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Alida Valli
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Filmography
Alida Valli - what members say
review by Savage from London, England
A wonderful, majestic piece of work 6 September 2007
Alida Valli - filmography
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Luna
(1979)
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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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 »
 
54%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Killer Nun
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Anita Ekberg, Lou Castel, Alida Valli
Director: Giulio Berruti
Certificate: 
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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 »
42%
from 399 members
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Suspiria
(1977)
Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli
Director: Dario Argento
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Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student, travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings, Suzy discovers that the ..read more »
62%
from 524 members
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Suspiria
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli
Director: Dario Argento
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A candy-colored nightmare from Italian terror maestro Dario Argento, Suspiria weaves a menacing tale of witchcraft as a fairy tale gone horribly awry. From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) senses ..read more »
59%
from 5,377 members
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The Antichrist
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy
Director: Alberto De Martino
Certificate:
When Hipolita's mother dies she is destroyed mentally. During her recovery she seems to remember a past life, when she was a witch during the time of the Inquisition. But evil comes into her present life, and those around her begin to suspect she is possessed.
40%
from 93 members
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Lisa and the Devil
(1973)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Alessio Orano
Director: Mario Bava
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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.
60%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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Eyes without a Face
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
Director: Georges Franju
Certificate: 
Guilt-ridden after recklessly crashing his car and leaving his daughter severely disfigured, celebrated plastic surgeon Dr Gennesier becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty by transplanting a new face onto her mutilated features. Aided by his devoted assistant Louisa, young woman are lured back ..read more »
69%
from 1,063 member
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Les Yeux Sans Visage
(1960)
Starring: Alida Valli, Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob
Director: Georges Franju
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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 »
81%
from 137 members
Currently unavailable
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Les Bijoutiers Du Clair De Lune
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli, Stephen Boyd
Director: Roger Vadim
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Ursula (Brigitte Bardot) is a convent girl vacationing in Spain, when meets Lamberto (Stephen Boyd), a vicious criminal, who murders her uncle and seduces her aunt (Alida Valli). The pair of misfits then flee the scene and hide in the mountains, turning their backs on the law and morality. Once ..read more »
50%
from 230 members
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Il Grido
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
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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 »
70%
from 135 members
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Senso
(1953)
Starring: Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti
Director: Luchino Visconti
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Italian director Luchino Visconti dishes up his usual blend of elegance and decadence in Senso. The international cast includes French film star Alida Valli as a Italian countess married to a Venetian nobleman, and English leading man Farley Granger as an Austrian military officer. The two are ..read more »
66%
from 311 members
Not currently released
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The White Tower
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Certificate: 
The White Tower is an Alpine Peak that has never been tamed by man. It is said to be impossible to climb and to
conquer. To attempt it is to invite certain death. The White Tower killed Carla Alton's (Alida Valli) father. Now, to fulfil her father's dream, she has assembled her own team of ..read more »
45%
from 6 members
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The Third Man - Blu-ray
(1949)
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Director: Carol Reed
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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 »
78%
from 384 members
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The Third Man
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
75%
from 21,211 members
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Alida Valli facts
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...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...
