Luigi Pavese
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1897-10-25
Place of Birth:Asti, Piedmont, Italy
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Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the...

Mina... fuori la guardia (1961)
A famous singer is drafted and gets the occasion of getting rid of his annoying girlfriend. He falls in love with a young student who finds out she...

Les Misérables (1948)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

Cronaca nera (1947)
A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

Cinema of yesteryear (1953)
While filming in the Roman countryside, some of the workers damage the garden of Caterina. Going to ask for compensation, she meets the director...

Beatrice Cenci (1941)
Italian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.

Totò cerca casa (1949)
Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find...

Bellezze sulla spiaggia (1961)
A doctor running a health clinic by the sea is convinced that women are the cause of the disturbed behaviour of his (male) patients. We get to follow...

Perfide.... ma belle (1958)
Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him...

Lost in the Dark (1947)
Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries...

Fame and the Devil (1949)
Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.

The Sword and the Cross (1956)
Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up...

He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960)
After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete...

Totò cerca moglie (1950)
Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.

Totò d'Arabia (1965)
Toto, a former Italian military servant who works as a servant at the British Intelligence Service, is promoted to secret agent with the name of...

Totó in color (1952)
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition,...

Toto in Madrid (1959)
When the swindler La Spada and his accomplice José come out of jail in Madrid, they decide to pull a really great swindle: nothing less than...

Fifa e arena (1948)
In Napoli, Nicolino Capece, a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to...

Toto in Paris (1958)
Duclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor",...

Tototarzan (1950)
Roaming the vast jungles of Congo with his best friend, Bongo the gorilla, Antonio della Buffas, a mysterious man whom the natives call the "white...

Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)
Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves...

Totò Double or Nothing? (1956)
The penniless Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o raddoppia", a TV quiz show, in order to win five million lira. Then two gangsters bet between...

Signori si nasce (1960)
Baron Zazà, always broke due his dissolute lifestyle, decides to con a hefty sum of money out of his wealthy but greedy brother.

Heart (1948)
A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates that are of working-class backgrounds, after a novel in diary format by...

Toto Tours Italy (1948)
A professor was appointed member of the jury of a beauty contest and falls for a beautiful contestant. In order to get the girl he must win the "Tour...

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor (1957)
The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover....

May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968)
While Cjamango is away from his ranch, bandits attack and kill his family. Disrupted by this tragedy, he sets out to take his revenge, helped by a...

Love and Larceny (1960)
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy,...

The Strange Type (1963)
Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to impersonate famed rock and roll star Adriano Celentano for...

L'allegro fantasma (1941)
The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a...

Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951)
Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.

Totò le Mokò (1949)
Mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples:...

The Band of Honest Men (1956)
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer....

La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna (1952)
To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more impressive apartment of a retired actor and...

Noi duri (1960)
Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.

Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
A singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance....

Totò diabolicus (1962)
The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister,...

Totòtruffa '62 (1961)
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice....

I due sanculotti (1966)
The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.

2 Mobsters Against Al Capone (1966)
For a misunderstanding Franco and Ciccio, two Sicilian immigrants of very limited intellectual faculties, are enrolled in the police force in New...

Gerarchi si muore (1961)
Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with a real mania for ancient castles.

Figaro qua... Figaro là (1950)
In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

Totò contro Maciste (1962)
Totokamen is an entertainer and an illusionist who performs in various Egyptian nightclubs assisted by his manager, Tarantenkamen. Taking advantage...

A Mink Coat (1956)
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

Lo scocciatore (1953)
A bored civil servant accepts an invitation to visit a glamorous young lady. When she doesn't answer the door, then is later found murdered he panics!

Dad Becomes Mom (1952)
The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a series of problem for them.

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore (1954)
The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and...

La grande avventura (1954)
The adventures of Count Angelo de Marchis as he tries to reach his besieged allies in Rome with much needed funds from England. Can he evade the...

I cinque dell'Adamello (1954)
The odyssey of 5 Alpine soldiers who died during the First World War because of an avalanche. Their bodies were found several years later.

Legs of Gold (1958)
Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a...

The Misery of Mr. Travet (1945)
The ordinary life of the prudent employee Mr. Travet accelerates as he and her wife meet his new chief.

La pattuglia sperduta (1954)
The adventures of Lieutenant Airoldi of Piedmont who is trying to gather intelligence for the Republic about the advancing Austrian armies near the...

Malombra (1942)
A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago...

Woman Trouble (1948)
Driven by the constant quarrels with his wife and humiliated by a rich Milanese industrialist after asking him for a job, an unemployed person...

Ferragosto in Bikini (1960)
Sun, Sea, Love and a beautiful Italian beach...

La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
When Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate discount to bring his wife (Ninchi) and children to spend...

Ai vostri ordini, signora... (1939)
The young and poor Pietro Haguet accepts a job offer from the rich Marion, who wants to free herself from the suffocating presence of so many...

The Za-Bum Circus (1949)
Anthology comedy/romance film

10 love songs to save (1953)
The plot concerns a songwriter, played by Jacques Sernas who leaves his sweetheart and publisher when he learns that he is going blind.

Pinocchio (1972)
The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodis grandchildren Mario and Antonio...

Destiny Unknown (1935)
Based on fact, Passaporto Rosso (Red Passport) details the plight of a group of poor Italian immigrants who are hired as railroad workers in...

I, Hamlet (1952)
The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic.

Io sono la Primula Rossa (1954)
Comedy with Renato Rascel

Il tallone di Achille (1952)
Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he is believed to be immortal.

Viva il cinema (1953)
Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on...

Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951)
Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.

Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949)
A bizarre mechanic tells a traveler the story of a bank employee, Peppino Biancaneve, who with the help of a disc is trying to put together the words...

My Pal, Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice...

La paura fa 90 (1951)
A ghost who has spent 400 years in a trunk because of a jealous husband tries to take revenge on a descendant of the man but all in all he's a good...

How We Got Into Trouble with the Army (1965)
A sergeant finds out that a GI hides a child in the military barracks. The boy is the son of another soldier who sings in a night club but due to...

Il vedovo allegro (1950)
An artist of variety, known in art with the name of Bebè, is a charlatan in Cannes, in a company with Zallos, a shady type.

Farewell, My Beautiful Lady! (1953)
Guido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his...

The Orderly (1961)
Colonels, majors, lieutenants: all of them live in the same building. Some of them have a wife or children or none, but everyone has his orderly....

The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
In the reign of king Louis XV,a handsome student,Des Grieux, meets his charming cousin,Manon,just when she goes to the convent of Amiens,to take the...

È caduta una donna (1941)
In Milan, an unwed mother, forced to flee from her town because of the scandal, meets a doctor who falls in love with her and marries her. But the...

Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948)
The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing...

Skyscrapers (1943)
During a party a drunken guest falls from the terrace, killing himself. The police inspector in charge of the investigation suspects all the...

Joe il Rosso (1936)
A precious painting suddenly disappears from the house of a noble Italian family. A relative from America investigates the mystery.

Tormento del passato (1952)
A gangster comes back to Rome after many years and meets his old flame and their daughter.

Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)
Two young men love the same girl and decide to fight for her. The winner realizes, however, that his feelings are not returned.

Una bruna indiavolata! (1951)
Carlo wins some money and decides to go to Rome to celebrate, but he gets his money stolen on the train. He tries to find a friend of his for a loan....

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
A boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming...

A Mink Coat (1956)
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

L'inafferrabile 12 (1950)
Two twin brothers grew up and never met (due to the fact that the father with the couple would have had 13 children and therefore for superstition he...

Gli assi della risata (1943)
An anthology of several segments about everyday Italian life.

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962)
Antonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war criminal, So the daughter of the criminal pays Antonio...

Il mio amico Benito (1962)
A clerk has had a picture taken during W.W.I with the future Italian dictator Mussolini and tries to exploit the situation pretending he is a dear...

Soltanto un bacio (1942)
Italian film from 1942.

Le tardone (1964)
A collection of five episodes dealing with aging women.

La cambiale (1959)
The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred...

Inviati speciali (1943)
An Italian film from 1943.

Beauties on bicycles (1951)
Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a...

The Dream of Zorro (1952)
An old gentleman, a direct descendant of Zorro, has a single son named Raimundo in whom there is no trace of proud pride.

Il cappello da prete (1944)
The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from...

Cerasella (1959)
Cerasella escapes just before her marriage with Alfredo and meets Bruno, the son of a wealthy industrialist.

For a Few Dollars Less (1966)
A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.

West and Soda (1965)
West and soda is a 1965 traditionally-animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.

Io sono il capataz (1951)
The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the...

Loves of Three Queens (1954)
At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict,...

Engaged to Death (1957)
A tale of love, rivalry and passion set in the 50s, in the madcap world of motorcycle speed races, shot on the occasion of the main competitions of...

Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
Love and jealousy in a female public school. Most of the co-eds are in love with professor La Rovere. One, Anna, accuses Maria to have an affair with...

Rocco e le sorelle (1961)
A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1947)
This is an Italian live action film with Alessandro Tomei as Pinocchio.

La fanciulla di Portici (1940)
During the Spanish occupation of Naples, the people led by Tommaso Aniello - known as "Masaniello" - plot against the Viceroy. The Viceroy's son,...

The Masseuses (1962)
Two industry managers from Milan are in Rome to get the contract to build a YMCA hostel. They get in touch with a masseuses ring and one of the...

I baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an...

The Fate of Two Queens (1954)
Anthology film in which Hedy Lamarr plays 2 queens during 2 different time periods. Ulmer directed the Genoveffa di Brabante part whereas...

Freccia d'oro (1935)
Venice Film Festival 1935

I Do Not Move (1943)
Former batsman Carlo Mezzetti, who has been left homeless with his daughter Annuccia, takes advantage of favorable situations and legal loopholes to...

Veneri al sole (1964)
Three episodes: In the first one a girl gets a journalist to help her recover a case with some precious designs in it; in the second a worker keen on...

Gente dell’aria (1943)
Two half brothers, one a pilot, the other a repairman at the plane factory of their father, are in a disagreement due to the envy of the younger...

Eternal Melody (1940)
The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Lulù (1953)
Mario, a student from a noble Milanese family, falls in love with Lulù, a young slender girl.

La fornarina (1944)
During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with...

Love I Haven't... But... But (1951)
Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way...

I piaceri del sabato notte (1960)
Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.

I motorizzati (1962)
A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with...

The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
In a German prison camp, some Italian prisoners bet with the commander that they will be able to build a church in two hours.

H2S (1969)
Young student runs away from a 1984-esque dictatorship, lives for a while with a crazy girl in a surrealistic “igloo” in snowy wilderness...

The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica,...

Aquila Nera (1946)
An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and...

The Shortest Day (1963)
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

La damigella di Bard (1936)
Venice Film Festival 1936

Guarany (1948)
Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.

Of Life and Love (1954)
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself...

La cento chilometri (1959)
During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations

La Cittadella (1964)
La Cittadella is a 1964 Italian miniseries based on A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel, The Citadel, and produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. It was...