List of Italian films of 1961
Table:
Italian films released in 1961

Title

Director

Cast

Genre

Notes

A cavallo della tigre
Luigi Comencini
Nino Manfredi, Gian Maria Volonté, Serge Reggiani
Comedy

A due passi dal confine
Gianni Vernuccio
Ombretta Colli, Tony Bellani
Drama

A porte chiuse
Dino Risi
Anita Ekberg, Claudio Gora
Comedy

Accattone
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini
—
[1]

Adelchi

Akiko
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Paolo Panelli, Marcello Paolini
Comedy

Alfa Omega

America di notte
Giuseppe Maria Scotese
Angela Maria, Lionel Hampton
documentary

Amours célèbres
MIchel Boisrond
Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Noiret
Historic

The Assassin
Elio Petri
Marcello Mastroianni

Entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival

Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops
Antonio Leonviola
Gordon Mitchell, Chelo Alonso, Vira Silenti
—
[2]

Attenzione: guerra!
Jiri Brdecka
Alberto Caldana

Avventura dell'uomo

Banditi a Orgosolo
Vittorio De Seta
Vittorina Pisano

Venice Award for debut feature

Battaglie sui mari
Roberto Savarese

Battle of the Worlds
Antonio Margheriti
Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini
Science Fiction
[3][4]

Bellezze sulla spiaggia
Romolo Girolami
Walter Chiari, Mario Carotenuto, Valeria Fabrizi
Commedia all'italiana

The Best of Enemies
Guy Hamilton, Alessandro Blasetti
Alberto Sordi, David Niven, Amedeo Nazzari
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[5]

