Gabriele Varriale

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59 Works

Duel of the Titans

Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.

5.1

Year:

1961

I Kiss... You Kiss

Adolfo Cocchi has a building firm but his plan to build a set of buildings is been stopped by an old former Garibaldian, Don Leopoldo, who refuses to sell his property. A group of young people go to his house to play and sing. Marcella, Cocchi's daughter, who has a beautiful voice, goes to visit Leopoldo and falls in love with Paolo. They have an idea: open a night-club called "Io bacio... tu baci"...

4.0

Year:

1961

Constantine and the Cross

Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.

4.8

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1961

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre

Italy signed the armistice and in the general confusion a corporal decides to bring the tank back from the coast to the barracks.

1.0

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1960

Atom Age Vampire

When a singer is horribly disfigured in a car accident, a scientist develops a treatment which can restore her beauty by injecting her with a special serum. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her. As the treatment begins to fail, he determines to save her appearance, regardless of how many women he must kill for her sake.

4.2

Year:

1960

Howlers of the Dock

Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire jiving from some of Rome's citizens, and bitter complants from others which inspire a group of corrupt officials determined to a bring the group down.

4.9

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1960

The Jukebox Kids

When a promising record company president is arrested, his daughter takes over his company to promote her own rock and roll music by promoting various young singers.

5.7

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1959

The Maids

Gabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it is stolen she is accused of the theft and sent to jail. Some other maids organize a search party for the real thief who seems to be a moustached youth who continually sings a popular song.

7.0

Year:

1959

My Wife's Enemy

Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and make him impossible to keep a job for a long time: that's why the young couple keeps arguing.

5.2

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1959

I ragazzi dei Parioli

A tale on the Italian upper class of the '60s and their ways to kill time.

6.7

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1959

Carmela is a doll

Carmela defies her father who wants her to marry Baron Prospero and sleepwalks every night to Toto's room.

6.1

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1958

Piece of the Sky

As he does every year, Severino, a young hawker who goes around the festivals of the various villages in the Po Delta, returns to Migliarino to sell his knick-knacks and tell far-fetched stories about the future and progress. Besides the beautiful Marina, three gullible old friends live here, pensioners who live off poverty, to whom he proposes the sale of a hectare of sky.

6.8

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1958

È arrivata la parigina

An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.

0.0

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1958

I sette contadini

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1958

Il marito

Alberto's marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced by her mother and sister who live with the married couple. Alberto is also experiencing financial problems and hopes for the help of a rich widow who is however interested in his sexual favours. Naturally Elena puts obstacles in his way and everything goes wrong. Alberto decides to change job then and becomes a sweets sales representative. Disillusioned with marital life he also changes his attitude towards women: he tells every woman he meets he is single.

6.3

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1958

Gioventù disperata

A doctor whose wife has been accidentally killed by a young man who lives in an impoverished zone of Madrid, goes there with the intention of taking revenge, but after meeting the man's little sister, he goes through a change of heart and decides to stay and help the people that live there, supported by the benevolent local priest.

0.0

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1957

Parola di ladro

Desiderio is a gentleman thief who steals jewelry. Without him knowing, he is hired as a manager in the jewelry store of Gabriele Bertinori, and with this position he plans to rob the place.

0.0

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1957

Men and Wolves

Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.

6.0

Year:

1957

A Mink Coat

A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

0.0

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1956

Sunset in Naples

Two young men try to make it big as musicians.

0.0

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1956

The Prince with the Red Mask

Duke Altichieri rises to power, after his associate, Cpt. Alberico, kills governor Conte Filippo della Scala. 10 harsh years of tyranny follow, until a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, helping people in their struggle against the regime. He is known by the name Red-Masked Prince, but who is he?

0.0

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1955

Caravan of songs

In a luxury hotel in Miramare, a competition is organized between pop music singers. Famous celebrities and famous singers are invited.

0.0

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1955

Scampolo 53

A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia. He decides to take the girl with him, who has been waiting for this.

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1955

Napoli terra d'amore

The story of an honest young man entangled by a night singer in the Camorra.

0.0

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1954

Days of Love

A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".

6.6

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1954

Graziella

Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.

6.0

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1954

One Hundred Serenades

When his girlfriend falls for a rich entrepreneur, an aspiring singer plots with the man's girlfriend so that they can get back their respective partners.

0.0

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1954

Angels of Darkness

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their livelihood. The girls must now find honest work.

3.0

Year:

1954

Foreign Earth

A group of illegal immigrants find a job in a French mine and organizes strikes to improve their working condition.

