Philippe Hersent

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

On dokuzuncu yüzyılın sonunda geçen film, karısı ile sevgilisi arasında kalan soylu bir erkeğin çaresizliğini konu ediyor. Erkek, karısının bir başkasından olan çocuğunu öldürdükten sonra canına kıyar. Film, sinema diliyle, Visconti estetiğinin son örneği olmasıyla ilgi çeker. Ama yönetmen filmde kişilerin toplumsal konumlarına değil, bireysel dünyalarına ilgi duyar.

Decameron-style collection of entertaining short stories with such diverse themes as nymphomania, bestiality, and masochism.

Güney İtalya'nın müreffeh bir kasabasında çıplak ve parçalanmış bir kadın cesedi bulunur. Ama onu kim, niye öldürdü? Müfettiş Capuana (Farley Granger; Strangers on a Train, Rope, Arnold), kocalarını aldatarak başka erkeklerle birlikte olan kadınları hedef alan bir dizi vahşi cinayeti araştırır. Şimdi siyah bir fötr şapka, eldiven ve trençkot giyen katil, kurbanlarını takip edip fotoğraflarken, ahlaksız ruhlar olarak gördüğü kişileri dünyadan temizleme amacıyla giderek daha acımasız hale geliyor.

Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board? And why every other scene one, two, ten or more men are trying to kill Malloy in every conceivable way?

During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to his past...

Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.

FBI Agent Lemmy Caution is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.

An American secret agent is tasked with recovering a nuclear bomb stolen by spies.

A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and his weapon to the highest bidder. A secret agent and the scientist's daughter set out to track down the kidnappers and rescue the scientist.

The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a convent. She thinks that John is guilty of the death of her family, and cannot continue to love him. He remains wounded in battle.

The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.

Intrigue at the Roman Emperor's court prior to its destruction by Vesuvius.

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.

An orphan, raised by a foreign tribe, becomes a warrior queen and falls in love with the leader of her enemies.

In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..

In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to stop him.

An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.

In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children ...

An aging gossip columnist, tired of the social life of the Roman Dolce-vita set, goes to New York with hopes of a literary career. He marries a nurse, but succumbs to his former mistress.

Intrepid reporter Alberto Piergiorgi stumbles upon thieves stealing a priceless archaeological treasure. When he reports the incident to the police, they dismiss his claims, forcing him to conduct his own investigation.