Italian films of 1961
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A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 1961 (see 1961 in film
):
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s produced in Italy
Italy
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in 1961 (see 1961 in film
1961 in film
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...
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| 1960 1960 in film The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I... |
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| A cavallo della tigre A cavallo della tigre (1961 film) A cavallo della tigre is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961. It was released as Jailbreak in the UK and On the Tiger's Back in the U.S.-Cast:*Nino Manfredi as Giacinto Rossi*Mario Adorf as Tagliabue... |
Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre.... |
Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre.... , Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volontè Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.-Early life:Volonté was born in Milan, and graduated in Rome in 1957... , Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight... |
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| A due passi dal confine | Gianni Vernuccio | Ombretta Colli, Tony Bellani | Drama | |
| A porte chiuse | Dino Risi | Anita Ekberg Anita Ekberg Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg is a Swedish model, actress and cult sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita which features the legendary scene of her cavorting in Trevi Fountain alongside Marcello Mastroianni.-Biography:Ekberg was born in... , Claudio Gora Claudio Gora Claudio Gora was an Italian actor and film director.He was a particularly prolific actor making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years from 1939 to 1997... |
Comedy | |
| Accattone Accattone Accattone is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Despite being filmed from an original screenplay, academics perceive Accattone as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini's earlier novels, particularly Boys of Life and A Violent Life... |
Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure... |
Franco Citti Franco Citti Franco Citti is an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone... , Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini |
Drama | Pasolini's directorial debut |
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| Akiko | Luigi Filippo D'Amico Luigi Filippo D'Amico Luigi Filippo D'Amico was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1974 film Il domestico was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.... |
Paolo Panelli Paolo Panelli Paolo Panelli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996. He was married to Bice Valori.-Selected filmography:* Hearts at Sea * Against the Law... , Marcello Paolini |
Comedy | |
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| America di notte | Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Angela Maria, Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy... |
documentary | |
| Amours célèbres | MIchel Boisrond Michel Boisrond Michel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and writer... |
Alain Delon Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot... , Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer... , Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long... , Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study... |
Historic | |
| An einem Freitag um halb zwölf | Alvin Rakoff Alvin Rakoff Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian film and television director who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 high profile television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions... |
Rod Steiger Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an Academy Award-winning American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, and Waterloo as well as the... , Nadia Tiller, Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appreared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005... |
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| The Assassin The Assassin (1961 film) The Assassin is a 1961 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.- Cast :* Marcello Mastroianni - Nello Poletti* Micheline Presle - Adalgisa de Matteis* Cristina Gaioni - Antonella Nogara... |
Elio Petri | Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... |
Entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 23 to July 4, 1961.-Jury:* James Quinn * France Roche* Marc Turfkruyer* Satyajit Ray* Gian Luigi Rondi* Hirosugu Ozaki* Nicholas Ray* Falk Harnack* Hans Schaarwächter... |
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| Attenzione: guerra! | Jiri Brdecka | Alberto Caldana | ||
| Avventura dell'uomo | ||||
| Banditi a Orgosolo Banditi a Orgosolo Banditi a Orgosolo is a 1960 Italian film drama directed by Vittorio De Seta. The film stars Vittorina Pisano. De Seta won an Award for the film at the Venice Film Festival.-Cast:*Vittorina Pisano ... Mintonia... |
Vittorio De Seta Vittorio De Seta Vittorio De Seta was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of the Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the Sixties.- Biography :... |
Vittorina Pisano | Venice Award for debut feature | |
| Battaglie sui mari | Roberto Savarese | |||
| Battle of the Worlds Battle of the Worlds Battle of the Worlds is a 1961 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti, starring Claude Raines, Bill Carter and Maya Brent.-Plot:... (Il pianeta degli uomini spenti) |
Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti , also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72.... |
