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Giovanni Grimaldi is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Music Italien born on 14 november 1917 at Catania (Italie)
Giovanni Grimaldi (November 14, 1917 - February 25, 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director.
Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco Franchi-Ciccio Ingrassia.
Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc' Aurelio. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.
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Nationality Italie
Birth 14 november 1917 at Catania (Italie)
Death 25 february 2001 (at 83 years) at Rome (Italie)
Birth 14 november 1917 at Catania (Italie)
Death 25 february 2001 (at 83 years) at Rome (Italie)
Giovanni Grimaldi (November 14, 1917 - February 25, 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director.
Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco Franchi-Ciccio Ingrassia.
Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc' Aurelio. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.
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Petomaniac (1983)
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Vittorio Caprioli, Ricky Tognazzi, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Aldo Reggiani
Roles Louis Pujol
Rating63%
Les exhibitions de Joseph Pujol sont vues par certains comme un outrage aux bonnes mœurs : il est agressé à l'entrée du Moulin Rouge et il est assigné en justice, son procès faisant même des remous au parlement. Par ailleurs, il aime, en cachette de sa femme, Catherine à qui il essaye de cacher son activité. Il démasque une certaine « Madame Pétomane », dont les flatulences proviennent en fait de trompettes.
Those Two in the Legion (1962)
, 1h37Directed by Lucio Fulci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes French war films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Rosalba Neri, Aldo Giuffrè, Carlo Lombardi, Giovanni Grimaldi, Nino Terzo
Rating56%
Ciccio Fisichella et Franco Cocuzza sont venus de Sicile à Naples pour y chercher fortune ; mais c'est plutôt le mauvais sort qui les touche, car ils sont accusés d'avoir tué le chef de la camorra napolitaine (équivalent de la mafia à Naples). Une seule solution, s'enfuir et s'engager à la Légion... bien qu'ils n'y soient pas très aptes ! Heureusement un colonel a un projet pour eux : détecter un trafic d'armes entre la maison de Mustafà et la taverne de la Nicchia. C'est presque malgré eux que les deux légionnaires vont sauver la vie du pauvre Mustafà Bey qui était dupé par son cousin Sandrin.
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Il fidanzamento (1975)
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Martine Brochard, Didi Perego, Anna Proclemer, Michele Abruzzo, Gabriele Antonini
Rating59%
The Governess (1974)
, 1h51Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Turi Ferro, Martine Brochard, Vittorio Caprioli, Paola Quattrini, Agostina Belli, Pino Caruso
Rating69%
À Catane, dans la maison de la famille Platania, une jeune française, Caterina Leher, arrive comme gouvernante. Leopoldo, un veuf âgé, vit dans ce noyau familial ; son fils Enrico est engagé dans des aventures extraconiugales ; la belle-fille Elena, une intellectuelle, se laisse courtiser discrètement par l'écrivain Alessandro Bonivaglia, un invité de la maison. Tous sont fidèlement servis par une jeune fille naïve : Jana.
Wife for Sale (1973)
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Rosanna Schiaffino, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Carmen Scarpitta, Renato Malavasi
Rating61%
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Françoise Prévost, Carlo Giuffrè, Katia Christine, Saro Urzì, Renato Malavasi, Carla Romanelli
Rating51%
Francesco Gaudenzi est un industriel sicilien qui a juré « fidélité éternelle » . À peine devenu veuf, Francesco est confronté aux avances de Paola qui finit par le convaincre que le jurement ne serait plus valable en cas de remariage. Quand Francesco et Paola décident de consommer par anticipation la première nuit de noces un violent tremblement de terre secoue la ville...
Paths of War (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Renato Baldini, Stelvio Rosi, Alfredo Rizzo, Lino Banfi, Luigi Bonos
Rating49%
In 1858 in Italy, in Sicily, Franco and Ciccio defend the Bourbon army to prevent the unification of Italy built by Giuseppe Garibaldi. However, when the troops of Garibaldi defeate the Bourbons, Franco and Ciccio escape, taking refuge in a box, which is delivered in America. In the Far West, Franco and Ciccio find themselves involved in the American War of Independence against the Apache Indians. They, camouflage, disguise themselves first by warlike Americans, and then by Indian holy men, being able to save their skin.
Un caso di coscienza (1970)
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Françoise Prévost, Raymond Pellegrin, Turi Ferro, Saro Urzì, Antonella Lualdi
Rating70%
Salvatore Vaccagnino est un jeune avocat originaire de la petite ville de Maddà, près de Catane, qui exerce à Rome où il a une maîtresse. Un jour, dans le train qui la ramène dans son pays, il lit dans un magazine féminin une lettre non signée d'une de ses concitoyennes qui « avoue » qu'elle a trahi son mari avec un « demi parent ». L'avocat, sûr de la fidélité de sa femme, montre le magazine à son cercle d'amis qui rassemble tous les notables du pays...
I 2 deputati (1969)
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Gabriella Giorgelli, Alfredo Rizzo, Umberto D'Orsi, Ignazio Leone, Renato Malavasi
Rating64%
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Paolo Carlini, Umberto D'Orsi, Aldo Bufi Landi, Alfredo Rizzo, Liana Trouche
Rating69%
, 1h32Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Ciccio Ingrassia, Brigitt Petry, Gino Buzzanca, Enzo Andronico, Bruno Scipioni
Rating54%
In the Wild West the bandits Franco and Ciccio, being unlucky in robberies, have an ingenious way to collect money. Ciccio gets captured by the guards of the sheriffs, while Franco, enjoying the bounty of money, saves his friend shortly before he is hanged every time. But one day Franco is unable to save his friend from a death sentence, and he believe Ciccio lost forever. After consulate drunk in a saloon, and having also won a lot of money playing poker, Franco meets magically Ciccio. He is not dead, and he plans to take revenge on Franco, but when he discovers with his friend the existence of a great treasure, buried in the desert of the West, the two friends that take up the membership.
In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
, 1h22Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Western
Actors Helga Liné, Franco Ressel, Aldo Sambrell, José Calvo, Conrado San Martín, Javier de Rivera
Rating59%
Le vieux Duke et le jeune Steve sont de véritables justiciers. Mais Steve voudrait renoncer a ce dangereux métier pour épouser la fille de Duke et acheter une ferme. Duke lui refuse la main de sa fille...
James Tont Operation U.N.O. (1965)
, 1h32Directed by Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Evi Marandi, Loris Gizzi, George Wang, Franco Ressel, Gianni Morandi
Rating58%
L'espion britannique-sicilien James Tont, pseudonyme de Giacomino Tontonati, est envoyé par son chef à Las Vegas pour se battre contre Mister Goldsinger, l'homme le plus riche du monde, qui conspire avec la Chine contre le Siège des Nations unies à New York.
, 1h43Directed by Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Sandra Mondaini, Valeria Fabrizi, Vittorio Congia, Aroldo Tieri, Carlo Pisacane, Alberto Bonucci
Rating57%
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Il fidanzamento (1975)
Directed by Giovanni Grimaldi
Genres Comedy
Actors Lando Buzzanca, Martine Brochard, Didi Perego, Anna Proclemer, Michele Abruzzo, Gabriele Antonini
Rating59%