A list of films produced in Italy in 1979 (see 1979 in film):
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Gli anni struggenti Vittorio Sindoni Gabriele Ferzetti comedy Assassinio sul Tevere Bruno Corbucci Tomas Milian, Marina Ripa Di Meana poliziottesco-comedy Beyond the Darkness Joe D'Amato Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi Horror Caligula Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole Adult, Drama, History Christ Stopped at Eboli Elio Petri Gian Maria Volonté, Lea Massari, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Irene Papas Political drama Golden Prize at Moscow, David di Donatello for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film Cindy's Love Games Aldo Grimaldi Cindy Leadbetter Commedia sexy all'italiana Pasquale Festa Campanile Lilli Carati, Enrico Maria Salerno Commedia sexy all'italiana Giuliano Montaldo Nino Manfredi, Marlène Jobert, Vittorio Mezzogiorno crime drama Dear Father Dino Risi Vittorio Gassman, Andrée Lachapelle, Aurore Clément drama Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival Dedicated to the Aegean Sea Masuo Ikeda Ilona Staller, Stefania Casini, Olga Karlatos Drama, Romance Italian-Japanese co-production Don Giovanni Joseph Losey Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa Opera Don't Trust the MafiaGabriele Tinti, Paola Senatore, Pino MauroCrime Un dramma borghese Florestano Vancini Franco Nero, Dalila Di Lazzaro drama Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot Steno Paolo Villaggio, Edwige Fenech Comedy Encounters in the Deep Italo Zingarelli Andrés García, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti science fiction Ernesto Salvatore Samperi Virna Lisi, Michele Placido, Turi Ferro drama Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival The Finzi Detective Agency Bruno Corbucci Renato Pozzetto, Enzo Cannavale crime-comedy From Corleone to Brooklyn Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola, Laura Belli Crime From Hell to Victory Umberto Lenzi George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz war From the Clouds to the Resistance Straub–Huillet Olimpia Carlisi drama Bruno Corbucci Tomas Milian, Asha Puthli poliziottesco-comedy Gardenia Franco Califano, Martin Balsam, Robert Webber Giallo a Venezia Mario Landi Leonora Fani giallo The Great Alligator River Sergio Martino Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer Horror Happy Hobos Sergio Citti Vittorio Gassman, Philippe Noiret, Gigi Proietti comedy Hot Potato Steno Renato Pozzetto, Edwige Fenech comedy Vincent Gardenia, Leonora Fani, Wolfango Soldati horror How to Seduce Your Teacher Mariano Laurenti Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Hunted City Stelvio MassiMaurizio Merli, Mario Merola poliziottesco Hurricane Rosy Mario Monicelli Gérard Depardieu, Faith Minton sport comedy Images in a Convent Joe D'Amato Paola Senatore, Marina Hedman sexploitation L'imbranato Pier Francesco Pingitore Pippo Franco, Laura Troschel comedy I'm for the Hippopotamus Tonino Ricci Terence Hill, Bud Spencer adventure-comedy L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe Giuliano Carnimeo Lino Banfi, Nadia Cassini, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Island of the Fishmen Sergio Martino Claudio Cassinelli, Barbara Bach, Richard Johnson, Joseph Cotten adventure-fantasy La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta Nando Cicero Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Life Is Beautiful Grigory Chukhray Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti Drama Lobster for Breakfast Giorgio Capitani Enrico Montesano, Claude Brasseur comedy Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita) Mario Monicelli Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini Romantic comedy La luna Bernardo Bertolucci Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Tomas Milian, Franco Citti, Roberto Benigni Drama Malabimba – The Malicious Whore Il malato immaginario Tonino Cervi Alberto Sordi, Laura Antonelli, Bernard Blier, Giuliana De Sio comedy A Man on His Knees Damiano Damiani Giuliano Gemma, Michele Placido, Eleonora Giorgi crime-drama The Meadow Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Michele Placido, Saverio Marconi, Isabella Rossellini drama Neapolitan Mystery Sergio Corbucci Marcello Mastroianni, Ornella Muti, Renato Pozzetto, Michel Piccoli Giallo comedy Night Nurse Nando Cicero Lino Banfi, Gloria Guida, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana The Nurse in the Military Madhouse Mariano Laurenti Nadia Cassini, Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Ogro Gillo Pontecorvo Gian Maria Volonté, José Sacristán, Eusebio Poncela, Ángela Molina DramaSpanish co-production. David di Donatello winner Il piccolo Archimede Gianni Amelio Laura Betti, John Steiner poliziottesco A Policewoman on the Porno Squad Michele Massimo Tarantini Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Porci con la P 38 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Marc Porel, Laura Belli poliziottesco Play Motel Mario Gariazzo Anna Maria Rizzoli, Ray Lovelock giallo Ratataplan Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro Comedy Le rose di Danzica Alberto Bevilacqua Franco Nero, Helmut Berger, Olga Karlatos war drama Saturday, Sunday and Friday Castellano & Pipolo, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Sergio Martino Adriano Celentano, Edwige Fenech, Barbara Bouchet, Lino Banfi Comedy Scusi lei è normale? Umberto Lenzi Renzo Montagnani, Ray Lovelock, Anna Maria Rizzoli Commedia sexy all'italiana Seeking Asylum (Chiedo asilo) Marco Ferreri Roberto Benigni, Dominique Laffin Comedy Berlin Award The Shark Hunter Enzo G. Castellari Franco Nero, Werner Pochath Adventure filmed in Mexico The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid Michele Lupo Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey Comedy Lino Capolicchio, Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane Supersonic Man Juan Piquer Simón Cameron Mitchell superhero Terror Express Ferdinando Baldi Silvia Dionisio, Werner Pochath rape and revenge Tigers in Lipstick Luigi Zampa Ursula Andress, Monica Vitti, Roberto Benigni, Sylvia Kristel Comedy Together? Armenia Balducci Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Terence Stamp, Monica Guerritore romance drama To Forget Venice Franco Brusati Erland Josephson, Mariangela Melato, Erland Josephson Drama David di Donatello Best Film winner. Academy Award nominee. Gay interest Traffic Jam Luigi Comencini Gérard Depardieu, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli, Alberto Sordi drama Velvet Hands Castellano & Pipolo Adriano Celentano, Eleonora Giorgi comedy The Visitor Giulio Paradisi Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Franco Nero, Sam Peckinpah psychological thriller I viaggiatori della sera Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Vanoni, Corinne Cléry science fiction-drama Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? Marino Girolami Renzo Montagnani, Paola Senatore, Alvaro Vitali Commedia sexy all'italiana Zombi 2 Tisa FarrowHorror Zombie Holocaust Marino Girolami Ian McCullochHorror
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External links Italian films of 1979 at the Internet Movie Database