Caccia all'uomo

Cacciatori di dote

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A cavallo della tigre is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961 . It was released as Jailbreak in the United Kingdom and On the Tiger 's Back in the United States In 2002 the film was remade . Giuseppe Mazzacurati directed and Fabrizio Bentivoglio starred in the new version .
Luigi Comencini ( Italian pronunciation : [ luˈiːdʒi komenˈtʃiːni ] ; 8 June 1916 - 6 April 2007 ) was an Italian film director . Together with Dino Risi , Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli , he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre . His daughters Cristina and Francesca are both film directors .
Saturnino Nino Manfredi ( Italian : [ ˈniːno maɱˈfreːdi ] ; 22 March 1921 - 4 June 2004 ) was one of the most prominent Italian actors in the commedia all'italiana genre . He was also a film and stage director , a screenwriter , a playwright , a comedian , a singer , an author , a radio and television presenter and a voice actor . During his career he won several awards , including six David di Donatello awards , six Nastro d'Argento awards and the Prix de la première oeuvre ( Best First Work Award ) at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for Between Miracles . Typically playing losers , marginalised , working-class characters yet in possession of their dignity , morality , and underlying optimism , he was referred to as one of the few truly complete actors in Italian cinema .
Gian Maria Volonté ( 9 April 1933 - 6 December 1994 ) was an Italian actor , remembered for his versatility as an interpreter , his outspoken left-wing leanings and fiery temper on and off-screen . He is perhaps most famous outside Italy for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films : Ramon Rojo and El Indio in Sergio Leone 's A Fistful of Dollars ( 1964 ) and For a Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) , El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani 's A Bullet for the General ( 1966 ) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima 's Face to Face ( 1967 ) . In Italy and much of Europe , he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s , including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way ( 1967 ) , Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ( 1970 ) , The Working Class Goes to Heaven ( 1971 ) and Todo modo ( 1976 ) . He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville 's Le Cercle Rouge ( 1970 ) , Giuliano Montaldo 's Sacco & Vanzetti ( 1971 ) and Francesco Rosi 's Christ Stopped at Eboli ( 1979 ) .
Serge Reggiani ( 2 May 1922 - 23 July 2004 ) was an Italian-French singer and actor . He was born in Reggio Emilia , Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight . After studying acting at the Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques , he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in the wartime production of Les Parents terribles . He then left Paris to join the French Resistance . His first feature film was Les portes de la nuit ( Gates of the Night ) , released in 1946 . He went on to perform in 80 films in total , including Casque d'or , Les Misérables ( 1958 ) , Tutti a casa , Le Doulos , Il Gattopardo , La terrazza , The Pianist ( 1998 ) . Reggiani also triumphed in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartres play Les Séquestrés d'Altona . In 1961 , Reggiani co-starred with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier in the film Paris Blues filmed on location in Paris . In 1965 , at the age of 43 , he began a second career as a singer , with the help of Simone Signoret and her husband Yves Montand , and later with the assistance of the French singer Barbara . Reggiani became one of the most acclaimed performers of French chanson and although he was in his 40s , his rugged image made him popular with both younger and older listeners . His best-known songs include Les loups sont entrés dans Paris ( The Wolves Have Entered Paris ) and Sarah ( La femme qui est dans mon lit ) ( The Woman Who Is In My Bed ) , the latter written by Georges Moustaki . He regularly sang songs by Boris Vian ( Le Déserteur , Arthur où t'as mis le corps , La Java des bombes atomiques ) .
Ombretta Colli ( born Ombretta Comelli on 21 September 1945 ) is an Italian singer , actress and politician . She was president of the Province of Milan from June 1999 to June 2004 .
A porte chiuse ( internationally released as Behind Closed Doors ) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi .
Dino Risi ( 23 December 1916 - 7 June 2008 ) was an Italian film director . With Mario Monicelli , Luigi Comencini , Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola , he was one of the masters of commedia all'italiana .
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg ( Swedish pronunciation : [ aˈnîːta ˈêːkbærj ] ( listen ) ; 29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015 ) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films . She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita ( 1960 ) . Ekberg worked primarily in Italy , where she became a permanent resident in 1964 .
Claudio Gora , Emilio Giordana ( 27 July 1913 - 13 March 1998 ) was an Italian actor and film director . He was particularly prolific , making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years ( from 1939 to 1997 ) . In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film Three Strangers in Rome in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by Claudia Cardinale . He worked at Adua e le compagne , directed by Antonio Pietrangeli , Tutti a casa by Luigi Comencini or Dino Risi 's A Difficult Life
