Virna Lisi

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La Reine Margot review by philjb from Worcs

Fascinating and spectacular film. 25 May 2005
...as the ravishing and not so innocent eponym. However, acting honours must go to Virna Lisi as the scheming Catherine de Medici who absolutely drips with evil. Most Ang... Read customer review

How to Murder Your Wife review by A customer from Cardiff Boy

A great example of its time 5 February 2005
...as, and heaps of glamour and indeed talent from an exceptional supporting cast. Virna Lisi is the eye-candy, and a script by George Axelrod - it's a classic all round. No... Read customer review

The Best Day Of My Life on DVD (2002)
Starring: Margherita Buy, Virna Lisi, Sandra Ceccarelli
Director: Cristina Comencini
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Follows the life and troubles of Irene and her wayward family: her middle child seems to be straying from her husband; her eldest daughter lives as a hermit after the death of her husband; and her son, unbeknown to her, feels detached from the family due to his homosexuality.

60% from 870 members

La Reine Margot on DVD (1993)
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Director: Patrice Chereau
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This acclaimed film presents the epic 16th-century saga of Margot de Valois (Isabelle Adjani) and her tragic arranged marriage to Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). In order to create an alliance between the Protestants and the Catholics, Margot is betrothed to Henri, one of the leaders of the ..read more »

68% from 5,714 members

I Love N.Y. on DVD (1987)
Starring: Scott Baio, Christopher Plummer, Kelly Van der Velden
Director: Alan Smithee
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Mario Cortone (Scott Baio) is a struggling but talented young photographer from Little Italy. His dreams of making it in the Big Apple are realised when he is offered an assignment photographing John Roberston Yeats, an international superstar currently starring in a Broadway show. Mario is ..read more »

29% from 24 members

The Statue on DVD (1971)
Starring: David Niven, Robert Vaughn, John Cleese
Director: Rodney Amateau
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David Niven is Alex, a scholar who has won the Nobel Prize for developing a universal language. The U.S. State Department has decided to honor him with a statue, to be displayed in London's Grosvenor Square. The commission for the project went to Alex's wife Rhonda (Virna Lisi), who has designed a ..read more »

47% from 30 members

The Secret of Santa Vittoria on DVD (1969)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi
Director: Stanley Kramer
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Bombolini is a fairly worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria in the closing days of World War II. When word comes that the Fascist government has surrendered, he climbs a water tower to tear down the flag. He can't get down and someone gets the crowd to chant his name to give ..read more »

74% from 118 members

The 25th Hour (1967)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan
Director: Henri Verneuil
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Adapted from the novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu, this satirical concentration-camp drama from Turkish-born French director Henri Verneuil stars Anthony Quinn as Johann Moritz, a Romanian peasant who experiences the horrors of World War II when the Nazis invade his country. Because local police chief ..read more »

55% from 7 members
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Casanova '70 on DVD (1965)
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell
Director: Mario Monicelli
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1960s Italian sex comedy directed by Mario Monicelli. Marcello Mastroianni stars as Major Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, who is impotent unless there is a very real element of danger present in his wooing of women. When his lecherous psychiatrist tries to convince Andrea to give up women, it soon becomes ..read more »

53% from 67 members

How to Murder Your Wife on DVD (1965)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi
Director: Richard Quine
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George Axelrod's script for How to Murder Your Wife isn't politically correct in the least, but you're likely to get a charge out of it -- provided you are of the male persuasion, that is. Jack Lemmon stars as Stanley Ford, a successful cartoonist and a confirmed bachelor who shares a lavish ..read more »

66% from 814 members

Eva on DVD (1962)
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi
Director: Joseph Losey
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A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him.

59% from 63 members

The Best Day Of My Life - 3.0 stars
La Reine Margot - 3.5 stars
I Love N.Y. - 1.5 stars
The Statue - 2.5 stars
The Secret of Santa Vittoria - 3.5 stars

The Secret of Santa Vittoria - 3.5 stars
La Reine Margot - 3.5 stars
How to Murder Your Wife - 3.5 stars
The Best Day Of My Life - 3.0 stars
Eva - 3.0 stars

I Love N.Y. - 1.5 stars
The Statue - 2.5 stars
The 25th Hour - 3.0 stars
Casanova '70 - 2.5 stars
Eva - 3.0 stars

Jack Lemmon - 2 times - show films
Anthony Quinn - 2 times - show films
Guido Alberti - 1 times - show films
Cyrus Elias - 1 times - show films
John Cleese - 1 times - show films

Richard Quine - 2 times - show films
Stanley Kramer - 1 times - show films
Joseph Losey - 1 times - show films
Mario Monicelli - 1 times - show films
Rodney Amateau - 1 times - show films