Paolo Stoppa Movies

Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points...

Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.

The lawyer Giulio Gualandi plans yet another escapade in Viareggio while he is with his wife on holiday in Cervinia.

Birdaghin is a dancer at La Scala in Milan whose rapid success also quickly goes to her head. Fortunately, everything will be fine.

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the...

A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for...

In Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a crazy plan to revitalize tourism.

An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and...

Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.

Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.

One of the most famous movie stars of the moment has a problem with his car. The actor is obliged to stop in a provincial hotel, where he finds...

A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.

Based on a Anton Chekhov short story, this slight tale has some good moments as the drama of a young boy's journey unfolds. The lad comes from...

A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.

Absurdism’s king of comedy, Luigi Pirandello, adapted a 1915 short story he wrote titled “Signora Frola and Signor Ponza, Her...

A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.