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Bernardino Zapponi

Bernardino Zapponi

Writer · Died February 11, 2000, aged 72 · Rome, Italy

Born
September 4, 1927
Died
February 11, 2000 (aged 72)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Writer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Bernardino Zapponi's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Bonds
23%
Power
15%
Morality
15%
Society
12%
Ideas
4%
Survival
2%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 7 · Wry 4 · Earnest 13

Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 5 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 14 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 14 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 7

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
9
Absurd
9
Melancholic
9
Tense
8
Warm
8
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

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 Bernardino Zapponi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bernardino Zapponi'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

52 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Fate un bel sorriso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Writer

  • Giovani e belli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer

  • Miracolo italiano(1994)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • All Ladies Do It(1992)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Paprika(1991)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • I'll Be Going Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Screenplay · Story

  • You Jane, Me Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · Teleplay

  • Teresa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Writer

  • Stuff for the Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Screenplay

  • Rimini Rimini(1987)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • I Am an ESP (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Screenplay · Story

  • He's Worse Than Me(1985)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 5 episodes · Creator

  • ...e la vita continua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 8 episodes · Screenplay

  • This and That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Writer

  • State buoni se potete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay · Story

  • God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Sesso e volentieri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • The Marquis of Grillo(1981)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Story

  • Sweet Pea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Fantasma d'amore(1981)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Habibi, amor mío (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Writer

  • City of Women(1980)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Dear Father(1979)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Traffic Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Viva Italia!(1977)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Lost Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Screenplay

  • Fellini's Casanova(1976)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Languidi baci... perfide carezze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Writer

  • Plot of Fear(1976)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Career of a Chambermaid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Duck in Orange Sauce(1975)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Leonor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Writer

  • Deep Red(1975)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Down the Ancient Stairs(1975)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Stardust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Screenplay

  • Dirty Weekend(1973)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Roma(1972)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Clowns(1970)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Priest's Wife(1970)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Viva Cangaceiro(1969)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Satyricon(1969)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • I See Naked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Story

  • Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Screenplay · as Self

  • A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof(1968)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Spirits of the Dead(1968)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Caprice Italian Style(1968)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Toby Dammit(1968)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Witches(1967)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Cinecittà: sui set dei film western italiani (1967) - Spaghetti Western (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Author · Actor

  • È l'amor che mi rovina(1951)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 51 titles from 1951 to 2000.

Biggest box office

Satyricon (1969)

$1.1M worldwide

Highest rated

The Marquis of Grillo (1981)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

All Ladies Do It (1992)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 51: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleWriting50 of 51: 49 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thOther crew1 of 51: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew1970s16 · crew1980s18 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s1 · crew

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.

How do Bernardino Zapponi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · writer

All Ladies Do It (1992)

69th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Marquis of Grillo (1981)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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.

Is Bernardino Zapponi's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles22–73 · median 30 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles25–72 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles20–48 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles33–49 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles18–64 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bernardino Zapponi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bernardino Zapponi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ruggero Mastroianni shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers