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Sylva Koscina

Sylva Koscina

Yugoslav actress (1933-1994)
August 22, 1933 (December 26, 1994)
Runtime: 125 min.

The Manipulator

V.O.: African Story
It. 1974. Crime drama by Marino Girolami with Stephen Boyd, Sylva Koscina, Michel Kerner. A television tycoon orders the kidnapping of a singer with whom his daughter is in love.
Runtime: 87 min.

Lisa and the Devil

V.O.: Lisa e il diavolo
It. 1972. Fantasy by Mario Bava with Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina. A young tourist finds herself lost in a villa, where she experiences strange, terrifying things.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1971. Comedy by Jean Dewever with Georges Géret, Sylva Koscina, Christian Barbier. A man sets out in a van to look for his daughter, taking his wife and children with him.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Student Connection

V.O.: Un par de zapatos del '32
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1970. War drama by Phil Karlson with Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Mark Colleano. An officer, wounded in a German attack, is rescued by a group of young boys.
Runtime: 109 min.

Battle of Neretva

V.O.: Bitka na Neretvi
Youg. 1970. War drama by Veljko Bulajic with Sergey Bondarchuk, Yul Brynner, Sylva Koscina. Surrounded by the Germans and the Italians, twenty thousand Yugoslav partisans try to escape extermination by crossing the Neretva River.
Runtime: 139 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Desagnat with Marcel Bozzuffi, Sylva Koscina, Marc Cassot. After faking his own death, a hired killer is taken in by a woman on the French Riviera who wants to use him to cover up a murder committed by her husband.
Runtime: 88 min.

Ici Londres: la colombe ne doit pas voler

V.O.: La Colomba non deve volare
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Michel Worms with Maurice Ronet, Emmanuelle Riva, Sylva Koscina. After deciding to break up with his wife, a man takes the train to join his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Protagonistes

V.O.: I Protagonisti
It. 1968. Moral study by Marcello Fondato with Sylva Koscina, Jean Sorel, Pamela Tiffin. A group of tourists seeks to meet a bandit in Sardinia.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Last Roman

V.O.: Kampf um Rom I
All. 1968. History by Robert Siodmak with Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina. After the fall of Rome, a patrician seeks to bring the emperor of Byzantium to fight against the Goths.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1968. Crime drama by David Lowell Rich with Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach. A former police officer is hired to serve as a bodyguard for a woman accused of murder.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1967. Comedy by Jack Smight with Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan. An ordinary soldier is assigned to organize the escape of five senior officers from a Nazi fortress.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1967. Police comedy by Yves Allégret with Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Michel de Ré. A young thug from Barcelona runs away with the profits from a robbery.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1967. Crime drama by Ralph Thomas with Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina. An insurance investigator struggles with two murderers.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Alvin Ganzer with David McCallum, Sylva Koscina, Domenico Modugno. An English guide leads a group of tourists through Italy.
Runtime: 104 min.

Four Queens for an Ace

V.O.: Carré de dames pour 1 as
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Jacques Poitrenaud with Roger Hanin, Sylva Koscina, Dominique Wilms. A man is assigned to track down a dangerous spy.
Runtime: 93 min.

That Man in Istambul

V.O.: Estambul 65
Esp. 1965. Adventures by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi with Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Perrette Pradier. A police officer who has come to Istanbul to investigate the disappearance of a scientist, obtains the collaboration of a whimsical adventurer.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1965. Sketches by Jean Delannoy, Gianni Puccini, François Dupont-Midy, Alvaro Mancori with Jean Richard, Leopoldo Trieste, Michel Serrault. Various sketches focused on alcove stories.
Runtime: 114 min.

Baraka sur X 13

V.O.: Baraka sur X-13
Fr. 1965. Spy drama by Maurice Cloche with Gérard Barray, Sylva Koscina, Jose Suarez. A secret agent manages to prevent spies from stealing an extremely dangerous invention.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1965. Adventures by Claude Sautet with Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon. A sailor seeks to recapture a stolen boat from arms dealers.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Abel Gance with Jose Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina.
Runtime: 145 min.

Let's Talk About Women

V.O.: Se permettete parliamo di donne
It. 1964. Sketches by Ettore Scola with Vittorio Gassman, Sylva Koscina, Eleonora Rossi Drago. A dozen variations on the relationship between men and women.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Pierre Kast with Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff, Pierre Brasseur. A crossroads of criminal maneuvers within a financial consortium.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Georges Franju with Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Édith Scob. A man improvises himself as a vigilante and kidnaps a dishonest banker.
Runtime: 97 min.

