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Aldo Grimaldi

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Aldo Grimaldi was an Italian film director and screenwriter, recognized for his contributions to the "musicarello" genre—a blend of musical and comedy films popular in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was the son of director and screenwriter Giovanni Grimaldi. Aldo began his career as an assistant director on his father's films, gaining valuable industry experience. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with Nel sole, a film that achieved significant success and featured the popular singing duo Al Bano and Romina Power. Grimaldi continued to collaborate with the duo in subsequent films, including L'oro del mondo (1968) and Pensando a te (1969). Beyond musicarelli, he directed several commedie sexy all'italiana, such as When Women Were Called Virgins (1972). Grimaldi's films are noted for their light-hearted narratives and integration of contemporary music, reflecting the cultural trends of Italy during his active years. He passed away in Rome in 1990 at the age of 48.

01-01-1942

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Catania, Italy

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Champagne in paradiso

Champagne in paradiso

Musical, in the style of GREASE, with dance numbers and entertainment. Set in a high school, about the ups and downs in the love affair between Paola, the class mischief maker, and Marco, a substitute teacher.
4.0

Year:

1983

The Maid Seduces the Cowards

The Maid Seduces the Cowards

Marina and Orazio are a couple who own a motel. To pay their debts, Marina suggests a drug-related money scheme. However, both have their own agendas and try cheating on each other with another couple. One thief hopes to get the money, but accidentally gets trapped in the chambermaid's room, where the lusty chambermaid has her way with him.
4.8

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1980

Cindy's Love Games

Cindy's Love Games

Cindy finds her fiancée Sergio in bed with a young hitch-hiker and discovers that he has been unfaithful with other women too. She takes her revenge by shying away from Sergio for a day, and has three different sexual encounters including a hot threesome with Stephen and his Brazilian girlfriend.
3.5

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1979

Cindy's Love Games

Cindy's Love Games

Cindy finds her fiancée Sergio in bed with a young hitch-hiker and discovers that he has been unfaithful with other women too. She takes her revenge by shying away from Sergio for a day, and has three different sexual encounters including a hot threesome with Stephen and his Brazilian girlfriend.
3.5

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1979

The Winsome Widow

The Winsome Widow

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.
4.5

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1973

When Women Were Called Virgins

When Women Were Called Virgins

When women were called Madonna is a film of 1972 directed by Aldo Grimaldi . The film is one of the first Italian erotic comedies in which a licentious bursting Edwige Fenech struggles with the nagging demands of three suitors.
5.6

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1972

When Women Were Called Virgins

When Women Were Called Virgins

When women were called Madonna is a film of 1972 directed by Aldo Grimaldi . The film is one of the first Italian erotic comedies in which a licentious bursting Edwige Fenech struggles with the nagging demands of three suitors.
5.6

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1972

Those Sweet Creatures

Those Sweet Creatures

An Italo-American singer and as he arrives at the airport he is accused of being a draft dodger and is drafted. He soon begins a love story with his commander's daughter.
5.1

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1970

Paths of War

Paths of War

Two Sicilian royalist soldiers flee the island in a trunk at the arrival of Garibaldi's republican troops. They end up in the Far West with the army fighting the Indians and with their ineptitude they contribute to the army's defeat.
6.0

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1970

You Are Always In My Mind

You Are Always In My Mind

Carlo is a successful singer, married to Livia; the two also have a son, Maurizio. Carlo decides to accept a tour in the USA but, shortly before departure, together with his agent Puglisi has a sentimental adventure with two women. Livia, having discovered what had happened, leaves home with Maurizio.
0.0

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1969

Il ragazzo che sorride

Il ragazzo che sorride

Giorgio, a young mining engineer, moved to work in Africa. His wife does not want to follow him and he suspects a betrayal. In the cast also Rocky Roberts singing two songs.
3.5

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1969

All the Gold in the World

All the Gold in the World

The son of a rich industrialist forces a woman to become his fiancée by threatening to bankrupt her parents — until an unlikely hero steps in.
3.7

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1968

The World's Gold

The World's Gold

Aided by a chauffeur and a butler, a student of humble means pretends to be wealthy in order to attract the romantic interest of a rich girl.
5.5

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1967

Stasera mi butto

Stasera mi butto

Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And relaxing baths. For everyone: young and old. Singles and couples. In the endless consumption of flirtation and new knowledge, the musical background goes crazy with the famous screamer. Famous personalities like Lola Falana emerge from famous people. They get confused. They are inserted between these alleged stars. But above all, they have fun like crazy ...
4.9

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1967

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid

Two POWs learn of a treasure of gold hidden in a cemetery, and escape from their POW camp to look for it.
5.8

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1967

Soldati e capelloni

Soldati e capelloni

An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).
6.0

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1967

Johnny Colt

Johnny Colt

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries in his shirt a black star, which he always leaves at the scene of his enterprises, as a symbol of justice. Soucre: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
6.8

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1966

No One Can Judge Me

No One Can Judge Me

Two youths who work together in a department store love each other but also their supervisor has his eyes on the young girl.
6.0

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1966

4 Dollars of Revenge

4 Dollars of Revenge

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.
5.3

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1966

4 Dollars of Revenge

4 Dollars of Revenge

Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.
5.3

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1966

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

James Tont Operation U.N.O.

The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.
5.0

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1965

I'm Not Worthy of You

I'm Not Worthy of You

In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.
6.2

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1965

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone

Thirty Italian singers from the sixties sing their hits.
1.7

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1964

So In Love

So In Love

During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.
5.6

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1964

Amore mio

Amore mio

A man wants to leave his wife for another woman, but this other woman decides not to live with him.
0.0

Year:

1964

I terribili sette

I terribili sette

Some kids find by chance an infant in swaddling clothes left in a meadow. Initially, after having led in their lair, they think of selling it to a caravan of gypsies.
0.0

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1963

Totò vs the Four

Totò vs the Four

The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.
6.7

Year:

1963

Two Colonels

Two Colonels

In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
7.5

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1963