Franco Diogene

The life of the virgin and martyr Santa Maria Goretti

A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.

In June 1983 the journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to the Camorra.

An American diplomat's wife meets an Italian vintner at an embassy soirée. He sees her as more than just her "husband's hostess". Her husband has been so focused on advancing his career that he has forgotten how to see her as a woman, which the Italian reminds her that she is.

At a bus stop they meet Francesca, an eighteen year old who is collaborating in a veterinary office, and Claudio, a university student. The two begin to walk together and talk about many things.

강간반 소속의 여형사 안나(아시아 아젠토 분)는 두 여자의 잔인한 살인으로 이어진 연쇄강간범의 흔적을 따라 플로렌스에 간다. 호텔에서 범인의 행적에 대한 제보를 받은 안나는 미술관에 걸린 브루겔의 신비한 '이카루스의 비행을'보고 강렬한 충격으로 정신을 잃고 쓰러진다. 한참 후 정신이 깨어난 그녀 앞에 한 남자가 다가서며 떨어뜨린 가방을 주워 주면서 자신을 알프레도(토마스 크레취만 분)라고 소개한다. 갑작스런 충격과 혼돈에 빠져있는 안나의 뒤를 쫓아 온 알프레도는 호텔에서 그녀를 폭행하는데..

The end of a love story, told in fourteen different styles: from comedy to western, from noir to thriller, silent movie and so on.

When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.

After the death of their rich industrialist father leaves them each with 49% of his company's shares, two brothers who can't stand each other start a war for the remaining 2%.

A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher.

The head of a gang of criminals in Arizona tries to kidnap a girl, but is hindered in his intentions by a handsome mining engineer and a federal sheriff.

Three friends, Fulvio, Marco and Filippo who are employed in a company that sells agricultural machinery are working under contract in socialist Bulgaria. Seeking entertainment, they are introduced to three Bulgarian beauties...

In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.

A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek revenge against their killer, accept their children's step parents, and try to prevent their house from being sold.

그리스 작은 마을의 자크(장-마크 바)는 어린 시절 아버지를 잠수 사고로 잃고 바다와 돌고래를 가족으로 여기며 외롭게 성장한다. 그런 그에게 유일한 마을 친구인 엔조(장 르노)는 잠수 실력을 겨루는 경쟁대상이자 단 한 명의 우정을 다지는 친구. 그렇게 자크는 유일한 안식처인 바다와 돌고래, 그리고 엔조와 성장해 간다. 오랜 시간이 흘러 프리다이빙 챔피언인 엔조의 초대로 재회하게 된 두 사람. 그리고 자크는 대회에 참가하면서 보험사 조사원 조안나(로잔나 아퀘트)와 일생에 단 한번일지 모르는 눈부신 사랑에 빠진다. 마침내 대회에서 자크가 승리하게 되고 엔조는 패배를 인정하면서도 무리한 잠수를 시도하다 결국 자연 앞에 인간의 한계를 넘어서고 죽음에 이르게 되는데…

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is addressing the crowds gathered in the Piazza Navone, a nun is assassinated by a Ukrainian, placing the upcoming talks between the two leaders in jeopardy. And the head of the American diplomatic corps (the nun was an American) assigns the investigation of the killing to one of his underlings, which leads the young man to investigate the Russicum, a center for the study of Russia within the Vatican city. And from there he finds himself caught up in an intrigue of international proportions, filled with agents and double agents, and ending with a revelation most unexpected.

A waiter on a cruise ship tries to seduce the models that are aboard.

Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.

Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl immediately falls for the guy with the gruffy manners and in an very impertinent way, she leans on him as she gets in trouble: Not only that she gets tied up in her suite by some Gangsters, but also, her new husband is found dead.

Two not very clever young doctors open a fitness center and promise to let people lose seven kilos in seven days. When the enterprise fails they open a gourmet restaurant.

