Movies by Franco Prosperi
As part of the cast:
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The Godfathers of Mondo (2003)
Cast: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi, Benito Frattari …
Directed by: David Gregory
Filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi are huge historical influences on everything from hardcore horror films to broadcast news and reality TV. This video focuses on the…
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The Boxer (1972)
Cast: Franco Prosperi, Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak …
A pre-"Baretta" Robert Blake stars as Teddy Wilcox, a boxer accused of killing his crooked manager, in this Italian-made drama co-starring Ernest Borgnine. Determined to clear his name,…
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Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Cast: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Mondo filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi lensed this movie to quash the prevailing notion that they were racists. The time-travel premise takes a camera crew back to…
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Addio Zio Tom (1971)
Cast: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi lensed this movie ostensibly to quash the notion that they were racists. Some scenes take place in 1970s America, and the filmmakers have…
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Mondo Cane (1962)
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Stefano Sibaldi, Franco Prosperi …
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi …
Mondo Cane ranks as a legendary (albeit offbeat and, to some, off-putting) milestone in film history. It's a documentary aimed to shock. Lensed by European filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti…
As a director:
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Africa Blood and Guts (2004)
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
This harrowing shockumentary from the directors of Mondo Cane boasts a three-year collection of unspeakable violence and horrific acts captured on film in the midst of the bloody social…
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The Last House on the Beach (1978)
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Flavio Andreini …
Directed by: Franco Prosperi
Franco Prosperi directs this shocking exploitation film about three crooks on the lam who seek refuge in a remote beach house and discover, to their delight, that it's occupied only by a…
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Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Cast: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Mondo filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi lensed this movie to quash the prevailing notion that they were racists. The time-travel premise takes a camera crew back to…
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Addio Zio Tom (1971)
Cast: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi lensed this movie ostensibly to quash the notion that they were racists. Some scenes take place in 1970s America, and the filmmakers have…
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Africa Addio: English Version (1966)
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Their cameras capturing history in the making, Italian documentarians Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi chronicle the collapse of colonialism in Africa as the continent dissolves into…
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Africa Addio: Directors' Cut (1966)
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Their cameras capturing history in the making, Italian documentarians Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi chronicle the collapse of colonialism in Africa as the continent dissolves into…
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Africa Addio: English Version (1966)
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Their cameras capturing history in the making, Italian documentarians Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi chronicle the collapse of colonialism in Africa as the continent dissolves into…
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Mondo Cane 2 (1964)
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi deliver an envelope-pushing follow-up to the Oscar-nominated "shockumentary" Mondo Cane (which received a nod for Best Original Song) with this equally…
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Women of the World (1963)
Cast: Peter Ustinov
Directed by: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi …
Mondo filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi are huge historical influences on everything from hardcore horror films to broadcast news and reality TV. The title tells all in this…
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Mondo Cane (1962)
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Stefano Sibaldi, Franco Prosperi …
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi …
Mondo Cane ranks as a legendary (albeit offbeat and, to some, off-putting) milestone in film history. It's a documentary aimed to shock. Lensed by European filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti…
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Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Cast: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo …
Directed by: Mario Bava, Franco Prosperi
Hercules (Reg Park) must battle a monster made of stone, retrieve a golden apple from the tree of Hesperides and brave the horrors of Hades to rescue his beloved from the clutches of the evil…