Giovanni Cianfriglia

The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors. A nostalgic look at those movies that are still in the taste of many.

Alessandro Corso is a special forces carabiniere. During an operation he saves a child but cause the death of one of his comrades. He's then transferred to a peaceful little town, where he will be unexpectedly forced to help an hot witness named Antavleva, protecting her and bringing them safely to the trial.

In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, kills the bandit Caruso, whose widow gives birth to Giovanni and at the same time becomes the nurse of Costanza, San Germano’s orphaned daughter. Thirteen years later, Giovanni and Costanza fall in love to the jealousy of her uncle, who shuts her in a convent, ordering Giovanni to be killed by Malacarne who has meanwhile become a bandit. Barely alive, Giovanni is taken away by Bourbon soldiers. After Garibaldi’s arrival in Sicily and its union with Italy, Costanza is freed from the convent and returns to San Germano. She is visited by Giovanni and although still loves him, rejects him since she wishes to become a nun. In the meantime, Giovanni kills Malacarne and takes his place. Costanza marries the rich Lo Turco and the next day departs for Naples, but during the journey the carriage is attacked by Giovanni’s band. Costanza flees with him and they leave for America.

A maverick cop takes on the seedy criminal underbelly of Miami singlehanded.

In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend (Sharon Stone) must struggle to stay alive.

Two silent movie actors escape from their film. Forced to find a way to survive in the real world, they will only cause troubles to the people they will meet along the way.

목수인 나자렛 예수(윌렘 데포 분)는 로마인들을 위해 십자가를 만든다. 한낱 목수에 불과하지만 그에게는 기적을 행하는 능력과 선천적으로 풍기는 고귀한 분위기가 있었다. 그런 이유로 3년 동안 악마의 유혹을 견디고 하느님의 시험에 들어야하는 공생활에 접어들기 전에 열혈당의 주목을 받는다. 열혈당의 목적은 이스라엘의 독립을 무력으로 쟁취하는 것. 이들은 가롯 유다(하비 키이텔 분)를 예수에게 보내 열혈당 가입을 권유한다. 그러나 예수는 이에 응하지 않는다. 이스라엘 독립에는 찬성하지만, 다른 방법으로 독립을 이루고 싶었던 것이다. 그 방법은 사랑이었다. 유다는 이러한 예수의 모습에 감동받아 그의 방식을 따르기도 한다. 그리고 예수가 공생활을 시작하자 그의 제자가 된다. 3년 후, 예수는 성서의 기록대로 십자가에 매달린다. 이때 하나님이 보낸 수호천사라고 자칭하는 천사가 하나님의 명령이라며 예수에게 십자가에서 내려와서 보통 인간으로 살아가라고 한다. 하늘의 천사들마저도 인간 세상의 삶을 동경한다고 하며, 예수를 유혹하자 천사의 말을 사실대로 믿은 예수는 마리아 막달레나와 결혼을 해 아이들까지 낳고 살면서 인간의 행복을 경험한다. 그러나 예수가 나이가 든 후, 죽어가는 병상에서 그제서야 그것이 악마의 유혹이었음을 깨닫게 되는데.

Three technicians working in an underground laboratory discover that a nuclear war has destroyed most of the aboveground world. After a brief search for food, the trio find that gangs of murderous mutants want them for their next meal. Will the scientists be able to find other uncontaminated humans to rebuild civilization with, or will they all end up as mutant chow?

The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.

Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.

중세 유럽, 아직 신앙과 마법이 공존하던 시대 이탈리아 북부 아킬라스성을 지배하던 추기경은 청순한 미녀 이사보(미쉘 파이퍼)를 사랑하게 되나 그녀는 추기경의 경호대장 니바르(룻거 하우어)를 사랑하고 있었다. 이에 추기경은 두 사람을 늑대와 매가 되게 하여 서로 만날 수 없도록 만들어 버렸다. 사랑하는 사람과 말 한마디 나눌 수 없게 된 두 사람은 가스톤의 도움으로 추기경을 없애고 아킬라스 성에 평화를 되찾으려 하는데...

In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government now arrive by Jeep and demand the two men be turned over to them. The warrior refuses, citing the sacred laws of hospitality. The soldiers shoot dead one of the men and carry off the other - a political foe of the new government. The warrior mounts his camel and rides off to rescue his kidnapped guest.

After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including certain members of its own group.

A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.

A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers how to fashion weapons out of iron and use them for their own survival. However, the creation of iron also causes the tribe to battle for possession of the new weapons.

After both his parents are brutally murdered by his fathers rival Gnut and his men the new born Thor is placed in hiding by the physical embodiment of the god Teisha. Raised in secret under the guidance of Teisha, Thor comes to maturity and goes on a quest to avenge the death of his parents and return peace to his lands, in the process he discovers a woman to take as his wife, finds and uncovers his fathers sword and masters the art of combat, all under the ever watchful eye of the amorphous Teisha.

Undercover cop Nico Giraldi is once again transformed, now as a trucker in a criminal gang.

