The best Claudio Gora’s movies

Claudio Gora

Claudio Gora

27/07/1913- 13/03/1998
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Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert
8.2/10
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik
6.5/10
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.

Il Sorpasso

Il Sorpasso
8.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1962
  • Character: Danilo Borelli 'Bibi'
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

The Sunday Woman

The Sunday Woman
6.6/10
Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murdering of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect Anna Carla and at the same time falls in love for her. Lello is the lover of Massimo, a homosexual platonic friend of Anna Carla. He is following another direction in order to find out the truth, and his results are confusing the Policeman. But another murdering happens...

The Five Man Army

The Five Man Army
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 16/10/1969
  • Character: Manuel Esteban
Set during the Mexican Revolution, a man known only as "The Dutchman" has a plan, and brings in four of his old acquaintences, including an old army buddy and a silent Japanese swordsman, to help him out by promising a $1000 reward if it succeeds. The plan turns out to be a fool's mission: rob a train carrying $500,000 in gold that's guarded by dozens of heavily armed soldiers and passes through a steady stream of military checkpoints. Naturally, his friends agree to go along with the scheme

Mathias Sandorf

Mathias Sandorf
5.8/10

Everybody Go Home!

Everybody Go Home!
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 27/10/1960
  • Character: Colonnello
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
6.3/10
A woman is fatally stabbed in bed, a prostitute is battered into oblivion and a female painter is strangled with a telephone cord. Another woman, Giulia, who is on her honeymoon, is attacked in a train carriage but the killer flees when her husband Mario comes to the rescue. In spite of his protestations to the police, Mario is accused of being the murderer. He sets out to prove his innocence by conducting his own enquiries. In the meanwhile, a woman in an insane asylum is drowned in a bath and another female victim is power-drilled to death...

Medicine Italian Style

Medicine Italian Style
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/12/1969
  • Character: professor De Amatis
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.

The Hellbenders

The Hellbenders
6.7/10
The Civil War has ended, but not for Jonas, a ruthless Confederate officer who wants to continue the fight by reorganizing Confederate troops in the Southwest with the support of a large sum of stolen money. He devises an elaborate ruse to allow his small party to travel with minimal scrutiny through hostile territory, for the money is hidden in a coffin said to contain the body of his dead son. Jonas' other sons travel with him along with a hired "widow", as they proceed to what they hope to be a new start to the War between the States. However, while en route, they face severe, ongoing strife among themselves and successive threats from Union soldiers, a posse of cowboys, and an Indian war party.

Complexes

Complexes
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/08/1965
  • Character: l'antiquario (II)
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi tries to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 23/11/1973
  • Character: Director of Casa del Giovane
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.

Christmas Vacation '91

Christmas Vacation '91
4.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/12/1991
  • Character: onorevole Mariotti
This coarse bedroom farce takes place at the St. Moritz ski resort over a Christmas vacation. Among the couples whose lives intersect are a widowed artist honeymooning with his second wife, a gay man traveling with his son and his lover (and hiding each from the other), a snobbish couple from Milan who have been forced to share a suite with a pair of crass Romans, etc.

Confessions of a Police Captain

Confessions of a Police Captain
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 26/03/1971
  • Character: Procureur Malta
A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.

Be Sick… It's Free

Be Sick… It's Free
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/10/1968
  • Character: Chief Physician
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

Tempest

Tempest
6.3/10
  • Genre: AdventureHistory
  • Release: 01/12/1958
  • Character: Ministro di Caterine II
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to health. When the man is well enough to travel, the two part company and the man vows to repay the officer for saving his life. Soon after he arrives at his new post, a revolt by the local Cossacks breaks out and the fort is besieged by the rebels. The young officer is astonished to find out that the leader of the rebellious Cossacks is none other than the stranger whose life he had saved during the storm.

The Swindlers

The Swindlers
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/09/1963
  • Character: Spianelli (segment "Medico e fidanzata")
A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/02/1948
  • Character: Le marquis Crescenzi
This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love him. In turn she incurs jealous retributions from those in high places who desire her. For his crimes Fabrice is thrown in Prison where from Crimes Fabrice is thrown in prison where form his lonely window he falls in love with his jailer s daughter and plans a daring escape she however calls his plan insane and takes a vow to the Virgin Mary to never see him again ever if his escape succeeds the Charterhouse of Parma explodes with conflicting desires man s desire form God vs. his desire for romance.

Ghosts of Rome

Ghosts of Rome
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 01/04/1961
  • Character: Ingegner Tellandi
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.

Hospitals: The White Mafia

Hospitals: The White Mafia
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/08/1973
  • Character: Prof. Calogeri
This Italian film is a searing indictment of the greed and ambition which warp the medical profession. It focuses especially on surgeons in the persons of Professor Valiotti (Gabriele Ferzetti) and Dr. Giordani (Enrico Maria Salerno). Many of the scenes are based on Italian news stories of the period ('70s) which recount the suffering and high costs of unnecessary or overly aggressive treatment motivated by academic ambitions or simple greed.

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