Renato Rascel

Renato Rascel

Renato Rascel (stage name of Renato Ranucci; 27 April 1912 – 2 January 1991), was an Italian film actor and singer. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1972. He represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with the song "Romantica" which was placed equal eighth out of thirteen entries. He was born to Cesare and Paola Ranucci in Turin. It was in Turin where his parents, who were opera singers, were performing a show at the time Renato could really say that he was born in the back stage of the theater and that's where he spent all of his life. His father tried to make it up to him by having him baptized at Saint Peter's in Rome and apparently it worked because growing up in that neighborhood he ended up singing for the "white voices choir" of Saint Peter with the leadership of composer-conductor Lorenzo Perosi. At the age of 14 Renato started to play drums in ballrooms around Rome. Soon after, he joined the Di Fiorenza Sisters as an actor, dancer and clown and in 1934 he was hired for his first big role by the Schwarts Brothers in the operetta "Al Cavallino bianco". In 1935, he joined Elena Gray for his first foreign tour in Africa. In 1941 he created his own theater company and he began to develop his distinctive kind of humor that in the following years will crown him as the inventor of the "non-sense" with phrases like "two friends that didn't know each other". He decided to make his small size work for him, being only 5'2" tall, one of his major assets becoming known as the "Tiny Italian" (il piccoletto nazionale) and in his show he accentuated his stature by wearing huge extravagant coats, his most famous one had a large pocket on the back. In this time he created some of his most famous characters such as "Napoleon" and "Il Corazziere" (a parody on his size since the Corazziere is a military division that employs only soldiers over 6 feet tall) that brought him to an extraordinary popularity in Italy. In 1942 he shot the first of a long series of films, Pazzo d'amore (Crazy For Love) developing and establishing his very peculiar kind of humor. Among the sixty plus films he worked in, one of the most relevant was Il Cappotto (The Overcoat) by Gogol, winner of the Golden Palm in Cannes. He also had a leading role in The Secret of Santa Vittoria with Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani, Seven Hills of Rome with Mario Lanza, Questi fantasmi with Eduardo De Filippo and Figaro qua Figaro là with Totò. In 1977, he appeared in the Zeffirelli film Jesus of Nazareth as the blind man. His post second World War success is due mainly to his leading roles in the musicals by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini. The artistic trio is responsible for the existence of the "musical" in Italy with Attanasio cavallo vanesio in 1952 (featuring the American trio Peters Sisters, Alvaro piuttosto corsaro (1953), Tobia la candida spia (1955), Un paio d'ali (1957), Rascelinaria (1958), Enrico '61 (1961), and also performed for an entire year in London at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1962, along with Il giorno della tartaruga (1965) and Alleluja, brava gente (1970). ... Source: Article "Renato Rascel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Renato Rascel
  • Popularity : 2.002
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1912-04-27
  • Place of Birth : Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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  • Also Known As : Renato Ranucci
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Renato Rascel Movies

  • 1954
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    These Phantoms

    These Phantoms

    1 1954 HD

    A young husband is persuaded to move his new bride into an old palace that is supposedly haunted.But the so called ghost is really the bride's former...

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  • 1957
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    Oh! Sabella

    Oh! Sabella

    7.1 1957 HD

    Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

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  • 1959
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    Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

    Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

    7.3 1959 HD

    Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been...

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  • 1954
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    Gran varietà

    Gran varietà

    6.1 1954 HD

    A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

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  • 1952
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    The Overcoat

    The Overcoat

    6.8 1952 HD

    Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new...

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  • 1959
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    Ferdinand I King of Naples

    Ferdinand I King of Naples

    6.8 1959 HD

    The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the...

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  • 1957
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    Seven Hills of Rome

    Seven Hills of Rome

    5.9 1957 HD

    After having a fight with his girl friend, Marc follows her to Rome to try and win her back. On the train he meets a girl who is on her way to stay...

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  • 1961
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    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    6.397 1961 HD

    The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced...

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  • 1956
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    The Monte Carlo Story

    The Monte Carlo Story

    5.6 1956 HD

    Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold...

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  • 1950
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    Figaro qua... Figaro là

    Figaro qua... Figaro là

    5.9 1950 HD

    In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

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  • 1959
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    Uncle Was a Vampire

    Uncle Was a Vampire

    5.6 1959 HD

    Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi is forced to sell his ancestral castle, staying on as a bellboy when it's converted into a hotel. However he becomes...

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  • 1975
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    Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

    Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1953
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    Piovuto dal cielo

    Piovuto dal cielo

    1 1953 HD

    A pickpoket falls in love with one of his victims.

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  • 1953
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    Attanasio cavallo vanesio

    Attanasio cavallo vanesio

    6 1953 HD

    A jockey buys his favorite horse.

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  • 1953
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    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    1 1953 HD

    A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way...

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  • 1942
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    Pazzo d'amore

    Pazzo d'amore

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1954
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    Alvaro piuttosto corsaro

    Alvaro piuttosto corsaro

    1 1954 HD

    Alvaro hunts for a treasure, of which he owns only half the map.

