23 Movies Starring Alberto Sordi

The White Sheik

The White Sheik

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-04-25

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3287 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Federico Fellini (story)

Tullio Pinelli (story)

Federico Fellini (screenplay)

Tullio Pinelli (screenplay)

Ennio Flaiano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The first two days of a marriage. Ivan, a punctilious clerk brings his virginal bride to Rome for a honeymoon, an audience with the Pope, and to present her to his uncle. They arrive early in the morning, and he has time for a nap. She sneaks off to find the offices of a romance magazine she reads religiously: she wants to meet "The White Sheik," the hero of a soap-opera photo strip. Star-struck, she ends up 20 miles from Rome, alone on a boat with the sheik. A distraught Ivan covers for her, claiming she's ill. That night, each wanders the streets, she tempted by suicide, he by prostitutes. The next day, at 11, is their papal audience. Can things still right themselves?

I Vitelloni

I Vitelloni

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-11-07

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(9646 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Federico Fellini (story)

Ennio Flaiano (story)

Tullio Pinelli (story)

Federico Fellini (screenplay)

Ennio Flaiano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Fausto Moretti, having seduced Sandra Rubini, the sister of his friend and companion Moraldo Rubini, is forced to marry her. After their honeymoon, he takes a job as a salesman of religious objects in a small shop. He isn't changed by his marriage and still looks for women, with his friends, when and where they can find them. He even tries to seduce the wife of his boss and is fired. After each episode, Sandra forgives him. He and his friends of similar temperament are content to be idle, chase girls and leave the work and job-hunting to others. After spending the night away from home with a girl, Sandra cannot forgive anymore and runs off with their child. Fausto and his friends search all over for them, fearing the worst.

The Bachelor

The Bachelor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-12-30

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, Spain

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (112 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Antonio Pietrangeli (story)

Antonio Pietrangeli (screenplay)

Sandro Continenza (screenplay)

Ruggero Maccari (screenplay)

Ettore Scola (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

The Great War

The Great War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-10-28

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (2205 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Cast:

Writer:

Agenore Incrocci (story)

Furio Scarpelli (story)

Luciano Vincenzoni (story)

Mario Monicelli (story)

Agenore Incrocci (dialogue)

Furio Scarpelli (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army. Giovanni bribes Oreste, believing to his false pledges to make him avoiding the army. But the destiny make them meeting again on the train directed to the front. Nevertheless Oreste stolen money to Giovanni they become friends and in first times are allocated to a secondary and quite front (village of Tigliano). Here they spend some months in relative peace and Giovanni finds time to fall in love for prostitute Costantina. But war is getting everyday closer. During the most important battle among Italians and Austro-Hungarians, Giovanni and Oreste are in charge to deliver a vital message to the Italian headquarters. But, unfortunately, they fall in the hands of an Austrian officer that, under life menace, starts an interrogation to find out the Italian message. What they should try to do now?

The Magliari

The Magliari

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-09-23

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (265 Reviews)

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (story)

Francesco Rosi (story)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (screenplay)

Francesco Rosi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.

Everybody Go Home!

Everybody Go Home!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-10-27

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (513 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Genres:

WarDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Agenore Incrocci (story)

Furio Scarpelli (story)

Agenore Incrocci

Furio Scarpelli

Luigi Comencini

Marcello Fondato

Fullplot:

The Best of Enemies

The Best of Enemies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-08-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

(364 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Cast:

Writer:

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Agenore Incrocci (screenplay)

Jack Pulman (screenplay)

Furio Scarpelli (screenplay)

Luciano Vincenzoni (story)

Fullplot:

In 1941 the Italian and British forces face one another.Italian army Captain Blasi and his troops manage to capture a British unit composed of British army Major Richardson and his men.Initially,it looks like a great feat for the Italians and a humiliation for the British.However,the British don't know the true sorry state in which the Italian forces,in full retreat,find themselves.A desperate Captain Blasi decides to allow Major Richardson escape in return for Richardson's word that he will try and persuade his superiors to allow Captain Blasi and his Italian unit retreat without any difficulties or further harassment.Not only the British Major escapes but he returns with a superior British unit and takes Captain Blasi and his men prisoner.Blasi considers this to be a personal affront and a total lack of gentlemanly conduct from the part of Major Richardson.Now in captivity,Blasi decides to make Richardson's task of guarding the Italians an impossible one.

A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-12-19

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (795 Reviews)

Director:

Dino Risi

Fullplot:

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

Mafioso

Mafioso

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-10-25

Languages:

Italian, English, French, German

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (1599 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Rafael Azcona

Bruno Caruso (story)

Marco Ferreri

Agenore Incrocci

Furio Scarpelli

Fullplot:

Antonio is a jolly and precise guy working for an auto factory in northern Italy. He decides to take his wife and two daughters on vacation to Sicily, so that they can finally see his hometown and meet his family. He's excited to show them around and dispel many of their negative stereotypes about Sicilians. He even dispels stereotypes about the mafia, saying that being a mafioso as a teen amounted to just being a messenger boy. But as Antonio reconnects with his past in Sicily, he finds out that there are more sides to being a Sicilian than he remembers.

