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Olimpia Carlisi

Date of birth: 1946-12-29

Place of birth: Campi Bisenzio - Tuscany - Italy

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Olimpia Carlisi

Biography

Olimpia Carlisi (born 1946) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. She worked with Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet in Othon (1970), where her work was praised by critics.

Movie Credits

Etoile
2.9

Etoile

1989-03-17

An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent t

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
3.2

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

1981-10-01

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the ve

Ombre
0

Ombre

1999-11-17

Elena Serpieri is an Italian neurologist who is in the United States, because she obtained a scholar

Fellini's Casanova
3.5

Fellini's Casanova

1976-12-10

Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Eu

You Upset Me
3.3

You Upset Me

1983-02-12

The first movie directed by Roberto Benigni in four surreal short stories: "Durante Cristo" (During

From the Clouds to the Resistance
2.6

From the Clouds to the Resistance

1979-11-07

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese’s «Dialoghi con Leucò», taken fr

Viper
1.3

Viper

2000-05-11

Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off

The Sweet Sounds of Life
3.5

The Sweet Sounds of Life

1999-09-10

Sofia, a budding young theater actress, unwittingly discovers that Bruno, her beloved acting teacher

Equinox
2

Equinox

1971-03-20

Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the i

The Visionaries
3

The Visionaries

1968-04-01

A film about a love triangle between a theater director, an actress and an actor. Exchanges take pla

Il berretto a sonagli
0

Il berretto a sonagli

1970-04-28

Beatrice discovers the affair between her husband and the young wife of Ciampa, a man advanced in ye

The Soup
3.5

The Soup

1981-02-20

Two homeless men in Rome are arrested due to a misunderstanding. In jail, they meet a man who has be

On the Lam
2.8

On the Lam

1971-09-29

A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of

Le Monde Désert
0

Le Monde Désert

1985-06-26

At the beginning of the twentieth century, two friends, one a homosexual and the other a writer, fal

Tolérance
1

Tolérance

1989-10-20

An English hermit has somehow been brought to France in the period following the French Revolution,

Youth March
4.3

Youth March

1969-09-10

Faire la déménageuse
0

Faire la déménageuse

1972-03-20

In 1972, what does making a film mean? How does a movie make? What is the relationship between the p

The Middle of the World
3

The Middle of the World

1974-09-11

Paul is married, a successful engineer, and a conservative candidate in an upcoming local election.

Rendez-vous
2.8

Rendez-vous

1985-05-15

Nina is a young, carefree actress who arrives in Paris searching for her big break. There, she finds

Othon
2.8

Othon

1971-01-13

Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn

The Insomniac on the Bridge
3

The Insomniac on the Bridge

1985-10-02

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel L

Facing Windows
3.5

Facing Windows

2003-02-27

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust surviv

Clodia - Fragmenta
0.5

Clodia - Fragmenta

1982-01-01

Freely adapted from a story by Marcel Schwob in 'Screw imaginary' and deeply focused on the thought

Irene, Irene
0

Irene, Irene

1975-06-02

The 60-year-old Guido is in a life crisis after his wife left him. His search for her develops more

Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea
3

Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea

1997-06-27

Giuseppe M. Gaudino made his directorial debut with this experimental film portrait contrasting the

The Terrace
3.6

The Terrace

1980-02-08

Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. T

Cartoni animati
0

Cartoni animati

1997-01-01

Misunderstood
3.1

Misunderstood

2014-06-05

Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parent

Olimpia to Friends
0

Olimpia to Friends

1970-08-23

Pisa, 1942. Marcella, Olimpia’s daughter, is suffering from meningioma. Her husband Pierluigi and he

Two Brothers, My Sister
2.6

Two Brothers, My Sister

1994-11-04

This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as sh

Catch-22
3.3

Catch-22

1970-06-24

A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flyi

Circle of Fear
1

Circle of Fear

1992-08-27

Michael Woods stars as Tony Giordani, a narcotics agent who learns that his wife has been murdered w

7 False Connections
0

7 False Connections

1984-12-05

Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at w

E il Casanova di Fellini?
0

E il Casanova di Fellini?

1975-05-06

During his preparation for his film on Casanova Fellini asks a number of renowned actors to give him

Under the Sign of Scorpio
2.7

Under the Sign of Scorpio

1969-04-04

An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island.