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Lou Castel

Date of birth: 1943-05-28

Place of birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Lou Castel

Biography

Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films.

Movie Credits

Obscene Desire
2.5

Obscene Desire

1978-12-04

A young American woman moves to a large countryside villa with her newlywed Italian husband. Soon en

The Nada Gang
3

The Nada Gang

1974-02-06

Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They

Galileo
3.1

Galileo

1968-09-07

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the un

The Cassandra Crossing
3.1

The Cassandra Crossing

1976-12-18

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off t

Irma Vep
3.3

Irma Vep

1996-10-01

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a re

Beware of a Holy Whore
3.1

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971-09-01

Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and st

About Special Effects
2.5

About Special Effects

2001-09-04

This film deals with the theme of the heritage left to the underground cinema by the historical avan

Heartbeat Detector
2.8

Heartbeat Detector

2007-09-12

A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.

Paranoia
3

Paranoia

1969-02-07

Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes

Fists in the Pocket
3.9

Fists in the Pocket

1965-10-31

A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfuncti

Dear Michele
2.5

Dear Michele

1976-10-01

Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who i

Bungalow
2.8

Bungalow

2002-05-24

A young German soldier named Paul goes AWOL and returns to his childhood home in the countryside. Ov

Clement
2.4

Clement

2001-06-06

Benoit turns 13 and develops an intense crush on his godmother, Marion. As they lie on beaches in th

Come Play With Me
2.8

Come Play With Me

1968-04-30

Young Alvise's body is paralyzed, or at least he thinks so. He is infatuated by his beautiful aunt L

Matalo! (Kill Him)
3

Matalo! (Kill Him)

1970-10-22

A gang of cattle thieves rescue a criminal from the gallows, and later rob a stagecoach loaded with

What Time Is It?
3.7

What Time Is It?

1989-09-27

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their

Pigs Have Wings
1.9

Pigs Have Wings

1977-01-01

Rome, 70s. Rocco and Antonia, high school students, meet during a political rally. The two young peo

Kill and Pray
3.1

Kill and Pray

1967-03-10

A Mexican community is slaughtered by Confederate troops; the lone survivor, a boy, is taken in by a

A Pugni Chiusi
4

A Pugni Chiusi

2016-11-25

Change of Sex
2.7

Change of Sex

1977-03-13

Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.

Fish Soup
1

Fish Soup

1992-02-27

The daughter of a known filmaker finds herself in her father's family home, with the whole family.

La rabbia
2.2

La rabbia

2008-02-28

A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represent

Eye of the Astronomer
1.6

Eye of the Astronomer

2012-02-21

During the summer of the year 1610 one of the first telescopes made by Galileo ends up in the hands

Mr. Mean
2.4

Mr. Mean

1977-12-01

With Fred Williamson as director and star of Mr. Mean, is there any question as to the identity of t

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
3.7

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

1985-10-09

A young film director is making a movie with his friend Christa. In the film-within-the-film there a

Everyday Objects
2.6

Everyday Objects

2013-08-01

Merle follows the invitation of her lover to spend the summer in the South of France. She is surpris

Perduta
1.5

Perduta

1991-01-01

The tragic story of a runaway girl in the 1970s in Verona.

La lapidation de Saint Étienne
2.9

La lapidation de Saint Étienne

2013-06-21

Étienne is an old man who refuses to leave his home because he is convinced that the spirits of his

Francis of Assisi
2.9

Francis of Assisi

1966-09-01

A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherh

The Eyes, the Mouth
2.6

The Eyes, the Mouth

1982-09-10

A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lo

Voyage to Grand Tartarie
0

Voyage to Grand Tartarie

1974-03-06

After the murder of his wife Alexis is devastated. He withdraws all his savings and embarks on a jou

With What Love, With What Love
0

With What Love, With What Love

1970-01-29

After spending many years as husband and wife, the architect Andrea discovers that his partner Franc

Manila paloma blanca
0

Manila paloma blanca

1992-01-01

Little Red Riding Hood
2.9

Little Red Riding Hood

2008-01-01

Delphine is twenty years old. She is too young to have experienced the activism of the seventies, bu

Man on Fire
2.8

Man on Fire

1987-09-04

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daug

Marx Can Wait
3.6

Marx Can Wait

2021-07-15

"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met befor

Could It Happen Here?
0

Could It Happen Here?

1977-11-24

Three terrorists—a rebel girl from an upper-class family, a teacher who despises capitalism, and an

The Scarlet Letter
2.6

The Scarlet Letter

1973-03-13

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a chil

Love Is the Beginning of All Terror
2.5

Love Is the Beginning of All Terror

1984-03-07

Story concerns two friends, Freya and Irmtraut and their relationships with the same man, Traugott,

The Protagonists
3.1

The Protagonists

1968-06-07

An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sa

Stress
0

Stress

1971-01-01

The film centers on young revolutionary student Gilberto who is being sought by the police. To avoid

A Stranger Came by Train
2.5

A Stranger Came by Train

1974-10-28

An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusade

Parano
1.8

Parano

1981-03-18

Having murdered her husband and daughter, Carol invents a new identity to start a new life. Unfortun

Dr. Ketel - Der Schatten von Neukölln
2.5

Dr. Ketel - Der Schatten von Neukölln

2011-09-17

Berlin’s notorious Neukoelln district. The near future. A time in which the health system has collap

The Birth of Love
3.1

The Birth of Love

1993-09-22

The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly youn

Louise (Take 2)
3

Louise (Take 2)

1999-01-20

The central role of Louise is portrayed by Elodie Bouchez, who won a 1998 Cannes "Best Actress" awar

Love
2.6

Love

1999-10-21

Cesare used to be a star, a long time ago. The venues have become smaller and the audiences more cru

Sweet War, Farewell
3.5

Sweet War, Farewell

1991-09-11

A man walks with his child on the grass of a hill. He reaches an old country house, where years befo

Trauma
0

Trauma

1984-05-12

Maria has suffered from depression since the death of her child, and goes to live in a lonely house

Earth
0

Earth

2015-06-26

When I wake will I be someone else?

A Bullet for the General
3.3

A Bullet for the General

1967-01-13

El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries.

Sinon, oui
2.9

Sinon, oui

1997-11-28

Based on a true story this emotionally wrenching character study focuses upon a desperate young wife

The American Friend
3.5

The American Friend

1977-06-24

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture fra

High Grounds
0

High Grounds

A recent medical school graduate, Emil Petrescu leaves Romania to take over a retiring doctor's medi

Planet Venus
0

Planet Venus

1972-08-27

Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an

Killer Nun
2.4

Killer Nun

1979-05-09

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, while presiding over a regime of les

A Girl Named Yssabeau
0

A Girl Named Yssabeau

2012-02-10

Set in a distant and unknown land, the film follows the journey of a young woman named Yssabeau and

Sorrisi asmatici: fiori del destino
0

Sorrisi asmatici: fiori del destino

1997-11-10

The story of certain "wayfarers", whose origin is linked to each of the four elements. Lucas Belvaux

Fraulein
2.2

Fraulein

1986-04-06

A German woman and a former French prisoner of war live in 1950s Germany. Instead of playing a role

The Nun
3.1

The Nun

2013-03-20

Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a conven

C.I.A. Secret Story
2.9

C.I.A. Secret Story

1975-08-21

Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lo

Encore
2.8

Encore

1996-09-25

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of thi

Three Lives and Only One Death
3.2

Three Lives and Only One Death

1996-05-15

Four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fai

Closet Children
2.6

Closet Children

1977-10-12

A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by

Campo Europa
0

Campo Europa

1984-08-13

A young Swiss woman on vacation in Italy, has a relationship with an Italian writer and is strugglin

A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket'
0

A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket'

2005-07-07

Documentary on the making of Marco Bellocchio's first film as a director, 'Fists in the Pocket'.

Flesh Color
2.3

Flesh Color

1978-09-12

Anna is a coach and a stripper at night.

Violanta
4

Violanta

1978-02-22

A young man raises the dead in a high valley where the power is held by Violanta.

Treasure Island
3.1

Treasure Island

1986-01-01

Jim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to the

Little Girls
1.7

Little Girls

1997-01-15

Inès, Stella, Marion and Emilie are four young women who become friends and never leave each other.

I Want Something And I Do Not Know What
0

I Want Something And I Do Not Know What

2004-01-01

In 1941, Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman living in occupied Amsterdam, starts a psychoanalysis w

Flight from Paradise
3.5

Flight from Paradise

1990-01-01

In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashbac

Pure as a Lily
1

Pure as a Lily

1976-03-11

Anthony M. Wilson is an English gentleman. He has a string of restaurants in London plus a beautiful

Shadow
2.1

Shadow

1980-06-26

Renato, a depressed man with a troubled past, thinks his luck has finally changed when he meets the

Nanou
1.5

Nanou

1987-02-27

A young British photography student travelling in France meets up with a free thinking, working-clas

1, 2, 3, Whiteout
2.5

1, 2, 3, Whiteout

2007-01-26

In a future present, a rebellious Veronique finds herself working for an inventor who has dedicated

Lucrezia
1

Lucrezia

1968-07-07

Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.

