List of the best Valentina Cortesa movies: Women Without Names(1950), Secret People(1952), Kidnap Syndicate(1976), Shadow of the Eagle(1950), The Girlfriends(1955), The Evil Eye(1963), The Possessed(1965), The Glass Mountain(1949), Malaya(1950), The Assassination of Trotsky(1972), Day for Night(1973), Give Her the Moon(1970) ... ...
Drama
Italy
1950
95 Minutes
This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for displaced women after the end of World War II. Among them, Anna, a Yugoslav, who has seen her... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1952
96 Minutes
Valentina Cortesa Serge Reggiani Audrey Hepburn Charles Goldner Megs Jenkins Irene Worth
young woman sister guardian old flame radical intricate suspenseful emotional london café paris party police station orphans immigrants new life peer pressure terrorism assassination attempt transformation
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Crime, Drama
Italy
1976
97 Minutes
Grazia
James Mason Valentina Cortesa Luc Merenda Irina Maleeva Marino Mase Vittorio Caprioli Daniele Dublino Enzo Pulcrano Renato Romano Renato Baldini Giulio Baraghini
Based on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.
Adventure
UK|Italy
1950
92 Minutes
count empress princess countess general brooding engaging emotional passionate sultry italy royalty historical figures romance italy rivalry forbidden love love pursuit quest
Count Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia's many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova who has been laying claim to the throne from the Crimea. ... See full summary »
Drama
1955
105 Minutes
Nene
Eleonora Rossi Drago Valentina Cortesa Gabriele Ferzetti Franco Fabrizi Yvonne Furneaux Madeleine Fischer Anna Maria Pancani Ettore Manni
entrepreneur wealthy woman friend fiancé emotional passionate italy turin, italy rome hotel friendship female bonding love triangle romance infidelity love discovery 1950s
While working at a boutique, a woman (Eleonora Rossi Drago) makes new friends who have complicated relationships.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1963
86 Minutes
Laura Craven-Torrani
Letícia Román John Saxon Valentina Cortesa Titti Tomaino Luigi Bonos Milo Quesada
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1965
95 Minutes
Irma
Peter Baldwin Franco Rossellini Salvo Randone Valentina Cortesa Pia Lindström Virna Lisi Pier Giovanni Anchisi Anna Maria Gherardi Ennio Balbo
A popular writer visits his favorite holiday destination during the off season looking for the woman he is secretly infatuated with, only to find out that she has committed suicide, but did she really?
Drama
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Alida Morrosini
Michael Denison Dulcie Gray Valentina Cortesa Tito Gobbi Sebastian Shaw Antonio Centa Sidney King Elena Rizzieri Arnold Marle
composer wife resistance fighter singer melodramatic emotional spectacular airplane dolomite mountains england opera house marriage opera world war ii rescue legends plane crash forbidden love transformation rescue
1648. French people are relieved: the Thirty Years War is over and they will be able to live in peace. This feeling is shared by General Cadeau, the hero of the war, and his loyal aide, ... See full summary »
War
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Luana
Spencer Tracy James Stewart Sydney Greenstreet Valentina Cortesa John Hodiak Lionel Barrymore Gilbert Roland Roland Winters Richard Loo Lester Matthews Ian MacDonald
journalist adventurer editor government agent girlfriend old friend gritty tense california alcatraz island ship malay peninsula jungle plantation world war ii secret mission friendship patriotism island life smuggling
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.
Drama, History
1972
103 Minutes
Richard Burton Alain Delon Romy Schneider Valentina Cortesa Enrico Maria Salerno Luigi Vannucchi Jean Desailly Simone Valere Duilio Del Prete Peter Chatel
A Stalinist assassin (Alain Delon) tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky (Richard Burton) to Mexico in 1940.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1973
120 Minutes
Severine
Jacqueline Bisset François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Léaud Valentina Cortesa Alexandra Stewart Jean Champion Nathalie Baye Bernard Menez Jean-François Stévenin
actor actress director crew member fiancée doctor witty playful melodramatic sad stage france backstage movie making affair fame celebrity acting quest love
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Comedy
France|Italy
1970
92 Minutes
Madeleine de Lépine
Marthe Keller Bert Convy Philippe Noiret Dorothy Marchini Valentina Cortesa Fernand Gravey Jean-Pierre Marielle Didi Perego Henri Cremieux François Périer
Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She did agree to follow him if he moves her village to New York.
Biography
UK|Italy
1973
121 Minutes
Pica Di Bernardone
Graham Faulkner Judi Bowker Alec Guinness Leigh Lawson Kenneth Cranham Valentina Cortesa Michael Feast John Sharp
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Drama
Italy|USA
1954
128 Minutes
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Humphrey Bogart Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Marius Goring Rossano Brazzi Valentina Cortesa Elizabeth Sellars Warren Stevens
dancer director producer tycoon press agent count sad passionate french riviera london spain hollywood, calif. cemetery nightclub stardom filmmaking rags to riches exploitation loss of innocence deception
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
Adventure
USA
1980
121 Minutes
Rose Valdez
Paul Newman Jacqueline Bisset William Holden Edward Albert Red Buttons Barbara Carrera Valentina Cortesa Veronica Hamel Alex Karras Burgess Meredith Ernest Borgnine
oil driller geologist loner dark island volcano time danger disaster escape
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Mystery & Thriller
1968
130 Minutes
Countess Bozo Bedoni
Kim Novak Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Milton Selzer Rossella Falk Gabriele Tinti Valentina Cortesa Jean Carroll Michael Murphy Lee Meriwether James Lanphier
actress beautiful woman celebrity director ex-husband producer emotional eerie hollywood, calif. film set acting romance filmmaking doppelganger reincarnation love discovery 1960s
A filmmaker manipulates a starlet into the image of his late wife, a celebrated actress who met a tragic death.
Comedy
USA
1969
140 Minutes
Gabriella
Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Virna Lisi Hardy Kruger Sergio Franchi Renato Rascel Giancarlo Giannini Valentina Cortesa Edward Ciannelli Leopoldo Trieste
mayor townsperson captain nazi drunk endearing inspiring amusing italy small town vineyard wine nazi occupation deception courage resistance quest underdog 1940s
During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans
Fantasy
UK|West Germany
1989
126 Minutes
Queen Ariadne, Violet
John Neville Eric Idle Sarah Polley Oliver Reed Charles McKeown Winston Dennis Jack Purvis Valentina Cortesa Jonathan Pryce Bill Paterson Peter Jeffrey
city official girl henchman playful amusing charming spirited europe hot-air balloon city baron munchausen journey death folklore heroism adventure sacrifice quest 18th century
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Fantasy
Italy|France
1965
148 Minutes
Giulietta Masina Sandra Milo Sylva Koscina Mario Pisu Alba Cancellieri Caterina Boratto Luisa Della Noce Sabrina Gigli Rosella De Sepio Lou Gilbert Valentina Cortesa
wife cheater husband mystic mistress dreamy dark offbeat tense france seance villa infidelity spiritual visions breakup marriage escape transformation discovery 1960s
Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.