Didi Perego Movies

This talky French costume drama chronicles the adventures of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as they attempt to flee Paris during the 1791 revolution. While en route to Varennes, the couple encounter and have philosophical debates with a number of fascinating historical figures including Thomas Paine and Restif de la Bretonne. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A down on his luck gambler goes to work for a pair of wealthy, and lusty, female admirers only to discover that his chores include much more than simple housework. Michele (Carlo Giuffrè) knows how to handle his cards, but lately he's been stuck on a losing streak. Informed by his friend and advisor Peppino (Enzo Cannavale) that his debts have superseded his earnings, Michele sells shoes just to get by. But as good as Michele is at handling cards, he handles women even better. Giulia and Monica are two of his biggest admirers, and they're willing to pay him to perform odd jobs around their mansion. But their idea of odd jobs include getting Michele to pose for nude paintings, and summoning him to the barn for a roll in the hay. Before long, Michele's libidinous new employers are working him around the clock. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this French romance, Louise (Jeanne Moreau) lives alone and seems to like it that way. She has been through a divorce and the recent death of her mother. Recently, she has moved to Annecy, a moderate-sized city, to take work as a schoolteacher. She encounters a much younger man, Luigi (Julian Negulesco), an Italian who is down on his luck. Though he moved to France to find work, he was robbed of his money and papers and is stranded. When he helps her bury her dogs, which her neighbor has poisoned for barking, their relationship grows to a new level. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this Italian western, an outlaw enlists the aid of his pal and a robber gang to pull off a gold heist. Later, the gang argues about how the loot should be split. The robber gang then absconds with the gold leaving the other pair in the dust. The outlaw and friend set off to capture the treacherous gang. They finally find them in a Mexican town where the residents are celebrating a religious festival. A terrible shootout ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Marie (Marthe Keller) is the most beautiful girl in her small village. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby town and wins the top prize. Broderick (Bert Convey) is the young American businessman who falls in love with the newly crowned beauty queen. She agrees to marry him but states she cannot leave her village behind her. He buys the entire village and moves them all to a small island near Manhattan. Try as they may, the simple villagers cannot adjust to the turbulence of the big city with the Statue of Liberty always looming in the background. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

A married woman in her 30s tries to spice up her sex life with her distracted husband. Annie (Annie Girardot) buys clothes to entice her husband Philippe (Jean Yanne) who is preoccupied with an upcoming tax audit. Even the presence of a beautiful fashion model who visits with Phillipe's brother fails to divert his attention. The title is taken from one of several advertisements seen by Annie who is desperate to regain her husband's attention. This feature is the official French entry at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

In this Italian romance, a young woman with a love for loving begins masquerading as her roommate so she can have more affairs. Her roomie is a stewardess and is seldom at home, so her ruse works well. One of her lovers is a high-ranking official at the Vatican and another works as a dentist. To keep from having an embarrassing overlap of lovers, she has created a special schedule in which she allots three days a week for each of the lovers. The final day she reserves for her college sweetheart. Mayhem ensues when the men discover the truth. Fortunately, the charming girl is able to convince each one that she loves him and him alone. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This routine drama by François Villiers is about a father coming to grips with the fact that he has a young son. Pierre (Pierre Mondy) is an ordinary laborer but when he receives word that and former lover in Corsica is dying -- and that she bore him a son he never knew about -- Pierre quickly heads to the island. After he arrives he is in strict denial but then begins very slowly to relent. He travels around Corsica looking for someone who might adopt his nine-year-old son Pietro (Marietto) in order to train him at some job or another. Pierre's objective at the moment is to get back home as soon as he can. ~Schneewittchen und die sieben Gaukler (Hoffmann, Kurt) [109074] aka: Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge aka: Snow White and the Seven Jugglers This musical-comedy by Kurt Hoffmann is meant to be a take-off on the fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but may prove the point that changing fairy tales into reality works better the other way around. Dr. Anita Rossi (Caterina Valente) travels to a dying resort hotel in the Swiss mountains with plans to resuscitate the venture. She is an engineer with expertise in heating -- ideal for the Swiss mountains -- and some business savvy. By way of personnel (the originals have quit for non-payment of salaries) she hires seven circus jugglers to act as waiters, busboys, bellhops, and other staff. Lo and behold, everything starts to work out and what is even better, Norbert (Walter Lang) the owner of the hotel, is a definite Prince Charming. Then in steps a wicked stripper to scuttle the budding romance. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Catherine Spaak was only eighteen, yet already known, when she co-starred in this comedy-drama with Nino Manfredi. She plays naive young woman Dora, who heads for the big city and a lot of growing up. Her exploits are mainly centered on the men she meets as she flits from one to the next without a great deal of worry or regret. She does have one on-again, off-again steady relationship with Nino (Manfredi) and spends some time with a middle-aged couple, Scipio and Amneris. All told, her relationships and experiences, especially her last romantic encounter which is not at all the best, contribute to her coming-of-age.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

In this drama, a single woman approaching 40 grows bored of her affair with a married trucker and writes to a singles column. She ends up paired with an outwardly conservative bookstore clerk. During their date, he drinks and soon turns into a rude, crude, drunken slob. She is mortified until he apologizes. She forgives him and they have sex. In the morning they resume their former lives. Perhaps they will meet again. Perhaps not. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

An industrial spy is found murdered in an out-of-the-way pottery factory. Posing as an author, Cathy investigates the killing, which is tied in with a secret formula for an unbreakable ceramic. Alas, Cathy herself is most breakable, and she has quite a time remaining in one piece before Steed arrives on the scene. First telecast in England on January 12, 1963 (and not seen in America until February 15, 1991), "Immortal Clay" was written by James Mitchell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank. Here, Ms. Strasberg is once again a European Jewish teenager victimized by the Nazis. Interred in a concentration camp, Strasberg is befriended by the camp's kindly doctor, who helps her hide her true identity and work as a camp guard, or "kapo." Unfortunately, Strasberg's new found power goes to her head, and her abuse of that power is very nearly on the same level as the Nazis. Brought down to earth by the death of a close friend, Strasberg spearheads an escape attempt, sacrificing her own life in the process. Nominated for a best foreign picture Oscar in 1960, Kapo nonetheless did not find an American distributor until 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi