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Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Italian actress
September 20, 1934 (90 years old)

The Life Ahead

V.O.: La Vita davanti a sé
It. 2020. Drama by Edoardo Ponti with Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri. An orphan with delinquent behaviours is entrusted to an ex-prostitute with a strong personality.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 2009. Musical by Rob Marshall with Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz. On the eve of shooting his next film, an Italian filmmaker runs out of inspiration and takes refuge in a spa town where, to his great misfortune, his team joins him.
Runtime: 119 min.
Can. 2004. Chronicle by Jerry Ciccoritti with Sophia Loren, Fab Filippo, Jessica Paré. The trials and tribulations of an Italian family who immigrated to Canada during the Second World War.
Runtime: 185 min.
Can. 2002. Mores drama by Edoardo Ponti with Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger. In Toronto, the parallel destinies of three women who are led to make peace with their past.
Fr. 1997. Chronicle by Roger Hanin with Roger Hanin, Sophia Loren, Nicolas Olczyk.
U.S. 1995. Sentimental comedy by Howard Deutch with Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 130 min.

Samedi, dimanche et lundi

V.O.: Sabato, domenica e lunedi
It. 1990. Comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Sophia Loren, Luca De Filippo, Alessandra Mussolini. On a weekend when they are having their relatives over for dinner, two middle-aged spouses experience a marital crisis.
Runtime: 119 min.

Deux Femmes

V.O.: La Ciociara
It. 1988. Drama by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Sydney Penny, Robert Loggia. During the Second World War, a woman returns to her native village with her teenage daughter.
U.S. 1988. Melodrama by Stuart Cooper with Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, Hal Holbrook. In New York in 1915, a woman finds herself alone with her three children after the accidental death of her husband.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1988. Melodrama by Stuart Cooper with Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, Hal Holbrook. A widow at the end of her rope receives help from a cousin, but realizes that his intentions are not very commendable.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1986. Crime drama by Jeremy Paul Kagan with Sophia Loren, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo. Hired by the U.S. government, a woman, whose son is a narc, infiltrates a drug-trafficking ring.
Runtime: 150 min.

Aurora

V.O.: Qualcosa di Biondo
It. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Maurizio Ponzi with Sophia Loren, Daniel J. Travanti, Ricky Tognazzi. A woman travels around Italy in search of former lovers who might give her the money she needs for her blind son's operation.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1980. Biography by Mel Stuart with Sophia Loren, Armand Assante, Rip Torn.
Runtime: 150 min.
U.S. 1978. Crime drama by John Hough with John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1978. Crime drama by Michael Winner with Sophia Loren, James Coburn, Anthony Franciosa.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1978. Drama by Boris Sagal with Sophia Loren, Steve Railsback, John Huston. Without recognizing him, a woman finds her missing son and falls in love with him.

Blood Feud

V.O.: Fatto di Sangue fra due Uomini per Causa di una Vedova, si Sospettano Moventi Politici
It. 1978. Dramatic comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini. A widow who wants to avenge her husband's death gets help from a socialist lawyer and a cousin from America.
Runtime: 100 min.

A Special Day

V.O.: Una Giornata particolare
It. 1977. Mores comedy by Ettore Scola with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Berd. Left alone in her apartment during a parade celebrating the passage of Hitler to Rome, a woman meets another tenant.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1976. Drama by George P. Cosmatos with Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster. A terrorist contaminated by a virulent bacteria takes refuge on a train.
Runtime: 128 min.

The Voyage

V.O.: Il Viaggio
It. 1974. Sentimental drama by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen. At the beginning of the twentieth century, obeying his father's last wishes, a count asks for a woman
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1974. Sentimental drama by Alan Bridges with Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Jack Hedley. Every week, a married woman meets with a doctor she is in love with.
Runtime: 90 min.

Lady of the Evening

V.O.: La Pupa del gangster
Runtime: 91 min.

Jury of One

V.O.: Verdict
Fr. 1974. Court drama by André Cayatte with Jean Gabin, Sophia Loren, Michel Albertini. The mother of a young man accused of murder has the judge's wife kidnapped in order to force an acquittal.
Runtime: 98 min.
It. 1972. Musical by Arthur Hiller with Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco. Locked up in the prisons of the Spanish Inquisition, the writer Miguel Cervantes tells his companions the story of Don Quixote.
Runtime: 132 min.

