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.

O romancista americano David Raybourne acidentalmente fica enredado no plano terrorista da Brigada Vermelha para sequestrar o primeiro ministro italiano Aldo Moro durante uma viagem de pesquisa a Roma. Enquanto os terroristas tentam matar David, ele e sua amiga fotojornalista devem lutar para se manterem vivos.

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.

Jesus (Willem Dafoe) é um carpinteiro que vive um grande dilema, pois é quem faz as cruzes com as quais os romanos crucificam seus oponentes. Resumindo, Jesus se sente como um judeu que mata judeus. Vivendo um terrível conflito interior ele decide ir para o deserto, mas antes pede perdão a Maria Madalena (Barbara Hershey), que se irrita com Jesus, pois não se comporta como uma prostituta e sim como uma mulher que quer sentir um homem ao seu lado. Ao retornar, Jesus volta convencido de que é o filho de Deus e logo salva Maria Madalena de ser apedrejada e morta. Então reúne doze discípulos à sua volta e prega o amor, mas seus ensinamentos são encarados como algo ameaçador, então é preso e condenado a morrer na cruz. Já crucificado, é tentado a imaginar como teria sido sua vida se fosse uma pessoa comum.

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.

Kutchek (Peter Paul) e Gore (David Paul) foram adotados pela tribo dos Ragnicks, repleta de pessoas excêntricas. O grupo é liderado pela rainha Canário (Virginia Bryant), que usa um poderoso rubi encantado para governar. Quando o cruel Kadar (Richard Lynch) tramar para roubar o rubi, Kutcher e Gore vão entrar em ação para salvar seus companheiros.

Dois amantes na França medieval são transformados por um feitiço maligno onde ela é um falcão durante o dia, e ele é um lobo durante a noite. Logo eles recorrem à ajuda de um jovem ladrão para ajudá-los a quebrar o feitiço.

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 poderosa e inescrupulosa corporação que domina Manhattan inicia uma operação militar para expulsar todos os moradores do Bronx, visando demolir os prédios velhos e construir ali condomínios para moradores da alta sociedade. Quando os mercenários contratados pelo conglomerado começam a exterminar os moradores do Bronx como ratos, a única esperança de salvação passa a ser o herói solitário Trash, sobrevivente do massacre das gangues.

Os bárbaros Lou Ferrigno e Sybil Danning lutam junto a um ousado grupo de gladiadores para salvar uma aldeia do perverso Nicerote - meio homem, meio deus e completamente mau - num confronto inesquecível entre bem e mal… e entre músculos e aço!

Depois de uma guerra nuclear que destruiu o planeta, a sociedade se divide em dois grupos: os Euracs e a Confederação Panamericana. Esta última obriga um mercenário chamado Parsifal a se infiltrar na cidade de Nova York para encontrar e resgatar a última mulher fértil do planeta.

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.

Banana Joe vive em Amantido, uma vila na foz de um rio em uma das muitas repúblicas da América do Sul, que de certa forma, escapou do progresso. Ele é um homem grande, pesado e poderoso, que vive entre os amigáveis nativos, levado carregamentos de banana. É o dia de azar de Joe quando o chefe da máfia de San Cristoban, a capital da República, forma uma organização para tomar conta de todo o negócio de bananas. Sendo Joe um analfabeto sem nenhum documento e sem licença para comercializar suas bananas, ele revida determinado a conseguir sua documentação e obter sua licença. Em San Cristoban, Joe entra em choque com a civilização que o manda para escanteio.

Um homem consegue recuperar um misterioso mapa do tesouro, que foi deixado para trás pelo exército japonês em uma pequena ilha. Ele consegue carona em um barco de um aventureiro, que está dando a volta ao mundo. Sem que o navegador perceba, ele muda a rota da embarcação, rumo à ilha do tesouro. Tudo parece correr bem, até que, chegando ao tão sonhado local, eles descobrem que a ilha não é tão deserta quanto pensavam. Lá estão, além dos nativos, um soldado japonês que ainda guarda o tesouro.

