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Riziero "Riz" Ortolani (25 March 1926 – 23 January 2014) was an Italian film composer. Ortolani scored over 300 films working mostly within the Italian genres of Mondo, Giallo, and the Spaghetti Western. Ortolani also scored many Hollywood films and has had some of his compositions reused in films like Drive and Django Unchained. Ortolani's most famous composition is More, which he wrote for the infamous film Mondo Cane. It won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards. The song was later covered by Frank Sinatra, Kai Winding, Andy Williams, Roy Orbison, and others. Ortolani was born on 25 March 1926 in Pesaro, Italy. He was the youngest of six children. Ortolani's father, a postal worker, gave his son a violin at age 4. Ortolani later switched to flute after injuring his elbow in a car accident. He studied at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in his hometown of Pesaro before moving to Rome in 1948 and finding work with the RAI orchestra. Though the chronology is unclear, he also likely served as a musician in the Italian Air Force orchestra, formed a Jazz ensemble, and came to the United States as a Jazz musician in Hollywood, all before scoring his first film. Ortolani married Katyna Ranieri in 1956. In the early 1950s, Ortolani was founder and member of a well-known Italian jazz band. One of his early film scores was for Paolo Cavara and Gualtiero Jacopetti's 1962 pseudo-documentary Mondo Cane, whose main title-song More earned him a Grammy and was also nominated for an Oscar as Best Song. The success of the soundtrack of Mondo Cane led Ortolani to score films in England and the United States such as The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) and Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968). He also scored the 1972 film The Valachi Papers, directed by Terence Young and starring Charles Bronson. Ortolani scored all or parts of over 200 films, including German westerns like Old Shatterhand (1964) and a long series of Italian giallos, Spaghetti Westerns, Eurospy films, Exploitation films and mondo films. These include Il Sorpasso (1962), Castle of Blood (1964), Africa Addio (1966), Day of Anger (1967), Anzio (1968), The McKenzie Break (1970), The Hunting Party (1971), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972), Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), From Hell to Victory (1979), the controversial Ruggero Deodato films Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The House on the Edge of the Park (1980), and the first series of La piovra (1984). In later years he scored many films for Italian director Pupi Avati. His music was used on soundtracks for Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 (1999), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Drive (2011) and Django Unchained (2012). In 2013, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. Ortolani died on 23 January 2014 in Rome, aged 87. Source: Article "Riz Ortolani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-03-25
- event Death Date 2014-01-23
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 2.1
- info Birth Place Pesaro, Marche, Italy
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008-03-06
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The Godfathers of Mondo
2003-10-01
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Linee d'ombra
2007-10-18
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The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
2012-06-01
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In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003-06-22
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Music of Always
1958-07-17
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The Fifth Musketeer
1979-04-06
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Graduation Party
1985-09-24
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Where the Bullets Fly
1972-01-01
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Woman Times Seven
1967-09-29
6.8
Cannibal Holocaust
1980-02-07
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Mondo Cane
1962-03-30
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Beyond the Law
1968-04-10
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968-09-11
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968-09-11
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Old Shatterhand
1964-04-30
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Mafia Junction
1973-03-05
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The Fall of Rome
1963-02-28
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House on the Edge of the Park
1980-11-06
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964-12-31
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Con rispetto parlando
1965-08-14
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The Hideout
2007-11-16
6.8
Ride and Kill
1964-04-30
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The Glory Guys
1965-07-07
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Zeder
1983-08-25
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Emma Hamilton
1968-11-28
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Don't Torture a Duckling
1972-09-29
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Tigers in Lipstick
1979-03-16
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Secret Fantasy
1971-09-22
6.8
The Girl from Trieste
1982-10-28
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Day of Anger
1967-12-19
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Madhouse
1981-03-04
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Mondo Candido
1975-02-21
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The Violent Four
1968-03-29
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Salt in the Wound
1969-08-10
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Impiegati
1985-02-20
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Death Steps in the Dark
1977-02-17
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The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968-01-17
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Sahara Cross
1977-09-10
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Kill and Pray
1967-03-10
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How to Kill a Judge
1975-02-05
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The Corruption
1986-04-17
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Confessions of a Police Captain
1971-03-26
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Killer Crocodile 2
1990-12-01
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The Last Minute
1987-10-08
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The Devil Also Cries
1965-03-14
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Teresa the Thief
1973-10-11
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The Dove Must Not Fly
1970-03-11
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Terrore sulla città
1957-01-30
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No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973-08-01
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The Fight for Rome
1968-12-17
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The 7th Dawn
1964-09-02
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Night of the Serpent
1969-12-23
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To Love Ophelia
1974-04-25
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The Hunting Party
1971-07-16
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A Season of Giants
1990-11-04
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Spy in Your Eye
1965-09-17
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Sardinia Kidnapped
1968-03-14
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Il Sorpasso
1962-12-05
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966-12-19
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Killer Crocodile
1989-07-30
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Dear Parents
1973-02-09
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Say Hello to Yesterday
1971-01-14
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Jus primae noctis
1972-09-07
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968-10-23
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Noi tre
1984-12-20
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Il figlio più piccolo
2010-02-19
6.8
Love & Passion
1987-02-25
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Holy Cow
1982-09-23
6.8
Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge
1980-02-23
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A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972-12-27
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On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967-12-01
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Blonde in Black Leather
1975-09-17
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The Ravine
1969-11-07