The peaceful countryside village of Solmen is savagely assaulted by wild Ungats led by bloodthirsty Magen. In the midst of battle, two baby boys are miraculously saved by a tribe of Amazon warriors known as the Kuniats. The warriors nurture and train the boys for future struggles. The stronger of the two is named , Gunan The Invincible. It is up to Gunan to avenge the annihilation of his people. Gunan stages a spectacular one man war of vengeance against his enemy the Ungats, but they prove to be a formidable enemy, and much bloodshed ensues.

Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.

Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.

앨런은 브래디 삼촌이 준 보물지도 한 장을 들고 마피아에 쫓기다 무턱대고 아무 배에나 올라탄다. 그 배는 '먹어치우기 진기록'의 보유자이며 파트타임 우체부이자 해양탐험가인 찰리 오브라이언의 똑딱선이다. 왕주먹 찰리의 펀치를 피하다 바다에 빠져 상어밥이 되기 직전에 겨우 다시 배에 오른 앨런은 찰리가 잠든 사이 나침반을 조작하여 배가 보물이 있는 봉고봉고섬으로 가도록 만든다. 브래디 삼촌의 보물지도에 그려져 있는 섬으로 가기 위해 꾀를 낸 것인데. 우여곡절 끝에 배를 아예 잃어버리고 봉고봉고에 표류한 두 사람은 거기서 여왕 엄마의 통치하에 평화롭게 살아가는 원주민들을 만난다. 섬에 쳐들어온 해적들을 물리쳐 주민들의 귀빈이 된 앨런과 찰리는 전쟁이 끝난지 수십년이 지났건만 아직도 혼자서 진지를 지키는 일본군인 카마수카와 탱크전을 벌인 끝에 항복을 받고, 그 진지 지하창고에 보관된 수억달러의 현찰더미로 안내된다. 때마침 앨런을 쫓던 마피아들이 브래디 삼촌을 협박하여 얻어낸 또 한장의 보물 지도를 들고 수륙양용기로 섬에 내려앉자, 섬의 두 영웅과 그들 폭력배 사이에 한바탕 싸움이 벌어지게 된다.

Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military - because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile. They are constantly on the move, and H-725's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.

A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but the sheriff doesn't want any help from a "kid."

Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his prisoner face a series of traps set up by the Mafia.

아버지의 눈 수술 비용을 핑계로 형과 만난 죠니는 형에게 배운 도바실력을 유감없이 발휘하여 마침내 그리스 패거리와 대결, 카지노와 포커 게임으로 모든 돈을 싹쓸이 하고 해군과 함께 그리스 일당을 일망타진한다. 이제 남은 돈은 백만달러, 두 형제는 마지막 내기를 벌여 돈을 차지하고자 하는데...

The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.

In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.

Returning from Switzerland to Rome, the boss prof. Salviati, called 'The Prince', finds his business compromised by Rudy, a small local bandit full of presumption, audacity and men ready to kill. Commissioner Baldi a young and brave employee, will fight against them with the help of an ex-employee Rampelli.

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.

프랑코 네로 주연작! 백인과 인디언의 혼혈인 케오마는 북군으로 참여해 군 복무를 마치고 고향으로 돌아오는 길에 우연히 마을 밖으로 쫓겨난 임산부를 도와주게 된다. 임산부와 마을 사람들은 케오마가 자신들을 도와주러 나타난 구세주 같은 존재로 생각하게 되는데... (THE MOVIE)

A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorising a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth. As a result, the owner's young daughter is raped, and the violence continues. Discovering that the gang is associated with drug dealers, Palmieri is forbidden to continue investigating his case by his superior - so he takes matters into his own hands. Palmieri recruits a couple of men who have become victims of the gang and sets out for a bloody revenge.

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the winning one (and thus more likely to pay his fee). This is as first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

A ship stopped at the port of Istanbul should take vegetables, but an unscrupulous man would like to add weapons under the vegetable crates. The captain of the ship refuses the offer of the evildoer.

A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.

The investigation of the bombing of a hotel lobby as seen through the eyes of a young detective.

Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.

A bunch of unscrupulous men make havoc of a tribe of Indians to take their land. A survivor of the massacre decides to avenge his people by killing the whole bunch one by one.

고물 승용차로 맞부딪히면서 달리는 스톡카 경주의 친구 컫과 벤. 오늘도 경기에서 공동우승, 상품으로 받은 샌드바기는 두 사람이 나누어 갖게 되었다. 이 차로 다음 경주를 나가기로 하고 벤의 공장에서 정비를 하기로 하였다. 근데 이 정비공장은 유원지 앞에 있으며 이 근방은 저항파의 최후의 토지인 것이다. 그래서 건달들이 끊임없이 그들을 몰아내려는 공작을 하고 있었다. 건달들이 선량한 시민들을 폭력으로 몰아내려고 하자 컫과 벤은 깽들의 본거지인 나이트크럽으로 쳐들어간다. 건달들이 화가 나서 쫓아갔으나 되려 당하고 만다. 그 후 다시 완전무장을 한 10명의 건달들이 오토바이를 타고 쳐들어 왔으나 이번에도 당한다. 컫과 벤은 가만히 있지 않고 나이트크럽으로 돌격, 테이블을 부수고 차를 탄 채 계단을 올라가고 드디어 건달들은 항복했다. 유원지도 옛 모습을 되찾고 법석거렸고 그 앞의 광장에는 신품 샌드바기 2대가 달리고 있었다. 컫과 벤에게 각각 1대씩 건달두목이 보낸 것이었다.

