Battle of the Worlds 1961  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini, Maya Brent, Jacqueline Derval, Carlo D'Angelo, Carol Danell, Renzo Palmer, Giuliano Gemma, Joe Pollini
A planet-like object is hurtling toward Earth, and scientists try to figure out how to stop it from colliding with our planet. But wait! Flying Saucers have been launched from the object and engage Earth's forces. It turns out that the object came from a dead planet where a master computer now rules. How can we possibly win?
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The Desert of the Tartars 1976  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Max von Sydow
French army recruit Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) is serving at an isolated fort where many are training to repel an attack by the Tartars. As days turn into months, the soldiers experience boredom, loneliness, and even paranoia as they wait for the enemy who some doubt will appear.
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The Great Battle 1978  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Battle Force
The Greatest Battle
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Helmut Berger, Samantha Eggar, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Henry Fonda, Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock, Aldo Massasso, Venantino Venantini, Rik Battaglia, Guy Doleman
Narrated by Orson Welles, this German film relates the final tank battles of the Panzer Corps in Tunisia during World War II. Poorly made and poorly acted by big-name stars.
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The Leopard 1963  N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Serge Reggiani, Pierre Clementi, Terence Hill, Lucilla Morlacchi, Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Ottavia Piccolo
Based on the novel by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, this is the story of Sicilian aristocrat Prince Don Fabrizio Salino (Burt Lancaster) and how he handles the changes in life brought on by the Garibaldi Revolution in the 1860s. Knowing that the class system is changing and that the aristocratic society is doomed, Salino reluctantly arranges the marriage of his nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) and Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant who has been appointed the town's mayor Don Calogero Sedara (Paolo Stoppa). The highlight of this film, performed on a beautiful set, is the 40-minute scene at the grand ball.
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Mad Love 2001  117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda
Cast: Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma, Roberto Alyarez, Manuela Arcuri, Eloy Azorin, Guillermo Toledo, Susi Sanchez, Carolina Bona
The journey into her world of madness is the theme of this story, set in the years before and after 1504 when Juana (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) became Queen of Spain. When pressures–which include unfaithful husband Felipe el Hermoso (Daniele Liotti)–proved too difficult, Felipe took advantage of the situation and conspired to have Juana declared insane.
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The Master Touch 1972  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
Director: Michele Lupo
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Florinda Bolkan, Giuliano Gemma, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Bruno Corazzari, Vittorio Fanfoni, Wolfgang Preiss, Romano Puppo, John Bartha, Allen Stanley
Newly paroled safecracker Wallace (Kirk Douglas) joins up with a trapeze artist (Giuliano Gemma) in a plot to partake of $1 million through illegal means.
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| 1. Battle of the Worlds (1961)
2. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
3. The Great Battle (1978)
aka: Battle Force
aka: The Greatest Battle
4. The Leopard (1963)
5. Mad Love (2001)
6. The Master Touch (1972)
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
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