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Mario Monicelli Filmography

Complete filmography of Mario Monicelli: 34 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.

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The Roses of the Desert2,006War, Comedy5.914ItalianA sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
Dear Goddamned Friends1,994Comedy, Drama6.864ItalianIn 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations1,992Comedy7.4367ItalianDuring the annual Christmas gathering at the family home, the parents surprise their children by announcing their decision to move in with one of them and pass on the house.
I picari1,987Comedy5.532ItalianThe adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
Let's Hope It's a Girl1,986Comedy, Drama6.968ItalianA multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal1,985Drama, Comedy5.722ItalianBased on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno1,984Comedy6.938ItalianDuring the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, a...
My Friends Act II1,982Comedy7.6360ItalianThe four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.
The Marquis of Grillo1,981Comedy7.8493ItalianIn 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Lovers and Liars1,979Comedy3.914ItalianAn American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
An Average Little Man1,977Drama, Comedy8246ItalianA middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen1,976Comedy6.789ItalianAn episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
Dear Michele1,976Comedy, Drama513ItalianMichael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause. Everyone in the family writes to him, describing the events of their lives, as they drift into a kind of conventionality which would perhaps have horrified them earlier. Only Michael’s girlfriend Mara, the mother of his child, retains her independence, even though it is through the help of Michael’s increasingly conventional friends and family that she survives.
My Friends1,975Comedy8.1738ItalianFour inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Come Home and Meet My Wife1,974Comedy, Drama7.247Italian50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the love affair with Vincenzina.
We Want the Colonels1,973Comedy6.736ItalianItaly 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!
Lady Liberty1,971Comedy5.322ItalianAn Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for her fiancé, leading to a humorous and frustrating ordeal.
Brancaleone at the Crusades1,970Comedy, Adventure7.2159ItalianAfter saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
The Girl with a Pistol1,968Comedy6.9149ItalianA Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
For Love and Gold1,966Comedy, Adventure7.7389ItalianA group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.
Casanova '701,965Comedy6.453ItalianThe amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
The Organizer1,963Drama, Comedy7.5125ItalianIn the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.
The Passionate Thief1,960Comedy6.951ItalianOn New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
The Great War1,959Comedy, War, Drama8.1363ItalianItaly, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
Big Deal on Madonna Street1,958Comedy, Crime8.1767ItalianBest friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
Fathers and Sons1,957Comedy6.728ItalianThe adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.
Doctor and the Healer1,957Comedy7.128ItalianFrancesco, a young doctor, is appointed doctor to the imaginary village of Pianetta in the province of Avellino, but is immediately in competition with Don Antonio, a so-called "healer".
Donatella1,956Comedy5.216ItalianDonatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.
A Hero of Our Times1,955Comedy6.845ItalianAlberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
Toto and Carolina1,955Comedy6.522ItalianDuring a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
Toto and the Kings of Rome1,952Comedy765ItalianAn aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
Toto and the Women1,952Comedy6.848ItalianAntonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.
Cops and Robbers1,951Comedy7.5183ItalianEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
A Dog’s Life1,950Comedy, Drama6.815ItalianTragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
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