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Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

June 15, 1920 (February 24, 2003)

Au nom du peuple souverain

V.O.: In Nome del popolo sovrano
It. 1991. History by Luigi Magni with Nino Manfredi, Jacques Perrin, Alberto Sordi. In 1849, the French and Austrian armies come to the rescue of Pope Pius IX, who was driven from power by an insurrection.
Runtime: 110 min.

L'Avare

V.O.: L'Avaro
It. 1990. Comedy by Tonino Cervi with Alberto Sordi, Laura Antonelli, Lucia Bosè. A miser is at odds with the people around him whom he wants to treat as he pleases.
Runtime: 117 min.

My Trip With Dad

V.O.: In Viaggio con Papa
It. 1982. Mores comedy by Alberto Sordi with Alberto Sordi, Carlo Verdone. The tribulations of a naive young man who discovers that his parents are having extramarital affairs.

Je sais que tu sais

V.O.: Io so che tu sai che io so
It. 1982. Mores comedy by Alberto Sordi with Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, Isabelle de Bernardi. A bank employee learns surprising things about his wife and daughter's lives as a result of a private investigator's mistake.
Runtime: 96 min.

Le Marquis s'amuse

V.O.: Il Marchese del Grillo
It. 1981. Comedy by Mario Monicelli with Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a Roman marquis, the pope's chamberlain, is only interested in having fun at other people's expense.
Runtime: 127 min.

Traffic Jam

V.O.: L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile
It. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Angela Molina, Harry Baer.
Runtime: 115 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

Les Nouveaux Monstres

V.O.: I Nuovi Mostri
It. 1978. Sketches by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola with Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi. Presentation of characters illustrating various aspects of the human condition.
Runtime: 113 min.

Où es-tu allé en vacances?

V.O.: Dove vai in vacanza?
Runtime: 135 min.

Tentations à l'italienne

V.O.: Quelle strane occasioni
Runtime: 115 min.

Un Bourgeois tout petit, petit

V.O.: Un Borghese piccolo piccolo
It. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Mario Monicelli with Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli. A civil servant avenges the death of his son shot by a criminal.
Runtime: 112 min.

Poussière d'étoiles

V.O.: Polvere di Stelle
It. 1973. Sentimental comedy by Alberto Sordi with Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, John Philip Law. In 1943, music-hall performers believe they will achieve fame by playing for the American troops.
It. 1972. Comedy by Ettore Scola with Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur. An Italian industrialist visiting Switzerland spends a strange evening in the company of former magistrates.

L'Argent de la vieille

V.O.: Lo scopone scientifico
It. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten.
Runtime: 113 min.

Détenu en attente de jugement

V.O.: Detenuto in attesa di giudizio
It. 1971. Social drama by Nanni Loy with Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Tano Cimarosa. Back in his country, an Italian man is imprisoned without knowing what he is accused of.
Runtime: 102 min.

Nos héros réussiront-ils à retrouver leur ami mystérieusement disparu en Afrique?

V.O.: Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?
Runtime: 130 min.

Le Gynécologue de la Mutuelle

V.O.: Il Medico della Mutua
It. 1968. Comedy by Luigi Zampa with Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti. A pushy doctor looks for ways to enrich himself through his profession.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Toto, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.
It. 1966. Moral study by Nanni Loy with Anna Magnani, Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi. Humorous description of some particularities of Italian customs.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1965. Comedy by Ken Annakin with Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox. An international event for the London-Paris crossing by plane at the beginning of the 20th century.
Runtime: 133 min.

The Flying Saucer

V.O.: Il Disco Volante
It. 1964. Comedy by Tinto Brass with Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, Silvana Mangano. The arrival of a flying saucer in an Italian village provokes various reactions.
Runtime: 94 min.

To Bed or Not to Bed

V.O.: Il Diavolo
Runtime: 103 min.
It. 1963. Dramatic comedy by Alberto Lattuada with Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Ugo Attanasio. In recognition of past favors, a Milanese engineer must go to New York to kill a man, on behalf of the Sicilian mafia.
Runtime: 95 min.

Le Commissaire

V.O.: Il Commissario
It. 1962. Police comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Franca Tamantini, Alessandro Cutolo. After rushing to arrest and convict a deadly hit-and-run suspect in order to move up in the ranks, a police commissioner fears he has sent an innocent man to prison.
Runtime: 109 min.

Una vita difficile

V.O.: Una Vita difficile
It. 1961. Dramatic comedy by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi.
Runtime: 118 min.
G.-B. 1961. Satire by Guy Hamilton with David Niven, Alberto Sordi, Amedeo Nazzari. In Abyssinia, a British major and an Italian captain are taken prisoner in turn.
Runtime: 104 min.
It. 1960. Police comedy by Mario Camerini with Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi. Three Italians, involved in a murder case, clumsily try to clear their names.
Runtime: 105 min.

