Movies by Laura Betti
As part of the cast:
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Courage Mountain (1990)
Cast: Juliette Caton, Jan Rubes, Charlie Sheen …
Directed by: Christopher Leitch
In this sequel to the classic Heidi, the spirited orphan -- now a teenager -- is sent to an Italian boarding school at the dawn of World War I. When the German army takes control of the…
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Viaggio con Anita (1979)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger …
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Goldie Hawn stars in this 1979 screwball comedy as Anita, an impulsive American actress who embarks on a whirlwind affair with charming Italian banker Guido Massacesi (Giancarlo Giannini)…
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Lovers & Liars (1979)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Betti …
Directed by: Mario Moncelli
Goldie Hawn stars as an American tourist in Italy, swept off her feet by an seedy Italian banker. Searching for adventure, together they start upon a romantic odyssey where complications…
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1900 (1977)
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Laura Betti, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's epic tale follows the lives of two Italian men -- a peasant (Gerard Depardieu) and a landowner (Robert De Niro) -- both born on Jan. 1, 1900. Friends as children,…
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Private Vices Public Virtues (1976)
Cast: Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Teresa Ann Savoy …
Directed by: Miklós Jancsó
Earning a Golden Palm nod at the Cannes Film Festival, this erotic drama uses the real-life Mayerling affair -- in which Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress committed suicide…
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The Woman with Red Boots (1974)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Laura Betti …
Directed by: Juan Luis Bunuel
After a chance meeting with avant garde writer Francoise, an elderly millionaire starts to manipulate her life, drawing in equally unsuspecting and happily married Mark. Francoise however is…
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The Murri Affair (1974)
Cast: Laura Betti, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini …
Directed by: Mauro Bolognini
When Tullio Murri (Giancarlo Giannini) murders the abusive nobleman husband of his sister Linda (a radiant Catherine Deneuve), the ensuing trial begins to focus more on the unpopular…
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The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli …
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust. A host of lovers and pilgrims unite for a wonderful and at times unpredictable…
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Bay of Blood (1971)
Cast: Claudine Auger, Chris Avram, Laura Betti …
Directed by: Mario Bava
When a man murders his heiress wife, her relatives set out to narrow the field of inheritors by going on a killing spree. But when college kids take over an abandoned house on the property to…
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Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Cast: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso …
Directed by: Mario Bava
Countess Federica, the elderly owner of a coveted piece of bayside property, is brutally slain by her husband -- who is himself then killed by a mysterious third person. Could the killer be…
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Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Cast: Femi Benussi, Laura Betti, Stephen Forsyth …
Directed by: Mario Bava
John Harrington (Stephen Forsyth) and his wife, Mildred (Laura Betti), run an exclusive salon devoted to wedding apparel for women. Although he seems a harmless fashion designer, John is…
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Anatomy of a Psycho/Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Cast: Ronnie Burns, Pamela Lincoln, Darrell Howe …
Directed by: Mario Bava, Brooke L. Peters
In Anatomy of a Psycho, a crazed killer (Ronnie Burns) and his girlfriend prowl the night looking to avenge the death of his brother, who was executed in the gas chamber. Now, the two are…
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Teorema (1968)
Cast: Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti …
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives, makes love to every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but…
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Escape by Night (1960)
Cast: Giovanna Ralli, Renato Salvatori, Leo Genn …
Directed by: Roberto Rossellini
In Nazi-occupied Rome, Esperia (Giovanna Ralli) reluctantly takes in three fugitive Allied POWs -- British Maj. Pemberton (Leo Genn), Soviet Sgt. Fyodor (Sergei Bondarchuk) and United States…