In Italian cinema, Giallo is a genre of murder mystery fiction that often contains slasher, thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements.
Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street in 1958, and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961). According to most of the critics, La Terrazza (1980) by Ettore Scola is the last work considered part of the Commedia all'italiana.
Damiano Damiani was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him "the most American of Italian directors".
Mario Martone is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film L'amore molesto was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film Noi credevamo competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He was also the stage director for Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday, which was premiered at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989.
Francesco Scianna is an Italian actor.
Il ragazzo del Pony Express is a 1986 Italian comedy film. It marked the directorial debut of Franco Amurri.
Mr. Robinson is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is a parody of the Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe.
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci.
Condannato a nozze is a 1993 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. It entered the Panorama section at the 50th Venice International Film Festival.
The Double also known as Love Inferno, is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Romolo Guerrieri. It stars Ewa Aulin. The story was based on a novel called La controfigura by Libero Bigiaretti.
The Suspicious Death of a Minor, a.k.a. Too Young to Die, is a 1975 Italian giallo film directed by Sergio Martino.
Captain Phantom is a 1953 Italian historical adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed and Paola Barbara. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It was distributed by the Italian subsidiary of the Rank Organisation.
They Stole a Tram, aka We Stole a Tram, is a 1954 Italian comedy film written by and starring Aldo Fabrizi, and directed by Fabrizi and his assistant director Sergio Leone after director Mario Bonnard) left the film midway completed. Sergio Leone also appeared in a brief scene as a contest presenter, Mario Bava was the film's cinematographer and future horror film director Lucio Fulci contributed to the screenplay. The film's music score was by Carlo Rustichelli.
Il ficcanaso is a 1981 Italian giallo-comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci.
Princess Cinderella is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano. It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by the same Tofano for the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli.
L'Italia s'è rotta is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno.
Claudio Caligari was an Italian director and screenwriter.
What if Gargiulo Finds Out? is a 1988 Italian comedy film written and directed by Elvio Porta and starring Giuliana De Sio and Richard Anconina.
The Opponent is a 1988 Italian sport comedy-drama film directed by Sergio Martino and starring Daniel Greene, Giuliano Gemma and Ernest Borgnine.
I Am an ESP is a 1985 Italian comedy film written and directed by Sergio Corbucci.
