Annibale 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Hannibal
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Renzo Cesana, Andrea Fantasia, Bud Spencer, Franco Dominici, Enzo Fiermonte
Hannibal (Victor Mature) has crossed the Alps with his elephants and is advancing on Rome when he captures Sylvia (Rita Gam). The two fall in love, but love will not conquer all as Hannibal's failings prove his undoing–both with Sylvia and with the Romans.
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Basileus Quartet 1982  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fabio Carpi
Cast: Pierre Malet, Omero Antonutti, Hector Alterio, Michel Vitold, Francois Simon, Alain Cuny, Gabriele Ferzetti, Veronique Genest, Lisa Kreuzer, Mimsy Farmer
When the leader of a string quartet dies, the three aging members who remain must replace their cohort with a young man–a move that has a great impact on the psyches of the aging musicians.
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The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Bible
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero, Zoe Sallis, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pupella Maggio, Robert Rietty, Peter Heinze
Using the Book of Genesis as its source, this film has some good moments with stars taking on roles of well-known Biblical characters. Among those featured are Adam (Michael Parks), Eve (Ulla Bergryd), Cain (Richard Harris), Abel (Franco Nero), and Noah (John Huston).
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Cold Sweat 1970 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Topart, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle, Paul Bonifas, Sabine Sun, Roger Mailles, Nathalie Varallo, Remo Mosconi, Dominique Crosland
Based on Richard Matheson's "Ride the Nightmare," this action film finds an American, Joe (Charles Bronson), living a peaceful life in France with his wife Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and stepdaughter Michelle (Yannick Delulle). All goes well–until gang members Captain Ross (James Mason), Katnaga (Jean Topart), Whitey (Michel Constantin), and Faustountil (Luigi Pistilli) reappear in Joe's life and kidnap his family. Their purpose is to force Joe into drug smuggling. In turn, Joe kidnaps Ross' mistress (Jill Ireland), and battles ensue.
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Divorce His, Divorce Hers 1973 TV, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Carrie Nye, Barry Foster, Gabriele Ferzetti, Daniela Surina, Rudolph Walker, Mark Colleano, Eva Griffith, Ronald Radd
This made-for-TV film presents the story of the breakup of a marriage, first from the perspective of the husband (Richard Burton) and then from the perspective of the wife (Elizabeth Taylor).
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End of the Game 1976  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Getting Away with Murder
Director: Maximilian Schell
Cast: Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt, Robert Shaw, Helmut Qualtinger, Gabriele Ferzetti, Norbert Schiller, Lil Dagover, Donald Sutherland
Swiss detective Hans Baerlach (Martin Ritt) has been on the trail of Richard Gastmann (Robert Shaw). Now, as he closes in, the waters become murky, and things are not always as clear as they seem.
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ennio DeCancini
Cast: Alec Guinness, Adolfo Celi, Simon Ward, Diane Cilento, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eric Porter, Doris Kunstmann, Joss Ackland, John Bennett, Barbara Jefford
Set at the end of World War II, Hitler (Alec Guinness) is hidden away in his bunker with while his dreams of the Third Reich fall apart as the Allies close in.
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Imperial Venus 1963 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Gabriele Ferzetti, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Giulio Bosetti, Gianni Santuccio, Elsa Albani, Andrea Bosic, Umberto Raho, Nando Tamberlani
Complex and sensual Paulette Bonaparte (Gina Lollobrigida) becomes involved in numerous sexual affairs during her brother Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) rise and ultimate fall from power.
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Julia and Julia 1987 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Del Monte
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Sting, Gabriel Byrne, Gabriele Ferzetti, Angela Goodwin, Lidia Broccolino, Alexander Van Wyk, Renato Scarpa, Yorgo Voyagis, John Steiner
This is a strange film, though interesting. After her husband dies in an auto accident, Julia (Kathleen Turner) decides to stay in Italy where she was wed. After a time, she is "transported" into a parallel world in which things turned out differently, and her husband is still alive and they have a child. She then alternately goes back and forth between the two worlds.
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Le Amiche 1955  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Girlfriends
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Valentina Cortese, Franco Fabrizi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Yvonne Furneaux, Ettore Manni, Madeleine Fischer, Anna Maria Pancani, Maria Gambarelli, Luciano Volpato
This is one of Antonioni's better, early films as he brings out the problems that confront a woman who moves to Turin, Italy from Rome to work in a boutique. Her doomed relationships eventually result in losing her job and heading back to Rome.
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L'Avventura 1960  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
aka: The Adventure
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, Dorothy DePoliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, James Addams, Jack O'Connell, Franco Cimino, Prof. Cucco, Giovanni Danesi, Angela Tommasi Di Lampedusa
While on a yachting holiday to an island off the coast of Sicily, socialite Anna (Lea Massari) has an argument with her lover Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti) and disappears. Her best friend Claudia (Monica Vitti) and Sandro join forces and search the island for Anna but find no sign of her. Meanwhile, Claudia and Sandro become attracted to each other, and Claudia becomes Sandro's new lover. The cinematography is what makes this film as good as it is. 1 User Review
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| | One of the best of all time. | Dolores 03/27/2007 | | I can't believe this is only rated 3 stars and "An Almost Perfect Affair" is rated 2. L'Avventura is one of the great films of all time. It is slow-paced, it is contemplative, it is also stunningly beautiful and hypnotic, so stick with it. Monica Vitti turns in a performance of aching vulnerability and sensitivity. The cinematography is some of the best of all time. This film will haunt you in all the best ways. It is extremely honest, mysterious, and ambiguously hopeful. Please give it a chance. |
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A Matter of Time 1976  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Spiros Andros, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Isabella Rossellini, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orso Maria Guerrini, Amedeo Nazzari
Nina (Liza Minnelli) is a hotel maid who rises to stardom under the tutelage of the aging Contessa (Ingrid Bergman). While this would be Vincente Minnelli and Charles Boyer's final film, it marks Isabella Rossellini's screen debut.
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 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 PG, 142 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Cast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele Ferzetti, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, George Baker, Desmond Llewelyn, John Gay, Angela Scoular, Catherine Schell, Bernard Horsfall, Yuri Borionko, Virginia North
This is the sixth movie about James Bond, and George Lazenby does a good job in his role of Agent 007. Telly Savalas plays the bad guy who lives in Switzerland while he plots to gain world power through biological warfare. Excellent action scenes include a ski chase over the Alps.
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968  PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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| 1. Annibale (1960)
aka: Hannibal
2. Basileus Quartet (1982)
3. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
aka: The Bible
4. Cold Sweat (1970)
5. Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
6. End of the Game (1976)
aka: Getting Away with Murder
7. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
8. Imperial Venus (1963)
9. Julia and Julia (1987)
10. Le Amiche (1955)
aka: The Girlfriends
11. L'Avventura (1960)
aka: The Adventure
12. A Matter of Time (1976)
13. The Night Porter (1974)
14. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
15. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
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