4.5

Year:

1954

Una di quelle

Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.

6.7

Year:

1953

A Husband for Anna

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.

5.7

Year:

1953

Good Folk's Sunday

In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.

5.7

Year:

1953

Rome 11:00

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.

7.7

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1952

Anna

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.

7.3

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1951

Paris Is Always Paris

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.

5.1

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1951

Cuori sul mare

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.

7.0

Year:

1950

Under the Olive Tree

A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.

7.0

Year:

1950

Il diavolo in convento

March 1945: an air raid destroys a fishing village. The homeless are hosted by Brother Angelo in the convent of San Fruttuoso in Camogli: years pass but the houses are not rebuilt and when the prior dies, the convent is sold to the rich engineer Milone, determined to transform it into a holiday complex. To prevent the homeless from ending up on the streets, Brother Angelo devises every possible expedient, even a fake miracle while waiting for San Fruttuoso to perform a real one.

7.0

Year:

1950

Bitter Rice

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

7.4

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1949

Una lettera all'alba

0.0

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1948

Che tempi!

Anna, only daughter of Felice Pastorino, a rich Genoese merchant, falls in love with a young sailor, Eugenio Devoto, with whom she has exchanged only a few words. Pastorino, a kind-hearted man, sincerely loves his daughter but is also very attached to money and would like to marry her to his cousin Alessandro Raffo, a man who is no longer young but wealthy, narrow-minded and materialistic.

6.0

Year:

1948

Christmas at Camp 119

Second World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate , away from families , another sad Christmas. To dare a little rein to Their longing , they tell Episodes of Their Life . A Roman tells the USA difficult married life . A Neapolitan soldier tells of His lieutenant, a Neapolitan duke penniless . Meanwhile , the camp commander gave : Prisoners and a gramophone , So , Ai stories intertwine songs . Another soldier recalls the parties and the songs of the Sicilian spring , WHILE a Venetian gondolier evokes A HIS love affair . Sometimes , From Radio shabby listening news from abroad and Italy . Finally , one day , comes the ' pending release and All They return home .

6.4

Year:

1947

Fatalità

The wife of a shipping supervisor is smitten by a tall handsome sailor who works for him.

4.8

Year:

1947

Peddlin' in Society

Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her shop and moves to a magnificent villa which once belonged to a count. She also becomes involved with some very dubious characters who profit from her ignorance and cheat her out of her money.

5.5

Year:

1946

Outcry

A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.

6.2

Year:

1946

The Adulteress

0.0

Year:

1946

I Do Not Move

Former batsman Carlo Mezzetti, who has been left homeless with his daughter Annuccia, takes advantage of favorable situations and legal loopholes to find temporary accommodation, illegally occupying vacant houses.

6.5

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1943

In due si soffre meglio

0.0

Year:

1943

Tempesta sul golfo

0.0

Year:

1943

Music on the Run

An Italian comedy from 1943.

0.0

Year:

1943

Casanova farebbe così!

A country braggart bets that he can spend a night with a local beauty. When he is surprised by her husband, he is not only forced to pay his friends money but also challenged to come up with a new identity other than Casanova or Don Juan.

0.0

Year:

1942

Non ti pago!

The owner of a lottery store refuses to pay a large sum won by one of his workers that he hates, because that man received the winning numbers in a dream.

7.2

Year:

1942

Gioco pericoloso

0.0

Year:

1942

È caduta una donna

In Milan, an unwed mother, forced to flee from her town because of the scandal, meets a doctor who falls in love with her and marries her. But the couple's relationship breaks down almost immediately: the husband is unable to leave behind the woman's past and can not stand a son not his. So Dina, in an attempt to readjust the rapport, entrusts the child to the care of the mother of her seducer (meanwhile deceased). But the sacrifice is beyond her strength, and she's soon taken by the irresistible desire to get her child back: in damp and foggy night, on her way to the station...

0.0

Year:

1941

È caduta una donna

0.0

Year:

1941

Senza cielo

0.0

Year:

1940

Cose dell'altro mondo

0.0

Year:

1939

I, His Father

An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment, offers to marry her but she, not wanting to give up an advantageous connection, turns him down, advising the youth to not change the nature of their relationship. Then, the boy feeling the entire baseness of his situation, returns home to his parents who welcome him back with joy and takes up again a commitment to sport.

5.0

Year:

1939

Jeanne Doré

0.0

Year:

1938

Nina, non far la stupida

0.0

Year:

1938