Accattone is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini . Despite being filmed from an original screenplay , Accattone is often perceived as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini 's earlier novels , particularly The Ragazzi and Violent Life . It was Pasolini 's first film as director , employing what would later be seen as trademark Pasolini characteristics ; a cast of non-professional actors hailing from where the movie is set , and thematic emphasis on impoverished individuals . While many people were surprised by Pasolini 's shift from literature to film , he had considered attending the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome before World War II . Pasolini had collaborated with Federico Fellini on Le notti di Cabiria and considered cinema to be writing with reality . The word accattone [ akkatˈto : ne ] is an informal term meaning vagabond or scrounger . Accattone is a story of pimps , prostitutes and thieves , types also represented in his novels . The life of the working ( and not-working ) poor is depicted , in contrast to Italy 's postwar economic reforms . Pasolinis choice of topics was scandalous at the time , as was his blurring of the lines between the sacred and the profane . Although Pasolini tried to distance himself from neorealism , the film is considered to be a kind of second-generation neorealism , with one critic believing it may be the grimmest movie he 'd ever seen .
Pier Paolo Pasolini ( Italian : [ ˌpjɛr ˈpaːolo pazoˈliːni ] ; 5 March 1922 - 2 November 1975 ) was an Italian film director , poet , writer , and intellectual , who also distinguished himself as an actor , journalist , novelist , playwright , and political figure . He remains a controversial personality in Italy due to his blunt style and the focus of some of his works on taboo sexual matters . He was an established major figure in European literature and cinematic arts . His murder prompted an outcry in Italy and its circumstances continue to be a matter of heated debate .
Franco Citti ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈfraŋko ˈtʃitti ] ; 23 April 1935 - 14 January 2016 ) was an Italian actor . He came to fame at the age of 26 , playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini 's film Accattone . In 1967 , he appeared in the title role in Pasolini 's version of Oedipus Rex . He is perhaps best known to non-Italian audiences as Calò in The Godfather and The Godfather : Part III and uttering the line In Sicily , women are more dangerous than shotguns . His brother was the director and screenwriter Sergio Citti . He died in Rome on 14 January 2016 , at the age of 80 .
Akiko is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico .
Luigi Filippo D'Amico ( 9 October 1924 - 28 April 2007 ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter . His 1974 film Il domestico was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival .
Paolo Panelli ( 15 July 1925 - 18 May 1997 ) was an Italian comedian and film actor . He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996 . He was married to Bice Valori .
Giuseppe Maria Scotese ( 1916-2002 ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director .
Angela Maria ( 13 May 1929 - 29 September 2018 ) , the stage name of Abelim Maria da Cunha , was a Brazilian singer and actress . She was elected Queen of the Radio in 1954 and was considered the most popular singer of that decade in Brazil .
Lionel Leo Hampton ( April 20 , 1908 - August 31 , 2002 ) was an American jazz vibraphonist , pianist , percussionist , and bandleader . Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson , Benny Goodman , and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker , Charles Mingus , and Quincy Jones . In 1992 , he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame , and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996 .
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon ( French : [ alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃ ] ; born 8 November 1935 ) is a French actor and businessman . He is known as one of Europe 's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the 1960s . He achieved critical acclaim for roles in films such as Rocco and His Brothers ( 1960 ) , Plein Soleil ( 1960 ) , L'Eclisse ( 1962 ) , The Leopard ( 1963 ) , The Yellow Rolls-Royce ( 1965 ) , Lost Command ( 1966 ) and Le Samouraï ( 1967 ) . Over the course of his career Delon worked with many well known directors , including Luchino Visconti , Jean-Luc Godard , Jean-Pierre Melville , Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle . He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999 .
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( /brɪˌʒiːt bɑːrˈdoʊ/ ( listen ) brizh-EET bar-DOH , French : [ bʁiʒit baʁdo ] ( listen ) ; born 28 September 1934 ) , often referred to by the initials B.B. , is a French former actress and singer , and animal rights activist . Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles , she was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s . Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973 , she remains a major popular culture icon . Born and raised in Paris , Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in her early life . She started her acting career in 1952 . She achieved international recognition in 1957 for her role in the controversial And God Created Woman , and also caught the attention of French intellectuals . She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir 's 1959 essay The Lolita Syndrome , which described her as a locomotive of women 's history and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France . Bardot later starred in Jean-Luc Godard 's 1963 film Le Mépris . For her role in Louis Malle 's 1965 film Viva Maria ! she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress . Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973 . She had acted in 47 films , performed in several musicals and recorded more than 60 songs .
