Sergio Martino
1938 (86 лет)Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions. Their grandfather was director Gennaro Righelli.
Martino worked for both the big screen as well as for Italian television (where he does most of his current work).
He often worked with actress Edwige Fenech who in the 1970s was married to his brother Luciano. He also worked with a lot of genre actors such as George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Claudio Cassinelli, as well as famed Italian screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi.
Martino's pseudonyms include: Julian Barry, Martin Dolman, Serge Martin, Christian Plummer, George Raminto.
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Mike Baronas
Claudio Aliotti, Adelaide Aste
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Naomi Holwill
Maud Adams, Sergio Martino
Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary scifi cinema, including "Mad Max", "The Warriors" and "Escape from New York", as well as the Italian variant that struck the big time with motion picture successes such as "The Bronx Warriors" franchise, "The New Barbarians" and the wonderfully trashy "Endgame".
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Giuliano Emanuele, Eugenio Ercolani
Ruggero Deodato, Umberto Lenzi
2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every created. Starting with Deep River Savages arriving to the infamous Cannibal Ferox.
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Delitti privati
Sergio Martino
Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock
This Italian TV mini-series (4 episodes) is directed by giallo great Sergio Martino and stars some of the most recognizable stars of Italian genre cinema, including Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock, and Alida Valli. Story: Sandra Venturi, studying to be a singer at the conservatory of music in the Italian town of Lucca, has a promising career in opera ahead of her. On the eve of her nineteenth birthday, during a thunderstorm, the young singer leaves the apartment she shares with her mother Nicole Venturi, a journalist. Sandra is on her way to a secret rendezvous with a married man. He is murdered shortly before Sandra arrives at the deserted villa outside the town which they had chosen as their meeting point. When Marco's corpse is discovered the next morning, Nicole senses that reporting this case will make her famous outside her local region. What she doesn't know is that her daughter is also missing ...
Private Crimes
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Sergio Martino
George Hilton, Edwige Fenech
When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
L'allenatore nel pallone
Sergio Martino
Lino Banfi, Camillo Milli
Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First Division is too expensive, and the young Brazilian player bought for the team is affected by deep 'saudade'. Written by Alessio F. Bragadini
L'allenatore nel pallone
La bellissima estate
Sergio Martino
Senta Berger, John Richardson
A mother keeps making excuses for why her son's father has not returned home. Jon Marco, just celebrating his ninth birthday, concludes his parents have separated and develops a plan to place himself in dad's care. Along with a new friend they run away to Milan to search for Marco's father. Once executed, our little hero learns the truth about his famous race-car driving father. Can mom and his pals help him deal with the trauma?
La bellissima estate
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
Sergio Martino
Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza
After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
All the Colors of Giallo
Federico Caddeo
Lamberto Bava, Barbara Bouchet
'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."
All the Colors of Giallo
All the Colors of the Dark
Sergio Martino
George Hilton, Edwige Fenech
Jane lives in London with Richard, her boyfriend. When she was five, her mother was murdered, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and now she’s plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding, blue-eyed man. Desperate to ease her pain, Jane decides to follow her new neighbor’s advice to attend a Black Mass, only to fan her already horrible visions, making her reality a living hell. Is there an escape from the clutches of the darkest evil?
All the Colors of the Dark
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Sergio Martino
Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg
Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Morte sospetta di una minorenne
Sergio Martino
Claudio Cassinelli, Patrizia Castaldi
Police detective Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unsuspecting of the secret Marisa is carrying with her: adverse conditions forced her into prostitution. As Germi finds the young girl brutally murdered, he decides to go after her killers. During his investigation, he enters a world of intrigue and obfuscation that leave an endless trail of blood.
The Suspicious Death of a Minor
La città gioca d'azzardo
Sergio Martino
Luc Merenda, Dayle Haddon
Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for them, she is the girl of Corrado, the son of "The President"...
Gambling City
A Man Called Blade
Sergio Martino
Maurizio Merli, John Steiner
Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance. He is A MAN CALLED BLADE.
A Man Called Blade
