Biography: Rosanna Schiaffino |
From 1956 onward, Italian leading lady Rosanna Schiaffino was seen in earthy, sexy movie roles. Though not an actress of any great depth, she managed to land the dual role of Ariadne and Phaedra in The Minotaur (1961), one of many sword-and-sandal... more
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Cast: Curd Jürgens Bekim Fehmiu
Tags: Biopic Drama Historical Film
Length: 103min
This epic drama profiles the life of the 18th-century scientist Cagliostro (Bekim Fehmiu) who founded the mysterious Masons in Europe just prior to the French Revolution. He based the secret fraternal order on a philosophy comprised of his ideas on...
Cast: Yul Brynner Rod Steiger Terry-Thomas Claude Brasseur
Tags: War Action War Adventure Spy Film
Length: 99min
A group attempts to embezzle and hide a fortune of 2,000,000 pounds while outwitting the British Intelligence during World War II in this action movie. ~ All Movie Guide
Cast: Rosanna Schiaffino Stephen Boyd Richard Crenna
Tags: Spaghetti Western Western
Length: 94min
The Man Called Noon is a western about a man who is called "Noon" (Richard Crenna) because he has amnesia and has no other name. As he searches for his identity, it becomes clear that he is on a mission to avenge the deaths of his wife and child. His...
Tags: Sex Comedy Comedy
Length: 102min
This ribald comedy is based on a classic 16th-century play, +La Betia, by the playwright Ruzante. The story is simple enough: Zilio (Nino Manfredi), a peasant handyman, agrees to help his friend (Smoki Samardi) marry the woman of his dreams (Rosanna...
Length: 100min
In Pamplona, Spain, at the time of the running of the bulls (which takes place during the festival of San Fermin), a pious surgeon who belongs to Opus Dei (a Catholic service organization) tries to ward off the temptations of a lusty nurse by...
A Nun at the Crossroads (1970)
Tags: Drama Religious Drama
Length: 99min
Sister Maria (Rosanna Schiaffino) is the Belgian nun who is raped while doing missionary work in the Congo. Pierre (John Richardson) is the doctor who treats her and harbors a secret love for the nun. She is one of only five who survive the vicious...
Tags: Drama
Length: 98min
A Quebecois architect at work on an assignment in Israel has a problem for which he seeks the services of a lissome psychoanalyst. It seems that he cannot resist the urge to make love to all the women he meets. Curiously, he does wind up bedding a...
Cast: Ennio Morricone Fernando Rey Luciano Salce
Tags: Romance Drama Biopic Docudrama Psychological Drama
Length: 95min
For some reason, the elongated figures limned by the highly astigmatic painter El Greco (1541-1614) perfectly suited the grandees of Spain even though they were clearly anything but realistic, and they fascinate even today. The Greek (Cretan,...
Cast: Tony Curtis Ken Hughes
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Crime
Length: 100min
This uneven lack comedy went into production as My Last Duchess. It then went through three title changes, representing, in the words of historian Leslie Halliwell, "a descending order of wit": Arrividerci, Baby, Drop Dead, Darling, and You Just Kill...
Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy
Length: 97min
A husband desperate for an heir, will do anything to produce one in this Italian drama, adapted from the long-banned Machiavelli classic. In desperation, the man sends his devoted wife to a man pretending to be a doctor. He convinces her to drink an...
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