Jean-Paul Belmondo ( French : [ ʒɑ̃pɔl bɛlmɔ̃do ] ; born 9 April 1933 ) is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s and one of the biggest French film stars of the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s . His best known credits include Breathless ( 1960 ) and That Man from Rio ( 1964 ) .
Philippe Noiret ( French pronunciation : ​ [ filip nwaʁɛ ] ; 1 October 1930 - 23 November 2006 ) was a French film actor .
The Assassin ( Italian : L'assassino ) is a 1961 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri . It is the feature film debut of Petri . It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival .
Elio Petri ( 29 January 1929 - 10 November 1982 ) was an Italian political filmmaker best known for the 1970 Academy Award-winning film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion .
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni ( Italian pronunciation : [ marˈtʃɛllo mastroˈjanni ] ; 28 September 1924 - 19 December 1996 ) was an Italian film actor . His prominent films include : La Dolce Vita ; 8½ ; La Notte ; Divorce Italian Style ; Yesterday , Today and Tomorrow ; Marriage Italian Style ; The 10th Victim ; A Special Day ; City of Women ; Henry IV ; Dark Eyes ; and Everybody 's Fine . His honours included British Film Academy Awards , Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards .
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops ( Italian : Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi ) is a 1961 Italian film starring Gordon Mitchell and Chelo Alonso .
Antonio Leonviola , sometimes Leon Viola ( 1913-1995 ) , was an Italian screenwriter and film director and co-founder of the Libera Università del Cinema di Roma .
Gordon Mitchell ( born Charles Allen Pendleton ; July 29 , 1923 - September 20 , 2003 ) was an American actor and bodybuilder who made about 200 B movies .
Chelo Alonso ( 10 April 1933 - 20 February 2019 ) was a Cuban actress who became a star in Italian cinema , and ultimately a 1960s cult film heroine and sex symbol in the U.S. She was well known for playing femmes fatales with fiery tempers and sensual dance scenes .
Vira Silenti ( 16 April 1931 - 1 November 2014 ) was an Italian actress .
Jiří Brdečka ( December 24 , 1917 - June 2 , 1982 ) was a Czech writer , artist , and film director . Brdečka was born in Hranice ( then in Austria-Hungary ) to a literary family ; his father , Otakar Brdečka , wrote under the pseudonym Alfa . Brdečka studied at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939 . He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum ( Městském muzeu v Praze ) and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist . He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm [ cs ] from summer 1941 to the end of 1942 . In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator , and by 1949 he was working as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios . He began directing animated films on his own in 1958 . His writing credits include Springman and the SS , The Emperor 's Nightingale , The Emperor and the Golem , Lost Children , The Fabulous World of Jules Verne , A Midsummer Night 's Dream , The Fabulous Baron Munchausen , The Cassandra Cat , Lemonade Joe , Dinner for Adele , and The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians . Brdečka 's work is marked by its droll intellectual humor , often featuring an extensive use of hyperbole , satire , and literary illusions . In 1952 , Brdečka 's daughter , the writer and film critic Tereza Brdečková [ cs ] , was born . Brdečka died in 1982 in Prague .
Banditi a Orgosolo ( Bandits of Orgosolo ) is a 1960 Italian film drama directed by Vittorio De Seta . The film stars Vittorina Pisano . De Seta won an Award for the film at the Venice Film Festival .
Vittorio De Seta ( 15 October 1923 - 28 November 2011 ) was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter , considered one of the Italian cinema 's great imaginative realists of the 1960s .
Battle of the Worlds ( Italian : Il Pianeta degli uomini spenti , lit . 'The Planet of Extinct Men ' ) is a 1961 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti , The film stars Claude Rains , Bill Carter and Maya Brent .
Antonio Margheriti ( 19 September 1930 - 4 November 2002 ) , also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ( daisies is margherite in Italian ) , was an Italian filmmaker . Margheriti worked in many different genres in the Italian film industry , and was known for his sometimes derivative but often stylish and entertaining science fiction , sword and sandal , horror/giallo , Eurospy , spaghetti western , Vietnam War and action movies that were released to a wide international audience . He died in 2002 .
William Claude Rains ( 10 November 1889 - 30 May 1967 ) was a British-American film and stage actor whose career spanned six decades . After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man ( 1933 ) he appeared in classic films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ) , Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) , The Wolf Man ( 1941 ) , Casablanca and Kings Row ( both 1942 ) , Notorious ( 1946 ) , The Pied Piper of Hamelin ( 1957 ) , and Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) . He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Rains was considered to be one of the screen 's great character stars who was , according to the All-Movie Guide , at his best when playing cultured villains . During his lengthy career , he was greatly admired by many of his acting colleagues , such as Bette Davis , Vincent Sherman , Ronald Neame , Albert Dekker , John Gielgud , Charles Laughton and Richard Chamberlain .
