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Giorgio Simonelli

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Giorgio Simonelli was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in the film industry as an editor in the 1930s, working on films such as The Three-Cornered Hat (1935). Simonelli transitioned to directing with Il signor Max (1937), a comedy that gained significant popularity. Throughout his career, he directed over 40 films, including Totò Tarzan (1950) and I due mafiosi (1964). Simonelli's films are noted for their comedic elements and contribution to the Italian comedy genre.

23-11-1901

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Giorgio C. Simonelli

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Dick Smart 2.007

Dick Smart 2.007

Lady Lorraine Lister, a financer of expensive experiments, has discovered a way to obtain pure diamonds by the means of a radiation device. She hires five renowned scientists to participate in additional experiments regarding this new contrivance. However, it soon happens that the device is stolen, and the scientists mysteriously disappear! Agent Dick Smart is called in by the CIA to track down the scientists and recover the device. With the help of incredible gadgets and lots of bravado, he manages to locate the source of an underground operation in Rio De Janeiro: an operation headed by a mysterious man with a speaking device fastened to his throat.
7.0

Year:

1967

The Amazing Doctor G

The Amazing Doctor G

Nefarious villain Goldginger is thwarted by bumbling secret agents Franco and Ciccio in his scheme to spark an international war by zombifying all government employees in this Italian spoof of the James Bond movies.
5.6

Year:

1965

I due toreri

I due toreri

In Sicily Franco and Ciccio are empowered by a local mafia man to guard for a wide range of salad. In reality however this is not simple salad vegetables but marijuana; the two bungling fools and friends do not realize it at first.
5.8

Year:

1964

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.
5.7

Year:

1964

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

In the late 1800's, Sicilians Franco and Ciccio are serving 20 years of prison for stealing two mules, when they are helped to escape by an American who says he is a friend of their grandfathers, who were killed in Texas by a gang of bandits who wanted to take over their gold mine. The two friends travel to America to take posses of the gold mine, but they soon discover that they are not the only ones who want it.
5.7

Year:

1964

I due mafiosi

I due mafiosi

Two clumsy mobsters on a mission in Paris.
5.4

Year:

1964

Ursus in the Land of Fire

Ursus in the Land of Fire

Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero named Ursus appears at a tournament to challenge Hamilan's authority. Though victorious at the tournament, Ursus is arrested and forced to turn a grist-mill under an overseer's lash. Meanwhile, the former king's virtuous daughter, Diana, is tormented by her evil cousin, the new queen. Sentenced to a slow and tortuous execution, Ursus breaks free and a revolt breaks out. Ursus throws Hamilan to his death in a fiery pit and then Ursus and Diana enjoy the cheers of a grateful populace. - Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis
5.0

Year:

1963

The Black Panther of Ratana

The Black Panther of Ratana

Murder mystery following the revenge for the theft of a sapphire from a Buddha in a Thailand temple.
0.0

Year:

1963

I tre nemici

I tre nemici

A meek clerk is hunted by the counterespionage because he has a secret formula tattooed on his bottom.
4.6

Year:

1962

Gerarchi si muore

Gerarchi si muore

Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with a real mania for ancient castles.
5.4

Year:

1961

Che femmina!! E... che dollari!

Che femmina!! E... che dollari!

An American millionaire has just died. His sole legatee is a youthful indiscretion, a girl who is currently living in Italy. Two private eye detective agencies, in competition with each other, investigate. Combining business with pleasure, they search sunny Italy, but they only have one clue to find their heiress: she has three moles on the buttock. One of the private eyes falls in love with a gypsy who sings in nightclubs.
2.0

Year:

1960

I baccanali di Tiberio

I baccanali di Tiberio

Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.
5.4

Year:

1960

Noi siamo 2 evasi

Noi siamo 2 evasi

Two inmates escape prison changing clothes with a couple of businessmen. They'll be taken by the financiers and find themselves surrounded by wealth and beautiful women.
4.7

Year:

1959

Fantasmi e ladri

Fantasmi e ladri

Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers whose husband is a private dick. She thinks she will be able to help him with his inquests. He does not agree with her and tries to discourage her by any possible means.
6.0

Year:

1959

Perfide.... ma belle

Perfide.... ma belle

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, concierge in a building, but she has no vacancies and arranges him as Donna Tecla, the owner of a pension who, having three young daughters eager to get married, hopes to arrange at least one. But the three girls are not the best of beauty and Michele, gifted with a beautiful voice, agrees to sing in a club on behalf of an impresario who becomes his friend.
0.0

Year:

1958

Perfide.... ma belle

Perfide.... ma belle

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, concierge in a building, but she has no vacancies and arranges him as Donna Tecla, the owner of a pension who, having three young daughters eager to get married, hopes to arrange at least one. But the three girls are not the best of beauty and Michele, gifted with a beautiful voice, agrees to sing in a club on behalf of an impresario who becomes his friend.
0.0

Year:

1958

Napoli sole mio

Napoli sole mio

Lorella must marry Dr. Matteini, but when she goes to Naples to meet him, she meets Michele, who sings in restaurants. The fateful spark is ignited, and although Michele is poor, Lorella decides to marry him against his mother's wishes.
0.0

