The best Gianni Rizzo’s drama movies

Gianni Rizzo

Gianni Rizzo

05/04/1924- 04/02/1992
We present our ranking of the best Gianni Rizzo’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Gianni Rizzo.

The Decameron

The Decameron
7/10
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.

All for the Moral Majority!

All for the Moral Majority!
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/12/1984
  • Character: ministro Euclide
The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/politics/corruption affair. He start to operate, as usual, very strongly. He orders numberless arrests. But the reaction of counterparts won't take long. In fact his strong energetic manners, drive him unintentionally on the opposite situation. Who is the real guilty the judge or the corrupted Italian society?

I Am Semiramis

I Am Semiramis
5.4/10
Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate and confront each other.

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
4.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/11/1964
  • Character: Sesto Vitorio
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.

Desert Commandos

Desert Commandos
5/10
German commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders.

The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators
4.4/10
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.

Pirate of the Half Moon

Pirate of the Half Moon
5.8/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 31/12/1958
  • Character: Visconte di Grand
Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an attack against his castle. Nadir is the dashing fiery hero.

The Vengeance of Ursus

The Vengeance of Ursus
4.5/10
The evil King Zagro has designs on the beautiful Princess Sira. He wants to marry her so he can take over her kingdom and add it to his own. When Sira is kidnapped, Ursus leaves his farm to rescue her and to eventually lead a revolt against King Zagro.

Serenata amara

Serenata amara
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1952
  • Character: Giuseppe

City of Pain

City of Pain
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/03/1949
  • Character: Sergio
The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Jugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.

Les loups chassent la nuit

Les loups chassent la nuit
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/02/1952
  • Character: Le commissaire italien

The Night of the Great Attack

The Night of the Great Attack
5.3/10
In 15th century Romagna rules violence and fright. Cesare Borgia wants to incorporate the duchy of Catherine Sforza. But in between is the independent county Fabis, which he wants to bring into his possession.

Three Steps North

Three Steps North
6.2/10
An ex-American GI returns to Italy to find some money he stashed before doing a prison term. He discovers his cash is now gone and quickly sets off on a manhunt to find out who stole his buried fortune.

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