Alberto Negrin Movies
- 2002
Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian cattle dealer who was sympathetic to the fascist cause until September 8, 1943. Perlasca was in Budapest, Hungary, on a business trip when he had the opportunity to see first hand how Hungarian Jews were being treated by German occupying forces. Shocked by the cruelty and violence he saw, Perlasca had a sudden change of heart, and hatched a plan to help the Jews escape to freedom by impersonating a Spanish consul. As a result of Perlasca's brave actions, the lives of five thousand people were spared that day. Perlasca is a historical drama originally produced for Italian television which reenacts Perlasca's remarkable true story; Luca Zingaretti leads the cast as the daring Italian businessman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luca Zingaretti, Jerome Ange, (more)
- 2001
Recalling Schindler's List and other similar tales of WWII-era heroism, Perlasca, an Italian Hero relays the life story of an extraordinary individual who saved untold numbers of Jews from the horrors of the Holocaust. Though he demonstrated an unswerving devotion to fascism, Italian businessman Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti) grew so infuriated and incensed over the relentless persecution of Jews in early 1940s Budapest that he opted to take immediate corrective action. Perlasca masqueraded as a Spanish diplomat and set in motion a series of extraordinary events that culminated with his deliverance of 5,200 Jews from Auschwitz. In the process, he also saved a major Budapest ghetto and its inhabitants from annihilative immolation by the Nazis. In his dramatization of these events, director Alberto Negrin balances Perlasca's relentless courage in out-maneuvering the Nazis with frequent reminders of his shaky and controversial political stance. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1990
This made-for-television film Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair chronicles the true story of the 1985 hijacking of an Italian cruise ship by a group of Palestinians. Voyage of Terror is primarily told through the viewpoint of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer (Burt Lancaster and Eva Marie Saint), an elderly couple who happen to be on board during the hijacking, yet the film also follows the ordeals of other hostages and the terrorists themselves, who are led by Joseph Nasser in a compelling performance. Voyage of Terror was shot on the actual Achille Lauro cruise ship and was originally aired as a two-part mini-series. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
The last days in the life of fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his family are told from the point of view of his ill-fated son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano (Anthony Hopkins) in this crammed, two-hour historical biography. Originally filmed as a four-part miniseries, the two-hour reduction leaves a very speeded-up view of the time between the Allied landing in Italy and Mussolini's death. As events worsen for the dictator (shown shuffling around in slippers at home like a domesticated pet) he begins to lose his support, including that of his son-in-law Galeazzo. After the German army frees him from a brief detention by Partisan forces, the dictator orders Galeazzo's execution. Italy has obviously lost the war, but Mussolini seems to be living in his own small world. Susan Sarandon plays Mussolini's daughter and Galeazzo's wife, Bob Hoskins is the dictator, and Barbara De Rossi is Mussolini's doomed mistress, Claretta.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon, (more)
- 1985
- R
An softcore film featuring sado-masochism and bondage, Hot Chili concerns four teen-age boys who go to work at an exclusive Mexican spa. In spite of the orders of the manager, they are soon sexually involved with innumerable buxom and in sometimes kinky guests, ranging from a Nazi to a swinging elderly couple from Texas. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charles Schillaci, Allan J. Kayser, (more)
- 1978
Italian screen legend Fabio Testi stars as a young police detective investigating the brutal sexual assault and murder of a young girl discovered near the edge of the city limits. Later, after discovering a luxury villa in which the murdered girl's friends entertain a group of powerful local businessmen, the detective discovers that the frightened girls have been intimidated into silence. As the detective sets out to question the girls, he quickly discovers that someone is willing to kill in order to keep their dark secret. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