Year:

1958

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Comedy with Renato Rascel
0.0

Year:

1954

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Comedy with Renato Rascel
0.0

Year:

1954

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Io sono la Primula Rossa

Comedy with Renato Rascel
0.0

Year:

1954

It Happened at the Police Station

It Happened at the Police Station

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
6.5

Year:

1954

Love song

Love song

An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl and the loyalty to his paralyzed best friend.
0.0

Year:

1954

Love song

Love song

An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl and the loyalty to his paralyzed best friend.
0.0

Year:

1954

Saluti e baci

Saluti e baci

Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if he does not find any new ones.
1.0

Year:

1953

I, Hamlet

I, Hamlet

The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic.
0.0

Year:

1952

Love and Poison

Love and Poison

Christina of Sweden, in exile in Rome, takes a handsome Italian officer as her lover. But he is in love with the very young wife of an elderly count. After many adventures, duels, settling of old scores, the officer and the countess get married. Former Queen Christina finds herself another captain of the guard.
8.0

Year:

1950

If I Were A Member Of Parliament

If I Were A Member Of Parliament

A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aunts. While in the city, he is a victim of a series of mishaps. His aunts hear about a man of the same name who is a candidate for Parliament; they think that he is their nephew and organize a series of celebrations. So, the youngster gets the idea of trying to replace the real candidate, but gets found out. The aunts forgive him.
0.0

Year:

1949

If I Were A Member Of Parliament

If I Were A Member Of Parliament

A young dare-devil goes to Rome in search of fortune, with the blessings and money of his loving aunts. While in the city, he is a victim of a series of mishaps. His aunts hear about a man of the same name who is a candidate for Parliament; they think that he is their nephew and organize a series of celebrations. So, the youngster gets the idea of trying to replace the real candidate, but gets found out. The aunts forgive him.
0.0

Year:

1949

Le due madonne

Le due madonne

0.0

Year:

1949

Totò nella fossa dei leoni

Totò nella fossa dei leoni

The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches.
5.8

Year:

1943

L'imprevisto

L'imprevisto

0.0

Year:

1940

L'imprevisto

L'imprevisto

0.0

Year:

1940

Terra di nessuno

Terra di nessuno

0.0

Year:

1939

Battles in the Shadow

Battles in the Shadow

Foreign spies steal the formula for a revolutionary explosive created by an Italian scientist and to decrypt the secret code they kidnap his secretary who knows about it.
0.0

Year:

1939

Mille lire al mese

Mille lire al mese

8.0

Year:

1939

Luciano Serra, Pilot

Luciano Serra, Pilot

Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. In the 30s, his son in Italy wants also to become a pilot, and Luciano accepts an offer of a double dealing agent for a flight from Rio to Rome, but his plane crashes in the Atlantic. For the world Luciano Serra is missing, but he has entered the Italian army under a new name to fight in Ethiopia. The train in which his unit travels is attacked by Ethiopian soldiers, his son flying a reconasaince mission is shot down and wounded by the same attacking enemies. Will Luciano be able to fly the plane back, to get close air support for the outnumbered Italian troups?
4.8

Year:

1938

Regina della Scala

Regina della Scala

In order to encourage the young maestro Vernieri not to break down after the first failures, the director of the theater "La Scala" in Milan tells two significant episodes concerning the theater.
0.0

Year:

1937

Don Bosco

Don Bosco

Follows the life of Catholic Priest John Bosco (1815–1888).
6.5

Year:

1935

La Wally

La Wally

Old fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.
0.0

Year:

1932

La dernière berceuse

La dernière berceuse

A young student breaks off her engagement after her late mother leaves her with a baby she had with a stranger. But the baby's father returns and claims it. The young girl, her life shattered, tries to commit suicide but her fiancé, who has never stopped loving her, arrives in time.
0.0

Year:

1931

The Song of Love

The Song of Love

A young woman takes care of the just-born child of her late mother. Sacrificing her engagement and studies along the way.
6.1

Year:

1930

Melodramma

Melodramma

0.0

Year:

-

Two Sons of Ringo

Two Sons of Ringo

Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending to be bounty hunters, are 'persuaded' to help a real bounty hunter discover a treasure by claiming to be the heirs of a deceased lawman.
5.9

Year:

1966

I due sanculotti

I due sanculotti

The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.
5.8

Year:

1966

I due sanculotti

I due sanculotti

The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.
5.8

Year:

1966

I due sanculotti

I due sanculotti

The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.
5.8

Year:

1966

Knives of the Avenger

Knives of the Avenger

A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.
6.3

Year:

1966

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone

For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual faculties, are enrolled in the police force in New York.
6.0

Year:

1966

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

During the War of Succession, Franco and Ciccio are arrested for being accused of desertion from the Northern army. Rather than condemn them to death for his carelessness, they will be chosen for a special mission: to infiltrate as expert officers on a delicate espionage action.
5.6

Year:

1965

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

Two Idiots at Fort Alamo

During the War of Succession, Franco and Ciccio are arrested for being accused of desertion from the Northern army. Rather than condemn them to death for his carelessness, they will be chosen for a special mission: to infiltrate as expert officers on a delicate espionage action.
5.6

