Tinto Brass
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as Caligula, Così fan tutte (released under the English title All Ladies Do It), Paprika, Monella (Frivolous Lola) and Trasgredire.
After Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979), the style of his films gradually changed towards erotic films. Caligula was originally supposed to be a satire on power instead of an erotic film, but the producers changed and re-edited the film entirely without Brass's consent, removing many political and comical scenes, and shooting sexually explicit sequences, to make the film a pornographic drama. The director demanded that his name be stricken from the credits, and he is only credited for "Principal Photography". Despite this, the film remains his most widely viewed work (and the highest-grossing Italian film released in the United States). Other notable works of Brass's later period include The Key (1983) and Senso '45 (2002). He was making films into his seventies.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.6363 |
| Birthday | 1933-03-26 |
| Place of Birth | Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy] |
| Also Known As | Giovanni Brass, Il Maestro, Antony Luc, ジョヴァンニ・ティント・ブラス, |
2003
Private
5.288/113
Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief. Fallo! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of...
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Private
2005
Monamour
5.649/141
A housewife dissatisfied with her marriage seeks an affair during a book fair, following a friend's advice. The experience brings unexpected revelatio...
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Monamour
2009
Impotenti esistenziali
2/2
Giuseppe, psychologist and professor of sex education, meets Francesca, Riccardo's wife, in a private club and has a relationship with her.
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Impotenti esistenziali
1998
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2
4.5/4
Rapporti Impropri: After the death of her mother, Silvia, a sexually jaunty 16-year-old girl, is welcomed for a certain period by her uncle Carlo wher...
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Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2
1998
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3
4.7/3
Stringimi Forte I Polsi: When working in a doctor's office, afternoons do not seem to pass badly. But an imaginative secretary spends her time in soli...
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Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3
1999
Candlewick
5.301/73
Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin.
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Candlewick
1997
Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero
7/1
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2008
La rabbia
4.35/10
A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determinati...
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La rabbia
1998
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1
5/5
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Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1
2012
Crazy Dog
7.5/2
Twenty years ago Marco's father was brutally murdered by a cold-blooded serial killer known as the Crazy Dog. Since then, he has been ceaselessly tryi...
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Crazy Dog
1964
Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
7.583/6
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Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
2008
Kick the Cock
4.071/49
Kick the Cock is an old Dutch saying, meaning Peek in the Kitchen.
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Kick the Cock
1998
Frivolous Lola
5.162/265
In 1950s northern Italy, a woman tests her fiancé's love and passion by trying to break his commitment to premarital chastity.
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Frivolous Lola
2006
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
7/1
Created by his son Leonardo, this portrait of Adolfo Celi reconstructs his personal and artistic journey between Italy and Brazil. Through interviews,...
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Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
1981
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
4.333/3
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
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A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1983
The Key
6.01/454
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed h...
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The Key
2007
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
2/1
Interview with John Stiener about his career and views and perspectives on Caligula and some of his other movies.
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My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
2007
Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
0/0
An Italian language interview recounting his work featuring erotica on Caligula and other films
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Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
2013
Istintobrass
5.3/10
One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifte...
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Istintobrass
1964
Tempo libero
0/0
Avantgarde short by Brass.
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Tempo libero
1964
Tempo lavorativo
0/0
Avantgarde short by Brass.
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Tempo lavorativo
2008
Il nostro messia
0/0
Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.
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Il nostro messia
2008
Il nostro messia
0/0
Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.
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Il nostro messia
1999
Ladybird
4.667/6
Sunday afternoon, it's hot and the city is deserted. A beautiful woman, married without children, meets a sperm donor. The man invited by the couple i...
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Ladybird
1999
Weekend in Lecco
4.278/9
Mischievous and spicy chronicle of the meeting between two friends who, after playing the slave and the mistress, vent their excitement on a talented...
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Weekend in Lecco
1999
Hold My Wrists Tight
4.2/2
When working in a doctor's office, afternoons do not seem to pass badly. But an imaginative secretary spends her time in solitary and bizarre erotic g...
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Hold My Wrists Tight
1999
Blessed Transgression!
3.9/8
A young separated couple meets by chance on the terrace of a Roman park. The husband hardly recognizes in the woman's uninhibited and provocative beha...
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Blessed Transgression!
1999
Dream
3.833/12
Alone on a deserted beach, a girl undresses and falls asleep. The sun rises. As a reflection of the erotic dream she is having, the girl touches herse...
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Dream
1995
P.O. Box Tinto Brass
6.008/129
A successful erotic film producer from Rome regularly receives letters from female fans seeking his advice on how to spice up their sex lives. Thanks...
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P.O. Box Tinto Brass
2000
Cheeky
5.618/297
While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment overlooking the Thames. There, she meets a real estate ag...
