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Alida Valli

Alida Valli

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  • Senso
  • Senso review by Savage from London, England
    Rated - 4 stars A wonderful, majestic piece of work 6 September 2007
    ...kle shallowness of the prettiest of young men (here played by Farley Granger). Alida Valli is magnificent, and even if the film never quite gets the balance right between...  

Alida Valli - filmography


  • Luna (1979)
    Starring: Jill Clayburgh,  Matthew Barry,  Veronica Lazar
    Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled and lonely son has become a heroin addict. Her desperate ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 10 members
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  • Killer Nun on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Anita Ekberg,  Lou Castel,  Alida Valli
    Director: Giulio Berruti
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A nunsploitation extravaganza starring Anita Ekberg (LA DOLCE VITA) and Warhol favourite Joe Dallesandro; Ekberg plays Sister Gertrude, a man-hating nun whose recent surgery to remove a brain tumour has left her suffering from headaches, paranoia, and a morphine addiction. Unfortunately no one will ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 144 members
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  • Suspiria (1976)
    Starring: Jessica Harper,  Stefania Casini,  Alida Valli
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Argento's masterpiece of horror, with its assault of garish colors, booming soundtrack and horrifically dreamlike set pieces, is the cinematic equivalent of an exceptionally scary fun house. It tells the story of Susan (Harper) a young, impressionable American who travels abroad in order to study ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,963 members
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  • Lisa and the Devil (1973)
    Starring: Elke Sommer,  Telly Savalas,  Alessio Orano
    Director: Mario Bava
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 13 members
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  • Les Yeux Sans Visage (1960)
    Starring: Alida Valli,  Pierre Brasseur,  Edith Scob
    Director: Georges Franju
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The pulp poetic masterpiece from surrealist director Georges Franju, in which a maniacal plastic surgeon becomes obsessed with restoring his beloved daughter's face, which was mutilated in a horrible accident. When all conventional methods fail, he hatches a mad plot, murdering women in an insane ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 82% from 121 members
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  • Il Grido on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Steve Cochran,  Alida Valli,  Betsy Blair
    Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A cinematic "cry" from one of the most revered of all auteurs, Italian maestro Michelangelo Antonioni (L'avventura, La notte, Il Deserto Rosso) depicts a world of heartbreaking alienation, with characters riven by trauma, cast against the stunning backdrop of northern Italy's Po Valley - where the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 36 members
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  • Senso on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Alida Valli,  Farley Granger,  Massimo Girotti
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian countess and a dashing Austrian officer. When war and revolution break out, the contessa becomes torn between her fervent patriotic commitment and her obsessive love for one of the enemy.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 213 members
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  • The Third Man on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Orson Welles,  Joseph Cotten,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 17,402 members
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  • Killer Nun to Watch Now (1978)
    Starring: Anita Ekberg,  Lou Castel,  Alida Valli
    Director: Giulio Berruti
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 83 minutes
    Originally banned in UK, this film is based on a true story of a morphine addicted sister, working in an old people home, who killed her patients in order to rob them to pay for her addiction. Fellini's-own Anita Ekberg stepped out of the DOLCE VITA Trevi fountain into this powerhouse performance ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 2 members
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Alida Valli facts

5 most recent films

Luna - 3.0 stars
Killer Nun - 2.5 stars
The Cassandra Crossing - 3.0 stars
Suspiria - 3.0 stars
The Antichrist - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Les Yeux Sans Visage - 4.0 stars
The Third Man - 4.0 stars
Eyes without a Face - 3.5 stars
Senso - 3.5 stars
Suspiria - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Antichrist - 2.0 stars
Ridi Pagliaccio - Gigli - 2.5 stars
The Miracle Of The Bells - 2.5 stars
Luna - 3.0 stars
Lisa and the Devil - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jessica Harper - 3 times - show films
Stefania Casini - 3 times - show films
Joan Bennett - 3 times - show films
Ann Turkel - 2 times - show films
Edith Scob - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dario Argento - 3 times - show films
Carol Reed - 2 times - show films
Giulio Berruti - 2 times - show films
Georges Franju - 2 times - show films
George Pan Cosmatos - 2 times - show films