17 Movies Starring Franco Nero

Camelot

Camelot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

179 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (4472 Reviews)

Director:

Joshua Logan

Cast:

Writer:

Alan Jay Lerner (based on the play "Camelot" book by)

T.H. White (novel)

Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights who would use their might for right.

Mafia

Mafia

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (641 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Ugo Pirro

Leonardo Sciascia (novel)

Fullplot:

Rosa Nicolosi is not the widow of Salvatore Colasberna, the man murdered in the beginning of the movie, but she is in fact the wife of Paolo Nicolosi, the only eyewitness of the murder. Paolo goes missing the same morning as the murder occurs.

The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-10-07

Languages:

English, German, Italian, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

175 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2089 Reviews)

Director:

Veljko Bulajic

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Stevan Bulajic

Veljko Bulajic

Ratko Djurovic

Ugo Pirro

Fullplot:

Battle on Neretva known as the ''fourth offensive'' the most humane battle in World War II led by Yugoslav partisans. In January 1943 German army, afraid of Allied invasion of Balkans, launched great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia.They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too. Providing a heroic resistance, multiple superior enemy partisans advancing towards the only remaining bridge over the Neretva river, through which they intend to transfer himself and wounded at free territory. Therefore, all the shock decision of the Supreme Headquarters to demolish the bridge, but it is just as foolish ruse to weaken the enemy forces on the other side of the river. Movie Battle of Neretva is usually the most famous work by the Yugoslav film industry has produced.

The Fifth Day of Peace

The Fifth Day of Peace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-09

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (241 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Andrea Barbato (story)

Lucio Battistrada

Ottavio Jemma

Giuliano Montaldo

Fullplot:

At the end of WW II, German deserters are tried for desertion by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp for Nazies.

A Quiet Place in the Country

A Quiet Place in the Country

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-11-14

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (571 Reviews)

Director:

Elio Petri

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Tonino Guerra (story)

Elio Petri (story)

Luciano Vincenzoni (screenplay)

Elio Petri (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A popular painter, plagued by nightmares that he and his lover/sales agent are engaging in bizarre, ritualistic, sadistic sexual acts, seeks to escape the city and rent a house in the country.

La vacanza

La vacanza

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-04-05

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (114 Reviews)

Director:

Tinto Brass

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tinto Brass (screenplay)

Tinto Brass (story)

Roberto Lerici (dialogue)

Vincenzo M. Siniscalchi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Medieval drama in which Redgrave plays an allegedly insane woman who is allowed to finally leave the madhouse to see if she is capable of functioning normally. Her parents pay no attention to her and eventually sell her to a creditor. En route she escapes and runs into a poacher. She explains her terrible situation via flashback. He feels sympathetic and so the two head off for many free-flowing adventures.

The Fifth Day of Peace

The Fifth Day of Peace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-09

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (244 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Andrea Barbato (story)

Lucio Battistrada

Ottavio Jemma

Giuliano Montaldo

Fullplot:

At the end of WW II, German deserters are tried for desertion by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp for Nazies.

Tristana

Tristana

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-04-29

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, Italy, France

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6582 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Buèuel

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Julio Alejandro

Luis Buèuel (screen story)

Benito Pèrez Galdès (novel)

Fullplot:

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable nature, despite his socialistic views about business and religion. But Don Lope's one weakness is women, and he falls for the innocent girl in his charge, seduces her, makes her his lover, though all the while explaining to her that she is as free as he. But when she acts on this freedom, Don Lope must deal with the consequences of his world-view.

Confessions of a Police Captain

Confessions of a Police Captain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-03-26

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (704 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani (story)

Fulvio Gicca Palli (story)

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Salvatore Laurani (screenplay)

Fullplot:

One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public prosecutor try to prove that the architect in the city is in the mafia.

21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-11-07

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (637 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Hume (screenplay)

Howard Fast (screenplay)

Serge Groussard (book)

Fullplot:

The infamous attack on Isreali athletes and coaches in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympics is chronicled in this made-for-TV movie and supplemented with archive footage from the actual games. Members of the Palestinian Black September Movement kill two and hold nine others as hostages to exchange for hundreds of Arab prisoners in Isreali jails. The Isreali government adheres to its policy of not negotiating with terrorists, and German Holocaust guilt will not permit West German officials to allow the terrorists to leave the country with the hostages. Therefore, it falls to Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber to delay fulfilling the Palestinian demands through ongoing negotiation, but sooner or later he knows that tough decisions will have to be made.

The Man with Bogart's Face

The Man with Bogart's Face

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (390 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Day

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew J. Fenady (novel)

Andrew J. Fenady (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart. Then he changes his name to Sam Marlowe (after Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe, two of Bogart's most famous characters), hires a ditzy blonde secretary, and opens up a detective agency. His first case is one that would do Bogie proud...

Banovic Strahinja

Banovic Strahinja

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-03-30

Languages:

Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

Yugoslavia, West Germany

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (536 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandar Petrovic (screenplay)

Vatroslav Mimica (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In late 14th century medieval Serbia becomes the target of Ottoman invaders. One of their renegade gangs burns the castle and takes young wife of Banovic Strahinja, respected Serbian noble. Banovic Strahinja begins long and almost futile quest for her wife despite everybody else's doubts in her fidelity.

Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire

Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-03-19

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union, Mexico, Italy

Runtime:

135 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (109 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWestern

Cast:

Writer:

Sergey Bondarchuk

Valentin Ezhov

Ricardo Garibay

Carlos Ortiz Tejeda

John Reed (book)

Fullplot:

A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.

Querelle

Querelle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

West Germany, France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3834 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jean Genet (novel)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)

Burkhard Driest (screenplay)

Fullplot:

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband : if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane, if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose...

Talk of Angels

Talk of Angels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (675 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Hamm

Cast:

Writer:

Ann Guedes (screenplay)

Frank McGuinness (screenplay)

Kate O'Brien (novel)

Fullplot:

This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she feels about her impending marriage to a political activist in Ireland. But in Spain in the 1930's, taking a job of governess in a wealthy family, she finds the same kinds of political unrest. In fact, it isn't long before she finds herself attracted to a married man who is similarly involved in the struggle against fascism and Franco. This awakens her to her nature that brings her to such men and resolves for her what she must do about the life she left in Ireland.

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

204 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (409 Reviews)

Director:

Julian Jarrold

Fullplot:

From the Irish countryside to London to New York and back again, Maggie reenters the world as a countess and shady art dealer. With her panache and charisma, she finds more than an auction, a rekindled interracial love affair, helpful relatives and a painting of great price. She finds more than she bargained for in the labyrinth and milieu of stolen art.

The Fifth Day of Peace

The Fifth Day of Peace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-09

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (241 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Andrea Barbato (story)

Lucio Battistrada

Ottavio Jemma

Giuliano Montaldo

Fullplot:

At the end of WW II, German deserters are tried for desertion by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp for Nazies.

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