1327년 이탈리아 북부에 있는 베네딕트 수도원에서 그림 그리는 채식 수사 아델모의 시체가 발견되면서 수도원은 술렁이기 시작한다. 당시 교회의 청빈을 주장하는 프라시스코 수도회와 그를 반박하는 교황청 및 다른 교단들의 반목이 심화되자 이를 해결키 위해 이 수도원에서 각 교단이 모여 토론을 하기로 함으로써, 프란시스코 수사인 윌리엄(William of Baskerville: 숀 코넬리 분)은 수련 제자 아조(Adso of Melk: 크리스찬 슬레이터 분)를 데리고 이곳에 들른다. 뛰어난 두뇌의 소유자 윌리엄이 수도원이 심상치 않음을 간파하자 수도원장(The Abbot: 미쉘 론스데일 분)은 윌리엄에게 이 사건을 해결해 달라고 요청한다. 그러던 중 그리이스어 번역사가 다시 살해되고 요한 계시록의 예언대로 수사들이 죽음을 맞자 수도원은 악마의 역사가 시작됐다고 극도의 불안에 떤다. 서고를 은밀히 지키던 두 사람은 심야에도 서관에서 누군가가 책 한권을 훔쳐 달아나는 것을 목격하고 뒤를 밟았지만 그들이 발견한 것은 주방에서 정사를 벌이고 있는 마을처녀와 수도승. 가난한 마을 처녀는 그렇게 해서 식량을 구하고 있는 것이었다. 윌리엄은 사서와 보조사서의 행동을 수상쩍다고 느끼던 중 암호가 적인 양피지를 발견, 사서외엔 아무도 못들어 간다는 도서관에 비밀의 열쇠가 있다고 판단, 잠입을 시도하지만 실패한다. 한편 죽은 수사마다 혀와 손가락 끝에 검은 잉크자국이 베어 있는데. 그러던 사이에 이단 심문에서 유죄로 선고된 두 수도승, 여기에 마녀로 선고된 마을처녀도 함께 묶여서 세사람의 발아래 장작이 쌓이는 순간 윌리암은 범인을 알아내고 서고탑 안으로 들어가는데.

A World War II-era college student must journey to Africa both to find his missing archaeology professor and search for the treasured mines of Kilimanjaro. He is followed by natives as well as scheming Chinese and Nazis

Story about a doctor in a Libyan military hospital who is mad, but no-one wants to declare him unfit, and he becomes the captain of a fighting unit. Through him the Germans risk losing a truce with the British, and therefore kill him and give him a hero's funeral.

A businessman recruits some thieves to steal a valuable chemical formula kept in an well guarded industrial site. The raid is successful, but once he has the formula, the man tries to get rid of those who worked for him.

A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city.

A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.

Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.

Claudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead seemingly neat and respectable married lives. One day, they are summoned to the notary public's office and learn that Anna, one of their peers in high school who got a bad name as a "whore" in the town because of them and was forced to leave is now dead. Furthermore, she had amassed a great fortune abroad and decided to bequeath it to the three. However, she has a strange condition: Claudia, Rita, and Caterina should cheat on their husbands within three days and provide photographic evidence or else the inheritance will be donated to the retirement home.

Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.

George and Lucia are newlyweds and have also been lucky enough to find a home at a low price , very low . Maybe too low . In fact the house is haunted by two lovers who, a thousand years ago, were surprised by the girl's mother who subsequently turned them into pillars of salt . But there is a way to break the magic and free the two lovers caught in the curse and it is all in the hands of the newlyweds on their wedding night . Will they succeed ?

At work, Mario Millio is the only male nurse not on strike. At home, his wife is more interested in calling the hot-line of a local TV-doctor. When Mario wins 15 million Lire in the lottery, he buys himself a new car and starts to live out his dreams in secret. All goes well until a criminal steals the car and Mario is blamed for the car thief's crimes

Cristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their visit is to marry her off to a super-wealthy corporate type and thereby start to turn around the losses their small kingdom is experiencing in its casino business. These less-than-noble intentions get derailed when Barnaba, a zany bus driver enters their lives and falls madly in love with the gorgeous Cristina. He is nuts enough to succeed in this romantic chase after royalty, as love seems to fuel his determination to rid Cristina of her elitism and to make her see his own irrepressible attractions.

Rome, 1960. Four different people meet each other at the Olympics. They follow the games and become friends, talking about their sad lifes.

A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect.

It's summer. Lisa goes every day in a holiday hotel to give French lessons to Mario, the owner's son. the beauty and personality of Lisa quickly raise the attraction of tourists, but also jealousy of mothers who see their husbands and son prowling around the lovely young woman ...

나이 많은 난봉꾼 스나포라츠는 기차 여행 도중 아름다운 여인 엘레나에게 매혹된다. 갑자기 기차가 멈추고, 스나포라츠는 엘레나에게 이끌려 그녀를 따라 숲으로 들어가게 되는데...

A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.

A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.

The adventures of Gianna, a sexy policewoman who wants to help a child in search of his mother.

SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company. DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of job, a man returns in it's house for sleep. But a series of facts hinder this, and the poor man does not succeed to sleep. VENERDI (third episode): A famous and rich creator of sexy ballets have various problems with a dancer. She want to leave the theater and marry a Mafia man.

A businessman comes into conflict with a gangster when he refuses to allow drugs to be sold through his restaurant.

