Leonardo Cortese (Acting)

Così per Gioco

While on his way to visit Father Felipe, Sandro has a car accident and dies. Commissioner Selvaggi investigates the case, directing his investigations towards a group of the man's friends addicted to gambling.

Release Date:1979-02-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Traffico d'Armi nel Golfo

The young British archaeologist Tim Frazer is visited by an old friend: Henry Denston. At an agreed appointment, however, the man does not show up, giving rise to a mysterious investigation.

Release Date:1977-11-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

La rosa di zolfo

Release Date:1974-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Un certo Harry Brent

Release Date:1970-11-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

The Captain's Daughter

Italian miniseries based upon the novel by Alexander Pushkin.

Release Date:1965-05-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Russia sotto inchiesta

Release Date:1963-04-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Valiant

Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!

Release Date:1962-06-13

Character:Italian Commander

Vote Count:2

L'isola del tesoro

Release Date:1959-02-07

Character:Il cavalier Trelawney

Episode Count:5

Il Conte Aquila

Release Date:1955-09-07

Character:Gabrio Casati

Adriana Lecouvreur

Release Date:1955-08-11

Character:Conte di Chazeul

Violenza sul lago

Release Date:1954-07-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Il capitano di Venezia

An Italian movie.

Release Date:1952-09-27

Verginità

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.

Release Date:1951-09-04

Character:Franco Rossi

Vote Count:2

Fiamme sulla laguna

After the death of his father, Anna starts working in the navy where he falls in love with a navy man.

Release Date:1951-06-20

Character:Luciano

Spring song

Release Date:1951-03-23

Character:Mario

Fame and the Devil

Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.

Release Date:1949-11-18

Character:Prof. Franco Bresci

Vote Count:2

The Flame that Never Dies

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.

Release Date:1949-09-21

Character:Giuseppe Manfredi

Vote Count:5

Legge di sangue

"Law of Blood" - Rosa has been engaged for years with Antonio. But Antonio is in the military service and Rosa is seduced by Alberto. Returning to the village, Antonio learns what happened during his absence.

Release Date:1948-03-13

Character:Alberto

Cab Number 13

To secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her lover's elder brother and steals his child. The boy is adopted by a coachman, and later, as secretary to the Minister of Justice, discovers the truth, punishes the bad guys, rewards the good ones and marries the daughter of another innocent man, unjustly accused by Claudia.

Release Date:1948-02-28

Le vie del peccato

Release Date:1946-10-19

Character:Don Roberto

Notte di tempesta

The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another man who however secretly lusts after his stepdaughter until when, on a stormy night...

Release Date:1946-06-12

Character:Peppino

Vote Count:2

La freccia nel fianco

Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese

Release Date:1945-09-08

Character:Bruno Traldi

Vote Count:2

Il diavolo va in collegio

Release Date:1944-01-12

Character:Rodolfo Poggi / Marcello Mari

Addio, amore!

Naples, 1880. Two young sisters from a noble family, after losing their parents, get taken in by a friend of their family.

Release Date:1943-12-31

Character:Luigi Caracciolo

Il fidanzato di mia moglie

Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends.

Release Date:1943-01-01

Character:Giulio Marini

Vote Count:1

Giorni felici

Release Date:1943-01-01

Character:Oliviero

I tre aquilotti

At the Royal Air Force Academy of Caserta, three students, Mario, Marco and Filippo become great friends. Toward the end of the course, Marco accidentally meets and falls in love with Mario's sister, Adriana. Mario expresses his opposition to Marco and this causes the end of their friendship. Due to an accident during a training flight, Marco is passed from the role of the navigator to the services role, thus not obtaining the military pilot's license.

Release Date:1942-08-30

Character:Marco Massi

Vote Count:5

La regina di Navarra

Release Date:1942-03-30

A Garibaldian in the Convent

An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.

Release Date:1942-03-10

Character:Count Franco Amidei

Vote Count:20

Yes, Ma'am

Directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.

Release Date:1942-01-02

Il vetturale del San Gottardo

Release Date:1941-10-23

Character:Paolo Caminata

Primo amore

An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after over twenty years.

Release Date:1941-10-05

Character:Pietro Redi

Giuliano de' Medici

Release Date:1941-02-27

Character:Giuliano de' Medici

Una romantica avventura

Directed by Mario Camerini.

Release Date:1940-09-06

Character:Il signor conte

Vote Count:7

Cavalleria rusticana

This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It's the story of Santuzza, her love Turiddu, and his passion for the married Lola that leads to his death in a duel when Lola's husband Alfio exacts satisfaction.

Release Date:1939-10-23

Papà per una notte

Release Date:1939-08-07

Character:Jacques Fontages

La vedova

Release Date:1939-02-09

Character:Carlo

Jeanne Doré

Release Date:1938-11-30

Character:Jacques Doré