Acting
Gino Cervi
Born May 3, 1901 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died January 3, 1974 · aged 72
Gino Cervi (3 May 1901 - 3 January 1974) was an Italian actor of international fame. Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi. In 1928, he married Nini Gordini (one of his partners) and they had a son, Tonino Cervi. Gino Cervi later became the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levesi Cervi. Cervi was best known for his role of Giuseppe …
Known For
Sans famille · 1958Sans famille
★ 6.11958
MovieAdventureFamily
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey. In the beginning Remi takes its new master, but a demanding and hard man, and the animals have not been too much with the clumsy boy. But gradually creates a bond between Remi and his new comrades, until their friendship is suddenly disrupted when Vasalis is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced. Then Remi, alone in the world, along with his animal friends in position to try to keep ...
Wild Love · 1955Wild Love
★ 6.41955
MovieComedy
The film tells the love stories of several young people: Nando, owner of a mechanical shop, supplements his income by posing for photo novels, sparking jealousy in his girlfriend Marisa. Otello, who works as a barber, sincerely loves Adriana, Nando's sister, who has been promised to Franco, who is tempted by the charms of Ines, owner of the neighbourhood trattoria.
The Shortest Day · 1963The Shortest Day
★ 6.31963
MovieComedyHistory
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Becket · 1964Becket
★ 7.21964
MovieDramaHistory
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
The Naked Maja · 1958The Naked Maja
★ 6.21958
MovieAdventureDrama
A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
Roaring Years · 1962Roaring Years
★ 6.81962
MovieComedy
In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Il coraggio · 1955Il coraggio
★ 6.61955
MovieComedy
A wealthy trader saves the life of a poor suicidal man who then decides that his savior has the responsibility of taking care of him and his family.
Love, the Italian Way · 1960Love, the Italian Way
★ 4.41960
MovieComedy
A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.
Movies
Sans famille · 1958Sans famille
★ 6.11958
MovieAdventureFamily
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey. In the beginning Remi takes its new master, but a demanding and hard man, and the animals have not been too much with the clumsy boy. But gradually creates a bond between Remi and his new comrades, until their friendship is suddenly disrupted when Vasalis is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced. Then Remi, alone in the world, along with his animal friends in position to try to keep ...
Wild Love · 1955Wild Love
★ 6.41955
MovieComedy
The film tells the love stories of several young people: Nando, owner of a mechanical shop, supplements his income by posing for photo novels, sparking jealousy in his girlfriend Marisa. Otello, who works as a barber, sincerely loves Adriana, Nando's sister, who has been promised to Franco, who is tempted by the charms of Ines, owner of the neighbourhood trattoria.
The Shortest Day · 1963The Shortest Day
★ 6.31963
MovieComedyHistory
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Becket · 1964Becket
★ 7.21964
MovieDramaHistory
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
The Naked Maja · 1958The Naked Maja
★ 6.21958
MovieAdventureDrama
A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
Roaring Years · 1962Roaring Years
★ 6.81962
MovieComedy
In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Il coraggio · 1955Il coraggio
★ 6.61955
MovieComedy
A wealthy trader saves the life of a poor suicidal man who then decides that his savior has the responsibility of taking care of him and his family.
Love, the Italian Way · 1960Love, the Italian Way
★ 4.41960
MovieComedy
A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.
Anna Karenina · 1948Anna Karenina
★ 6.01948
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Gangster Boss · 1959Gangster Boss
★ 6.11959
MovieComedyCrime
In Paris, two scoundrels kidnap a wealthy man's preteen son, disguised as Indians, only to find he's a savvy detective, making their ransom plan much more complicated.
Aldebaran · 1935Aldebaran
★ 6.51935
MovieDrama
The Little World of Don Camillo · 1952The Little World of Don Camillo
★ 7.61952
MovieComedy
In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
The Return of Don Camillo · 1953The Return of Don Camillo
★ 7.21953
MovieComedy
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
Ambush in Tangier · 1957Ambush in Tangier
★ 6.51957
MovieDramaThriller
An American police detective's investigation into a series of murders leads him to drug smugglers in North Africa.
William Tell · 1948William Tell
★ 7.01948
MovieAdventureDrama
Umanità · 1946Umanità
★ 8.01946
MovieDrama
The meritorious assistance of a US institution, towards the inhabitants of a refugee camp, in the Italian post-war period, among the protagonists a doctor who tries to do everything possible to treat the population in critical health conditions. The doctor will fall in love with a girl particularly affected by the dramatic war period, but the return of the girl's boyfriend from captivity and the subsequent marriage will make the American doctor return to daily reality.
Indiscretion of an American Wife · 1953Indiscretion of an American Wife
★ 6.01953
MovieDramaRomance
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
Sign of the Gladiator · 1959Sign of the Gladiator
★ 4.61959
MovieAdventureDrama
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.
Three Forbidden Stories · 1952Three Forbidden Stories
★ 7.01952
MovieDrama
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.
Story of a Love Affair · 1950Story of a Love Affair
★ 6.71950
MovieDramaRomance
A wealthy, possessive husband's investigation reignites his young wife's past love, leading them to plot against him. As obstacles fall away, their passion faces a new test.
Il cardinale Lambertini · 1954Il cardinale Lambertini
★ 6.51954
MovieHistoryComedy
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
Don Camillo: Monsignor · 1961Don Camillo: Monsignor
★ 6.91961
MovieComedy
Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.
Adventure at the Motel · 1963Adventure at the Motel
★ 4.31963
MovieComedy
A series of sketches about people who have illicit affairs in a motel: among them a starlet and a pilot, two bit Casanovas, an industry manager and his secretary.
Royal Affairs in Versailles · 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles
★ 6.71953
MovieDramaHistory
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are pursued in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date.
TV Shows
Cinépanorama · 1956Cinépanorama
★ 8.71956
SeriesDocumentaryFamily
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret · 1964Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
★ 9.01964
SeriesMysteryDrama
Italian TV series based on the Maigret detective novels.
Una vita in gioco · 1965Una vita in gioco
★ 8.01965
Series
Maigret decides to believe in Heurtin Joseph, a young man sentenced to death for the murder of two elderly women in Saint-Cloud, which has always stubbornly maintained his innocence. The inspector is not sure of the choice he made to convince his superiors to organize an escape for the young man, to lead him to the real culprits.