Bill Carter ( born 1966 ) is a writer and director . He directed the documentary film Miss Sarajevo , which consists of amateur video material he shot during his stay in the besieged city of Sarajevo . He is the author of Fools Rush In , his memoirs of working for an aid agency during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina . He teaches journalism and film at Northern Arizona University .
Umberto Orsini ( born 2 April 1934 ) is an Italian stage , television and film actor . Born in Novara , Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico . In the late 1950s , he emerged as a talented stage actor , and in 1960 , for the theatrical representation of L'Arialda , he worked for the first time with Luchino Visconti . After a few secondary roles ( that include Federico Fellini 's La Dolce Vita ) , Orsini debuted in a leading role in 1962 with the film Il mare , directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi . In 1969 , he was awarded with the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Visconti 's The Damned . In 2008 , he was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca .
Romolo Guerrieri , aka Romolo Girolami ( born 5 December 1931 ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter . He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992 . He was born in Rome , Italy .
Walter Annicchiarico ( 8 March 1924 - 20 December 1991 ) , known as Walter Chiari [ ˈvalter ˈkjaːri ] , was an Italian stage and screen actor , mostly in comedy roles .
Mario Carotenuto ( 29 June 1915 - 14 April 1995 ) was an Italian actor of film and theatre .
Valeria Fabrizi ( born 20 October 1936 ) is an Italian actress , singer and television personality .
Commedia all'italiana ( i.e . Comedy in the Italian way ; pronounced [ komˈmɛːdja all itaˈljaːna ] ) or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre . It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli 's I soliti ignoti ( Big Deal on Madonna Street ) in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi 's Divorzio all'italiana ( Divorce Italian Style , 1961 ) . Rather than a specific genre , the term indicates a period ( approx . from the late fifties to the early seventies ) in which the Italian film industry was producing many successful comedies , with some common traits like satire of manners , farcical and grotesque overtones , a strong focus on spicy social issues of the period ( like sexual matters , divorce , contraception , marriage of the clergy , the economic rise of the country and its various consequences , the traditional religious influence of the Catholic Church ) and a prevailing middle-class setting , often characterized by a substantial background of sadness and social criticism that diluted the comic contents .
The Best of Enemies ( I due nemici ) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guy Hamilton and Alessandro Blasetti set during the World War II East African Campaign , but filmed in Israel . It stars David Niven , Alberto Sordi and Michael Wilding . It was nominated for three Golden Globe awards in 1963 . [ better source needed ]
Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton , DSC ( 16 September 1922 - 20 April 2016 ) was an English film director . He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s , including four James Bond films .
Alessandro Blasetti ( 3 July 1900 - 1 February 1987 ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole . Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era . He is sometimes known as the father of Italian cinema because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s .
Alberto Sordi Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( June 15 , 1920 - February 24 , 2003 ) was an Italian actor , voice actor , singer , director and screenwriter . He was known internationally as the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel and Hardy films .
James David Graham Niven ( /ˈnɪvən/ ; 1 March 1910 - 29 July 1983 ) was an English actor , memoirist and novelist . His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death , Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days , and Sir Charles Lytton ( the Phantom ) in The Pink Panther . He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables ( 1958 ) . Born in London , Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe School before gaining a place at the Royal Military College , Sandhurst . After Sandhurst , he joined the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry . Having developed an interest in acting , he left the army , travelled to Hollywood and had several minor roles in film . He first appeared as an extra in the British film There Goes the Bride ( 1932 ) . From there , he hired an agent and had several small parts in films from 1933 to 1935 , including a non-speaking role in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's Mutiny on the Bounty . This brought him to wider attention within the film industry and he was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn . Upon the outbreak of the Second World War , Niven returned to Britain and rejoined the army , being recommissioned as a lieutenant . In 1942 he co-starred in the morale-building film about the development of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter , The First of the Few ( American title Spitfire ) , which was enthusiastically endorsed by Winston Churchill . Niven resumed his acting career after his demobilisation , and was voted the second-most popular British actor in the 1945 Popularity Poll of British film stars .
Amedeo Nazzari ( 10 December 1907 in Cagliari - 5 November 1979 ) was an Italian actor . Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema , often considered a local variant of the Australian-American star Errol Flynn . Although he emerged as a star during the Fascist era , Nazzari 's popularity continued well into the post-war years .