Jean-Jacques
2.5

Jean-Jacques

2005-01-01

Alexandre, a thirty-year old tailor, has decided to improve his cultural level. That is the reason w

Output
0

Output

1974-12-19

A young filmmaker becomes involved with a gangster in Berlin. Based on the Ulf Miehe novel Ich hab'

Assolto per aver commesso il fatto
3

Assolto per aver commesso il fatto

1992-04-17

A former inspector of the SIAE, focusing everything on his cunning and stubbornness, tries to grab (

Die Geschlechtskriegerinnen
0.9

Die Geschlechtskriegerinnen

2015-12-18

The ensemble film THE GENITAL WARRIORS takes a look at the common past of the three main characters

The Leopard
3.9

The Leopard

1963-03-27

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family g

Amours décolorées
0

Amours décolorées

1998-02-02

Amours décolorées is a cinematographic poem to the glory of Mariola San Martin, model, stylist, danc

Look Up
3.4

Look Up

2018-10-18

During a break on a rooftop, Teco, a young baker, notices the intriguing fall of a strange bird. He

El Cantor
0

El Cantor

2005-05-19

William’s great surprise, his cousin Clovis, whom he did not see again since around thirty years, ar

Paradise Hotel
0

Paradise Hotel

1986-04-15

A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives i

Transfert per Camera verso Virulentia
3

Transfert per Camera verso Virulentia

1967-01-01

On a theatrical work by Aldo Braibanti, the special effects used in an attempt to construct a new vi

Paris Is Us
2.1

Paris Is Us

2019-02-22

Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social t

In the Name of the Father
3.2

In the Name of the Father

1971-10-12

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its v

Nailed Lips
0

Nailed Lips

1970-02-12

A young commissioner investigates the murder of a Sicilian criminal with the help of a social worker

Les rues de Pantin
0

Les rues de Pantin

2016-11-23

Kogo, a Japanese filmmaker, has come to spend a few days in Pantin with an old friend. He is avoidin

Medea Miracle
1.9

Medea Miracle

2011-03-30

Irene moves to Paris to begin a new life with her husband Jason and their two daughters, but an act

Arizona Road
2.5

Arizona Road

1991-05-24

The head of a gang of criminals in Arizona tries to kidnap a girl, but is hindered in his intentions

I Feel Good
2.8

I Feel Good

2018-09-26

He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his

Avec Mariola
0

Avec Mariola

1987-04-02

Promenaux
0

Promenaux

2002-04-06

Despite the stress and anguish associated with living in the city, as a place it remains a inexhaust

Couple
0

Couple

1986-01-18

Couple is a cinematic series of portrait films, which show two persons, who free to do what they wis

Drive Me Home
3

Drive Me Home

2019-09-26

Antonio and Agostino grew up together in a small town in Sicily; they dreamt of living a different l

Nuits transparentes
0

Nuits transparentes

2011-04-14

Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montrea

L'Opération de la dernière chance
0

L'Opération de la dernière chance

2006-06-16

"What I like about the journey, is the surprise you find when your back. It is not me who said it, i

Le corps sublime
1.9

Le corps sublime

2007-05-16

Fiction-documentary about the short life of the photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) who used

Rorret
3.8

Rorret

1988-01-01

Mr. Rorret is the owner of a cinema called "The Peeping Tom" which shows a constant stream of horror

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
3.1

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

1972-04-15

Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a mur

Year of the Gun
2.5

Year of the Gun

1991-09-10

American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan

1968 The Braibanti Trial
3.1

1968 The Braibanti Trial

2020-09-01

Documentary about the life of Aldo Braibanti, an 'heretic' Italian intellectual, from early anti-fas

Cinématon XIII
0

Cinématon XIII

1981-11-08

Reel 13 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Gare du Nord
2.5

Gare du Nord

2013-09-04

Paris, North Station, anything comes by, even trains. One would like to stay, but they have to hurry

Jour et nuit, delle donne e degli uomini perduti
0

Jour et nuit, delle donne e degli uomini perduti

2014-11-25

Portraits of women, stories from their past and their present as prostitutes working between Italy a

Home Sweet Home
0

Home Sweet Home

2012-11-26

A young woman wanders down an endless corridor, while other people knock at a door at night. A man t

Hotel de l'Univers
0

Hotel de l'Univers

2013-11-25

“Why did you kill her?” Lou asks Philippe again. The life-odyssey of Joana, a modern-day Moll Flande

Tiresia
2.9

Tiresia

2003-05-20

Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transgender woman who is kidnapped by a man and left

Life Doesn't Scare Me
2.7

Life Doesn't Scare Me

1999-08-18

We follow how four ordinary little girls learn about life, love and all that sort of things.

Gli angeli del potere
0

Gli angeli del potere

1990-07-07

Saint Paul's Bride
0

Saint Paul's Bride

1990-08-01

Towards the end of the sixteenth century, a group of musicians accompany a young woman bitten by a t

Policeman
1.5

Policeman

1971-01-01

In order not to go hungry, as has happened to his family members, a young southern man enlists in th

Nude, Descending...
0

Nude, Descending...

2002-04-03

A renowned art forger is trying to finish his version of a Lichtenstein painting but he can’t find a

Assoud le Buffle
0

Assoud le Buffle

2001-01-01

A private detective, Assoud the Buffalo, feels lonely and is heading for deep depression at the begi

Assoud et les fantômes de La Havane
0

Assoud et les fantômes de La Havane

2008-01-01

Assoud, known as "The Buffalo", and his sister Louise are private detectives. One day, a mysterious

Horezon
0

Horezon

2006-06-01

The story of a young man who does not understand what he says or does. At least that's what he says.