List of Italian films of 1959

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1959 (see 1959 in film):

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TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1959
Adolescenza Francesco Maselli Short film
Agi Murad il diavolo bianco Riccardo Freda Steve Reeves
Giorgia Moll
Adventure Based on Tolstoy's Hadji Murat
Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco Guido Malatesta Lorella De Luca
Raffaele Pisu
Comedy
Annibale Edgar G. Ulmer
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Victor Mature
Gabriele Ferzetti
Historical drama
Arrangiatevi! Mauro Bolognini Peppino De Filippo
Totò
Laura Adani
ComedyOne of 100 Italian films to be saved
Arriva la banda Tanio Boccia Maria Fiore
Matteo Spinola
Comedy
Avventura a Capri Giuseppe Lipartiti Maurizio Arena
Alessandra Panaro
Nino Taranto
Comedy
Avventura in città Roberto Savarese Luisella Boni
Daniela Calvino
Nick Pagano
Romance
The Big Chief Henri Verneuil Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Florence Blot ComedyCo-production with France
Brigliadoro Angio ZaneDario Cipani
Alessandro Zane
Ignazio Colnaghi
Adventure
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster Riccardo Freda
Mario Bava
John Merivale
Didi Perego
Daniela Rocca
Science fiction
horror
Italian-French co-production [1] [2]
Carosello spagnolo Gian Rocco Documentary
Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna Giorgio Walter Chili Virna Lisi
Carlo Giuffrè
Sergio Fantoni
Historical drama
Cerasella Raffaello Matarazzo Claudia Mori
Mario Girotti
Luigi De Filippo
Teen comedy
Ciao, ciao bambina! Sergio Grieco Elsa Martinelli
Antonio Cifariello
Comedy
Costa Azzurra
(Wild Cats on the Beach)
Vittorio Sala Alberto Sordi
Giovanna Ralli
Elsa Martinelli
ComedyCo-production with France
Destinazione Sanremo Domenico Paolella Yvonne Monlaur
Gabriele Tinti
Musicarello
Due selvaggi a corte Ferdinando Baldi Leonora Ruffo
Fiorella Mari
Erno Crisa
Adventure
Ercole e la regina di Lidia
( Hercules Unchained )
Pietro Francisci Steve Reeves
Sylva Koscina
Sylvia Lopez
Sword-and-sandal Co-production with France
Erode il grande
(Herod the Great)
Victor Tourjansky Edmund Purdom
Sylvia Lopez
Historical dramaCo-production with France
Estate violenta Valerio Zurlini Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jacqueline Sassard
Eleonora Rossi Drago
DramaWinner of two Nastro d'Argento
Esterina Carlo Lizzani Carla Gravina
Geoffrey Horne
Domenico Modugno
Drama
Europa dall'alto Severino CasaraDocumentary
Europa di notte Alessandro Blasetti Documentary
Fantasmi e ladri Giorgio Simonelli Tina Pica
Mario Riva
Comedy
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli Gianni Franciolini Peppino De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo
Nino Taranto
Comedy
Festa a Pamplona Gianfranco Mingozzi Documentary
Giuditta e Oloferne
( Head of a Tyrant )
Fernando Cerchio Massimo Girotti
Isabelle Corey
Historical dramaCo-production with France
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei Mario Bonnard
Sergio Leone
Steve Reeves
Christine Kaufmann
