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Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ, pronounced [ˈkoləmbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a population of 647,100. The Colombo Metropolitan Region, defined by the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara, has an estimated population of 5,648,000, and covers an area of 3,694.20 km². As per the Provincial Gross Domestic Product-2010, The Western Province, which includes the cities of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara recorded GDP per capita of USD 3,808, the highest recorded GDP per capita for any region in South Asia. It was formerly the political capital of Sri Lanka, before Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East-West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948. In 1978, when administrative functions were moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo was designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
Actors: Giorgos Kyriakidis (actor), Takis Yannopoulos (editor), Argyris Vavouris (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Bidou (producer), Antonis Kafetzopoulos (actor), Menelaos Daflos (actor), Marios Strofalis (composer), Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (writer), Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (director), Vasilis Kamitsis (actor), Ieroklis Michaelidis (actor), Hristos Pilatakis (miscellaneous crew), Fenia Cossovitsa (producer), Katerina Tsavalou (actress), Hector Kaloudis (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Michael Nouri (actor), Howard Jerome (actor), Harvey Atkin (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Robert Loggia (actor), Barry Flatman (actor), Cloris Leachman (actress), Tony De Santis (actor), John Nelles (actor), Bryan Renfro (actor), Joan Heney (actress), Sam Pillsbury (director), Jack Grossbart (producer), Grant Show (actor), Sandi Stahlbrand (actress),
Plot: Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Maria, and his allegiance to Carlo Gambino.
Keywords: gangster, mafia, undercoverActors: Claude d'Anna (miscellaneous crew), Sylvain Bursztejn (producer), Nouri Bouzid (writer), Raouf Ben Amor (actor), Mustapha Adouani (actor), Moufida Tlatli (editor), Férid Boughedir (actor), Férid Boughedir (writer), Férid Boughedir (director), Fatima Ben Saïdane (actress), Anouar Brahem (composer), Anne Mirman (miscellaneous crew), Marie-Christine Rougerie (editor), Fethi Haddaoui (actor), Hassen Daldoul (producer),
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Keywords: actress, arab, arrest, barber-shop, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bath, bathhouse, bathing, beachActors: Maurizio Nichetti (actor), Maurizio Nichetti (director), Detto Mariano (composer), Angela Finocchiaro (actress), Maurizio Nichetti (writer), Franco Cristaldi (producer), Roland Topor (actor), Lidia Biondi (actress), Edy Angelillo (actress), Giancarlo Rossi (editor), Heidi Hansen (actress), Osvaldo Salvi (actor), Amedeo Baratti (miscellaneous crew), Nicola Carraro (producer), Maria Pia Angelini (costume designer),
Plot: Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he becomes a barman, and he discovers a special formula that turns simple water into the "Immortality drink". He is robbed of the magic water copyright. So he tries to set up a theatrical company, but the first show is a fiasco. Since finding a normal job seems a mission impossible, he tries to set the sentimental side of his life. He targets the most beautiful girl of his building, and for her he builds a robot able to dance like Tony Manero ('John Travolta' (qv)'s character in _Saturday Night Fever (1977)_ (qv)). The robot gets drunk (!). It is another fiasco. So he targets an ugly girl and finally with her succeeds to live his surreal world for ever.
Keywords: actor-director-writer, argument, axe, banana-peel, box-office-hit, breast-enlargement, bugle, bus, car-exhaust, chattering-teethActors: Pupi Avati (writer), Ugo Fangareggi (actor), Mario Amendola (writer), Sylva Koscina (actress), Valentina Cortese (actress), Bruno Corbucci (writer), Ilona Staller (actress), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Renato Malavasi (actor), Rossano Brazzi (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), John Steiner (actor), John Bartha (actor), Lucio Fulci (director), Fabio Frizzi (composer),
Plot: A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a hard time having let success and wealth go to his head. But after the superticous Nicosia has an encounter with an elderly gypsy aunt, and a business trip to Romania results in another encounter with a suave vampire, named Count Dragalescu, Nicosia returns with blood-sucking like qualities which makes him re-examine his life and existence.
Keywords: bite, character-name-in-title, dracula, female-nudity, italian-sex-comedy, nudity, prostitute, sex-comedy, sex-scene, vampireActors: Mario Morra (editor), Ennio Balbo (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), Franco Interlenghi (actor), James Mason (actor), Mimmo Poli (actor), Franco Ressel (actor), Enrico Maria Salerno (actor), Andrea Scotti (actor), Fausto Tozzi (actor), Goffredo Unger (actor), Janet Agren (actress), Artemio Antonini (actor), Tom Felleghy (actor), Leonard Mann (actor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Simón Andreu (actor), José María Blanco (actor), Joan Borràs (actor), Frank Braña (actor), Eduardo Fajardo (actor), Manuel Gas (actor), Carlos Lucena (actor), José Manuel Martín (actor), Antonio Molino Rojo (actor), Antonio Pica (actor), Ágata Lys (actress), José Antonio de la Loma (director), Julián Mateos (actor), María Francés (actress), Alicia Agut (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Sergio Montanari (editor), Franco Fabrizi (actor), Renzo Marignano (actor), Corrado Olmi (actor), Maria Grazia Buccella (actress), Luciano Salce (director), Ennio Antonelli (actor), Franco Verucci (writer), Mauro Vestri (actor), Gianni Morandi (actor), Alberto Silvestri (writer), Sergio Leonardi (actor), Silvio Klein (actor), Piero Pintucci (composer), Marcella Mariotti (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Francis Blanche (actor), Charles Blavette (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Louis de Funès (actor), Olivier Hussenot (actor), Jean Lefebvre (actor), Jacqueline Doyen (actress), Elisa Mainardi (actress), Marisa Merlini (actress), Jacqueline Pierreux (actress), Rosy Varte (actress), Jacques Emmanuel (writer), Albert Valentin (writer), Georges Arnstam (editor), Christian Méry (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ben Alexander (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Nat Carr (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Eddie Graham (actor), William Halligan (actor), Charles Judels (actor), Guy Kibbee (actor), André Luguet (actor), James A. Marcus (actor), Luis Alberni (actor),
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