The best Franco Ressel’s drama movies

Franco Ressel

Franco Ressel

08/02/1925- 30/04/1985
Today we present the best Franco Ressel’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 Franco Ressel’s movies.

The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/01/1972
  • Character: (uncredited)
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

Bobby Deerfield

Bobby Deerfield
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/09/1977
  • Character: Man with Dog
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.

Lady Caliph

Lady Caliph
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/12/1970
  • Character: Un industriel
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
4.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 26/03/1974
  • Character: Don Alonso - Lucita's father
Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of the covent's abbess, Sister Incarnation. Can Esteban rescue his love from this madhouse before the inquisitor discovers what is going on and has everyone executed?

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/10/1969
  • Character: Adolphe Lheureus
Emma Bovary is bored by her country doctor husband and gives in to the affections of several rich suitors as well as the temptation of living beyond her husband's means.

Lucrezia

Lucrezia
4.4/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 07/07/1968
  • Character: Ambasciatore d'Aragona
Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand
6.1/10
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggle business.

Pride and Vengeance

Pride and Vengeance
5.9/10
A Spanish army officer, Don Jose (Nero), stationed in Seville, meets and begins a relationship with a mysterious gypsy, Carmen (Aumont). After he discovers she has cheated on him with his Lieutenant, he kills the officer and flees the city with Carmen. He recovers from his wounds and is forced to begin the life of a bandit.

For Love

For Love
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1976
  • Character: The Doctor in Geneva
A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

Long Lasting Days

Long Lasting Days
5.5/10
Andrea Rispoli falls in love with Anna Andersson, a Swedish girl who has just inherited the boarding house where he's staying. When Anna is discovered to be suffering from a potentially lethal heart condition, Andrea decides to do whatever it takes to raise the money for he treatment. Even if it means risking his own life...

Silence the Witness

Silence the Witness
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/05/1974
  • Character: L'ingegner Aldo Marchetti
De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.

La ragazza fuoristrada

La ragazza fuoristrada
5.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/08/1973
  • Character: Piero Badani
An Italian photojournalist falls madly in love with a young black women he meets while on assignment in Egypt. She goes with him when he returns to Italy and the two soon get married. But the small town he is from is not quite so friendly nor open-minded to his new bride, and racism and petty jealousy threaten to break up their once idyllic happiness.

Challenge of the Gladiator

Challenge of the Gladiator
4.6/10
No overview found.

Hercules the Avenger

Hercules the Avenger
4.9/10
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.

The Labyrinth of Sex

The Labyrinth of Sex
4.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/03/1969
  • Character: Fetishist
Take a trip into The Labyrinth of Sex with an insatiable nymphomaniac, a lovely lesbian and fetishists of every stripe.

Un amore così fragile, così violento

Un amore così fragile, così violento
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1973
  • Character: Maresciallo
From the homonymous novel. Rejecting the consumer society, a young man abandons the profession of architect and retires to live in a South Island.

Delitto a Posillipo

Delitto a Posillipo
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1967
A man accepts a job in a night club to make ends meet. When the owner of the club is found murdered his jealous wife is accused of the murder. He believes her innocent however and fights to clear her name. The film is based on a real life case.

Related actors