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Cineriz was an Italian media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films, founded in the early 50s by the businessman Angelo Rizzoli. The company catalogue counts also many movies directed by Federico Fellini, Gillo Pontecorvo, Luchino Visconti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pietro Germi, Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica.

The company closed down in 1993 after a series of economical and judiciary controversies.

Best films

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
(1960) 8½
8½
(1963)
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Filmography of Cineriz (20 films)

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Production

The Degenerates
The Degenerates (1969)
, 2h
Directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Franco Fabrizi, Tina Aumont, Valérie Lagrange, Mario Carotenuto, Graziella Granata

Encolpius and Ascyltus are two corrupt boys raging for the mean streets of Rome at the time of the empire of Nero. Both boys engaged in constant conflict for the love of the young Gitone, which often allows himself to Ascyltus, infuriating lover Encolpius. For a misunderstanding, the three boys end up in the house of a rich freedman: the crude Trimalchio, who in his rich dinner amazes guests with exuberant courses.
8½
8½ (1963)
, 2h18
Directed by Giulio Paradisi, Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmüller
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about films, Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele

Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous Italian film director, is suffering from "director's block". Stalled on his new science fiction film that includes veiled autobiographical references, he has lost interest amid artistic and marital difficulties. As Guido struggles half-heartedly to work on the film, a series of flashbacks and dreams delve into his memories and fantasies; they are frequently interwoven with reality.
Be Careful Ladies
Be Careful Ladies (1963)
, 1h21
Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul Meurisse, Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Sandra Milo, Martine Sarcey, Yves Rénier

Charles, un avocat en prison à cause d'une femme, décide lorsqu'il sort de passer des petites annonces pour séduire des femmes. Cela va l'entraîner dans diverses péripéties, plus ou moins heureuses pour lui...

Distribution

An Average Little Man
An Average Little Man (1977)
, 1h58
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renato Malavasi, Enrico Beruschi

Giovanni Vivaldi (Alberto Sordi) is a petty bourgeois, modest white collar worker nearing retirement in a public office in the capital. His life is divided between work and family. With his wife (Shelley Winters) he shares high hopes for his son, Mario (Vincenzo Crocitti), a newly qualified accountant, not a particularly bright boy who willingly assists in the efforts which his father employs to make it in the same office.
Four of the Apocalypse
Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
, 1h44
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Horror, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Fabio Testi, Tomás Milián, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard, Harry Baird, Adolfo lastretti

Professional gambler Stubby Preston arrives in the wild west town of Slat Flats with plans to work the local casino but is arrested by the sheriff the moment he steps foot off the stagecoach. What Stubby doesn't know is that a group of locals have planned a vigilante attack on the casino that night, which the sheriff plans to turn a blind eye to. The only criminals to survive are those who were in the jail when it happened: Stubby, a pregnant prostitute named Bunny, a disturbed but gentle black man named Bud, and an alcoholic named Clem.
Between Miracles
Between Miracles (1971)
, 2h2
Directed by Nino Manfredi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Mariangela Melato, Nino Manfredi, Lionel Stander, Delia Boccardo, Paola Borboni, Mario Scaccia

A qualified surgeon is urgently called by a party in a small and inadequate private hospital to operate a man in critical condition because of a suicide attempt. This is the protagonist of the film, Benedict Parisi, whose first name seems prophetic of his story. In the waiting room is the companion Joan Micheli, pregnant with him, which—Benedict being alone in the world—gives consent to the risky operation. Her mother, Immaculate, however, hovers in the wings like a vulture, hoping he will die, because she aspires to marry Giovanna off to a lawyer friend of the family, as a better social and economic proposition.
The Seed of Man
The Seed of Man (1969)
, 1h53
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Anne Wiazemsky, Annie Girardot, Rada Rassimov, Mario Vulpiani, Luciano Odorisio, Marco Ferreri

Une terrible épidémie a emporté la majorité de l'Humanité. Un couple de survivants s'interroge sur le fait de faire ou non des enfants.
The Hellbenders
The Hellbenders (1967)
, 1h30
Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Ruggero Deodato
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western, Spaghetti Western
Actors Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Aldo Sambrell, Ángel Aranda, Claudio Gora

Colonel Jonas is a fanatical and unrepentant Confederate who led a regiment called the Hellbenders in the recently ended Civil War. Similar to Edmond O'Brien's character in Rio Conchos, he is determined to reorganise the Southern Army and defeat the Union. With his sons Ben, greedy Nat, and rapist Jeff, he massacres Union soldiers transporting a consignment of banknotes and conceals the loot in a coffin supposedly belonging to a deceased Confederate officer, Captain Ambrose who was killed in the Battle of Nashville.
The Return of Ringo
The Return of Ringo (1965)
, 1h35
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas, George Martin

After fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War, Ringo returns home to find that his property has been taken over by a family of Mexican bandits. His fiancee is about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. He decides to go undercover disguised as a Mexican. While there he discovers he has a daughter.
The Castle of the Living Dead
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
, 1h30
Directed by Warren Kiefer
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Actors Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Donald Sutherland, Luigi Bonos, Luciano Pigozzi

Italie, première moitié du XIXe siècle, après les guerres napoléoniennes. Sur la place d'un village, la foule assiste à une exécution publique par pendaison mise en scène par une petite troupe d'artistes embulants, composée de la belle Laura, de son frère Bruno, le sourd-muet Gianni, Nick le nain et Dart l'arlequin. Au loin, dans sa carrosse, le comte Drago a observé le spectacle puis envoie son serviteur pour leur remettre une missive. Contre une rémunération intéressante, l'aristocrate invite la troupe à exécuter le numéro dans son château. Pauvre, elle accepte son invitation.
Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane (1962)
, 1h45
Directed by Paolo Cavara, Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Romance
Actors Rossano Brazzi

At the beginning, there is a scene with a dog pound. At the dog pound, a dog is presumably killed by other dogs through the camera's point of view. At Castellaneta, Italy, there is a statue dedicated to Rudolph Valentino. In the US, Rossano Brazzi has his shirt torn off by his fans. In New Guinea, there is manhunting. Back at the US, bikini-clad girls woo sailors. Back at New Guinea, pigs are slaughtered for a long-waited feast. In Pasadena, California, pet owners mourn their beloved at a pet cemetery. Meanwhile, at Taipei, Taiwan, dogs are butchered and skinned alive for their meat. In Italy, chicks are painted for Easter. In France, geese are force-fed for foie gras. In Sydney, Australia there are the Life Savers Girls. Nuclear contamination takes its toll of animals on Bikini Atoll. Fishermen at the Malaysian village of Raiputh get even with sharks by shoving sea urchins down their throats. On the island of Tiberia, Italy, men in red robes guard the bones of their ancestors. On the Reeperbahn Strasse of Hamburg, Germans drink excessively and act incredibly stupidly. Tokyo has a massage parlor for men who were drunk. In Macao, the dead are covered in make-up for the funeral. In Singapore there is a hotel for the dying. Cars are smashed at a junkyard of Los Angeles and reduced to cubes. In Czechoslovakia, Yves Klein makes his paintings with the help of some female models and some musicians to express his favorite color, blue. In Honolulu, tourists are showered with leis and witness the Hula Dance. In Nepal, Gurkha soldiers perform a rite of passage by dressing up in women's clothing and bulls are beheaded for ritualistic purposes. In Portugal, there is the running of the bulls and bull fights where matadors challenge the bulls. At Garoka, New Guinea, there are indigenous tribes who go to church. The film concludes with a cargo cult at Port Moresby, New Guinea.