Sword-and-sandal Co-production with Spain and West Germany
Gli uomini del lago Gillo Pontecorvo Short documentary
Gli uomini e i tori Gianfranco MingozziShort documentary
Guardatele ma non toccatele Mario Mattoli Ugo Tognazzi
Caprice Chantal
Johnny Dorelli
Comedy
I cattivi vanno in paradiso Lorenza Mazzetti
Dionisio Horne
Piero Lulli
Claudio Liberatore
Walter Moresi
Drama
I cavalieri del diavolo Siro Marcellini Frank Latimore
Anthony Steffen
Emma Danieli
Adventure
I dimenticati Vittorio De Seta Short documentary
I ditteri Alberto AncilottoShort
I ladri Lucio Fulci Totò
Armando Calvo
Giovanna Ralli
ComedyCo-production with Spain
I mafiosi Roberto Mauri Erno Crisa
Wandisa Guida
Philippe Hersent
Drama
I magliari Francesco Rosi Alberto Sordi
Renato Salvatori
Belinda Lee
DramaOne of 100 Italian films to be saved
I ragazzi Giacomo Vaccari Evi Maltagliati
Alberto Lupo
Paolo Carlini
TV movie
I ragazzi dei Parioli Sergio Corbucci Raf Mattioli
Alessandra Panaro
Ennio Girolami
Drama
I Reali di Francia
(Attack of the Moors)
Mario Costa Chelo Alonso
Rik Battaglia
Gérard Landry
Adventure
I tartassati
( The Overtaxed )
Stefano Vanzina Totò
Aldo Fabrizi
Louis de Funès
Comedy
Il cavaliere del castello maledetto
( Cavalier in Devil's Castle )
Mario Costa Massimo Serato
Irène Tunc
Luisella Boni
Swashbuckler film
Il figlio del corsaro rosso
( The Son of the Red Corsair )
Primo Zeglio Lex Barker
Sylvia Lopez
Vira Silenti
Adventure
Il generale della Rovere Roberto Rossellini Vittorio De Sica
Sandra Milo
Drama Golden Lion winner. Academy Award nominee for best script.
Il magistrato Luigi Zampa José Suárez
Jacqueline Sassard
Claudia Cardinale
DramaCo-production with Spain and France
Il mondo dei miracoli Luigi Capuano Virna Lisi
Jacques Sernas
Marisa Merlini
Drama
Il moralista Giorgio Bianchi Alberto Sordi
Vittorio De Sica
Franca Valeri
Comedy
Il nemico di mia moglie Gianni Puccini Marcello Mastroianni
Giovanna Ralli
Comedy
Il padrone delle ferriere Anton Giulio Majano António Vilar
Virna Lisi
DramaCo-production with Spain
Il povero fornaretto di Venezia Mario Landi Gabriele Antonini
Mario Feliciani
Lydia Alfonsi
TV movie
Il raccomandato di ferro Marcello Baldi Mario Riva
Franca Marzi
Alessandra Panaro
Comedy
Il tempo si è fermato Ermanno Olmi Natale Rossi
Roberto Seveso
Paolo Quadrubbi
Drama
Il terrore dei barbari
( Goliath and the Barbarians )
Steve Reeves
Chelo Alonso
Bruce Cabot
Sword-and-sandal
Il terrore dell'Oklahoma Mario Amendola Maurizio Arena
Delia Scala
Alberto Bonucci
Western comedy
Il vedovo Dino Risi Alberto Sordi
Franca Valeri
Commedia all'italiana
Il vendicatore William Dieterle John Forsythe
Rosanna Schiaffino
Paul Dahlke
Historical dramaCo-production with Yugoslavia. Based on Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin
India: Matri Bhumi Roberto RosselliniDocumentaryEntered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival
Juke box urli d'amore Mauro Morassi Mario Carotenuto
Marisa Merlini
Karin Baal
Musicarello
Kapò Gillo Pontecorvo Susan Strasberg
Laurent Terzieff
Emmanuelle Riva
WWII dramaCo-production with France. Academy Award nominee
L'altro uomo Enrico Colosimo Franco Volpi
