List of Italian films of 1961

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1961 (see 1961 in film):

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Italian films released in 1961
TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
A cavallo della tigre Luigi Comencini Nino Manfredi, Gian Maria Volonté, Serge Reggiani Comedy
A due passi dal confine Gianni Vernuccio Ombretta Colli, Tony Bellani Drama
A porte chiuse Dino Risi Anita Ekberg, Claudio Gora Comedy
Accattone Pier Paolo Pasolini Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini Drama [1]
Adelchi Vittorio Gasmann, Carla Ragionieri Vittorio Gassmann, Valentina Fortunato, Carlo D'Angelo HistoryTV-footage of the theatrical performance [2]
Akiko Luigi Filippo D'Amico Paolo Panelli, Marcello Paolini Comedy
Alfa Omega Bruno Bozzetto Animation [3]
America di notte Giuseppe Maria Scotese Angela Maria, Lionel Hampton documentary
Famous love affairs (Amours célèbres) Michel Boisrond Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Noiret HistoricFrench-Italian coproduction
The Assassin Elio Petri Marcello Mastroianni Entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops Antonio Leonviola Gordon Mitchell, Chelo Alonso, Vira Silenti [4]
Attenzione: guerra! Jiří Brdečka Alberto Caldana
Avventura dell'uomo
Banditi a Orgosolo Vittorio De Seta Vittorina Pisano Venice Award for debut feature
Battaglie sui mari Roberto Savarese
Battle of the Worlds Antonio Margheriti Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini Science Fiction [5] [6]
Bellezze sulla spiaggia Romolo Girolami Walter Chiari, Mario Carotenuto, Valeria Fabrizi Commedia all'italiana
The Best of Enemies Guy Hamilton , Alessandro Blasetti Alberto Sordi, David Niven, Amedeo Nazzari [7]
Caccia all'uomo
Cacciatori di dote
Capitaine tempête
Capitani di ventura
Che femmina... e che dollari!
Cinque leoni un soldo
Civiltà romana
Cocagne
Controfagotto
Crimen
Cronache del '22
Di là dalla gloria
Diana
Dichiarazione d'amore
Divorce Italian Style Pietro Germi Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli Comedy [8]
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo
Donne brutte
Drakut il vendicatore
Dynamite Jack
El Cid
Erik the Conqueror Mario Bava Giorgio Ardisson, Cameron Mitchell, Andrea Checchi Peplum [9]
Esploratori a cavallo
Fantasmi a Roma
The Fascist (Il federale) Luciano Salce Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Stefania Sandrelli, Mireille Granelli Commedia all'italiana About World War II
Fertilizzanti complessi
Five Golden Hours
Fra' Manisco cerca guai
Freddy und der Millionär
Gerarchi si muore
Giorno per giorno disperatamente
Gioventù di notte
Gli addii
Gli amici dell'isola
Gli attendenti
Gli incensurati
Gli scontenti
Gli stregoni
Goliath Against the Giants Guido Maletesta Brad Harris, Gloria Milland, Fernando Rey Peplum [10] [11]
Goliath and the Vampires Sergio Corbucci, Giacomo Gentilomo Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas Peplum [12] [13]
Gordon, il pirata nero
Guns of the Black Witch Domenico Paolella Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli [14]
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis Vittorio Cottafavi Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni Italian-French co-production [15]
Hercules in the Haunted World Mario Bava Reg Park, Christopher Lee Peplum [16] [17]
Hercules in the Valley of Woe Mario Mattoli Kirk Morris, Franco and Ciccio [17] [18]
Hindu Kush
I 10 del Texas
I due marescialli
I giganti del cielo
I magnifici tre
I masnadieri
I mongoli  [ fr ]
I sogni muoiono all'alba
I soliti rapinatori a Milano
I tartari
Il bar di Gigi
Il brigante
Il cane di pietra
Il carabiniere a cavallo
Il colosso di Rodi
Il conquistatore di Maracaibo
Il fiume di Roma
Il gigante di Metropolis
Il giustiziere dei mari
Il ladro di Bagdad
Il mantenuto
Il mondo di notte numero 2
Il più forte
Il posto Ermanno Olmi Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich, Sandro Panseri DramaVenice Award. Close to Italian neorealism
Il ratto delle sabine
Il re di Poggioreale
Il relitto
Il segreto dello sparviero nero
Il sepolcro dei re
Inchiesta a Perdasdefogu
Io bacio... tu baci
Italia '61
Journey Beneath the Desert Edgar G. Ulmer Jean-Louis Trintignant, Haya Harareet AdventureFrench/Italian co-production
Che gioia vivere René Clément Alain Delon, Barbara Lass, Gino Cervi Comedy [19]
Kanjut sar
L'adorabile Giulio
L'amant de cinq jours
L'ammutinamento
L'année dernière à Marienbad
The Ladykiller of Rome (L'assassino) Elio Petri Marcello Mastroianni, Salvo Randone Kafkaesque DramaPetri's debut
L'imprevisto
L'onorata società
L'oro di Roma
L'ultimo dei Vikinghi
L'uomo in grigio
L'urlo dei bolidi
La colpa e la pena
La corona di fuoco
La facciola
La Fayette
La fille aux yeux d'or
La fille du torrent
La giornata balorda
La grande olimpiade
La grande vallata
La guerra di Troia Peplum
La moglie di mio marito
La notte Michelangelo Antonioni Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki DramaWon the Golden Bear at Berlin
La padrona di raggio di luna
La Princesse de Clèves
Girl with a Suitcase (La ragazza con la valiglia) Valerio Zurlini Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin Drama
La ragazza di mille mesi
La ragazza in vetrina
La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo
La regina dei tartari
La tragica notte di Assisi
La trincea
La vendetta della maschera di ferro
The Vengeance of Ursus Luigi Capuano Samson Burke, Wandisa Guida, Livio Lorenzon [20]
The Last Judgement (Il Giudizio universale) Vittorio De Sica Anouk Aimée, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Lino Ventura, Alberto Sordi, Fernandel, Silvana Mangano, Melina Mercouri, Jack Palance Commedia all'italiana Negatively reviewed by contemporary critics
Laura nuda