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Cheeky
2011
Case Chiuse
2.5/2
February 20, 1958: the Italian Parliament approved Law No. 75, the "Merlin Law": the end of an institution of Italian society for ages: the brothel. T...
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Case Chiuse
2002
Unchaste Relationships
4.5/2
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Unchaste Relationships
2002
Black Angel
5.333/87
Livia, the attractive wife of a high-ranking Ministry of the People's Republic official, is accompanied by Ugo, a lawyer, her admirer and her husband'...
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Black Angel
1999
Improper Liaisons
5/11
After the death of her mother, Silvia leaves boarding school to stay with her recently remarried uncle in Rome. Everyone welcomes her into the househo...
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Improper Liaisons
1980
Action
4.553/19
Z-movie actor Bruno Martel has hero syndrome, often quarrelling with directors. He meets fellow actor Doris, who is obsessed with Ophelia but cannot g...
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Action
1999
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2 - Quattro
5.3/9
Segment 1 :- An unmarried middle aged couple, Dominique and Gerard checks into a hotel. They proceed to seduce the chambermaid Mara while the desk cl...
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Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2 - Quattro
1999
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3 - Hold My Wrists Tight
5.3/7
Segment 1 - Coccinella (Laydbird): An impotent husband and her wife, Livio ask a painter, Ilarioto give some sperm to get her pregnant. But the donor...
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Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3 - Hold My Wrists Tight
1999
A Magic Mirror
4.8/6
A jerk husband Sandro and his young wife Giulia have moved into a new apartment. She is unpacking, and he his lounging in the bath. When his brother W...
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A Magic Mirror
1999
I Am the Way You Want Me
3.5/2
A ghost eye spies on her. A ritual begins, the woman puts on makeup, shaves, prepares to do what perhaps her man told her to do. A bowl of milk, a whi...
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I Am the Way You Want Me
1999
The Last Subway
6.8/16
It can happen. Any night in any metro station. It can happen that a hurried girl comes out of the bathroom without realizing that she is badly arrange...
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The Last Subway
1999
Quattro
3/2
'Quattro' is set on the eve of the new millenium: New Year's Eve, 1999. To celebrate the beginning of a new century, two men and a woman have a wild n...
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Quattro
1988
Snack Bar Budapest
4.8/45
While his girlfriend recovers from a medical procedure, a corrupt lawyer becomes entranced by the grand visions of a mob boss.
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Snack Bar Budapest
1970
The Howl
4.786/28
A young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talk...
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The Howl
1999
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia
4.2/8
[A Magic Mirror]: is the least 'sexy' of the tales and deals with a family triangle of 2 brothers (one a conceited jerk and one a 'nice guy'), the 'j...
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Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia
2015
Burning Love
5.7/22
July 2006. Leonardo Zuliani has vanished. The news from Trastevere in Rome turns into a real national emergency, while a huge throng of followers gath...
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Burning Love
2004
Western all'italiana
4/1
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcast...
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Western all'italiana
2019
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
8/1
1965: Paris, London and Milan all move at the same fast pace, fueled by a fresh creative and rebellious impetus. Guido Crepax picks up on this energy...
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Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
2021
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
7.3/5
Who was Joe D'Amato aka. Aristide Massaccesi? A genius of horror in the USA, a master of eroticism in France, the king of porn in Italy. A man with a...
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Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
1991
Paprika
7.23/615
In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as...
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Paprika
2009
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2/1
Extra from The Imperial Edition featuring extensive behind the scenes look at the production and setting up the sets accompanied by the score from the...
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Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2014
Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
10/1
Tinto Brass gives the stories behind his films.
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Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
1992
All Ladies Do It
5.067/435
After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.
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All Ladies Do It
2025
Roberto Rossellini - Living Without A Script
5/1
In 1956, Roberto Rossellini was in the throes of a personal and artistic crisis. His recent films with Ingrid Bergman had flopped, their marriage was...
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Roberto Rossellini - Living Without A Script
1999
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons
5/1
CHAPTER 1 [The Last Subway] : On the other side of the platform, an alluring woman waits for the last subway. As she reveals more and more of herself,...
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Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons
1999
Julia
3.848/23
Giulia is an independent young woman who is prepared to offer her body and her spirit against all the religious taboos.
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Julia
1994
The Voyeur
6.429/357
At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed "Dodo" is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautiful wife has just left him for another man. Dodo wan...
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The Voyeur
1999
Voyeur
1/1
A hotel doorman sees on his monitor everything that happens in room 107, occupied by a couple of extravagant foreigners. Both have sex with the waitre...
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Voyeur
1998
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 4
10/1
Tinto Brass. Erotic Short Films Vol. 4 A collection of short films by the master of erotic cinema, Tinto Brass. These films were shot at different ti...
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