Roberto Remigio Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing and starring in the Holocaust comedy drama film Life Is Beautiful (1997), for which he received the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best International Feature Film. Benigni was the first actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for a non-English language performance.
Barra is an eastern quarter of Naples, southern Italy, with a population of some 40,000 inhabitants
Roberto Herlitzka was an Italian theatre and film actor. He has appeared in 38 films since 1973. In 2004 he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor and Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for his role in Good Morning, Night.
Pappi Corsicato is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
The Game Bag is a 1997 Italian war drama film directed by Maurizio Zaccaro.
Fracchia contro Dracula is a 1985 Italian horror comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.
Ilona Arrives with the Rain is a 1996 Colombian-Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Sergio Cabrera. It premiered at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival, where it entered the main competition. It was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Anthony Dawson and an uncredited Ruggero Deodato. Deodato, the official assistant director, replaced Margheriti as he was busy with the completion of the film The Fall of Rome. Deodato actually directed most of the film in actuality but Margheriti was credited as the director. The film is filled with a variety of horrific themes and elements, featuring a killer werewolf, and is as much a horror film as it is a peplum.
A Cold, Cold Winter is a 1996 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Roberto Cimpanelli.
We All Fall Down is a 1997 Italian independent comedy film directed by Davide Ferrario. It is based on the novel Tutti giù per terra by Giuseppe Culicchia.
Frankenstein all'italiana – Prendimi, straziami, che brucio de passion! is a 1975 Italian comedy horror film, directed by Armando Crispino.
An Eyewitness Account is a 1997 thriller-drama film directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. It is based on real life events of Sicilian Mafia hit eyewitness Piero Nava. For his performance Fabrizio Bentivoglio won the David di Donatello Award for best actor and the Ciak d'oro in the same category.
Cinderella '80 is a 1984 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Roberto Malenotti, based on the fairy tale of Cinderella. It was both released as a film and as a TV-miniseries.
Sins of Rome is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus. The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus, as to prevent eventual new releases of the film that could have damaged the commercial outcome of Kubrick’s film; this resulted in Sins of Rome's withdrawal from market for about thirty years.
The Merchant of Venice is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Andrée Debar and Massimo Serato. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Elizabethan play of the same name.
Virtual Weapon is a 1997 Italian comedy-science fiction film, directed by Antonio Margheriti.
The Third Solution is a 1988 Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri and starring Treat Williams.
The Faces of Love is a 1924 Italian silent film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Angelo Ferrari. It is based on the life of 18th-century French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur, whose life had been adapted into a play.
Ivan Cotroneo is an Italian writer, scriptwriter, and director, known for I Am Love (2009), and Loose Cannons (2010), and his directorial debut feature film Kryptonite! (2011).
Banzai is a 1997 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It is a sequel to 1995 film I Don't Speak English.
