Antonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the commedia all'italiana genre.
The Nastro d'Argento for Best Director is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists, the national association of Italian film critics.
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.
I Knew Her Well is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.
Ruggero Maccari was an Italian screenwriter.
La cena, internationally released as The Dinner, is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Scola.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Teresa the Thief is a 1973 commedia all'italiana film directed by Carlo Di Palma. It is based on the novel Memorie di una ladra written by Dacia Maraini in 1972.
Rascel-Fifì is a 1957 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Guido Leoni. It is a parody of Jules Dassin's Rififi. The film was a success at the Italian box office.
Substitute Teacher is a 1975 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Guido Leoni. The film was a box office success and launched the brief film career of the singer Carmen Villani.
In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain is a 1971 commedia all'italiana film directed by Gianfranco De Bosio. It is based on the comedy play La Betia by Angelo Beolco.
Quel movimento che mi piace tanto is a 1976 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Franco Rossetti. It marked the film debut, both as actor and as assistant director, of Carlo Verdone.
A Pocketful of Chestnuts Italian: Le castagne sono buone) is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi.
Help Me, My Love is a 1969 Commedia all'italiana film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi.
The Storm Is Coming is a 1993 Italian comedy film written and directed by Daniele Luchetti.
When Women Were Called Virgins is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Aldo Grimaldi. It is part of a series of derivative erotic comedies set in the Middle Ages which were based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron.
An Italian in America is a 1967 Commedia all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alberto Sordi and starring the same Sordi opposite Vittorio De Sica. Screenwriter Rodolfo Sonego was inspired for the plot by the participation of one of his friends, the painter Salvatore Scarpitta, to the NBC program This Is Your Life.
Mario, Maria and Mario is a 1993 Italian drama film written and directed by Ettore Scola.
Scusi lei è normale? is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Renzo Montagnani, Ray Lovelock and Anna Maria Rizzoli.
Giggi il Bullo is a 1982 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Marino Girolami.