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.

Com o apoio de Johnny Firpo (Terence Hill), Amiral O’Connor declara guerra contra Parapolis, o Grego, líder de uma rede de jogos e apostas de Miami. O meio-irmão de Johnny, Charlie (Bud Spencer), é um ex-jogador que trabalhava para Parapolis e é agora um motorista de caminhão. Ele não pretende retornar ao submundo do jogo, mas Johnny o convence inventando que aquela é a única maneira de pagar uma operação para seu pai, que está ficando cego. Juntos eles vão lutar contra toda gangue de Parapolis para depois enfrentar um problema ainda maior: O que fazer com os milhões que conseguiram ganhar?

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.

Matt Kirby (Terence Hill) e Wilbur Walsh (Bud Spencer) são dois vigaristas e trapaceiros que, após uma série de desventuras e eventos improváveis, se veem obrigados a trabalhar em conjunto com as forças policiais de Miami. Eles começam em turnos tranquilos como patrulheiros das ruas da cidade, mas logo acabam tendo que enfrentar o poderio das gangues locais.

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.

Ao final da Guerra Civil Americana, um pistoleiro mestiço, cansado de fazer da morte um meio de vida, retorna para aquilo que um dia costumava ser seu lar. Seu nome é Keoma. Porém, agora sua cidade natal está totalmente destruída pela peste e sob o comando de um homem chamado Capitão Caldwell. Seus meio-irmãos Butch, Sam e Lenny trabalham para o Capitão e Keoma se vê sozinho contra todos eles. Agora ele está preso no meio de uma batalha selvagem entre inocentes colonos, bandidos sádicos e seus meio-irmãos. Em uma terra de ninguém, o grito de um homem ecoa clamando por justiça... a qualquer custo, um preço que será pago a balas!

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.

O mecânico Ben (Bud Spencer) mora e trabalha em uma oficina com o velhinho Jeremiar (Luis Barbero), enquanto o malandro Kid (Terence Hill) é um andarilho que mora em um trailer. O que ambos têm em comum? A paixão por automóveis, que acaba levando-os a participar de uma corrida de carros cujo prêmio principal é um buggy ("vermelho de capota amarela", como eles insistiam em enfatizar). Quando o cobiçado buggy da dupla é destruído por mafiosos, eles começam uma verdadeira cruzada para enlouquecer os bandidos e forçá-los a comprar um carro novo.

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 está no rasto de alguns fora-da-lei renegados que violaram e mataram a sua mulher. No caminho, ele resgata um ladrão de cavalos de um enforcamento improvisado. Ele descobre que o homem sabe quem cometeu o assassinato. Os homens juntam-se e dirigem-se para oeste para se vingarem.

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.

Clive Norton is a young captain ordered by his superior to recover two shipments of stolen army payroll gold. Clive enlists the help of Ted Hunter, a condemned prisoner whom he has released. They soon discover that two different gangs are responsible for the robberies...

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.

Aventureiros desastrados transformam a Segunda Grande Guerra na maior bagunça.

Johnny Dall, um cowboy, foi ferido em um tiroteio. Ele é tratado em uma fazenda onde conhece Sally. Entre os dois, surge um amor profundo. Quando Johnny sai de casa para se vingar do homem que quase o matou, um grupo de bandidos mexicanos invade o rancho, matando a todos, menos Sally, que consegue escapar e procura Johnny para a vingança. Como muitos outros filmes do período, neste também o personagem principal foi rebatizado "Django" dm alguns países para aproveitar o sucesso do filme de Sergio Corbucci.

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.

O inimigo de Ringo retorna à cidade e quer vingança pelo assassinato de seu irmão.

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

A writer accepts a wager that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer for his blood in a vain attempt to stay alive beyond that one night.

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