A race-car driver must elude the police and two rival criminal organizations as he tries to locate a suitcase full of heroin and absolve himself of murder.

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.

This Italian western comedy has no shooting deaths, but a lot of fistfights. Provvidenza is a bounty hunter. He makes his living solely by catching his dim but powerful friend, the Hurricane Kid (Gregg Palmer) and turning him in for the reward money. A fully armed horseless carriage is one of the inventive elements of this film. One of the film's sillier highlights is an amazingly loud and long belch by the Kid. -From http://www.spaghetti-western.net

Spaghetti Western about a Bounty Hunter traking down outlaws.

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

The authorities of Springfield ask Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost, which in turn will require the help of Diego of Habsburg and his colourful gang, to eliminate the threat constituted by an elusive masked bandit – and arms dealer – known as Solitario.

This fast-moving tale revolves around the kidnaping of a boxer's daughter. The boxer pays the ransom money but the girl is still not released. Her boyfriend decides to get her back his own way.

A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal comes up with a plan to force Hector into selling him the land by kidnapping Helen, triggering a small gang war.

Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Risking his life more than once and with the help of the beautiful hooker, Lulu Belle, our hero sets out to recover the missing pieces.

Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.

A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.

During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.

Three men, Jerry (Hill), Reno (Wood) and Paco (White), meet in the same prison and in their cell they find a Mexican boy condemned to death for murder. One night the three convicts are mysteriously released by a priest and the father of the Mexican boy who promises them a reward of $30,000 if they can find the real murderer within ten days. Certain that the Mexican boy is not guilty, Reno and the others organize a plan which leads to the unmasking of the real killers.

50만 달러어치 금괴를 수송하던 군은 악명 높은 '빌리 건' 무리의 습격을 받고 금괴를 모두 강탈당한다. 군은 금괴를 되찾기 위해 그들의 수법을 잘 아는 노튼 대위를 고용한다. 단, 그에게는 조건이 하나 있었다. 절도와 탈영으로 체포되어 교수형을 앞두고 있는 일명 '황금 조끼'라 불리는 '테드 헌터'를 금괴를 찾는 파트너로 두는 것. 그건 바로 그가 빌리 건의 동생이기 때문이다.

Anthony Steffen, as a young gunman who works as a circus performer, witnesses the killing of some outlaws, carried out by their leader and is credited with the deed. Steffen suffers from a complex which blocks him in front of any violence and makes him appear cowardly, so when a young boy is kidnapped he must find a way to regain his composure.

A masked wrestler/superhero goes up against a madman and his army of robots.

A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players. The cowboy takes quick leave as he is accused of murder and a reward for his capture is posted. After being wounded, he finds refuge on a ranch and becomes involved with the family. While he is away, a gang of Mexicans kills the McGowan family except for Sally, who manages to escape and find Johnny who is now out for revenge.

A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.

The ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint, the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales.

Journalist Mike Harway decides to help his friend Christine in her search for her father, professor Baker, who mysteriously disappeared. The investigation brings them to Africa where they are captured and brought to the El Faium abandoned fort. It now hosts a laboratory designed by the twisted mind of Devilman, who dreams of swapping his natural brain with an artificial one that will make him perfect.

After accidentally killing an opponent on the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, following the advice of his friend Col. Alex Kinski of the Secret Service, becomes a secret agent, using his superhuman abilities to stop villain Diabolicus' plans to wreck global economy by turning uranium into gold.

A Mexican bandit teams up with a band of renegade Native Americans to avenge his older brothers when they are killed by a prankster, gold-obsessed bounty hunter.

Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. The corporation which hires him demands that Harris "erase" an ex-employee who has become a snitch for the police. At first Harris refuses but when his own brother is assassinated he accepts the job.

Jim Latimore's ranch is a thorn in the side of the ruthless Gonzales brothers and his marriage to their cousin Rosaria rankles even more. Bandit chief El Matanza is hired to rid them of Latimore and his baby son is taken to be raised as a Gonzales. Three years later five of Latimore's friends arrive to reclaim the boy, replace Rosaria in her home and avenge their murdered compadre.

Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.

Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms battling zombies and monsters in order to rescue his son, allowing goddess Gia an opportunity to place her own slacker son in Hercules' sandals. There's something for everyone: ghouls, dragons, sweating men and girls in skimpy outfits.

Temple of the White Elephant

한 저널리스트가 유령의 집에서 하룻밤을 보낼 수 있는지 내기를 하면서 벌어지는 이야기. 이탈리아 컬트 감독 안토니오 마르게리티의 대표작. (2012년 제13회 전주국제영화제)

Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.