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Domenico Paolella is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Italien born on 18 october 1915

Domenico Paolella

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Birth name Domenico Antonio Paolella
Nationality Italie
Birth 18 october 1915
Death 7 october 2002 (at 86 years) at Rome (Italie)

Domenico Paolella est un réalisateur et scénariste italien né à Foggia le 15 octobre 1915, et mort à Rome le 5 octobre 2002. Il utilise plusieurs pseudonymes dans sa carrière, étant parfois crédité Paolo Dominici ou Paul Fleming.

Biography

Domenico Paolella est l'un des plus prolifiques réalisateurs italiens. Il commence comme scénariste et comme aide réalisateur. Il débute dans les années 1930 avec divers films populaires et musicaux (dans le genre du musicarello).

De 1935 à 1937, il remporte les prix annuels des lictoriales de la culture et de l'art, dans la section films expérimentaux. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il est envoyé comme correspondant sur le front russe. Après-guerre, il est nommé directeur artistique et rédacteur dans l'hebdomadaire de chroniques et d'actualité La Settimana Incom , réalisant des centaines de services aussi bien en Italie qu'à l'étranger. Il s'ooccupe également de documentaires, dont La tragedia dell'Etna, qui sera primé dans cette catégorie au Festival de Cannes.

À partir des années 1950, il se dédie au cinéma musical et aux péplums, ainsi qu'aux films d'espionnage, aux westerns, et enfin aux films érotiques.

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Filmography of Domenico Paolella (31 films)

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Stunt Squad
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andrea Aureli, Enzo Maggio
Rating62% 3.1451053.1451053.1451053.1451053.145105
Chef-d'œuvre du crime italien. Après que des gangs criminels ont ravagé les rues d'Italie, un commissaire de police a formé une équipe spéciale de policiers à la moto extrêmement bien entraînés pour retrouver le racketteur psychotique et son gang. Leur acteur principal est Valli, l'un des plus impitoyables méchants que le cinéma ait jamais vu...
The Prey
The Prey (1974)
, 1h35
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Zeudi Araya, Franco Gasparri, Renzo Montagnani, Micheline Presle
Rating54% 2.733292.733292.733292.733292.73329
En Colombie, un couple formé de Betsy et Daniel est en crise. Betsy est une femme alcoolisée et Daniel est amoureux d'une femme indigène, Nagaina, la belle « proie » avec laquelle il a l'intention de s'échapper. Daniel vole des bijoux et arrêté par la police finit en prison où il rencontre un certain Francis avec lequel il parvient à s'échapper. Daniel fait chercher Nagaina qui travaille dans une plantation par Francis. Francis et Nagaina tombent amoureux et se construisent une nouvelle vie tandis que Daniel, après une réaction violente entérine la situation et se retrouve de nouveau en prison.
The Nun and the Devil, 1h31
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti, Martine Brochard, Pier Paolo Capponi, Muriel Catala
Rating53% 2.6577052.6577052.6577052.6577052.657705
The story involves the power struggles and sexual intrigues of a group of good-looking nuns at the Sant Arcangelo Convent and in particular the machinations of Sister Julia (played by former Miss Great Britain Anne Heywood) as she attempts, by any means possible, to succeed to the position of the dying Mother Superior. The nuns struggle with their vows of celibacy, some inclining to lesbianism whilst others invite male lovers secretly into their cells. Meanwhile a corrupt church hopes to benefit from an aristocratic donation to the Convent, before launching an inquisition into the lubricious and corrupt activities of the inmates of the Convent. There then follow graphic scenes of torture as miscreant nuns are stripped naked and tortured with a variety of devices in order to elicit a confession of their misdemanours. The film ends with a resonant condemnation of the power hungry and corrupt church by Sister Julia after she has been found guilty and compelled to take poison to end her life.
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Catherine Spaak, Suzy Kendall, Eleonora Giorgi, Martine Brochard, Paola Senatore, Umberto Orsini
Rating55% 2.758742.758742.758742.758742.75874
Set in 1624, a woman had been promised to a powerful family's son at birth falls in love with another man. She refuses to renounce him, and is sent to a nunnery by her shocked parents. Once there, she first undergoes degradation to acclimatize her to convent life, and experiences rampant lesbianism by the repressed nuns. She becomes pregnant by her lover. Finally, her refusal to accede to one nun's lascivious lesbian advances leads to plotting and treachery, and her lover is murdered out of jealousy. Her life now ruined, she further scandalises her family by refusing to take her vows, and leaves the convent, devoting her existence to those in need.
La ragazza del prete, 1h40
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality
Actors Nicola Di Bari, Isabella Biagini, Mario Carotenuto, Hélène Chanel, Antonella Steni, Umberto D'Orsi
Rating58% 2.9060352.9060352.9060352.9060352.906035
Don Michele, un jeune prêtre des Pouilles, arrive à Rome, appelé par son oncle Mimì, cardinal qui occupe une haute fonction au Vatican et qui lui a confié la paroisse d'un village. Malgré l'environnement difficile, Don Michele parvient à gagner le respect des paroissiens.
Execution
Execution (1968)

Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Western
Actors John Richardson, Piero Vida
Rating50% 2.5369952.5369952.5369952.5369952.536995
Il est question de la libération d’un certain Clint ayant commis un vol d’or avec John Coler. Clint possède un mandat d’arrêt légal concernant son complice qui peut lui rapporter 20000 dollars mais qui expire après cinq ans. Alors qu’il pense arrêter son complice, Clint le confond avec son frère Bill, fine gâchette gagnant sa vie dans le milieu du spectacle.
Hate for Hate
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Western
Actors Antonio Sabàto, Mirko Ellis, John Ireland, Piero Vida, Fernando Sancho, Gloria Milland
Rating57% 2.860822.860822.860822.860822.86082
Digger Manuel has found enough gold to quit working. He is about to retire when robbers steal his fortune from him at the bank. Manuel pursues the bank robbers immediately, determined to get his gold back by all means. Unfortunately he is little later confused with them and put into prison.
Operation Atlantis, 1h40
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors John Ericson, Erika Blanc, Cristina Gaioni, Carlo Hintermann, Luigi Tosi, José Manuel Martín
Rating48% 2.4494752.4494752.4494752.4494752.449475
The film is about an American agent George Steele (John Ericson) who discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade the United States.
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus, 1h34
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, Arturo Dominici, Piero Lulli, Marino Masè, Mino Doro
Rating47% 2.3618952.3618952.3618952.3618952.361895
The king of the Kurds has kidnapped the daughter of the king of Baghdad to blackmail him. Goliath is sent to the rescue.
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon, 1h36
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, Livio Lorenzon, Franco Balducci, Arturo Dominici, Piero Lulli
Rating43% 2.173352.173352.173352.173352.17335
Asparia, Queen of the Hellenes, has been captured by the Babylonians, but she manage to hide her identity and lives as a common slave in Babylon. Hercules, played by Peter Lupus (credited as Rock Stevens), is sent to free her. The Babylonian slavers begin to hear rumors and stories of a single man who can overcome any army he faces. Asparia conspires with another slave to send a message of her whereabouts to Hercules, who soon is heading towards Babylon.
Hercules Against the Barbarians, 1h36
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Adventure, Peplum
Actors José Greci, Ken Clark, Gloria Milland, Roldano Lupi, Howard Ross, Tullio Altamura
Rating46% 2.3462752.3462752.3462752.3462752.346275
La famille royale de Pologne est massacrée par Gengis Khan et ses hommes. Seuls le roi et sa fille sont épargnés. En effet Khan veut marier son fils avec la princesse. Mais cette dernière est secourue par Maciste...
Hercules Against the Mongols, 1h30
Directed by Domenico Paolella
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Actors Grazia Maria Spina, Ken Clark, José Greci, Howard Ross, Tullio Altamura, Bianca Doria
Rating46% 2.3413552.3413552.3413552.3413552.341355
The heirs of Genghis Khan conquered the city of Tudela and made prisoner White, the daughter of the king. Hercules (Maciste in the original version of the film) is sent to the rescue.