Claude Rains Claude Rains Claude Rains was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 66 years. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in The Invisible Man , a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , Mr... , Umberto Orsini |
Science Fiction | |
| Bellezze sulla spiaggia | Romolo Girolami | Walter Chiari Walter Chiari Walter Chiari, stage name of Walter Annichiarico , was a hugely successful Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.... , Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto was an Italian actor of theatre and cinema.-Biography:Carotenuto, the son of an actor of silent films, debuted as a young actor in Theatre Costanzi in his native city of Rome, Italy... , Valeria Fabrizi |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
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| Caccia all'uomo | ||||
| Cacciatori di dote | ||||
| Capitaine tempête | ||||
| Capitani di ventura | ||||
| Che femmina... e che dollari! | ||||
| Che gioia vivere | ||||
| Cinque leoni un soldo | ||||
| Civiltà romana | ||||
| Cocagne | ||||
| Controfagotto | ||||
| Crimen | ||||
| Cronache del '22 | ||||
| Di là dalla gloria | ||||
| Diana | ||||
| Dichiarazione d'amore | ||||
| Divorce, Italian Style Divorce, Italian Style Divorce, Italian Style is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay was written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci; based on the novel Un delitto d'onore by Giovanni Arpino... (Divorzio all'italiana) |
Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di... |
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... , Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca was an Italian model and actress.Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a poor neighborhood in Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition... , Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with... , Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste was an Italian actor, film director and script writer.Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria... |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay winner. 2 Oscar nominations and entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival 1962 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Tetsuro Furukaki *Henry Deutschmeister *Sophie Desmarets *Jean Dutourd *Mel Ferrer *Romain Gary *Jerzy Kawalerowicz *Ernst Krüger... |
| Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo | ||||
| Donne brutte | ||||
| Drakut il vendicatore | ||||
| Dynamite Jack | ||||
| El Cid El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat... |
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| Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide | ||||
| Esploratori a cavallo | ||||
| Fantasmi a Roma | ||||
| The Fascist | Luciano Salce Luciano Salce Luciano Salce was an Italian film director and actor. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.... |
Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he... , Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with... |
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| Fertilizzanti complessi | ||||
| Five Golden Hours Five Golden Hours Five Golden Hours is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and written by Hans Wilhelm. It stars Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders, and features Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier.-Plot:... |
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| Fra' Manisco cerca guai | ||||
| Freddy und der Millionär | ||||
| Gerarchi si muore | ||||
| Giorno per giorno disperatamente | ||||
| Gioventù di notte | ||||
| Gli addii | ||||
| Gli amici dell'isola | ||||
| Gli attendenti | ||||
| Gli incensurati | ||||
| Gli invasori | ||||
| Gli scontenti | ||||
| Gli stregoni | ||||
| Goliath contro i giganti | ||||
| Gordon, il pirata nero | ||||
| Hercules in the Haunted World Hercules in the Haunted World Hercules in The Haunted World is a 1961 Italian sword and sandal film directed by director Mario Bava and starring British-born bodybuilder Reg Park as Hercules and legendary British actor Christopher Lee as his nemesis, Lico. It is the sequel to Hercules and the Captive Women... (Ercole al centro della terra) |
Mario Bava Mario Bava Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy... |
Reg Park Reg Park Roy "Reg" Park from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, was a bodybuilder, businessman and film actor.-Biography:... , Christopher Lee Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films... |
Sword and sandal Sword and sandal The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"... |
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| Hindu Kush Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir in the Chitral region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and is a... |
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| I 10 del Texas | ||||
| I due marescialli | ||||
| I giganti del cielo | ||||
| I magnifici tre | ||||
| I masnadieri I masnadieri I masnadieri is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on Die Räuber by Friedrich von Schiller.... |
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| I mongoli | ||||
| I sogni muoiono all'alba | ||||
| I soliti rapinatori a Milano | ||||
| I tartari | ||||
| Il bar di Gigi | ||||
| Il brigante | ||||
| Il cane di pietra | ||||
| Il carabiniere a cavallo | ||||
| Il colosso di Rodi Il Colosso di Rodi Il Colosso di Rodi is a 1961 sword and sandal film directed by Sergio Leone. It was Leone's first work as a credited director, in a genre where he already had worked before . It is by far the least known of his films... |
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| Il conquistatore di Maracaibo | ||||
| The Fascist The Fascist (film) The Fascist is a 1961 Italian film directed by Luciano Salce. It was coproduced with France. It was also the first feature film scored by Ennio Morricone.- Plot :... (Il federale) |
