Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed il Molleggiato (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With 150 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling Italian musical artists. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business, and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies. Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work. His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker. Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis, Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci. Along with Gaber and Jannacci, he was discovered by Jolly Records A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni. In 1960, Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita. In 1962, Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano (which is still active) with many performers such as Don Backy, Ola & the Janglers, Ricky Gianco, Katty Line, Gino Santercole, Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori. As a film director, Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Mori have three children, Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano. Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows. Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. As part of his TV and movie work, he created a comic genre, with a characteristic walk and facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed, in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, his low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance. ... Source: Article "Adriano Celentano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
La Dolce Vita
as Self (uncredited)Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn...
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The Taming of the Scoundrel
as Elia CodognoA rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and...
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Madly in Love
as Barnaba CecchiniCristina is a rich, spoiled princess visiting Rome with her royal parents. The mission of their...
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The Seven Deadly Sins
as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a...
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Ace
as AssoAsso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too...
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Bingo Bongo
as Bingo BongoThe ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo...
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The Grumpy
as Tito TorrisiTraveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl...
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Velvet Hands
as Ingegner QuillerEngineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to...
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Sing Sing
as Alfredo "Boghy"Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his...
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Grand Hotel Excelsior
as TaddeusTaddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since...
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La locandiera
as Cavaliere di RipafrettaThe innkeeper Mirandolina is a beautiful girl, and for her beauty the Count of Albafiorita and...
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A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as...
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Special Features: Handsome
as MattiaForty-something Mattia has every woman in town lusting after him. But every time a woman wants...
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The Con Artists
as FélixBelle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break....
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He's Worse than Me
as LeonardoTwo reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing...
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Di che segno sei?
as Alfredo Astariti detto "Fred Astaire"Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is...
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The Monk of Monza
as Un falso fratePasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy...
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Yuppi Du
as Felice della PietàHumble fisherman Felice finds out his first wife faked her suicide in order to run away — and...
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Here We for Example...
as Antonmatteo Colombo detto ClickPoet Palmambrogio Guanziroli loses his wallet mere moments after arriving in Milan. He locates...
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Serafino
as Serafino FiorinSerafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending...
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Saturday, Sunday and Friday
as Mr. Constantin (episodio "Venerdì")SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This...
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Little Funny Guy
as Peppino CavalloMovie starts with a small boy watching his father boarding a ship to America. Years later, all...
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Cyber Eden
as FurioGloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20....
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The Five Days
as CainazzoIn 1848, as Italy becomes engulfed in a bubbling revolution to finally get rid of the ruling...
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Loggerheads
as Herman / GustavA comedy styled as a documentary about the rise of Adolf Hitler as well as the story of two...
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Give Me Five
as don FulgenzioTwo episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy...
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Malamondo
as NarratorThis documentary looks at strange behaviors and practices in Europe, including nude skiing in...
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The Story of Romance and Knife
as Nino "Ninetto" Patroni, detto Er Più di BorgoThe story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to...
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Howlers of the Dock
as Adriano il molleggiatoFollows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy,...
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Joan Lui
as Joan LuiIn a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that...
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Juke Box - Screams of Love
as SingerAfter serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa...
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I Kiss... You Kiss
as Se stessoAdolfo Cocchi has a building firm but his plan to build a set of buildings is been stopped by an...
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1960
as Self (archive footage)By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores...
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Robbery Roman Style
as SergioAfter scoring big in a high-profile bank robbery, a gang of Milanese criminals has to hide in a...
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The Strange Type
as PeppinoPeppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to...
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L'altra metà del cielo
as Don Vincenzo FerrariDon Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna.
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White Sister
as Annibale PezziSister Germana, a beautiful woman who took the vows following the death of her fiancé Guido, is...
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Go, Johnny, Go!
as Adriano Celentano (uncredited)Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find...
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La colère
as Self (archive footage)Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his...
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Lunatics and Lovers
as Sprint BossThe family of a wealthy nobleman tries to take away his land away after learning that he is...
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Geppo il folle
as GeppoItalian rockstar Geppo has to learn English in order to perform with Barbra Streisand in the US,...
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The Jukebox Kids
as AdrianoWhen a promising record company president is arrested, his daughter takes over his company to...
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Hey, Let's Twist!
as Cantante (uncredited)Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance...
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La più bella coppia del mondo
as Adriano CelentanoWalter and Paola, presenter and godmother of the sixth Cantagiro, are involved in a...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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Disco
as SelfDisco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It...
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Adrian
as Adrian (voice)2068: in a dystopic Milan, a simple watchmaker called Adrian takes on a corrupt regime, assuming...
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