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  • 1961
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    Destination Fury

    Destination Fury

    1 1961 HD

    Lemmy Caution has been assigned by Interpol to work as a double agent. Little does he know how many spies are on to this deception and how dangerous...

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  • 1962
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    Questi fantasmi

    Questi fantasmi

    8.1 1962 HD

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  • 1951
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    Beauties on bicycles

    Beauties on bicycles

    6 1951 HD

    Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a...

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  • 1970
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    Transplant

    Transplant

    5.5 1970 HD

    To satisfy his wife, an elderly man has to have a penis transplant and is willing to pay a lot to do so. Three men are selected, who, for different...

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  • 1972
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    Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

    7.6 1972 HD

    The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodis grandchildren Mario and Antonio...

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  • 1952
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    Il bandolero stanco

    Il bandolero stanco

    5.5 1952 HD

    A comedy centered on the character of Pepito. It is an Italian western made before the Spaghetti western era and it is at the same time a parody of...

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  • 1960
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    The Bear

    The Bear

    6 1960 HD

    A mild-mannered zookeeper has to contend with his tyrannical boss and a talking lovesick bear.

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  • 1954
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    Io sono la Primula Rossa

    Io sono la Primula Rossa

    1 1954 HD

    Comedy with Renato Rascel

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  • 1949
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    Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!

    Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    I'm in the Revue

    I'm in the Revue

    4.6 1950 HD

    Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained...

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  • 1961
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    The Orderly

    The Orderly

    6 1961 HD

    Colonels, majors, lieutenants: all of them live in the same building. Some of them have a wife or children or none, but everyone has his orderly....

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  • 1960
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    Il corazziere

    Il corazziere

    1 1960 HD

    In fascist Italy, Urbano Marangoni aspires to become Corazziere, like his late father, but it is a dream destined not to come true because of his...

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  • 1955
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    Variety carousel

    Variety carousel

    6 1955 HD

    A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a...

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  • 1960
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    Little Girls and High Finance

    Little Girls and High Finance

    6.5 1960 HD

    A low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes a pimp and the prostitutes take over the country.

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  • 1961
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    Enrico '61

    Enrico '61

    1 1961 HD

    Italian comedy teleplay.

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  • 1960
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    Un militare e mezzo

    Un militare e mezzo

    7 1960 HD

    Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who return to Italy with his family but he is drafted to go to the mandatory military service in...

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  • 1954
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    Il matrimonio

    Il matrimonio

    6.5 1954 HD

    An Italian historical comedy film consisting of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov.

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  • 1951
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    Io sono il capataz

    Io sono il capataz

    7 1951 HD

    The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the...

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  • 1970
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    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    6.8 1970 HD

    During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

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  • 1953
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    Ho scelto l'amore

    Ho scelto l'amore

    7.5 1953 HD

    A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove...

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  • 1954
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    Rosso e nero

    Rosso e nero

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1951
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    Napoleone

    Napoleone

    1 1951 HD

    A historical farce about Napoleon.

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  • 1967
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    Delirio a due

    Delirio a due

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rascel Marine

    Rascel Marine

    1 1958 HD

    During WW2 a platoon of marines fights the Japanese on a little island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island there is a hut where old Taikiki lives...

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  • 1957
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    Rascel-Fifì

    Rascel-Fifì

    1 1957 HD

    Renato and Gedeon have just opened a nightclub in a disreputable area of New York, triggering the hostility of Gionata, a gang leader and owner of...

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  • 1958
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    Move and I'll Shoot

    Move and I'll Shoot

    7 1958 HD

    Renato Tuzzi, a primary school teacher, is a shy man, unable to be respected by the turbulent kids.

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  • 1952
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    L'eroe sono io

    L'eroe sono io

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1951
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    Love I Haven't... But... But

    Love I Haven't... But... But

    6.2 1951 HD

    Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way...

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  • 1952
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    Half a Century of Song

    Half a Century of Song

    1 1952 HD

    Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.

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  • 1970
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    I racconti di Padre Brown

    I racconti di Padre Brown

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1956
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    I pinguini ci guardano

    I pinguini ci guardano

    6.5 1956 HD

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  • 1963
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    Follie d'estate

    Follie d'estate

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1977
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    Jesus Of Nazareth

    Jesus Of Nazareth

    9 1977 HD

    Robert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. With Laurence Olivier, James Earl...

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  • 1972
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    Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

    7.6 1972 HD

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  • 1953
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    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1958
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    Rascel Marine

    Rascel Marine

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    Rascel-Fifì

    Rascel-Fifì

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1975
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    La supplente

    La supplente

    4.4 1975 HD

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  • 1953
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    Ho scelto l'amore

    Ho scelto l'amore

    7.5 1953 HD

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  • 1959
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    Uncle Was a Vampire

    Uncle Was a Vampire

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Uncle Was a Vampire

    Uncle Was a Vampire

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1974
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    Night Police Station

    Night Police Station

    5.5 1974 HD

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  • 1953
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    La passeggiata

    La passeggiata

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Il bandolero stanco

    Il bandolero stanco

    5.5 1952 HD

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  • 1977
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    Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth

    7.736 1977 HD

    Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.

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  • 1971
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    I racconti di padre Brown

    I racconti di padre Brown

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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