Eduardo De Filippo (Naples, 24 May 1900 - Rome, 31 October 1984), was an Italian playwright, actor, director, screenwriter and poet. Considered one of the most important Italian theatrical authors of the twentieth century, he was the author of numerous theatrical works which he himself staged and interpreted and, later, translated and performed by others also abroad. A prolific author, he also worked in the cinema with the same roles covered in the theatrical activity. For his artistic merits and contributions to culture, in 1981, he was appointed senator for life by the President of the Republic Sandro Pertini and was awarded two honorary degrees in literature from the University of Birmingham in 1977 and from the University of Rome La "Sapienza" in 1980. It was also proposed for the Nobel Prize for literature [2]. Eduardo is still today, together with Luigi Pirandello, Dario Fo and Carlo Goldoni, one of the most appreciated and represented Italian theater authors abroad He was born in Naples on May 24, 1900. Natural son of the actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta and of the theater dressmaker Luisa De Filippo, Eduardo and his brothers were recognized as children by their mother whose surname they took De Filippo. Eduardo Scarpetta, married on March 16, 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, with whom he had three children (Domenico, Maria and Vincenzo), had an extra-marital relationship with his granddaughter Luisa De Filippo (daughter of Luca, brother of Rosa De Filippo) from which Titina, Eduardo and Peppino were born.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 24, 1900
- October 31, 1984 (aged 84)
- Napoli, Campania, Italy
- Actor, writer and director
- 13 on MovieCove · 123 credits in all
What are Eduardo De Filippo's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 7
Light 7 · Serious 6 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0
Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 5
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 10 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Pulcinella in Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)
- Tricksteras Pulcinella in Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Eduardo De Filippo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Eduardo De Filippo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
123 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Questi fantasmi! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Natale in casa Cupiello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Napoli milionaria! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Great Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Filumena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Non ti pago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Natale in casa Cupiello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Stuff of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Questi fantasmi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Napoli milionaria! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Filumena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Saturday, Sunday & Monday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Italian Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Mayor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Muž a gavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Cuore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Umenie komédie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
I Won't Pay! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Il berretto a sonagli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Il contratto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Sobota, nedeľa, pondelok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Mayor of Rione Sanità (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Quei figuri di tanti anni fa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
L'arte della commedia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Gennareniello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Le voci di dentro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Due atti unici a colori (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Il cilindro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Christmas at the Cupiello Household (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Gli esami non finiscono mai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
De Pretore Vincenzo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Uomo e galantuomo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
'Na santarella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
'O tuono 'e marzo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Li nepute de lu sinneco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Ghosts, Italian Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Kiss the Other Sheik(1965)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Marriage Italian Style(1964)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Non ti pago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Il sindaco del rione Sanità (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Bene mio e core mio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Mia famiglia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
La paura numero uno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
La grande magia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
L'abito nuovo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Chi è cchiù felice 'e me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Peppino Girella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Shortest Day(1963)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Filumena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Questi fantasmi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Christmas at the Cupiello House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Ditegli sempre di sì (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Napoli milionaria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Ghosts of Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Everybody Go Home!(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Il medico dei pazzi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Tre calzoni fortunati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Raw Wind in Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
L'uomo dai calzoni corti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Fortunella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
La canzone del destino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Friendship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Pericolosamente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Il dono di Natale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
La chiave di casa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Quei figuri di tanti anni fà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Sei atti unici in bianco e nero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Courtyard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Miseria e nobiltà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Frisky(1954)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Gold of Naples(1954)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
These Phantoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
The Anatomy of Love(1954)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
100 Years of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
I morti non fanno paura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
It Happened in the Park(1953)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Traviata 53 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Neopolitans in Milan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Ragazze da marito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
The Lucky Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Seven Deadly Sins(1952)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Marito e Moglie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Three Girls from Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Un ladro in paradiso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Filumena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Position Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Porca miseria! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Side Street Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Monologo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Filomena Marturano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Yvonne of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Campane a martello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Assunta Spina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Uno tra la folla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
Life Begins Anew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Ti conosco, mascherina! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
I Do Not Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Il fidanzato di mia moglie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Casanova farebbe così! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Non ti pago! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
A che servono questi quattrini? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Il sogno di tutti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
In campagna è caduta una stella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Il marchese di Ruvolito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
L'amor mio non muore! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
I Was to Blame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Three Cornered Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Quei due (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
I Sing for You Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Eduardo ultima lezione, ultimo spettacolo: il punto di arrivo il punto di partenza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 123 titles, 122 of them dated from 1933 to 2024; peak year 1961.
Biggest box office
The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
Highest rated
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
Most popular right now
Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Film career
Peak 1961 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1950Screen debut· Side Street Story
- 1950First top-billed film· Side Street Story
- 1977Career best· Christmas at the Cupiello Household
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Eduardo De Filippo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Eduardo De Filippo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Eduardo De Filippo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vittorio De Sica shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Vittorio De SicaShared titles: Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959), Frisky (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954), It Happened in the Park (1953)See all 7 shared titles with Vittorio De Sica
- Luigi ComenciniShared titles: Everybody Go Home! (1960), Frisky (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Luigi Comencini
- Gianni FrancioliniShared titles: Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959), It Happened in the Park (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Gianni Franciolini
- Roberto RosselliniShared titles: The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952), The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Roberto Rossellini
Writers
- Agenore IncrocciShared titles: Everybody Go Home! (1960), The Anatomy of Love (1954), It Happened in the Park (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Agenore Incrocci
- Furio ScarpelliShared titles: Everybody Go Home! (1960), The Anatomy of Love (1954), It Happened in the Park (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Furio Scarpelli
- Giuseppe MarottaShared titles: The Anatomy of Love (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954), The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Giuseppe Marotta
- Liana FerriShared titles: It Happened in the Park (1953), The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952), The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Liana Ferri
Actors
- Marcello MastroianniShared titles: Kiss the Other Sheik (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)See all 4 shared titles with Marcello Mastroianni
- Sophia LorenShared titles: Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), The Anatomy of Love (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954)See all 4 shared titles with Sophia Loren
- Tecla ScaranoShared titles: Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Frisky (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Tecla Scarano
- Aldo GiuffrèShared titles: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), It Happened in the Park (1953), The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Aldo Giuffrè
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Adriana NovelliShared titles: Kiss the Other Sheik (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), It Happened in the Park (1953)See all 4 shared titles with Adriana Novelli
- Mario SerandreiShared titles: Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959), Frisky (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Mario Serandrei
- Alessandro CicogniniShared titles: Frisky (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Alessandro Cicognini
- Mario MontuoriShared titles: Kiss the Other Sheik (1965), Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)See all 2 shared titles with Mario Montuori
Producers
- Carlo PontiShared titles: Kiss the Other Sheik (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), The Gold of Naples (1954)See all 4 shared titles with Carlo Ponti
- Goffredo LombardoShared titles: The Shortest Day (1963), Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)See all 2 shared titles with Goffredo Lombardo
- Dino De LaurentiisShared titles: Everybody Go Home! (1960), The Gold of Naples (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Dino De Laurentiis
- Marcello GirosiShared titles: Frisky (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Marcello Girosi