The best Elisa Mainardi’s comedy movies

Elisa Mainardi

Elisa Mainardi

27/07/1930- 08/05/2016
Today we present the best Elisa Mainardi’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Elisa Mainardi’s movies.

Roma

Roma
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/03/1972
  • Character: Pharmacist's wife / Cinema spectator
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.

Borotalco

Borotalco
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/01/1982
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.

And the Ship Sails On

And the Ship Sails On
7.5/10
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.

The Monsters

The Monsters
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/10/1963
  • Character: The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

Cafè Express

Cafè Express
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/02/1981
  • Character: La contrabbandiera di radioline
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.

The Marquis of Grillo

The Marquis of Grillo
7.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/12/1981
  • Character: Moglie di Gasperino
The marquess of Grillo is a good-natured, clever and women-loving man who is always inventing stories and cracking all types of jokes. The film tells the story of his life.

Squadra antifurto

Squadra antifurto
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 29/10/1976
  • Character: Moglie di Ballarin (non accreditato)
A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die..

Riavanti… Marsch!

Riavanti… Marsch!
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/11/1979
  • Character: Othello's mother
Five forty-year-old boys, who had been soldiers together, find themselves, once again in uniform, for a forty-day update period, during which they should learn the use of a new NATO-supplied missile.

Love in First Class

Love in First Class
4.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/08/1980
  • Character: la signora che indossa le pellicce
A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who obviously is not too often at home, has no clue about how to deal with young children, even the most basic chores a father should know to tend the restless imp thrown in his care. The crowded train traveling from Milan to Reggio, Calabria, is packed in the second class section where Carmelo and Malcom have a hard time getting a seat. When they finally do, young Malcolm decides to disappear from his compartment. He goes to the first class car, where eventually Carmelo decides to sit and pay the extra supplement. He is lucky to find more space, and the companionship of Beatrice, a woman that is bringing the skeleton of a rare animal. Carmelo finds a way to interest the lady. Their ride is certainly bumpy, complicated when he decides to leave the mischievous Malcolm at an intermediate stop.

Tigers in Lipstick

Tigers in Lipstick
4.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/03/1979
  • Character: Woman on the train
8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.

Il Piatto Piange

Il Piatto Piange
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/11/1974
  • Character: Wilma Sperzi
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.

Poppea's Hot Nights

Poppea's Hot Nights
4.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1969
Poppea's Hot Nights (Italian: Le calde notti di Poppea) is a 1969 Italian comedy film set in Ancient Rome. It was written and directed by Guido Malatesta and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.

Zenabel

Zenabel
4.7/10
Zenabel, a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who was killed by a ruthless don, Alonso, who took the title. So Zenable assembles a group of misfit friends to reclaim her title.

Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici

Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/04/1981
  • Character: Madama di Tebe
A Milanese industrialist goes to Rome to bribe a politician but he loses money. A thief helps him recover them. Milan and Rome in comparison in the duets of the couple Pozzetto-Milian.

Catherine and I

Catherine and I
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/12/1980
  • Character: Teresa, la domestica
Enrico Melotti, a middle-aged businessman, has a difficult relationship with his wife, maid and secretary/lover. During a business trip to America, his friend Arturo shows him the key to solving all of his problems: Caterina, a female-looking robotic maid that does all domestic chores better than any human.

Assicurasi vergine

Assicurasi vergine
4.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/04/1967
  • Character: Dora
Ruined by a local tyrant who also gets to marry his daughter to pay off a debt, a Sicilian ensures the girl's innocence and counts on the ardor of her lover to collect the prize and prevent her marriage to the squire.

The Sons of the Leopard

The Sons of the Leopard
5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/04/1965

Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters

Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/07/1972
  • Character: Violante
The three daughters of Madonna Violante: Nanna, Concetta Fiorenza and have only one thought, to have a good time as much as possible with men. Learning that one of the peasants of the family, Torello, is powerful, attractive, and very handsome, Concetta he brings it into the house. Meanwhile Fiorenza, believing her husband to be out of town for penance, enjoys the favors of a friar.

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