Gina Lollobrigida Archives

King, Queen, Knave

Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who finds himself deep in the romantic clutches of his uncle's sensual wife. After Frank's parents die, he goes to live with his aunt Martha (Gina Lollabrigida) and uncle Charles (David Niven). Sexy Martha entices Frank into her embrace then wants him to kill her husband so that they can live off of his money. Frank wouldn't mind so much, but he ...

NR

5

1972 Comedy 104 min Play

7.5

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

NR

7.5

1972 Drama 135 min Play

3.9

Bad Man’s River

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

PG

3.9

1971 Western 92 min Play

6.4

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

PG

6.4

1968 Comedy 108 min Play

5.9

Death Laid an Egg

A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and Gabriella (the very beautiful secretary). Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.

NR

5.9

1968 Thriller 89 min Play

7.9

Cervantes

This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, ...

NR

7.9

1967 Adventure 94 min Play

6

Me, Me, Me… and the Others

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

NR

6

1966 Comedy 95 min Play

6.7

Strange Bedfellows

In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. We then meet them five years later on the eve before their divorce becomes final. After seeing each other again, sparks are reignited and they spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on, until Carter ...

NR

6.7

1965 Comedy 98 min Play

6.4

Woman of Straw

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

NR

6.4

1964 Crime 122 min Play

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Imperial Venus

Biopic about Napoleon's sister Paulette.

NR

0

1962 Drama 140 min Play

6

Go Naked in the World

A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.

NR

6

1961 Drama 103 min Play

7

Come September

Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.

NR

7

1961 Comedy 112 min Play

6.4

The Law

A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using their own vicious drinking game.

NR

6.4

1959 Drama 126 min Play

5.6

Never So Few

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

NR

5.6

1959 War 125 min Play

6.6

Solomon and Sheba

Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as his successor, but David's elder son Prince Adonijah, a warrior, declares himself King. When David learns of this, he publicly announces Solomon to be his successor. Adonijah and Joab, his general, withdraw in rage. Israel prospers under King Solomon's wise and benevolent rule and is seen as a threat to more ...

NR

6.6

1959 History 139 min Play

6.4

Trapeze

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.

NR

6.4

1956 Drama 105 min Play

6.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her ...

PG

6.5

1956 Drama 115 min Play

6.2

Beautiful but Dangerous

The fictitious story of a real person called Lina Cavalieri who was known at the time as "the most beautiful woman in the world".

NR

6.2

1955 Comedy 107 min Play

7.3

Frisky

"Bread, Love and Jealousy" (Italian: Pane, Amore e Gelosia), known as "Frisky" in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town. The film is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by "Bread, Love and Dreams" and followed by "Scandal in Sorrento". It is usually considered one of the ...

NR

7.3

1954 Comedy 97 min Play

6.4

The Wayward Wife

The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi (Gabriele Ferzetti). Bored by her marriage, Cemma ...

NR

6.4

1953 Comedy 91 min Play

7.1

Bread, Love and Dreams

Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to a remote Italian mountain village named Sagliena. He's anxious to marry, and selects young Gina Lollobrigida as his bride; but she is already in love with his shy subordinate Roberto Risso. Mistaking her headstrong behavior as promiscuity, Carotenuto makes advances towards her, but she spurns him. Forsaking the girl to the arms of Risso, the Marshal decides to settle for village midwife Marisa Merlini. Things become more complicated when Annarella, the ...

NR

7.1

1953 Comedy 93 min Play

6.4

Beat the Devil

The script, which was written on a day-to-day basis as the film was being shot, concerns the adventures of a motley crew of swindlers and ne'er-do-wells trying to lay claim to land rich in uranium deposits in Kenya as they wait in a small Italian port to travel aboard an ill-fated tramp steamer en route to Mombasa.

NR

6.4

1953 Action 89 min Play

6.7

Beauties of the Night

A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.

NR

6.7

1952 Comedy 87 min Play

6.7

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gipsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction. Fantastic swashbuckling adventures in a 18th century setting, with a light criticism of the war and the mighty.

NR

6.7

1952 Adventure 102 min Play