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Paprika
1991-02-13
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The Best Man
1997-10-28
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Holiday Hookers
1976-01-01
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Ghost of Love
1981-04-03
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One Russian Summer
1973-01-01
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Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
1955-06-01
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The Burning Years
1979-03-29
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Very Important Person
1961-04-24
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The Angel with the Gun
1992-12-18
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Una fredda mattina di maggio
1990-11-29
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Più bello di così si muore
1982-03-18
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Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971-09-23
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So Sweet... So Perverse
1969-10-31
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Castle of Blood
1964-02-27
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The Inquiry
1986-10-26
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Il corpo della ragassa
1979-09-21
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Hour of Death
1964-11-06
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Brutes and Savages
1978-11-01
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Women of the World
1963-01-30
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Andrea Doria -74
1970-02-14
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Shadows Unseen
1972-03-24
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With What Love, With What Love
1970-01-29
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Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973-11-23
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Lightning Bolt
1966-04-22
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Anzio
1968-07-24
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Un caso di coscienza
1970-03-04
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Web of the Spider
1971-08-26
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Mediterranean Holiday
1962-12-19
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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
1973-04-12
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Submission
1976-03-26
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One Way
1973-09-22
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The African Deal
1973-08-30
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The Dead Are Alive
1972-05-25
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A Girl Called Jules
1970-07-25
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Mimi
1979-06-06
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Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome
1972-09-18
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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968-09-26
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Gegè Bellavita
1979-04-13
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Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
1979-04-12
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In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003-06-22
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A Second Childhood
2010-10-08
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Madron
1970-12-01
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There Is No 13
1974-06-01
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From Hell to Victory
1979-03-15
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Incantato
2003-01-24
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Warriors of the Year 2072
1984-01-28
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Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
2005-02-04
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Giovanna's Father
2008-09-12
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Tiffany Memorandum
1967-08-12
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Soldier's Girl
1967-04-13
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Magnificat
1993-04-09
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Ursus in the Valley of the Lions
1961-12-21
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Bootleggers
1969-03-06
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Do Not Commit Adultery
1971-09-13
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Ecco
1963-11-15
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War Goddess
1973-12-15
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Casanova & Co.
1977-03-01
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A Hole in the Windshield
1983-09-03
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Red Dragon
1965-07-16
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The McKenzie Break
1970-10-28
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The Second Wedding Night
2005-11-11
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In The Rose Garden
1990-09-01
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The Lovemakers
1970-12-19
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Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984-03-12
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Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista
1975-03-13
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Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore
1966-12-23
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Help Me Dream
1981-03-26
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The Pitiless Three
1964-02-04
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Nobody's Perfect
1981-10-22
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The Hunting Party
1971-07-16
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The Statue
1971-01-27
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Vieni, vieni amore mio
1975-01-29
6.8
One on Top of the Other
1969-08-15
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Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984-03-12
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A Dinner for Them to Meet
2007-02-01
6.8
The Story of Boys and Girls
1989-01-01
6.8
Hospitals: The White Mafia
1973-08-25
6.8
Viva Cangaceiro
1969-12-23
6.8
Horror Castle
1963-08-15
6.8
The Pyjama Girl Case
1977-12-31
6.8
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972-09-29
6.8
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964-12-31
6.8
Woman Times Seven
1967-09-29
6.8
The Valachi Papers
1972-01-06
6.8
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
1976-09-10
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Cifrato speciale
1966-01-01
6.8
Counselor at Crime
1973-08-30
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Double Murder
1977-12-23
6.8
Le braghe del padrone
1978-09-07
6.8
Cyclone
1978-07-21
6.8
Grandes ocasiones
1998-02-06
6.8
Africa Addio
1966-02-11
6.8
Double Murder
1977-12-23
6.8
I Am Afraid
1977-10-06
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Massacre Play
1989-01-01
6.8
The Unholy Four
1970-03-11
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The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
1969-02-21
6.8
First Love
1978-11-10
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Rings of Fear
1978-08-19
6.8
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972-02-24
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972-02-24
6.8
The Warning
1980-08-15
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Disperatamente l'estate scorsa
1970-03-21
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The Car That Became a Star
1965-01-01
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The Voyeur
1994-01-27
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Brothers in Blood
1987-05-12
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Le ore nude
1964-08-27
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Valentina
1982-11-12
6.8
Honey
1981-05-08
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Miranda
1985-10-15
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Una casa a Roma
1989-04-27
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The Dark Sun
1990-02-04
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I camionisti
1982-09-10
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Christmas Present
1986-10-04
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A School Trip
1983-09-21
6.8
The Octopus
1984-03-11
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Christopher Columbus
1985-03-07
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Ritratto di Donna Velata
1975-08-31
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That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
1983-09-18