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A Wrong Way To Love
''A Wrong Way to Love'' ( it, Amarsi male) is a 1969 Italian drama film. It was directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars Nieves Navarro, Gianni Macchia, Micaela Pignatelli, Lucio Dalla, and Lea Lander. Production The female lead actress initially chosen was Lucia Bosè, later replaced by Pier Angeli and ultimately by Nieves Navarro.Manlio Gomarasca, ''Amarsi male'', in ''Calibro 9: Il cinema di Ferdinando Di Leo'', Nocturno Dossier, Cinemabis Communication, page 52. The singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla was given a comical sidekick role.Paolo Mereghetti, ''Amarsi male'', in ''Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film 2006'', Baldini & Castoldi, page 112. The male protagonist's surname, Tessari, is a Di Leo's homage to his real life friend Duccio Tessari. The best known actor in the cast, Gary Merrill, has only a supporting role. The film has cameos of Giancarlo Cobelli and Maria Monti, as two small-theater performers. The director Di Leo appears uncredited as a client in a brothel. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Di Leo
Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Biography Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia. After briefly working in a Rome's film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, di Leo made his debut as a director as part of the omnibus comedy ''Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani'' with his episode titled ''Un posto in paradiso'' (). Following this Di Leo wrote several scripts for Westerns, often uncredited. This included work on ''A Fistful of Dollars'' and ''For a Few Dollars More''. Some of his Westerns had uncredited literary sources, such as ''Days of Vengeance'' which as loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Di Leo was a fan of ''film noir'' and wanted to make an Italian version of these films. Among his first efforts was the script for Mino Guerrini's ''Date for a Murder'' ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Cobelli
Giancarlo Cobelli (12 December 1929 – 16 March 2012) was an Italian actor and stage director. He was considered one of the most important directors of Italian theatre. Early life Born in Milan, Cobelli studied acting at Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro, then obtained some success as actor and mime, on stage and on television. Cobelli later was primarily active as theater director, especially devoting himself to operas alongside names such as Riccardo Muti, Roberto Abbado and Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions .... Career He won several UBU Awards as best director. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobelli, Giancarlo Italian male film actors 1929 births 2012 deaths Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Drama Films
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Italian-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Films
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with '' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''Midnight Cowboy'', a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36. * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London. * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (''Me, Natalie''). * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive. * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Mereghetti
Paolo Mereghetti (born 28 September 1949) is an Italian film critic. Born in Milan, Mereghetti graduated in philosophy with a thesis about Orson Welles.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Mereghetti, Paolo". ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . Currently the film critic of the newspaper ''Corriere della Sera'', he collaborated with various magazines, including '' Positif, Linus, SegnoCinema, Ombre Rosse''. Mereghetti is best known for the book collection of film reviews ''Il Mereghetti'', he published in various editions starting from 1993. In 2001 he was awarded a Flaiano Prize The Flaiano Prizes ( it, Premi Flaiano) are a set of Italian international awards recognizing achievements in the fields of creative writing, cinema, theater and radio-television. Established to honour the Italian author and screenwriter Ennio Flai ... for film criticism. References External links * 1949 births Living people Writers from Milan Italian film critics {{Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brucia, Ragazzo, Brucia
''A Woman on Fire'' ( it, Brucia, ragazzo, brucia, also known as ''Burn, Boy, Burn'') is a 1969 Italian erotic-drama film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo. It gained a great commercial success and launched the career of Di Leo as director. Cast * Gianni Macchia: Giancarlo *Françoise Prévost: Clara Frisotti *Michel Bardinet: Silvio Frisotti *Monica Strebel: Marina *Danika La Loggia (as Danika) : Aunt Bice *Anna Pagano : Monica *Ettore Geri *Franca Sciutto *Miriam Alex : Swiss Woman *Leonora Ruffo Leonora Ruffo (13 January 1935 – 25 May 2007) was an Italian film actress. Career Born in Rome as Bruna Bovi, the daughter of Angelo Bovi, basketball coach of Ginnastica Roma, Italian Championship pluri-winner, Ruffo failed to obtain the main ... References External links * 1969 films 1969 romantic drama films Films directed by Fernando Di Leo Italian romantic drama films 1960s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Monti
