Gigi Ballista

Actor

December 1, 1918 (61 years)

† August 2, 1980

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Biography

Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consultant in the field of advertising and industrial documentaries. He debuted as an actor at a mature age in the early 1960s with some minor roles, but his breakout came in 1966 with a role of weight in Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians. Following the critical and…

Filmography

5.6

Salon Kitty

Nazi General

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

7.4

Midnight Express

Chief Judge

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

5.0

Under the Sheets

Professor Ciotti

Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.

5.3

The Family Vice

Conte Giosuè

When Giacomo D'Amato is released from jail he is immediately employed by Magda, in a plot to secure her the heritage of the count. But there are other players in this game too, and Giacomo has his own agenda.

4.4

How I Learned to Love Women

sir Archibald

An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.

7.3

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

doctor

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried.

5.9

Stavisky...

Gaston Henriet

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

5.6

Policewoman

avvocato

A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.

5.9

Giovannona Long-Thigh

Commendatore La Noce

When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife in an attempt to seduce the judge.

10.0

Il furto della gioconda

Poupardin

A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

6.9

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Padre Polenta

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

6.0

Confessions of a Lady Cop

Questore Moretti

Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.

6.0

Roma bene

Vitozzi

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

4.8

Italian Sex

padre di Carletto

A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her salivating thesis committee and a large audience of curious on-lookers.

7.0

Il Circolo Pickwick

Nathaniel Winkle

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4.3

Poker in Bed

comm. Gervasio Caminata

A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at the gambling tables.

5.3

Black Turin

Marinotti

Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.

5.5

Lady Caliph

Il principe industriale

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

5.2

The Schoolmate

Girardi

Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy

6.2

La madama

The Venetian

In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito (Christian De Sica) they might even start to like the guy. Vito is a funny sort of a cop. For a start he doesn't like the uniform (he never wears it). Things might even go smoothly for him, if it weren't for an incredible number of beautiful girls who always manage to get in his way. Especially one girl Angelo (shouldn't that have been Angela? No, the girl's name really is Angelo). Problems arise too, with his direct supervisor, who also happens to be a relative. But Vito puts up with it all and manages to stay his usual calm and polite self, even when he risks getting killed.