Luciano Salce Luciano Salce Luciano Salce was an Italian film director and actor. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.... |
Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he... , Georges Wilson Georges Wilson Georges Wilson was a French film and television actor. He is the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine , to a French father and an Irish mother... , Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with... , Mireille Granelli |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
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| Il fiume di Roma | ||||
| Il gigante di Metropolis | ||||
| The Last Judgement The Last Judgement (1961 film) The Last Judgement is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France.It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino... (Il Giudizio universale) |
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... |
Anouk Aimee Anouk Aimée Anouk Aimée is a French film actress. Aimée has appeared in 70 films since 1947. She began her film career in 1947 at age 14. In 1958 she portrayed the tragic artist Jeanne Hébuterne in the film Les Amants de Montparnasse... , Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director... , Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre.... , Lino Ventura Lino Ventura Lino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs... , Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films.... , Fernandel Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin , better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues... , Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946... , Melina Mercouri Melina Mercouri Melina Mercouri , born as Maria Amalia Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician.As an actress she made her film debut in Stella and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn... , Jack Palance Jack Palance Jack Palance , was an American actor. During half a century of film and television appearances, Palance was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers.-Early life:Palance, one of five children, was born Volodymyr... |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
Negatively reviewed by contemporary critics |
| Il giustiziere dei mari | ||||
| Il ladro di Bagdad | ||||
| Il mantenuto | ||||
| Il mondo di notte numero 2 | ||||
| Il più forte | ||||
| Il posto Il Posto Il Posto is an Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. An extension of Italian Neorealism, it explores many of the dehumanizing practices of the corporation from the viewpoint of an Italian adolescent.-Synopsis:... |
Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto.... |
Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich Tullio Kezich Tullio Kezich was an Italian film critic, screenwriter, playwright and actor.Kezich was born in Trieste... , Sandro Panseri |
Drama | Venice Award. Close to Italian neorealism Italian neorealism Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors... |
| Il ratto delle sabine Il ratto delle sabine Il ratto delle sabine is a Italian adventure comedy film from 1961, directed by Richard Pottier, written by Edoardo Anton, starring Roger Moore and Jean Marais. The scenario was based on a novel of André Castelot... |
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| Il re di Poggioreale | ||||
| Il relitto | ||||
| Il segreto dello sparviero nero | ||||
| Il sepolcro dei re | ||||
| Il terrore dei mari | ||||
| Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse | ||||
| Inchiesta a Perdasdefogu | ||||
| Io bacio... tu baci | ||||
| Italia '61 | ||||
| Kanjut sar Kanjut Sar Kanjut Sar is a mountain located in the Hispar Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It lies within the Gilgit-Baltistan province of Pakistan... |
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| L'adorabile Giulio | ||||
| L'amant de cinq jours L'Amant de cinq jours L'Amant de cinq jours is a 1961 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jean Seberg - Claire* Micheline Presle - Madeleine* Jean-Pierre Cassel - Antoine... |
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| L'ammutinamento | ||||
| L'année dernière à Marienbad | ||||
| The Ladykiller of Rome (L'assassino) | Elio Petri | Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... , Salvo Randone Salvo Randone Salvatore "Salvo" Randone was an Italian theatrical and film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1977.He was married to the actress Neda Naldi-Selected filmography:... |
Kafkaesque Drama | Petri's debut |
| L'Atlantide | ||||
| L'imprevisto | ||||
| L'onorata società L'onorata società L'onorata società is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Franco Franchi - Salvatore* Ciccio Ingrassia - Rosolino... |
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| L'oro di Roma | ||||
| L'ultimo dei Vikinghi | ||||
| L'uomo in grigio | ||||
| L'urlo dei bolidi | ||||
| La colpa e la pena La colpa e la pena La colpa e la pena is a 1961 Italian film directed by Marco Bellochio. The screenplay and the story were also was written by Marco Bellocchio.... |
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| La corona di fuoco | ||||
| La facciola | ||||
| La Fayette La Fayette (film) La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.-Cast:* Pascale Audret -... |
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| La fille aux yeux d'or | ||||
| La fille du torrent | ||||
| La giornata balorda | ||||
| La grande olimpiade | ||||
| La grande vallata | ||||
| La guerra di Troia | ||||
| La moglie di mio marito | ||||
| La notte La Notte La Notte is a 1961 Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is considered the central film of a trilogy beginning with L'avventura and ending with L'Eclisse.- Plot :... |
Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :... |
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... , Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française... , Monica Vitti Monica Vitti Monica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, her lover at that time, during the early 1960s... , Bernhard Wicki |
Drama | Won the Golden Bear Golden Bear According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear.... at Berlin 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 23 to July 4, 1961.-Jury:* James Quinn * France Roche* Marc Turfkruyer* Satyajit Ray* Gian Luigi Rondi* Hirosugu Ozaki* Nicholas Ray* Falk Harnack* Hans Schaarwächter... |
| La padrona di raggio di luna | ||||
| La princesse de Clèves La Princesse de Clèves La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It is regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel, and as a great classic work. Its author is generally held to be Madame de La Fayette.The action takes place between... |
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| Girl with a Suitcase Girl with a Suitcase Girl with a suitcase is a 1961 Italian romantic drama film by Italian Director Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a naive nightclub singer who lives on the good will of others. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:... (La ragazza con la valiglia) |
Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party... |
Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... , Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:... |
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| La ragazza di mille mesi | ||||
| La ragazza in vetrina | ||||
| La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo | ||||
| La regina dei tartari | ||||
| La rivolta dei mercenari | ||||
| La tragica notte di Assisi | ||||
| La trincea | ||||
| La vendetta della maschera di ferro | ||||
| La vendetta di Ursus | ||||
| La Venere dei pirati | ||||
| The Lovemakers (La viaccia) | Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany.... |
Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... , Jean Paul Belmondo, Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di... , Romolo Valli Romolo Valli Romolo Valli was an Italian actor.Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked both for the stage and the silver screen... |
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| Laura nuda | ||||
| Le avventure di Mary Read | ||||
| Le avventure di topo Gigio | ||||
| Le baccanti | ||||
| Le capitaine Fracasse Le Capitaine Fracasse Le Capitaine Fracasse , is a French comedy film from 1961, directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, written by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and Pierre Gaspard-Huit, starring Jean Marais and Louis de Funès... |
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| Le cave se rebiffe | ||||
| Le comte de Monte Cristo | ||||
| Le goût de la violence | ||||
| Le grand barrage | ||||
| Le italiane e l'amore | ||||
| Le magnifiche sette | ||||
| Le meraviglie di Aladino | ||||
| Le miracle des loups Le Miracle des loups Le Miracle des loups is the title of two French adventure historical films, both located at the time of rivalry between Louis XI and Charles the Bold... |
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| Le pavé de Paris | ||||
| Le président | ||||
| Le puits aux trois vérités | ||||
| Le rendez-vous | ||||
| Le sette sfide | ||||
| Le stagioni | ||||
| Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff | ||||
| Le vergini di Roma | ||||
| Legge di guerra | ||||
| Leon Garros ishchet druga | ||||
| Leoni al sole | ||||
| Les filles sèment le vent | ||||
| Les godelureaux Les Godelureaux Les Godelureaux is a 1961 French revenge drama directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel by Eric Ollivier.-Plot:Roger is publicly humiliated by Arthur and plots to destroy Arthur's life, using Ambroisine as bait.-Cast:*Jean-Claude Brialy as Ronald*Bernadette Lafont as Ambroisine*Charles... |
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| Les grandes personnes | ||||
| Les hommes veulent vivre | ||||
| Les lions sont lâchés Les Lions sont lâchés Les Lions sont lâchés is a 1961 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil, and written by France Roche and Michel Audiard... |
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| Les trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady | ||||
| Les trois mousquetaires: Première époque - Les ferrets de la reine | ||||
| Lettera dal Venezuela | ||||
| Lola Lola (1961 film) Lola, is a 1961 film, the debut film directed by Jacques Demy as a tribute to director Max Ophüls and is described by Demy as a "musical without music". Anouk Aimée starred in the title role... |
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| Lui, lei e il nonno | ||||
| Lycanthropus Lycanthropus Lycanthropus is a 1962 horror film directed by Paolo Heusch... |
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| Léon Morin, prêtre | ||||
| Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan | ||||
| Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai | ||||
| Maciste contro il vampiro | ||||
| Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi | ||||
| Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo | ||||
| Malesia magica | ||||
| Mani in alto | ||||
| Marco Polo Marco Polo Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently... |
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| Mariti a congresso | ||||
| Mariti in pericolo | ||||
| Maurizio, Peppino e le indossatrici | ||||
| Milano nera | ||||
| Mina... fuori la guardia | ||||
| Morgan il pirata | ||||
| Morte di un bandito | ||||
| Napoléon II, l'aiglon | ||||
| Nefertiti, regina del Nilo | ||||
| No, No, It's a Sin | ||||
| Odissea nuda | ||||
