11 Movies Starring Gabriele Ferzetti

Le amiche

Le amiche

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-11-18

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1485 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Cesare Pavese (novel)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay)

Alba De Cespedes (collaboration)

Fullplot:

Clelia comes from Rome to her native Turin, to set up a new fashion salon. On her first night, the woman in the next room of her hotel takes an overdose of pills. Clelia becomes involved with this woman, Rosetta, and three of her rich women friends, Momina, Nene, and Mariella. Momina is older than the others, and lives apart from her husband. Her current lover is Cesare, the architect of Clelia's salon. Nene is a talented ceramics artist, and lives with her fiance, the painter Lorenzo. Mariella is a flighty woman only interested in having a good time. Clelia becomes attached to Carlo, the architect's assistant, but the other women look down on him as he comes from a working class background. Momina, with the help of Clelia, discovers that Rosetta fell in love with Lorenzo as he was painting her portrait. Momina then encourages Rosetta to go after Lorenzo, even though he and Nene were supposed to marry soon.

Donatella

Donatella

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-10-28

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (34 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Roberto Amoroso

Sandro Continenza

Ruggero Maccari

Mario Monicelli

Piero Tellini

Fullplot:

L'Avventura

L'Avventura

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-03-04

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(16018 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay)

Elio Bartolini (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean. When they are about to leave the island, they find Anna, the main character up to this point, has gone missing. Sandro, Anna's boyfriend, and Claudia, Anna's friend, try without success to find her. While looking for the missing friend, Claudia and Sandro develop an attraction for each other. When they get back to land, they continue the search with no success. Sandro and Claudia proceed to become lovers, and all but forget about the missing Anna.

We Still Kill the Old Way

We Still Kill the Old Way

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-02-28

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

(639 Reviews)

Director:

Elio Petri

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Elio Petri (screenplay)

Ugo Pirro (screenplay)

Leonardo Sciascia (novel)

Fullplot:

Sicilia, late '60s. Two men are killed during a hunting party. The hurried inquiry indicates that it was a killing made for 'honor' reasons. Paolo Laurana is a leftist professor not convinced of the official truth and starts investigating by himself. He finds some help from a solicitor, Mr. Rosello. While investigating, he is fascinated by Luisa, the widow of one of the victims. But the reality is too different from what Laurana could imagine. Reality includes not only the mafia and corrupt politicians, but also Church connections. The reality is that there could be only one end for Laurana. It won't take long.

Grazie zia

Grazie zia

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (128 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Salvatore Samperi (story)

Salvatore Samperi

Sergio Bazzini

Pier Luigi Murgia

Fullplot:

Young Alvise's body is paralyzed, or at least he thinks so. He is infatuated by his beautiful aunt Lea. What starts as innocent therapy and care soon develops into strange erotic and psychological battle between them.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-12-18

Languages:

English, German, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (53013 Reviews)

Director:

Peter R. Hunt

Cast:

Writer:

Simon Raven (additional dialogue)

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Fullplot:

George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Draco, he must become very close friends with his daughter, Tracy, and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to find out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld's guards as well as his hench-woman, Irma Bunt. What has Blofeld got in mind this time? Can Bond keep up this act for much longer? Are ANY Bond girls safe?

The Confession

The Confession

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-12-09

Languages:

Spanish, French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (1728 Reviews)

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Cast:

Writer:

Lise London (book)

Artur London (book)

Jorge Semprèn (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London.

Machine Gun McCain

Machine Gun McCain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (586 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Mino Roli (story)

Ovid Demaris (novel)

Mino Roli (screenplay)

Israel Horovitz (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Tough criminal Hank McCain gets released from prison after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Hank hooks up with his son Jack, who has devised a daring plan to rob a Las Vegas casino. Unbeknownst to Hank, Jack is also involved with volatile and ambitious mob capo Charlie Adamo, who uses Hank as a pawn so he can gain control of Vegas territory that's currently being run by the formidable Don Francesco De Marco.

The Night Porter

The Night Porter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (7314 Reviews)

Director:

Liliana Cavani

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Liliana Cavani (screenplay)

Italo Moscati (screenplay)

Barbara Alberti (screenplay)

Amedeo Pagani (screenplay)

Liliana Cavani (story)

Barbara Alberti (story)

Amedeo Pagani (story)

Fullplot:

Thirteen years after WWII a concentration camp survivor (Rampling) and her tormentor, currently the night porter at a Vienna hotel, meet again and fall back into their sado-masochistic relationship.

Julia and Julia

Julia and Julia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-02-05

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (629 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Del Monte

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Del Monte (screenplay)

Silvia Napolitano (screenplay)

Sandro Petraglia (screenplay)

Silvia Napolitano (story)

Joseph Minion (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Julia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day. Six years later, Julia inexplicably finds herself sliding in time between two different worlds, where in one she is still struggling with her grief over Paolo's death, and in the other she is married to Paolo. In the latter time-line, Paolo is alive and well with their five year old son, and Julia is having an affair with a British gentleman named Daniel. The frequent supernatural sliding between these two worlds threaten to drive Julia crazy, as she begins having difficulty in telling them apart, and as she learns which world she is currently living in.

Secrets of a Nurse

Secrets of a Nurse

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (48 Reviews)

Director:

Luigi Zampa

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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