Quand la guerre finira

V.O.: Tutti a casa
It. 1960. War drama by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Martin Balsam. After the armistice of 1943, Italian soldiers seek to return home.
Runtime: 120 min.

Les Magouilleurs

V.O.: I Magliari
It. 1959. Moral study by Francesco Rosi with Alberto Sordi, Renato Salvatori, Belinda Lee. An Italian worker who comes to Germany to work is drawn into fraudulent business.
Runtime: 132 min.

Wild Cats on the Beach

V.O.: Costa Azzurra
It. 1959. Comedy by Vittorio Sala with Rita Gam, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto Sordi. In Cannes, during the Film Festival, several characters have various adventures.
Runtime: 96 min.
It. 1959. Sentimental comedy by Mario Bonnard with Alberto Sordi, Anna-Maria Ferrero, Chelo Alonso. A music hall dancer believes he can achieve success by choosing a talented young beauty as his partner.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Great War

V.O.: La Grande Guerra
It. 1959. War drama by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano. Two Italian soldiers engaged against their will in the war participate in the battle of Piave.
Runtime: 118 min.

Le Veuf

V.O.: Il Vedovo
It. 1959. by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi.

Venice, the Moon and You

V.O.: Venezia, la luna e tu
It. 1958. Comedy by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi, Marisa Allasio, Inge Schoener.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1958. Musical by John Berry with Dario Moreno, Magali Noël, Alberto Sordi. After becoming a singer in a cabaret, a modest cashier is suspected of being complicit in a robbery committed at the bank where he worked.
Runtime: 83 min.

Le 7ème Ciel

V.O.: Le Septième Ciel
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Raymond Bernard with Danielle Darrieux, Noël-Noël, Paul Meurisse. A young widow makes gangsters disappear and steals their assets to support her charity work.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1957. War drama by Charles Vidor with Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica. An American enlisted as an ambulance driver in the Italian army falls in love with a nurse.
Runtime: 142 min.

Le Comte Max

V.O.: Il conte Max

Les Week-ends de Néron

V.O.: Mio figlio Nerone
It. 1956. Comedy by Steno with Alberto Sordi, Brigitte Bardot, Vittorio De Sica. The misadventures of the emperor Nero struggling with his mother, Agrippina.
Runtime: 90 min.

La Belle de Rome

V.O.: La Bella di Roma
It. 1955. Mores comedy by Luigi Comencini with Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa. A pretty girl uses her lovers to raise the money needed to run an inn.
Runtime: 95 min.

Le Célibataire

V.O.: Lo Scapolo
It. 1955. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Alberto Sordi, Sandra Milo, Abbe Lane. A hardened bachelor ends up marrying a charming young girl.

Une Parisienne à Rome

V.O.: Una Parigina a Roma
It. 1954. Sentimental comedy by Erich Kobler with Alberto Sordi, Anna-Maria Ferrero, Erwin Strahl. The love affair of two young people is thwarted by a frivolous Parisian woman.
Runtime: 88 min.

Deux Nuits avec Cléopatre

V.O.: Due Notti con Cleopatra
It. 1954. Comedy by Mario Mattoli with Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi, Ettore Manni. An officer spends a night with Cleopatra's look-alike, causing him a lot of inconvenience.
Runtime: 78 min.
It. 1953. Mores comedy by Giorgio Bianchi with Peppino de Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi. Wrongly suspected of murder by the police, a mediocre civil servant is drawn into a series of misadventures.
Runtime: 88 min.

Les Gaietés de la correctionnelle

V.O.: Un Giorno in Pretura
It. 1953. Sketches by Steno with Sophia Loren, Walter Chiari, Alberto Sordi. The appearance in court of a few inhabitants of a small town.
Runtime: 88 min.

Une Fille formidable

V.O.: Ci troviamo in Galleria
It. 1953. Dramatic comedy by Mauro Bolognini with Sophia Loren, Carlo Dapporto, Alberto Sordi. A variety show director meets a peasant with a golden voice who soon becomes famous.
Runtime: 82 min.
It. 1953. Mores drama by Federico Fellini with Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Leonora Ruffo. Forced to marry the mother of his child, an idle young man struggles with the burden of his new responsibilities.
Runtime: 100 min.

The White Sheik

V.O.: Lo Sceicco Bianco
It. 1952. Comedy by Federico Fellini with Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste. On her honeymoon, in Rome, a young woman sneaks out to meet the hero of a photo novel.
Runtime: 85 min.

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