Love In Four Dimensions

V.O.: Amore in quattro dimensioni
It. 1964. Sketches by Massimo Mida, Jacques Romain, Gianni Puccini, Mino Guerrini with Carlo Giuffré, Sylva Koscina, Philippe Leroy. Four stories centered on deception in love.
Runtime: 108 min.
It. 1963. Comedy by Steno with Mylène Demongeot, Walter Chiari, Sylva Koscina. The adventures of some Europeans who came to Rio de Janeiro for the carnival.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Sami Frey, Mylène Demongeot, Sylva Koscina. A young man must seduce a stewardess to smuggle gold to India.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1963. Comedy by Ralph Thomas with Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley. Unbeknownst to him, a young novelist serves as a secret service liaison.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Maurice Régamey with Jean-Claude Pascal, Scilla Gabel, John Justin. A knight receives a mission to collect a ransom to free his captive king.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Henri Decoin with Jean Marais, Claudine Auger, Sylva Koscina. D'Artagnan is charged by Mazarin to bring to court a masked prisoner who is none other than the twin brother of Louis XIV.
Runtime: 125 min.

Swordsman of Siena

V.O.: La Congiura dei Dieci
It. 1962. Adventures by Étienne Périer with Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina, Riccardo Garrone. An English mercenary in the service of a tyrannical governor sides with the people.
Runtime: 97 min.

Trapped by Fear

V.O.: Les Distractions
Fr. 1960. Drama by Jacques Dupont with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Alexandra Stewart. A reporter-photographer shelters a friend who has just killed a police officer.
Runtime: 102 min.

Uncle Was a Vampire

V.O.: Tempi duri per i vampiri
It. 1960. Fantasy comedy by Steno with Renato Rascel, Christopher Lee, Sylva Koscina.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Robert Lamoureux with Robert Lamoureux, Sylva Koscina, Lucile Saint-Simon. Spurned by the married woman he wanted to seduce, a man devises a plan for revenge that leads to various misunderstandings.
Runtime: 80 min.

Hercules

V.O.: Le Fatiche di Ercole
It. 1959. Adventures by Pietro Francisci with Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni. The demigod Hercules, son of Jupiter, performs extraordinary feats.
Runtime: 105 min.
It. 1959. Comedy by Steno with Renato Rascel, Christopher Lee, Sylva Koscina. A baron turned hotel doorman gets into trouble with his vampire uncle.

Parisien malgré lui

V.O.: Totò a Parigi
It. 1958. Comedy by Camillo Mastrocinque with Toto, Fernand Gravey, Sylva Koscina. The adventures of a tramp who is the perfect lookalike of a marquis.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Fernandel, Denise Grey, Sylva Koscina. The veterinarian of a small village manages to create a large clientele among humans.
Runtime: 89 min.

Femmes d'un été

V.O.: Racconti d'estate
It. 1958. Mores comedy by Gianni Franciolini with Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina. On a beach on the Italian Riviera, four storylines intersect.
Runtime: 98 min.

Hercules Unchained

V.O.: Ercole e la regina di Lidia
It. 1958. Adventures by Pietro Francisci with Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez. The demigod Hercules is in charge of restoring peace in Thebes.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Philippe Agostini with Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Sylva Koscina. A young teacher?s new methods earn him the esteem of his students and the opposition of the parents and his superiors.
Runtime: 97 min.

L'Impossible Isabelle

V.O.: La Nonna Sabella
It. 1957. Comedy by Dino Risi with Tina Pica, Renato Salvatori, Sylva Koscina. A young man manages to thwart the matrimonial plans his grandmother had for him.
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Fiancés de la mort

V.O.: I Fidanzati della Morte
It. 1957. Melodrama by Romolo Marcellini with Hans Albers, Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Mighty Crusaders

V.O.: La Gerusalemme Liberata
Runtime: 95 min.

Michael Strogoff

V.O.: Michel Strogoff
Fr. 1956. Adventures by Carmine Gallone with Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Henri Nassiet. A Russian officer is charged with carrying a message from the tsar to the commander of a fortress surrounded by Tartars.
Runtime: 111 min.

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