| Orazi e curiazi Orazi e Curiazi Orazi e Curiazi is an opera by the Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It takes the form of a tragedia lirica in three acts. The libretto, by Salvadore Cammarano is based on the Roman legend of the fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii... |
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| Pastasciutta nel deserto | ||||
| Pecado de amor Pecado de amor Pecado de amor is a 1961 Argentine film.... |
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| Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento | ||||
| Pomodoro | ||||
| Processo Karamazov | ||||
| Psycosissimo | ||||
| Pugni, pupe e marinai | ||||
| Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra | ||||
| Pulcinella: Il gioco dell'oca | ||||
| Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge? | ||||
| Racconti dell'Italia di ieri - L' alfiere nero | ||||
| Racconti dell'Italia di ieri - Terno secco | ||||
| Racconti dell'Italia di ieri - Un episodio dell'anno della fame | ||||
| Rocco e le sorelle | ||||
| Romolo e Remo Romolo e Remo Romolo e Remo is a 1961 film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, and Virna Lisi.Tagline: "The Legendary Conflict of Mankind's Mightiest Mortals!"-Summary:... |
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| Sacco in plypac | ||||
| Sansone Sansone People with the surname Sansone:* Gilda Sansone - Italian fashion model* Greg Sansone - Canadian sports anchor* Gianluca Sansone Italian footballer* Kathryn Sansone - American homemaker... |
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| Scandali al mare | ||||
| Scano Boa | ||||
| Solimano il conquistatore | ||||
| Solitudine | ||||
| Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare is a 1961 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ugo Tognazzi.-Cast:* Ugo Tognazzi - Ernesto* Virna Lisi - Silvia* Totò - Dott... |
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| Séptimo paralelo | ||||
| Teddy, l'orsacchiotto vagabondo | ||||
| Then There Were Three | ||||
| The Joy of Living The Joy of Living The Joy of Living is a 1961 Italian-French comedy film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Alain Delon - Ulysse Cecconato* Barbara Lass - Franca Fossati* Gino Cervi - Olinto Fossati... |
René Clément | Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival 1961 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Jean Giono *Sergei Yutkevich *Pedro Armendáriz *Luigi Chiarini *Claude Mauriac *Edouard Molinaro *Jean Paulhan *Raoul Ploquin... |
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| Torino nei cent'anni | ||||
| Tototruffa '62 | ||||
| Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita | ||||
| Tout l'or du monde | ||||
| Trionfo di Maciste | ||||
| Tropico di notte | ||||
| Tu ne tueras point | ||||
| Ulisse contro Ercole | ||||
| Un figlio d'oggi | ||||
| Un giorno da leoni | ||||
| Un quarto d'Italia | ||||
| Un soir sur la plage | ||||
| Una spada nell'ombra | ||||
| A Difficult Life A Difficult Life A Difficult Life is a Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.-Plot:... (Una vita difficile) |
Dino Risi | Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films.... , Lea Massari Lea Massari Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but when she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo... , Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi was an Italian actor.Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, he was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film... , Claudio Gora Claudio Gora Claudio Gora was an Italian actor and film director.He was a particularly prolific actor making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years from 1939 to 1997... |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
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| Une aussi longue absence | ||||
| Une femme est une femme | ||||
| Uomini e mare | ||||
| Ursus | ||||
| Ursus nella valle dei leoni | ||||
| Vacanze alla baia d'argento | ||||
| Vanina Vanini Vanina Vanini (film) Vanina Vanini also known as The Betrayer is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini.-Plot summary:Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhood of the Free Masons.-Cast:*Sandra... |
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... |
Sandra Milo Sandra Milo Sandra Milo is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits, winning a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each film.-Career:... , Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff was a French actor.- Biography :Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Čemerzin.The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on... , Martine Carol Martine Carol -Biography:Born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, , she studied acting under René Simon , making her stage debut in 1940 and her first motion picture in 1943. One of the most beautiful women in film, she was frequently cast as an elegant blonde seductress... , Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa was an Italian actor and dubber.Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932... |
Drama | Based on Stendhal Stendhal Marie-Henri Beyle , better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir and La Chartreuse de Parme... 's novel Vanina Vanini Vanina Vanini Vanina Vanini is the title of a story by Stendhal , the nom de plume of Marie-Henri Beyle. Set in 1830s during the early Risorgimento, when Italy was under Austrian control, it concerns the love affair of a young Roman princess and a revolutionary carbonaro.-Synopsis:Vanina Vanini, the... |
| Venere creola | ||||
| Viva l'Italia! | ||||
| Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! | ||||
| Vulcano, figlio di Giove | ||||
| Walter e i suoi cugini | ||||
External links
- Italian films of 1961 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...