To Bed or Not to Bed

To Bed or Not to Bed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-04-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (91 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Sordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm. The movie depicts the clash between his fantasies about sex in Sweden with the reality of what he finds.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-06-16

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

(5337 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Annakin

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Davies

Ken Annakin

Fullplot:

In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.

Be Sick... It's Free

Be Sick... It's Free

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-10-24

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (675 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Zampa

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Sergio Amidei

Giuseppe D'Agata (novel)

Alberto Sordi

Luigi Zampa

Fullplot:

The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.

Le coppie

Le coppie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-12-23

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (62 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Ruggero Maccari

Mario Monicelli

Rodolfo Sonego

Alberto Sordi

Fullplot:

Three episodes. The refrigerator. A married couple of two poor emigrant workers spend almost all their money to buy a refrigerator (a must in the '70s). The purchase is too expensive for their familiar balance sheet. To earn some money they decide to go for prostitution. The wife is not so unhappy to the perspective. The room. To celebrate ten years of marriage a couple decides to spend a quick holiday in top luxury hotels in Sardegna. But the fashion luxury VIP world is too hard to enter; they soon will end in prison. The Lion. Two adulterous, Antonio and Giulia, are blocked by a lion, staying on the exit in the place they met. They both have to come back home, but couldn't move because of the lion presence. The critic situation soon drive them to their limit peak, showing their real essence.

A Girl in Australia

A Girl in Australia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-12-22

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, Australia

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (533 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Zampa

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Why

Why

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-27

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (442 Reviews)

Director:

Nanni Loy

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Sergio Amidei

Emilio Sanna

Rodolfo Sonego (idea)

Fullplot:

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. At the border he is however jailed for no apparent reason. He thus begins a nightmarish kafkian experience while he's moved from one prison to another, subject to any humiliation and violence.

The Scopone Game

The Scopone Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-10-25

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (1171 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.

Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-03-04

Languages:

Italian, French, Spanish, German

Countries:

Italy, France, West Germany, Spain

Runtime:

121 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (499 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Comencini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Luigi Comencini (screenplay)

Ruggero Maccari (screenplay)

Bernardino Zapponi (screenplay)

Roxane Boutang (screenplay)

Peter Berling (screenplay)

Josè Luis Martènez Mollè (screenplay)

Luigi Comencini (story)

Fullplot:

A tremendous congestion hit the Roma highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen endures for more than 36 hours. People blocked in their cars react at the beginning normally. But the more the time advance the more we are witness of personal dramas, hysteric reactions and more. All the episodes are linked like one only plot. Cars and their hosts are a microcosm of stories part of a major universe: the congestion.

Il marchese del Grillo

Il marchese del Grillo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-12-22

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

135 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1806 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Cast:

Writer:

Bernardino Zapponi (story)

Leonardo Benvenuti (story)

Piero De Bernardi (story)

Mario Monicelli (story)

Tullio Pinelli (story)

Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay)

Piero De Bernardi (screenplay)

Mario Monicelli (screenplay)

Tullio Pinelli (screenplay)

Alberto Sordi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The marquess of Grillo is a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes. The film tells the story of his life.

In viaggio con papè

In viaggio con papè

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (635 Reviews)

Director:

Alberto Sordi

Cast:

Writer:

Rodolfo Sonego

Alberto Sordi

Carlo Verdone

Fullplot:

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.

Io so che tu sai che io so

Io so che tu sai che io so

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-09-17

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (215 Reviews)

Director:

Alberto Sordi

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Fabio Bonetti has been married to Livia for almost 20 years. One day a private eye investigating on their neighbors, the Vitali family, by mistake starts filming and recording Livia's life. When Fabio gets the films he discovers his family life is far from being tedious and flat. Livia cheats on him, and their daughter Veronica is a drug addict. He is also under the threat of a terrible illness. Maybe Fabio will start considering a new life style.

Il tassinaro

Il tassinaro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-12-21

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (258 Reviews)

Director:

Alberto Sordi

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Agenore Incrocci

Furio Scarpelli

Alberto Sordi

Fullplot:

Troppo forte

Troppo forte

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-01-30

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (591 Reviews)

Director:

Carlo Verdone

Cast:

Writer:

Sergio Leone

Rodolfo Sonego

Alberto Sordi

Carlo Verdone

Fullplot:

An Average Little Man

An Average Little Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-03-17

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1299 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Vincenzo Cerami (novel)

Sergio Amidei (screenplay)

Mario Monicelli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When his only son is killed in an armed robbery, a meek middle-aged man takes justice in his own hands.

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