Joe D'Amato
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1936
- Died
- January 23, 1999 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
Biography
Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Sexy Pirates
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Dreams of a Country Girl
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Romanza
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La Figlia Del Padrino
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Outlaws 2
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Lussuria
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Experiences
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Experiences 2
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Harem 2000
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Arrogance: No Limits
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Eternal Desire
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Calamity Jane 2
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Prague Exposed
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Showgirl
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The Venexiana
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Il laureato
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Prima e dopo la cura
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Red Orchid
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Outlaws
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Calamity Jane
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The Sexual Adventures of Ulysses
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The Devil's Lair
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Blow Up
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Off Limits
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Elixir
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Selen, The Girl of the Treasure Island
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Phantom
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Sahara
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Raiders
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Lady in the Iron Mask
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Thief of Love
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Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
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All the President's Women
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Goya and the Naked Maja
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Nero: Orgy of Fire
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Anal Strippers X-posed
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Forbidden Diary of the two Princesses
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Le stagioni di Bel
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House of Anal Perversions
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Rudy: The Valentino Story
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The Hyena
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Cop Sucker II
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Rocco's Ghost
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Olympus: Refuge of Gods
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Othello: Dangerous Desire
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The Boxer
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The Boxer 2
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The Last Fight
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Hercules: A Sex Adventure
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Samson in the Amazon's Land
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Sodom & Gamorra
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Queen of the Elephants
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The Seven Sexy Sins
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Demons of Lust
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Raw and Naked
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Caligula: The Deviant Emperor
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Anthony and Cleopatra
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Top Girl
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Carmen
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Dreams of a Gigolo
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Flamenco Ecstasy
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Messalina
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Robin Hood: Thief of Wives
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Lunch Party
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Donna Flor and Her Three Husbands
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Wild East
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Dangerous
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Il Monaco
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Gypsy Seduction
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Gangland Bangers
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Fatal Instinct
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Love and Psyche
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Sex Penitentiary
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Forbidden Sex of the Kama Sutra
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Torero
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Checkmate
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Black Cops in Budapest
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Juliet & Romeo
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Homo Erectus
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Sea, Sex, and Fun
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The Joy Club
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Some Like It Hard
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The Gym Club
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Malizia Italiana
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Paprika
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All Grown Up
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Provocation
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Operation Sex
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Passion in Venice
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Anal Palace
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Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
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Mia moglie aperta a tutti
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Tarzan-X: Shame of Jane
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Decameron 2: Tales of Desire
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Midnight Obsession
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Tarzhard - The Return
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Ghostfuck
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Amadeus Mozart
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Don Salvatore: The Last Sicilian
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Esclaves Au Harem
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The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X
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The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo
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Barone Von Masoch
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Marquis de Sade
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Le casalinghe preferiscono gli stalloni
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The House of Pleasure
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China and Sex
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The Labyrinth of Love
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Ghosts in the Castle
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L'alcova dei piaceri proibiti
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Chinese Kamasutra
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Rosa...Caldi rapporti anali
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Tales of Red Chamber
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Incontri anali all’autosalone
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Francesca's Castle
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Il vizio infinito
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A Woman's Secret
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Instinct
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Love Project
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Return from Death (Frankenstein 2000)
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Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2
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Passion's Flower
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Dangerous Obsession
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The Devil in the Flesh
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The Crawlers
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High Finance Woman
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Any Time, Any Play
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Body Moves
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Quest for the Mighty Sword
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Deep Blood
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11 Days, 11 Nights Part 3
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Blue Angel Cafe
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Top Model
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Killing Birds
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Dirty Love
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Eleven Days, Eleven Nights
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Convent of Sinners
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Peep Show
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A Lustful Mind
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Delizia
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The Alcove
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The Pleasure
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The Blade Master
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Endgame
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2020 Texas Gladiators
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Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst
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Virgin for the Roman Empire
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Virgin for the Roman Empire 2: Imperial Orgasm
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Love in Hong Kong
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Claire
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Caligula: The Untold Story
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The Essence of Sex
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Super Hard Love
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Stretta e bagnata
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Ator, the Fighting Eagle
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Greedy Mouth
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Porno Holocaust
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Caldo profumo di vergine
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Le porno investigatrici
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Il mondo perverso di Beatrice
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Labbra vogliose
Movie · Co-Director
Sesso acerbo
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Voglia di sesso
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Desire
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Absurd
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Erotic Nights of the Living Dead
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Exotic Malice
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Hard Sensation
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Porno Esotic Love
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Sex and Black Magic
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Blue Paradise
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Super Climax
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Blue Erotic Climax
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Anthropophagous
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Beyond the Darkness
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Images in a Convent
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Tough to Kill
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Pleasure Shop on 7th Ave.
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Justine and the Whip
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Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
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Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
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Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
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Sexy Night Report n. 2
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Crazy Nights
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Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
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Emanuelle Around the World
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Emanuelle in America
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Ladies' Doctor
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Black Cobra
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Emanuelle in Bangkok
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Vow of Chastity
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Emanuelle and Françoise
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Red Coat
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Heroes in Hell
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Death Smiles on a Murderer
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The Devil's Wedding Night
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The Thousand and One Nights of Boccaccio in Canterbury
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Tales of Canterbury
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Diary of a Roman Virgin
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Fra' Tazio da Velletri
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More Sexy Canterbury Tales
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Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
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Pugni, pirati e karatè
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God Is My Colt
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Bounty Hunter in Trinity
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