Pupella Maggio
Actor · 1910 – 1999 · Naples, Italy
Pupella Maggio born Giustina Maggio (24 April 1910 - 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pupella Maggio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies24
Movie8.4DramaRomanceA filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Movie7.3AdventureHistoryCovering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · 303 votes
Movie7.8DramaWarA young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
Movie7.9ComedyDramaIn an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
Amarcord
1973 · 1.2K votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaWhen Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
The Valachi Papers
1972 · 120 votes
Movie6.5ComedyDramaStory of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con la Mutua
Medicine Italian Style
1969 · 84 votes
Movie7.6DramaWarSeptember 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Movie7.0ComedyComedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
Movie6.9ComedyDrama
Movie6.5DramaCrimeA few days before Inspector Ambrosio's holiday, a bank robbery takes place opposite his house.
Movie7.4ComedyA mature mother of several children is concerned that her beloved husband is losing interest, so she does her best to provoke some jealousy in him.
MovieComedyThe comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the 60s between the economic boom and the perennial unemployment crisis. The cylinder, well explained by "Agostino-Eduardo" in the comedy, is a representation of power, designed to intimidate the ignorant for its only evocative "power". It can also be seen as a sort of "Pirandellian mask", where the character of Augustine wears it to defend himself and represent something that he is not.
Il cilindro
1978
Movie7.7ComedyA low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes a pimp and the prostitutes take over the country.
Movie7.1ComedyFelice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
Il medico dei pazzi
1954 · 59 votes
Movie10.0ComedyTwo girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor.
A qualcuna piace calvo
1959 · 1 votes
Movie7.3ComedyTwo men, business partners, fall in love with the same girl. Their wives react accordingly, but one seems to take it more calmly. This makes her husband suspicious, and he begins to believe that she is also having an affair, with his business partner. An inevitable series of misunderstandings ensues.
Mariti in pericolo
1960 · 3 votes
Movie7.5Il medico dei pazzi
1959 · 2 votes
Movie10.0WesternComedyItalian Western comedy in black-and-white. The movie intended to be a parody of the American western as even the title shows, being a hybrid between the original title of the movie The Oklahoma Kid and its rendering for the Italian audience, "Il terrore dell'Ovest".
Movie8.8ComedyDramaLuca Cupiello, like every Christmas, prepares the crib, amid the disinterest of his wife Concetta and his son Tommasino. Ninuccia, the other daughter, writes a letter to her husband in which she communicates that she leaves him for her lover. The letter happens in the hands of Luca who hands it over to his son-in-law, who thus learns of his wife's betrayal. During lunch on Christmas Eve, the two rivals, who were confronted by Luca's carelessness, clash violently.
Movie5.2ComedyWhile their husbands are on a hunting trip the wives of a clerk, his boss, a doctor and of a friend of theirs, discuss their fidelity. Claudine is the most gullible and bets on her husband's love. Her friends decide to put him to trial.
Movie7.9ComedyPasquale Grifone, who lives in Naples with his family, receives in a dream the visit of Dante Alighieri. The poet suggests to the man, clouded by the fumes of alcohol, four numbers to play.
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
1959 · 4 votes
MovieTwo wise guysmanage a messed up underground casino and brothel. A "hunting club" as a cover up. The place is frequented by all kind of characters, from the Neapolitan upper class to the petty criminals, who use it as a base and such is the turmoil that it will not take much to blow the cover up.
Movie8.3Fate come noi
2004 · 2 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaIn a miserable, freezing two-room apartment on the first floor of a building, the Ruòppolo family lives in complete poverty. Giovanni, a clerk, struggles against a thousand difficulties to make ends meet, while his wife, Cristina, takes care of the housework.
La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola
1959 · 1 votes