Direction: Giorgio Capitani

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Giorgio Capitani. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


6.3

358 votes

Rita da Cascia (TV)

2004 · Movie · 180 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Vittoria Belvedere · Martin Crewes · Simone Ascani · Enzo Marino Bellanich

Synopsis The movie was released on September 24, 2004 and has English and Italian versions. The movie is primarily in English and was shoot on location in Florence and Tuscany in italy. The story evolves about young Rita Lotti who is...

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

Callas e Onassis (TV Miniseries)

2005 · Series · 190 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Luisa Ranieri · Gérard Darmon · Anna Mouglalis · Serena Autieri

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2005). 2 Episodes. The life and passionate love of famous opera singer Maria Callas and Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis.

4.9

169 votes

4.9

169 votes

Get Rita

1975 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Sophia Loren · Marcello Mastroianni · Aldo Maccione · Pierre Brice

Synopsis A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.

4.9

71 votes

4.9

71 votes

Teste di quoio

1981 · Movie · 87 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Paolo Baroni · Ken Clark · Roberto Della Casa · Christian De Sica

Synopsis A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.

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Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra

1978 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani · Renato Pozzetto

Cast Renato Pozzetto · Cochi Ponzoni · Paolo Villaggio · Enrico Montesano

Synopsis Three short stories full of absurd Italian humor. Uno: Oddjobs man Elia is hired to be a waiter and soon finds himself caught up in a plot to knock off his mistress (in more ways than one). Due: Della is...

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Burnt by a Scalding Passion

1976 · Movie · 97 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Jane Birkin · Aldo Maccione · Cochi Ponzoni · Catherine Spaak

Synopsis Virginia and Casimiro are both married with children to passionate spouses, while they are shy and devoted to poetry, crying watching "Anna Karenina" on TV. They commute every day from a little town in Lombardy to Milan and during the...

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The Archangel

1969 · Movie · 106 min. · Italy

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Missione eroica - I pompieri 2

1987 · Movie · 89 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Paolo Villaggio · Lino Banfi · Massimo Boldi · Christian De Sica

Synopsis Following a twinning between the national fire brigade and the special forces of the Canadian firefighters, Captain Carter arrives in Rome.

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The Ghost Who Loves Sex

1981 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Johnny Dorelli · Gloria Guida · Alessandro Haber · Lia Tanzi

Synopsis Giovanni is a rich Italian aristocrat. He inherit a castle occupied by the ghost of an ancestor. Part of the inheritance is of a young beautiful blonde tourist, far relative of Giovanni. The two have to pay a ticket to...

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Aragosta a colazione

1979 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Enrico Montesano · Claude Brasseur · Janet Agren · Claudine Auger

Synopsis Marco is married to Carla, a rich businesswoman. She's off to Geneva for two days; he has a tryst with Monique, a Swedish air hostess. Carla's flight is canceled, so she heads home about to catch Mario en flagrant. Mario's...

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The Slave

1973 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

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Arrivederci e grazie

1988 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Ugo Tognazzi · Ricky Tognazzi · Anouk Aimée · Catherine Alric

Synopsis Paolo, a depressed playwright moves to a house which has been rented by his father Carlo as well, without each knowing about the other. Neither he or Carlo want to leave and so they begin an awkward cohabitation. Carlo is...

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I Hate Blondes

1980 · Movie · Italy

Direction Giorgio Capitani

Cast Enrico Montesano · Jean Rochefort · Corinne Cléry · Marina Langner

Synopsis She was depraved, debauched, lying, conniving, cheating, scheming, lewd, shrewd... Everything he ever wanted in a woman!

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