1970년 10월 6일, 터키 이스탄불(Istanbul, Turkey). 애인 수잔(Susan : 아이렌스 미라클 분)과 여행 중이던 21살의 미국 청년 빌리 헤이즈(Billy Hayes : 브래드 데이비스 분)는 겁없이 마약 밀매를 시도하다가 터키 이스탄불 공항에서 체포당한다. 터키 경찰의 끊없는 회유와 협박이 이어지고, 마약을 건내준 택시 운전사를 만나러 가다, 감시가 소홀한 틈을 타 도망쳐보기도 하지만 결국 붙잡혀 국제 범죄자들만을 수감하는 특수 교도소 '사그말실라'에 갇힌다. 추위를 피해 담요를 훔치던 그는 고문실로 끌려가 잔인한 간수장 히미두(Hamidou : 폴 스미스 분)에 의해 발바닥을 구타당하고, 며칠 후 겨우 정신을 수습하지만 걷기조차 힘들다. 같은 미국인 지미 부스(Jimmy Booth : 랜디 퀘이드 분)와 맥스(Max : 존 허트 분)의 도움으로 겨우 걸음을 걷기 시작하면서, 빌리는 그 둘의 친구가 된다. 한편, 공작새를 개 대신 기르는 리프키(Rifki : 파올로 보나셀리 분)는 마약.담요 등을 팔아 돈을 모으는 악덕 밀고자다. 지미는 회교 사원에서 촛대 두 개을 훔치고 수감되었고, 에리크(Erich : 노버트 웨이서 분)는 마약 소지로 12년을 선고받았으며, 맥스는 수감된지 7년이 돼가는 최고참이다. 얼마 후 아버지(Mr. Hayes : 마이크 켈린 분)의 면회를 받고, 곧 재판이 열지지만, 검사(Prosecutor : 케보크 말리콴 분)는 터키를 경유하는 마약 운반이 국가의 명예를 실추시켰다며 빌리에게 종신형 선고를 주장하는데, 그의 변호를 맡은 부도덕한 변호사 예실(Yesil : 프란코 디오제느 분)에 의해 결국 4년형이 선고된다. 한편, 맥스는 빌리에게 여기서 나갈 수 있는 가장 '현명한' 방법인 '탈옥'('미드나잇 익스프레스)'을 제안하지만, 빌리는 20개월 남았다며 거절한다. 결국 혼자 지붕으로 탈출을 시도하던 지미는 붙잡혀 매을 맞아 탈장에 고환까지 잃고 수개월간 요양소에 있다 돌아온다.

Pino Scalise discharged from the prison he was in for robbery, take refuge in Milan at the home of his uncle. Pino falls in love with one of the uncle's two daughters, who has become a prostitute because of Don Ciccio, head of a gang that traffics in drugs. Pino, now an informer to Police Commissioner Morani, makes plans to take the boss down.

Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.

매년 만 명의 여행객들이 다녀가는 오우션 비치에 무언가 나타나 공격하기 시작한다. 그 바다에서 연달아 사람들이 사라지고 그들은 골수까지 빨린 뼈만 앙상한 모습으로 발견된다. 과학자들조차 무슨 동물에 의한 것인지 알아내지 못한다. 터너 박사는 항구에서 지하 터널 공사를 하는 회사의 환경 파괴를 의심한 결과, 거대한 문어 돌연변이를 발견하게 되는데.

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them.

Leonidas, of noble lineage but poor, serves in the house of Count Aristide Of the Fava Dongo, waiting patiently for his death to arrive. He dies at last, but rumors reveal that, on his deathbed, the Count has decided to leave everything to Marco (Claudio Ercoli), his illegitimate and retarded son who secretly grew up in a boarding school. In the meantime, the whole family of Leonida moves to the luxurious estate as for certainly no one wants to miss out on this wealth opportunity...

Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of Italian sexual humor.

Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.

A fashion model dies during a botched abortion, and the people closely connected to her are murdered one by one.

Franco is abandoned by his wife and daughter who wrongly accuse him of being a wimp. Besides he's bossed around and sexually harassed at work. He decides to take justice into his own hands and get rough with the world. He soon gets his family's respect back.

The sexually naive Daniela returns home from boarding school only to realize that her family is involved in an excess of bed-hopping and sexual perversion.

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.

This crime drama follows Italian police commissioner Caprile (Henry Silva) as he races to rescue the 6-year-old daughter of an important businessman. Also hoping to save her is Frank Salvatore (Gabriele Ferzetti), the old-school Mafia don accused of the crime. Caprile leans on a low-level thug (Philippe Leroy) for information and is led to Salvatore, who considers children to be off-limits as targets and hopes to restore his reputation

Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and perpetually starving, the pretty petty thief doesn't give up her quest for ill-gotten gains and soon turns to pick-pocketing. Despite her questionable thieving skills, the bumbling crook tries scheme after scheme, pilfering from strangers and dodging the law as she searches for a way to fund an adequate meal.

Country bumpkin Maria Rosa becomes the new maid in a second-rate Roman hotel. A hole in the wall behind the mirror in her room turns her and a horny bellboy into voyeurs