15 Movies Directed by Mauro Bolognini

Wild Love

Wild Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-12-24

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (90 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Pasquale Festa Campanile (story)

Massimo Franciosa (story)

Pasquale Festa Campanile (screenplay)

Massimo Franciosa (screenplay)

Giuseppe Mangione (screenplay)

Mauro Bolognini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The film is about some youths' love stories: Franco and his hairdresser girlfriend Adriana, Otello another hairdresser who is hopelessly in love with Adriana. The youths usually meet in a restaurant whose owner, Ines, seduces Franco making Adriana very jealous. In turn the girl decides to accept Otello's courting.

Giovani mariti

Giovani mariti

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-03-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (77 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Mauro Bolognini

Enzo Curreli

Pasquale Festa Campanile (story)

Massimo Franciosa (story)

Luciano Martino

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Fullplot:

The Big Night

The Big Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-11-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (313 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (novel)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Jacques-Laurent Bost (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Una notte di due balordi, Scintillone e Ruggero, a cui si aggiunge in seguito un terzo, Bellabella, che dopo un furto vengono a loro volta derubati. Tentano poi di rubare un'apparecchio fotografico da una macchina; sorpresi dal proprietario, Achille, ci fanno amicizia e si recano a casa sua. Qua rubano nuovamente, duecentomila lire, e scappano. Ma litigano per il bottino. Cosè tra liti, arresti e donne continua la notte finchè all'alba Ruggeretto si ritrova con mille lire e la nausea.

You're on Your Own

You're on Your Own

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (173 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay)

Piero De Bernardi (screenplay)

Mario De Majo (story)

Vinicio Gioli (story)

Fullplot:

Roma, anni '50. Dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale c'è penuria di alloggi. Ciè ha costretto la coabitazione, in uno stesso appartamento, di due nuclei familiari: una famiglia di profughi istriani e la famiglia di Peppino Armentano, callista, che comprende, anche la moglie, il suocero, due figlie e due figli. Quando le condizioni cambiano, Peppino decide di cercarsi un altro alloggio. Conosce Pino Calamari, che gli offre un appartamento spazioso e comodo e ad un prezzo irrisorio. Peppino accetta l'offerta e si trasferisce con la famiglia nella nuova abitazione. L'ingresso dei nuovi inquilini provoca le risate di scherno dei vicini: l'appartamento era stato in precedenza una "casa chiusa", oggi abolite grazie alla Legge Merlin. Da questa situazione nascono numerosi equivoci, al punto da far pensare alla moglie di Peppino di lasciare l'appartamento. Alla fine, perè, tutto si aggiusta per il meglio.

The Big Night

The Big Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-11-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (313 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (novel)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Jacques-Laurent Bost (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Una notte di due balordi, Scintillone e Ruggero, a cui si aggiunge in seguito un terzo, Bellabella, che dopo un furto vengono a loro volta derubati. Tentano poi di rubare un'apparecchio fotografico da una macchina; sorpresi dal proprietario, Achille, ci fanno amicizia e si recano a casa sua. Qua rubano nuovamente, duecentomila lire, e scappano. Ma litigano per il bottino. Cosè tra liti, arresti e donne continua la notte finchè all'alba Ruggeretto si ritrova con mille lire e la nausea.

Bell' Antonio

Bell' Antonio

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-04-02

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (741 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Vitaliano Brancati (novel)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Gino Visentini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. But he has problems to fullfill this ideal and Barbara only notices his failures when they are married. When the town learns about his trouble they start laughing at him...

The Big Night

The Big Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-11-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (313 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (novel)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Jacques-Laurent Bost (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Una notte di due balordi, Scintillone e Ruggero, a cui si aggiunge in seguito un terzo, Bellabella, che dopo un furto vengono a loro volta derubati. Tentano poi di rubare un'apparecchio fotografico da una macchina; sorpresi dal proprietario, Achille, ci fanno amicizia e si recano a casa sua. Qua rubano nuovamente, duecentomila lire, e scappano. Ma litigano per il bottino. Cosè tra liti, arresti e donne continua la notte finchè all'alba Ruggeretto si ritrova con mille lire e la nausea.

La viaccia

La viaccia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-06-13

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (249 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mario Pratesi (novel)

Vasco Pratolini

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Massimo Franciosa

Fullplot:

La corruzione

La corruzione

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-11-22

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (128 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Fulvio Gicca Palli (screenplay)

Ugo Liberatore (story)

Fullplot:

The Queens

The Queens

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-03-10

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (115 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (story)

Ruggero Maccari (screenplay)

Ruggero Maccari (story)

Luigi Magni (screenplay)

Luigi Magni (story)

Luciano Salce (screenplay)

Giorgio Salvioni (story)

Roberto Sonego (screenplay)

Roberto Sonego (story)

Rodolfo Sonego (segment)

Fullplot:

The Witches

The Witches

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-03-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (785 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Mauro Bolognini (segment)

Fabio Carpi (segment)

Roberto Gianviti (segment)

Agenore Incrocci (segment)

Luigi Magni (segment)

Enzo Muzii (segment)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (segment)

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (segment)

Franco Rossi (segment)

Furio Scarpelli (segment)

Bernardino Zapponi (segment)

Cesare Zavattini (segment)

Fullplot:

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.

Madamigella di Maupin

Madamigella di Maupin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-07-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

Italy, France, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (95 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Cast:

Writer:

Thèophile Gautier (libretto)

Josè Gutièrrez Maesso

Luigi Magni

Fullplot:

Mlle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the guise of a clergyman named Theodore. An army recruiter forces Theodore to enlist in the King's army, and not even the religious robe is an insurance against it. Theodore is assigned to be aide-de-camp to Alcibiade, a man as virile in combat, as he seems troubled for the figure of his aid... D'Albert, an aristocrat, will expose Theodore's true sex, and after a number of confusing, comedy situations, Alcibiade will appease his troubled feelings.

Metello

Metello

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-04-16

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (154 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Luigi Bazzoni

Mauro Bolognini

Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Ugo Pirro

Vasco Pratolini (novel)

Fullplot:

Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.

Down the Ancient Stairs

Down the Ancient Stairs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-11-28

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (131 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Raffaele Andreassi

Mario Arosio

Sinko Solleville Marie

Tullio Pinelli

Mario Tobino (novel)

Bernardino Zapponi

Fullplot:

A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-11-17

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (410 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Sergio Bazzini

Roberto Bigazzi

Gaetano Carlo Chelli (novel)

Ugo Pirro

Fullplot:

Quinn plays a retired bakery tycoon, alienated from his two sons and jealously guarding his vast wealth... until a cunning young beauty (Sanda) enters the picture, marries one son, seduces the other, then carefully moves in to capture both father and fortune.

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