Maria Monti (born 1935 in Milan) is an Italian film actress, singer and theatre artist. Entering film in 1962 in '' Canzoni a tempo di twist'' she made nearly 30 film appearances between 1962 and 2002. In 1971 she appeared in Sergio Leone's '' A Fistful of Dynamite''. Filmography *''Vento di ponente'' (2002) TV Series .... Emma (2002-) *''Controvento'' (2000) *''L'Ultimo capodanno'' (1998) .... The Contessa *''La Medaglia'' (1997) .... Teacher *''Gangsters'' (1992) .... Guest-house owner *'' Milan noir'' (1987) .... Bianca *''Strana la vita'' (1987) .... Anna's Mother *' (1985) .... Italian Mother *''La Ragazza di Via Millelire'' (1980) *''Piccole labbra'' (1978) .... Anna *''Mogliamante'' (1977) (uncredited) .... Hotel director *''Ritratto di borghesia in nero'' (1977) .... Linda *'' Black Journal'' (1977) .... Second neighbor *''Novecento'' (1976) .... Rosina Dalco *''Al piacere di rivederla'' (1976) .... Bianca Bonfigli *''Garofano rosso'' (1976) *''Le Avventure di Cala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Merrill
Gary Fred Merrill (August 2, 1915 – March 5, 1990) was an American film and television actor whose credits included more than 50 feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. He starred in ''All About Eve'' and married his costar Bette Davis. Early life Merrill was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and Trinity College in Hartford. He began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army Air Forces, in the play ''Winged Victory''. Career Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as Batman in the ''Superman'' radio series. His film career began promisingly, with roles in films such as ''Twelve O'Clock High'' (1949) and ''All About Eve'' (1950), but he rarely moved beyond supporting roles in his many Westerns, war movies, and medical dramas. His television career was extensive. He appeared from 1954 to 1956 as Jason Tyler on the cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieves Navarro
Nieves Navarro García (born November 11, 1938) is a retired Spanish-born Italian actress and fashion model. Navarro worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Totò and Lino Banfi in the 1960s and 1970s. She later adopted the Americanized stage name Susan Scott for many of her productions after 1969. Navarro was also one of the first female stars of the Spaghetti Western genre making her feature film debut in ''A Pistol for Ringo'' and its sequel '' The Return of Ringo'' along with later appearances in ''The Big Gundown'' (1966), ''Long Days of Vengeance'' (1967), '' Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (1970) and ''Adiós, Sabata'' (1971). In 1972, she married the Italian director and producer Luciano Ercoli, starring in many of his productions up until the early-1980s, and was familiar for her erotically-themed roles in giallo and sex comedies. She went into semi-retirement after 1983, making two last films in 1989. In recent years, she returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. Born in Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ..., Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of Peplum (film genre), peplum films. In 1964 he co-wrote Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'', one year later he gained an impressive commercial success and launched the Giuliano Gemma's career with ''A Pistol for Ringo'' and its immediate sequel, ''The Return of Ringo''. He later touched different genres and worked in RAI TV, directing some successful TV-series. He died of cancer in Rome, at 67. He was married to actress Lorella De Luca. Filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli (19 June 193210 September 1971), also credited under her real name, Anna Maria Pierangeli, was an Italian-born television and film actress who starred in American, British and European films throughout her career. Her American motion picture debut was in the starring role of the film ''Teresa'' (1951), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Young Star of the Year - Actress. She also worked as a singer and model. Early life and career Born Anna Maria Pierangeli to Enrichetta (née Romiti) and Luigi Pierangeli in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Her twin sister is the actress Marisa Pavan. Angeli spent World War II in Rome; she was ten when the Nazis occupied Rome, experiencing both food shortages and bomb shelters. She was deeply affected by her experiences during the war, recalling later: "What was in the world, I didn't want to know." Angeli made her film debut with Vittorio De Sica's Italian film, '' Domani è troppo tardi'' (1950) after being spotted by director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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