Year:

1965

Tomb of Torture

Tomb of Torture

A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess. In the village she meets a reporter who is investigating reports of the deaths of two young women who it is believed were killed by a creature that lives in the castle.
4.3

Year:

1963

2 samurai per 100 geishe

2 samurai per 100 geishe

Two Sicilian cousins ​​are forced to go to Japan to collect an inheritance. Once they arrive they realize they will have to adapt to the local customs. The tour will turn into a long series of troubles: the Sicilian cousins, to obtain the inheritance, will have to turn into real samurai.
5.0

Year:

1962

Hong Kong Hot Harbor

Hong Kong Hot Harbor

German journalist Peter Holberg arrives in Hong Kong and, by accident, he is carrying a microfilm that was destined to local gang lord, Marek. Peter is helped by another German journalist, Joan Kent, and falls in love with a night-club dancer, Colette. Colette is actually working for Marek, but betrays the gang for love - at the ultimate cost to her. The HK Police will intervene just in time to prevent Peter from further losses.
6.5

Year:

1962

I magnifici tre

I magnifici tre

Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic of "Nonduras" from the oppression of dictator Bonarios. Parody of The Magnificent Seven, five writers got together for an anemic script that exploits a repertoire mixture with the song "A man alive"by Gino Paoli.
5.1

Year:

1961

Rocco e le sorelle

Rocco e le sorelle

A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.
6.0

Year:

1961

Robin Hood and the Pirates

Robin Hood and the Pirates

On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father.
6.5

Year:

1960

Un dollaro di fifa

Un dollaro di fifa

Two conmen, Alamo and Mike, find shelter in Paradise City, which is full of jokers like themselves, who assume them to be lawmen and are almost hanged.
5.4

Year:

1960

Marinai, donne e guai

Marinai, donne e guai

Four sailors are off duty in Barcelona. Capo Campana ordered them to remain together when in the city. But Mario, one of them, falls for Manuela and leaves the other three.
5.0

Year:

1958

Guaglione

Guaglione

This is an Italian Romance starring Terence Hill
6.5

Year:

1956

Cantando sotto le stelle

Cantando sotto le stelle

A man finds out that he won the lottery and travels to Rome to retrieve the other half of his winning ticket.
0.0

Year:

1956

Il campanile d'oro

Il campanile d'oro

0.0

Year:

1955

Il campanile d'oro

Il campanile d'oro

0.0

Year:

1955

La moglie è uguale per tutti

La moglie è uguale per tutti

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.
6.7

Year:

1955

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!

Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!

A series of comical sketches featuring a doctor, a travelling salesman and some posh gents.
0.0

Year:

1954

Passionate song

Passionate song

Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue.
0.0

Year:

1953

La paura fa 90

La paura fa 90

A ghost who has spent 400 years in a trunk because of a jealous husband tries to take revenge on a descendant of the man but all in all he's a good bloke and when he gets the occasion he helps a youth wrongly accused of murder.
5.8

Year:

1951

Greetings and sons!

Greetings and sons!

Three friends, a mechanic, a clockmaker, and a night warden are engaged to three sisters but are broke and cannot get married and pay the rent. They convince their future father-in-law to buy three little flats for them but the man buys them from a swindler and the friends run the risk of going to prison.
6.0

Year:

1951

Io sono il capataz

Io sono il capataz

The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the insurrectionist troops.
7.0

Year:

1951

La bisarca

La bisarca

0.0

Year:

1950

11 men and a ball

11 men and a ball

5.0

Year:

1948

Dove Sta Zaza?

Dove Sta Zaza?

The film is set in Naples. Two doubles, an American and a Neapolitan, alternate visiting Zaza, the maid of a magazine company, deceived by their resemblance.
0.0

Year:

1947

Dove Sta Zaza?

Dove Sta Zaza?

The film is set in Naples. Two doubles, an American and a Neapolitan, alternate visiting Zaza, the maid of a magazine company, deceived by their resemblance.
0.0

Year:

1947

I Do Not Move

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

Year:

1943

The Fire Dance

The Fire Dance

A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer.
0.0

Year:

1943

Soltanto un bacio

Soltanto un bacio

Italian film from 1942.
0.0

Year:

1942

Le due tigri

Le due tigri

0.0

Year:

1941

The Cuckoo Clock

The Cuckoo Clock

The rich banker Rosen of Livorno fear that the Bonapartist will take all his gold, so he is hiding it inside a cuckoo clock.
5.0

Year:

1938

Mother Song

Mother Song

A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
5.0

Year:

1937

Cavalleria

Cavalleria

Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.
4.7

Year:

1936

Seconda B

Seconda B

A school teacher falls in love with one of his female colleague, who teaches gymnastics. She returns his love, but this discovered by his students who try and sabotage their relationship.
0.0

Year:

1934

Il canale degli angeli

Il canale degli angeli

Directed by Francesco Pasinetti
7.5

Year:

1934

Aurora sul mare

Aurora sul mare

Directed by Giorgio Simonelli.
0.0

Year:

1934