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Elsa Martinelli

Elsa Martinelli

Italian fashion model and actress (1935-2017)
January 30, 1935 (July 8, 2017)
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Jean Larriaga with Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Raymond Pellegrin. A writer meets up with an old childhood friend who provides an opportunity for him to plan a burglary.
Runtime: 88 min.

Perversion Story

V.O.: Una Sull'altra
It. 1970. Crime drama by Lucio Fulci with Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli. A doctor, unjustly accused of killing his wife, is sentenced to the gas chamber.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Road to Katmandu

V.O.: Les Chemins de Katmandou
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by André Cayatte with Renaud Verley, Jane Birkin, Pascale Audret. A group of young people, disappointed by their elders, experiment with false mysticism and drug use.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1969. Crime drama by Sergio Gobbi with Pierre Vaneck, Elsa Martinelli, Robert Hossein. A man agrees to take the place of a missing person whom he resembles.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1968. Satire by Christian Marquand with Ewa Aulin, John Astin, Elsa Martinelli. The erotic-burlesque adventures of a candid teenager.
Runtime: 123 min.

The Belle Starr Story

V.O.: Il mio corpo per un poker
It. 1968. Western by Nathan Wick with Robert Wood, Elsa Martinelli, George Eastman.
Runtime: 100 min.

French Mistress

V.O.: Manon 70
Fr. 1967. Mores drama by Jean Aurel with Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Jean-Claude Brialy. A young woman goes from one man to another, according to her financial needs.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1967. Crime drama by Gerry O'Hara with Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Alexandra Stewart. A police officer tries to uncover the criminal activities of the director of a fashion magazine.
Runtime: 93 min.

Madigan's Millions

V.O.: Un Dollaro per 7 vigliacchi
Esp. 1967. Police comedy by Stanley Prager with Dustin Hoffman, Elsa Martinelli, Gustavo Rojo. A U.S. Treasury agent travels to Italy to recover the money of a murdered gangster.
Runtime: 86 min.

The Oldest Profession

V.O.: Le Plus vieux métier du monde
Fr. 1967. Sketches by Franco Indovina, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Michael Pfleghar, Claude Autant-Lara, Jean-Luc Godard with Michèle Mercier, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau. Six stories of prostitutes taking place at different times.
Runtime: 118 min.

Every Man is My Enemy

V.O.: Qualcuno ha tradito
It. 1967. Crime drama by Franco Prosperi with Robert Webber, Elsa Martinelli, Jean Servais. An American gangster goes to Marseille to participate in a heist.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1965. Police comedy by Nicolas Gessner with Claude Rich, Jean Seberg, Elsa Martinelli.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Tenth Victim

V.O.: La decima vittima
It. 1965. Science-fiction by Elio Petri with Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli. In the twenty-first century, governments have instituted a sport where hunters are allowed to stalk humans.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 85 min.

All About Loving

V.O.: De l'amour
Fr. 1965. Mores comedy by Jean Aurel with Michel Piccoli, Elsa Martinelli, Anna Karina. Barely separated from his mistress, a Don Juan dentist embarks on new conquests.
Runtime: 90 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1963. Adventures by Phil Karlson with Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, Jack Hawkins. A big game trapper is charged with capturing a rare animal.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1962. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino. American soldiers stationed in Italian homes send information by carrier pigeon.
Runtime: 101 min.

The Trial

V.O.: Le Procès
Fr. 1962. Drama by Orson Welles with Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau. A man under arrest can?t figure out what crime he is being accused of.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1962. Adventures by Howard Hawks with John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger. Hunters specialize in capturing wild animals in Tanganyika.
Runtime: 159 min.

The Menace

V.O.: La Menace
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Gérard Oury with Robert Hossein, Marie-José Nat, Paolo Stoppa. A young girl, coveted by a married man, accuses him of being the perpetrator of a crime.
Runtime: 85 min.

Blood and Roses

V.O.: ...Et mourir de plaisir
Fr. 1960. Horror by Roger Vadim with Annette Stroyberg, Elsa Martinelli, Mel Ferrer. The spirit of an ancestor who passed for a vampire seems to take hold of a young aristocrat.
Runtime: 74 min.

L'Inassouvie

V.O.: Un amore a Roma
It. 1960. Psychological drama by Dino Risi with Mylène Demongeot, Peter Baldwin, Elsa Martinelli. A journalist falls in love with a fickle young woman.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1960. Adventures by André Hunebelle with Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli. A valiant knight puts his sword at the service of the young king of France to protect him from a plot.
Runtime: 115 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.

Prisoner of the Volga

V.O.: I Battellieri del Volga
It. 1958. Melodrama by Viktor Tourjansky with John Derek, Dawn Addams, Elsa Martinelli. Imprisoned for having beaten his superior that had abused his wife, a young officer escapes and sets out to take revenge.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1957. Melodrama by Guy Hamilton with Elsa Martinelli, Trevor Howard, Pedro Armendariz. A brutal captain falls in love with a young girl smuggled aboard.
Runtime: 86 min.
It. 1956. Sentimental comedy by Mario Monicelli with Elsa Martinelli, Gabriele Ferzetti, Walter Chiari. A young girl from a modest background falls in love with a wealthy young man.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1956. Melodrama by Raffaello Matarazzo with Folco Lulli, Elsa Martinelli, Michel Auclair. Wanting to right his wrongs, a man helps his illegitimate daughter to marry the man she loves.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1955. Western by André de Toth with Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau. Two adventurers try to take over a gold mine operated by Native Americans.
Runtime: 87 min.

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