There's Hope (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / Silvia Monti …
other title: Mientras hay guerra hay esperanza / Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza …
Alberto Sordi directs and interprets a corrosive comedy, another "story of an Italian" that makes you smile and reflect. An arms dealer is exposed and would like to return to an honest business. But his family does not intend to give up that bloody money.
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Stardust (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Polvere di stelle
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / Monica Vitti …
other title: Esa rubia es mia / 星塵 …
The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march northward, their moment of glory finishes heartlessly.
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Medicine Italian Style (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con la Mutua
director: Luciano Salce actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / 伊妲·伽利 …
other title: Doctor Tersilli, médico de la clínica Villa Celeste, afiliada a la mutua / 診所故事 …
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
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Complexes (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I complessi
director: 佛朗哥·罗西 / Luigi Filippo D'Amico … actor: Nino Manfredi / Ugo Tognazzi …
other title: Einmal zu wenig, einmal zu viel / Les Complexés …
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.
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Christmas Vacation '91 (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Vacanze di Natale '91
director: Enrico Oldoini actor: 克里斯蒂安·德·西卡 / Massimo Boldi …
other title: Vacaciones cornudas en St. Moritz / 聖誕假期 91 …
This coarse bedroom farce takes place at the St. Moritz ski resort over a Christmas vacation. Among the couples whose lives intersect are a widowed artist honeymooning with his second wife, a gay man traveling with his son and his lover (and hiding each from the other), a snobbish couple from Milan who have been forced to share a suite with a pair of crass Romans, etc.
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Journey with Papa (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
In viaggio con papà
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / Carlo Verdone …
other title: In viaggio con papà
Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. The movie proceeds showing us, ironically, the differences, the different ways to think, to act, to treat the women between father and son.
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Too Much (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Troppo forte
director: Carlo Verdone actor: Carlo Verdone / Stella Hall …
other title: Troppo forte
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
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The Three Faces (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
I Tre Volti
director: 米开朗基罗·安东尼奥尼 / 莫洛·鲍罗尼尼 … actor: Soraya / 戈弗雷多·亚历山德里尼 …
other title: 女人的三副面孔 / I Tre Volti …
Italian comedy film made of three segments directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina. First segment: Il Provino; second segment: Gli amanti celebri; third segment: Latin Lover.
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Thank You Very Much (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Fumo di Londra
director: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / 菲奥娜·刘易斯 …
other title: 伦敦大烟鬼 / Fumo di Londra …
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a silly daydreamer doing no serious work. Unfussed, Dante plans a vacation to London to learn more about the culture he so admires. However, once in London, he struggles to fit in, is awkward, often makes mistakes betraying his Italian origins, attracting the scorn of the British upper classes he would like to impress.