Le avventure di topo Gigio
Le baccanti
Le capitaine Fracasse
Le cave se rebiffe
Le comte de Monte Cristo
Le goût de la violence
Le grand barrage
Le italiane e l'amore
Le magnifiche sette
Le meraviglie di Aladino
Le miracle des loups
Le pavé de Paris
Le président
Le puits aux trois vérités
Le rendez-vous
Le sette sfide
Le stagioni
Le vergini di Roma
Legge di guerra  [ it ]
Leon Garros ishchet druga
Leoni al sole
Léon Morin, prêtre
Les filles sèment le vent
Les godelureaux
Les grandes personnes
Les hommes veulent vivre
Les lions sont lâchés
Les trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady
Les trois mousquetaires: Première époque – Les ferrets de la reine
Lettera dal Venezuela
Lola
The Lovemakers (La viaccia) Mauro Bolognini Claudia Cardinale, Jean Paul Belmondo, Pietro Germi, Romolo Valli Drama
Lui, lei e il nonno
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan Riccardo Freda Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani Peplum [21]
Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo Peplum
Madame (Madame Sans-Gêne) Christian-Jaque Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein Historical
Malesia magica
Mani in alto
Mariti a congresso
Mariti in pericolo
Maurizio, Peppino e le indossatrici
Milano nera
Mina... fuori la guardia
Morgan il pirata Steve Reeves
Morte di un bandito
Napoléon II, l'aiglon
Nefertiti, regina del Nilo
No, No, It's a Sin
Odissea nuda
Orazi e curiazi
Pastasciutta nel deserto
Pecado de amor
Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento
Pomodoro
Processo Karamazov
Psycosissimo
Pugni, pupe e marinai
Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra
Pulcinella: Il gioco dell'oca
Queen of the Seas Umberto Lenzi Lisa Gastoni, Jerome Courtland, Walter Barnes [22]
Racconti dell'Italia di ieri – L' alfiere nero
Racconti dell'Italia di ieri – Terno secco
Racconti dell'Italia di ieri – Un episodio dell'anno della fame
The Return of Doctor Mabuse Harald Reinl Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi West German-French-Italian co-production [23]
Revolt of the Mercenaries Piero Costa Virginia Mayo, Conrado San Martín, Susana Canales HistoricalCo-production with Spain
Rocco e le sorelle
Romolo e Remo( Duel of the Titans ) Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott Peplum
Sacco in plypac
Sansone Gionfranci Parolini Brad Harris Peplum
Scandali al mare
Scano Boa
Solimano il conquistatore
Solitudine
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
Séptimo paralelo
Teddy, l'orsacchiotto vagabondo
Then There Were Three
The Joy of Living René Clément Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival
Torino nei cent'anni
Tototruffa '62
Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita
Tout l'or du monde
Trionfo di Maciste
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff Viktor Tourjansky Curd Jürgens, Capucine, Claude Titre AdventureCo-production with France
Tropico di notte
Tu ne tueras point
Un figlio d'oggi
Un giorno da leoni
Un quarto d'Italia
Un soir sur la plage
Una spada nell'ombra
A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile) Dino Risi Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi, Claudio Gora Commedia all'italiana
Une aussi longue absence
Uomini e mare
Ursus Peplum
Ursus nella valle dei leoni Peplum
Vacanze alla baia d'argento
Vanina Vanini Roberto Rossellini Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa DramaBased on Stendhal's novel Vanina Vanini
Venere creola Lorenzo Ricciardi Calvin Lockhart, Helen Williams
Viva l'Italia!
Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!
Vulcano, figlio di Giove Peplum
Walter e i suoi cugini
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory Paolo Heusch Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens Horror [24] [25]
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
World in My Pocket Alvin Rakoff Rod Steiger, Nadia Tiller, Marisa Merlini West German-French-Italian co-production [26]

Notes

  1. "Accattone!". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  2. "Teatro 1961 - 1962". Rai Teche (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. Labbè, Jerome (November 19, 2017). "Alpha Omega, by Bruno Bozzetto (1961)". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  4. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 146.
  5. "Battle of the Worlds". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  6. "Il pianeta degli uomini spenti (1961)". Archivio del cinema italiano.it. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  7. Curti 2016, p. 190.
  8. "Divorce--Italian Style". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  9. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 52.
  10. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 68.
  11. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 69.
  12. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 73.
  13. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 76.
  14. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 77.
  15. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 87.
  16. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 89.
  17. 1 2 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
  18. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 91.
  19. "Che Gioia Vivere".
  20. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 187.
  21. Curti 2017, p. 316.
  22. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 133.
  23. "Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse" (in German). Filmportal.de . Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  24. Curti 2015, p. 64.
  25. Curti 2015, p. 65.
  26. "An einem Freitag um halb zwölf..." (in German). Filmportal.de . Retrieved October 25, 2018.

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