Renato Salvatori

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Admin — Thu, 01 Oct 1981 00:00:00 +0000

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory.

Illustrious Corpses

Admin — Thu, 12 Feb 1976 00:00:00 +0000

A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party. (IMDb)

A Brief Vacation

Admin — Tue, 14 Aug 1973 00:00:00 +0000

Vittorio De Sica’s A Brief Vacation (Una Breva Vacanza) stars Florinda Bolkan as a downtrodden working woman. Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, Bolkan contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world–and potential new life–is opened up to her.

State of Siege

Admin — Sat, 30 Dec 1972 00:00:00 +0000

Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay’s government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

Indian Summer

Admin — Wed, 18 Oct 1972 00:00:00 +0000

In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo’s girlfriend.

The Burglars

Admin — Sun, 31 Oct 1971 00:00:00 +0000

In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.

The Light at the Edge of the World

Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 1971 00:00:00 +0000

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.

Burn!

Admin — Sun, 21 Dec 1969 00:00:00 +0000

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

The Organizer

Admin — Wed, 23 Oct 1963 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to stand up for them until Sinigaglia puts his academic career on the line by helping them to start a strike. Although the teacher comes under scrutiny by unsympathetic authorities, he maintains his dedication to the workers’ cause.

Rocco and His Brothers

Admin — Thu, 06 Oct 1960 00:00:00 +0000

When a widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her sons become romantic rivals, with deadly results.