Une Bonne Planque

V.O.: Bianco, rosso e...
It. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Alberto Lattuada with Sophia Loren, Adriano Celentano, Fernando Rey. A nun who has become the director of administrative services in a hospital must confront a patient who is a member of the communist party.
Runtime: 96 min.

Lady Liberty

V.O.: La Mortadella
It. 1971. Comedy by Mario Monicelli with Sophia Loren, Luigi Proietti, William Devane. An Italian immigrant is detained at customs because she refuses to give up a sausage that she has brought as a gift.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Priest's Wife

V.O.: La Moglie del prete
It. 1971. Comedy by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Venantino Venantini. A young woman pursues a priest with her affections in order to get him to marry her.

Sunflower

V.O.: I Girasoli
It. 1969. Drama by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva. At the end of the war, an Italian woman goes in search of her husband who disappeared in Russia.
Runtime: 100 min.

Ghosts- Italian Style

V.O.: Questi fantasmi
It. 1968. Comedy by Renato Castellani with Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf. The difficulties of a couple who has moved in to a supposedly haunted house.
Runtime: 94 min.

More Than a Miracle

V.O.: C'era una Volta
It. 1967. Fantasy comedy by Francesco Rosi with Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Dolores del Rio. A young prince falls in love with a peasant and wants to take her as his wife.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Stanley Donen with Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel. A university professor is unwillingly dragged into a political conspiracy.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1966. Sentimental comedy by Charles Chaplin with Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Tippi Hedren. To escape from her degraded life, a dancer hides on an ocean liner in the cabin of a diplomat.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1965. Psychological drama by Daniel Mann with Sophia Loren, Peter Finch, Jack Hawkins. In 1948, Israeli settlers use a Nazi's Jewish wife to seize him.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1965. Comedy by Peter Ustinov with Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven. The wife of a British aristocrat recounts her youthful love affair with an anarchist.
Runtime: 124 min.
G.-B. 1965. Spy drama by Michael Anderson with George Peppard, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Howard. British agents infiltrate a group of Nazi scientists and ensure the success of a bombing mission.
Runtime: 116 min.

Marriage Italian Style

V.O.: Matrimonio all'italiana
It. 1964. Dramatic comedy by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi. A former prostitute is married by an old lover.
Runtime: 100 min.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

V.O.: Ieri, oggi, domani
It. 1964. Sketches by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Guiffre. A cigarette seller, an industrialist's wife and a call girl experience various forms of love.
Runtime: 119 min.

The Condemned of Altona

V.O.: I Sequestrati di Altona
It. 1963. Psychological drama by Vittorio De Sica with Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Sophia Loren. The son of a German industrialistis locked in an attic since the end of the war.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1963. History by Anthony Mann with Stephen Boyd, Sophia Loren, James Mason. At the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, his son Commodus is proclaimed Caesar, at the expense of the general that the deceased chose as his successor.
Runtime: 182 min.
Fr. 1962. Drama by Anatole Litvak with Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young. After a plane crash, a man pretends to be dead in order to collect the insurance premium.
Runtime: 102 min.

Madame

V.O.: Madame Sans-Gêne
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Christian-Jaque with Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein, Julien Bertheau. A launderer marries a sergeant in Bonaparte's army who will become a marshal.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1961. Epic by Anthony Mann with Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone. The adventures of the knight Rodrigue de Bivar in eleventh century Spain.
Runtime: 172 min.

Boccace '70

V.O.: Boccaccio '70
It. 1961. Sketches by Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica with Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren. The adventures of a puritan, a couple of aristocrats and a girl who offers herself up as the prize in a lottery.
Runtime: 165 min.
It. 1961. Sketches by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica with Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider. The adventures of a new couple, a puritan, a married aristocrat involved in a scandal and a fairground worker who offers herself up as the prize in a lottery.
Runtime: 208 min.
U.S. 1960. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica. A man disputes the custody of his nephew with a relative who is a cabaret dancer.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1960. Comedy by Anthony Asquith with Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim. A wealthy heiress falls in love with an Indian doctor.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1960. Comedy by Michael Curtiz with Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin. At the beginning of the twentieth century, an Austrian princess causes a stir at court after an affair with an American.
Runtime: 98 min.

Two Women

V.O.: La Ciociara
It. 1960. Drama by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo. During the war, a woman goes back to her native village with her daughter.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1960. Western by George Cukor with Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest. The adventures of a theater company on tour in the West.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1959. Sentimental comedy by Sidney Lumet with Sophia Loren, Tab Hunter, George Sanders. A paratrooper on leave falls in love with a young woman in care.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1958. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. The daughter of an Italian musician is hired as a maid by a rich widower living on a barge with his children.
Runtime: 109 min.
G.-B. 1958. War drama by Carol Reed with William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard. A sailor entrusts his fianc?e to a friend in case he does not return from a dangerous mission.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1958. Drama by Martin Ritt with Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin. The daughter of a widower opposes her father's remarriage.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1957. Psychological drama by Delbert Mann with Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives. A young man becomes his mother-in-law?s lover.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1957. Drama by Stanley Kramer with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren. Spanish guerrillas seize a huge cannon to try to take Avila from Napoleon's soldiers.
Runtime: 131 min.
U.S. 1957. Adventures by Henry Hathaway with John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi. An adventurer becomes suspicious and greedy after finding a treasure in the Sahara.
Runtime: 109 min.

The Miller's Beautiful Wife

V.O.: La Bella Mugnaia
It. 1956. Comedy by Mario Camerini with Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni. In the seventeenth century, the governor of an occupied province is attracted to the charms of a pretty miller.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1956. Adventures by Jean Negulesco with Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren. A young Greek woman discovers an ancient statue of great value in the sea.
Runtime: 111 min.

L'Éternel Féminin

V.O.: Il Segno di Venere
It. 1955. Mores comedy by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica. The daily life and loves of two cousins living together in Rome.

Attila, The Hun

V.O.: Attila
It. 1955. History by Pietro Francisci with Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Claude Laydu. A few episodes of the invasion of the Roman Empire by the Huns.
Runtime: 80 min.

Scandal in Sorrento

V.O.: Pane, amore e...
It. 1955. Comedy by Dino Risi with Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani. A retired marshal is seduced by a fishmonger and then falls in love with a mature, pious young woman.
Runtime: 92 min.

Too Bad She's Bad

V.O.: Peccato che sia une canglia
It. 1955. Comedy by Alessandro Blasetti with Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni. A young thief falls in love with an honest cab driver.
Runtime: 95 min.

La Chance d'être femme

V.O.: La Fortuna di Essere Donna
It. 1955. Comedy by Alessandro Blasetti with Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni. An ambitious young girl dreams of becoming a movie star.
Runtime: 87 min.

A Day in Court

V.O.: Un Giorno in Pretora
It. 1954. Sketches by Steno with Peppino de Filippo, Sophia Loren, Silvana Pampanini. A magistrate in an Italian criminal court has to try several cases in one day.
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.

Ces voyous d'hommes

V.O.: Il paese dei campanelli
It. 1954. Musical by Jean Boyer with Mario Riva, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 77 min.

Woman of the River

V.O.: La Donna del fiume
It. 1954. Melodrama by Mario Soldati with Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin. A young girl takes revenge on the man who seduced her by denouncing him as a smuggler.
Runtime: 90 min.

Gold of Naples

V.O.: L'oro di Napoli
It. 1954. Sketches by Vittorio De Sica with Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, TOTO.
Runtime: 110 min.

Sous les Mers d'Afrique

V.O.: Africa sotto i mari
It. 1953. Adventures by Giovanni Roccardi with Steve Barclay, Sophia Loren, Fabio Montale. A young socialite is taken on a cruise for underwater exploration.

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. Music performance by Clemente Fracassi with Sophia Loren, Lois Maxwell, Luciano della Marra. Fighting against the Ethiopians who seek to free their king's daughter, an Egyptian general is condemned for the love he bears to the prisoner.
Runtime: 96 min.

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