Margherita Bagni
Gabriella Andreini
TV movie
L'amico del giaguaro
( The Friend of the Jaguar )
Giuseppe Bennati Walter Chiari
Isabelle Corey
Carlo Romano
Comedy
L'arciere nero Piero Pierotti Gérard Landry
Federica Ranchi
Livio Lorenzon
Adventure
L'impiegato Gianni Puccini Nino Manfredi Comedy
L'ultimo formicchiere Renzo RagazziShort
La battaglia di Maratona
(The Giant of Marathon)
Jacques Tourneur
Mario Bava
Steve Reeves
Mylène Demongeot
Sword-and-sandalCo-produced with France [3]
La cambiale Camillo Mastrocinque Totò
Ugo Tognazzi
Vittorio Gassman
Comedy
La cento chilometri Giulio Petroni Massimo Girotti
Mario Carotenuto
Riccardo Garrone
Comedy
La congiura dei Borgia Antonio RacioppiFrank Latimore
Constance Smith
Gisèle Gallois
Historical drama
La costruzione dell'acquadotto Ischia-Procida Fausto Saraceni Documentary
La duchessa di Santa Lucia Roberto Bianchi Montero Tina Pica
Lorella De Luca
Raimondo Vianello
Comedy
La grande guerra
(The Great War)
Mario Monicelli Alberto Sordi
Vittorio Gassman
Silvana Mangano
WWI comedy-drama Golden Lion winner. One of 100 Italian films to be saved
La legge
( Where the Hot Wind Blows )
Jules Dassin Gina Lollobrigida
Pierre Brasseur
Marcello Mastroianni
Co-production with France
La luce sul monte Mario Costa
Rinaldo Dal Fabbro
Documentary
La notte brava
(Bad Girls Don't Cry)
Mauro BologniniRosanna Schiaffino
Elsa Martinelli
Laurent Terzieff
DramaWritten and adapted from his own novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini
La peccatrice del deserto
( Desert Desperadoes )
Steve Sekely Ruth Roman
Akim Tamiroff
Alan Furlan
Biblical dramaCo-production with the USA
La pica sul Pacifico Roberto Bianchi MonteroTina Pica
Elke Sommer
Memmo Carotenuto
Comedy
La prima notte
( Venetian Honeymoon )
Alberto Cavalcanti Martine Carol
Vittorio De Sica
Philippe Nicaud
Romantic comedyCo-production with France
La sceriffa Roberto Bianchi MonteroTina Pica
Ugo Tognazzi
Western comedy
La scimitarra del Saraceno
( The Pirate and the Slave Girl )
Piero PierottiLex Barker
Chelo Alonso
Massimo Serato
Adventure
La storia delle invenzioni Bruno Bozzetto Short Documentary
Animation
La tarantella di Pulcinella Giulio Gianini
Emanuele Luzzati
Short
Animation
La vigilia di mezza estate Gian Vittorio Baldi Short Documentary
Le cameriere Carlo Ludovico BragagliaGiovanna Ralli
Andrea Checchi
Valeria Moriconi
Comedy
Le donne ci tengono assai Antonio Amendola Pierre Cressoy
Mara Berni
Carlo Campanini
Comedy
Le legioni di Cleopatra Vittorio Cottafavi Linda Cristal
Ettore Manni
Georges Marchal
Adventure, Drama, RomanceCo-production with France & Spain
Le notti dei Teddy Boys Leopoldo Savona Alessandra Panaro
Ennio Girolami
Corrado Pani
Drama
Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia Sergio GriecoBelinda Lee
Jacques Sernas
Arnoldo Foà
Historical drama
Le sorprese dell'amore Luigi Comencini Dorian Gray
Walter Chiari
Anna Maria Ferrero
Romantic comedy
Lettera da El Alamein Enrico FulchignoniShort
Lettere dei condannati a morte Mario MonicelliDrama
Lupi nell'abisso
( Wolves of the Deep )
Silvio Amadio Massimo Girotti
Folco Lulli
Jean-Marc Bory
War film

Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival

Malinconico autunno Raffaello Matarazzo Amedeo Nazzari
Yvonne Sanson
Mercedes Monterrey
DramaCo-production with Spain
Mantelli e spade insanguinate Nathan Juran
Frank McDonald
Jeffrey Stone
Paul Campbell
Sebastian Cabot
DramaBased on The Three Musketeers , edited from episodes of the TV series I tre moschettieri
Moana Serge Arnoux
Bernard Gorki
Turi Vasile (narrator)Documentary
Monetine da cinque lire Claudio Fino Dario Fo
Nino Castelnuovo
TV movie
Morte di un amico Franco Rossi Spyros Focas
Gianni Garko
Didi Perego
Drama
Napoli è tutta una canzone Ignazio Ferronetti Dina De Santis
Paolo Sardisco
Elio Steiner
Musical drama
Nathalie, Secret Agent Henri Decoin Martine Carol, Félix Marten, Darío Moreno ComedyCo-production with France
Natura e chimica Ermanno OlmiShort documentary
Nel blu dipinto di blu Piero Tellini Domenico Modugno
Giovanna Ralli
Vittorio De Sica
Comedy
Nel Segno di Roma
( Sheba and the Gladiator )
Guido Brignone
Michelangelo Antonioni
Anita Ekberg
Georges Marchal
Folco Lulli
Historical dramaCo-production with France, West Germany & Yugoslavia [4]
Nella città l'inferno Renato Castellani Anna Magnani
Giulietta Masina
Prison film
Neurose
( Labyrinth )
Rolf Thiele Nadja Tiller
Peter van Eyck
Amedeo Nazzari
DramaCo-production with West Germany
Non perdiamo la testa Mario MattoliUgo Tognazzi
Franca Valeri
Comedy
Pane e zolfo Gillo PontecorvoDocumentary
Passo falso Vittorio Cottafavi Giuseppe Pagliarini
Carlo Alighiero
Giuseppe Caldani
TV movie
Perfide ma belle Giorgio Simonelli Claudio Villa
Susana Canales
Tecla Scarano
Musical comedy
Pierino Salvadanaio Filippo PaoloneDocumentary
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura Mario Soldati Renato Rascel
Renato Salvatori
Carla Gravina
ComedyEntered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
Poveri milionari Dino RisiMaurizio Arena
Renato Salvatori
Alessandra Panaro
Comedy
Prepotenti più di prima Mario MattoliAldo Fabrizi
Nino Taranto
Ave Ninchi
Comedy
Primavera a Mornese Achille RizziDocumentary
Processo di famiglia Vittorio CottafaviGianni Santuccio
Evi Maltagliati
Nando Gazzolo
TV movie
Quanto sei bella Roma Marino Girolami Claudio Villa
Ennio Girolami
Lorella De Luca
Romantic comedyCo-production with Spain
Quay of Illusions Émile Couzinet Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner, Lise Bourdin DramaCo-production with France
Quel tesoro di papà Marino Girolami Aurelio Fierro
Ennio Girolami
Yvonne Monlaur
Comedy
Ragazzi del Juke-Box Lucio FulciMario Carotenuto
Elke Sommer
Anthony Steffen
Musical comedy
Roulotte e roulette Turi Vasile Abbe Lane
Antonio Cifariello
Irene Aloisi
Comedy
Scacco matto Alberto Gagliardelli Ernesto Calindri
Renato De Carmine
Delia Bartolucci
TV movie
Scrollina Eros MacchiWandisa Guida
Armando Francioli
Franco Volpi
TV movie
Selvaggia Aldo BassanLetizia Stephan
Elio Guarino
Stefano Maggini
Drama
Simpatico mascalzone Mario AmendolaMaurizio Arena
Carlo Campanini
Cathia Caro
Comedy
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia Eduardo De FilippoEduardo De Filippo
Pupella Maggio
Pietro De Vico
Comedy
Soledad Enrico Gras
Mario Craveri
Pilar Cansino
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Germán Cobos
DramaSpanish co-production
Spavaldi e innamorati Giuseppe Vari Terence Hill
Ennio Girolami
Yvonne Monlaur
Drama
Spera di sole Vittorio BrignoleNerina Bianchi
Anna Bolens
Ugo Bologna
TV movie
Tempi duri per i vampiri
( Uncle Was a Vampire )
Stefano VanzinaRenato Rascel
Sylva Koscina
Christopher Lee
Comedy horror
Tipi da spiaggia Mario MattoliUgo Tognazzi
Christiane Martel
Lauretta Masiero
Comedy
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito Stefano VanzinaTotò
Louis de Funès
Abbe Lane
Comedy
Tunisi top secret Bruno PaolinelliElsa Martinelli
Giorgia Moll
Raf Mattioli
Adventure
Comedy
Co-production with West Germany
Tutti innamorati Giuseppe Orlandini
Franco Rossi
Marcello Mastroianni
Jacqueline Sassard
Marisa Merlini
Comedy
Un ettaro di cielo Aglauco CasadioMarcello Mastroianni
Rosanna Schiaffino
Silvio Bagolini
Comedy
Un giorno come ogni giorno Dino B. PartesanoDocumentary
Un giorno in Europa Emilio MarsiliDocumentary
Un maledetto imbroglio
( The Facts of Murder )
Pietro Germi Pietro Germi
Claudia Cardinale
Franco Fabrizi
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Saro Urzì
Nino Castelnuovo
Crime drama
Uomini e nobiluomini Giorgio Bianchi Vittorio De Sica
Silvia Pinal
Antonio Cifariello
Comedy
Vacanze d'inverno Camillo Mastrocinque
Giuliano Carnimeo
Michèle Morgan
Georges Marchal
Vittorio De Sica
Comedy
Venezia, la luna e tu Dino RisiAlberto Sordi
Marisa Allasio
Vento del sud Enzo ProvenzaleRenato Salvatori
Claudia Cardinale
Romolo Valli
Mafia drama
Via dei Cessati Spiriti Gian Vittorio BaldiShort documentary
Vite perdute Adelchi Bianchi
Roberto Mauri
Virna Lisi
Jacques Sernas
Sandra Milo
Drama

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References

  1. Curti 2017, p. 315.
  2. Eder, Bruce. "Caltiki - Il Mostro Immortale (1959)". AllMovie . Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. "La Bataille De Marathon/La Battaglia Di Maratona". jpbox-office.com.
  4. Curti 2017, p. 296.

Bibliography

  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN   978-1476628387.