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Alberto Farnese
Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury award at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) - Poldo * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) - Augusto * ''Falsehood'' (1952) - Gianni * ''Prigionieri delle tenebre'' (1952) * ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Alberto Gherardi * ''Angels of Darkness'' (1954) - The Sportsman * ''Disonorata - Senza colpa'' (1954) - Amedeo Cupiello * '' The Two Orphans'' (1954) * ''The Gold of Naples'' (1954) - Alfredo - l'amante di Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito") * ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954) * ''Disowned'' (1954) - barone Giulio Colizzi * ''Due lacrime'' (1954) - Mario Mancini * '' The White Angel'' (1955) - Poldo * '' The Song of the Heart'' (1955) - Sandro * ''Un palco all'opera'' (1956) * ''Torna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Sanson
Yvonne Sanson ( el, Υβόν Σανσόν; 29 August 1925 – 23 July 2003) was a Greek-Italian film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972, mainly working in Italy. Born in Thessaloniki, Sanson was a naturalised Italian citizen and was maternally of Greek origin and paternally of French-Russian origin. Partial filmography * ''The Black Eagle'' (1946) - Una ragazza alla festa * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) - Daisy * '' Flesh Will Surrender'' (1947) - Ginevra Canale * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1948) - L'imperatrice Caterina II di Russia * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) - Australia * ''The Emperor of Capri'' (1949) - Sonia Bulgarov * ''Torment'' (1950) - Anna Ferrari * Cintura di castità (1950) * ''Chains'' (1950) - Rosa Carrisi * ''The Elusive Twelve'' (1950) - Herself * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) - Luisa Fanti / Sister Addolorata * ''The Overcoat'' (1952) - Caterina * ''Are We All Murderers?'' (1952) - Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne) * '' The Shameless Sex'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Of The Alps
''The Angel of the Alps'' ( it, L'angelo delle Alpi) is a 1957 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Luisella Boni, Alberto Farnese and Gino Sinimberghi.Goble p. 238 The film's art direction was by Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Cast * Luisella Boni as Rina * Alberto Farnese as Massimo * Gino Sinimberghi as Banchiere Maffei * Cristina Grado as Laura * Germana Paolieri as Contessa Bianca di Roverbella * Nico Pepe as Gaspare * Mario Ferrari as conte Roverbella * Isabella Riva as donna Clotilde * Giulio Falcier as Fabrizio * Luisa Mattioli Luisa Mattioli (23 March 1936 – October 2021) was an Italian actress. She was active in cinema and television during the 1950s and 1960s, and was notably the third wife of Roger Moore. Biography Mattioli met Roger Moore in 1961 while film ... as Maddalena * Vittorio Manfrino * Alberto Archetti * Alfredo Beduschi * Lucetta Prona References Bibliography * External links * 1957 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caccia All'uomo
''Caccia all'uomo'' (translation: "Manhunt") is a 1961 Italian crime-drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Yvonne Furneaux and Umberto Orsini. Plot Commissioner Nardelli is charged with capturing the dangerous bandit Mazzarò, who in Sicily killed a notary and kidnapped a girl. The key to the criminal organization is a young woman, Maria, who is the lover of a local baron and, at the same time, of the wanted bandit. Nardelli will succeed in the enterprise thanks to the police dog Dox. Once the mission is over, the two are transferred to Rome, where they solve the case of a model killed in the context of drug trafficking. Cast * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Clara Ducci * Yvonne Furneaux as Maria * Umberto Orsini as Giovanni Maimonti * Riccardo Garrone as Commissioner Nardelli * Andrea Checchi as Inzirillo * Giorgia Moll as Anna * Alberto Farnese as Paolo * Philippe Leroy as Mazzarò * Lila Rocco * Fanfulla as Luigi Visconti * Vin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corsican Brothers (1961 Film)
''The Corsican Brothers'' ( it, I fratelli Corsi) is a 1961 French-Italian historical action film directed by Anton Giulio Majano and starring Geoffrey Horne, Valérie Lagrange and Gérard Barray. It is also known as ''Lions of Corsica''. The film is an adaptation of the 1844 story ''The Corsican Brothers'' by Alexandre Dumas. The film was shot in Eastmancolor. Synopsis The Franchi twins, when baptized, were separated when their family was murdered by his enemies, the Sagona. While one brother went into the maquis for revenge, the other, unaware of the family drama, became a doctor and struck up a friendship with a descendant of the Sagona. But blood ties and their love for the same woman will bring them together... Cast * Geoffrey Horne as Paolo Franchi / Leone Franchi * Valérie Lagrange as Edith * Gérard Barray as Giovanni Sagona * Mario Feliciani as Dr. Dupont * Emma Danieli as Gabrielle De Roux * Jean Servais as Gerolamo Sagona * Amedeo Nazzari as Orlandi * Nerio Bernardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonders Of Aladdin
''The Wonders of Aladdin'' (Italian: ''Le meraviglie di Aladino'') is a 1961 Italian-French-American comedy fantasy film directed by Henry Levin (with second unit direction by Mario Bava—uncredited in U.S. prints but credited as sole director in Italy) and produced by Joseph E. Levine for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Donald O'Connor as the title character. Cast * Donald O'Connor as Aladdin * Nöelle Adam as Djalma * Vittorio De Sica as Geni * Aldo Fabrizi as Sultan * Michèle Mercier as Princess Zaiha * Milton Reid as Omar * Mario Girotti as Prince Moluk * Fausto Tozzi as Grand Vizier * Marco Tulli as Fakir Production O'Connor signed to make the film in October 1960. O'Connor said "The story of Aladdin has been done by everyone but this is its first time around as a comedy." ''The Wonders of Aladdin'' was produced in tandem with two Steve Reeves vehicles, ''Morgan, the Pirate'' and '' The Thief of Baghdad'', with producer Joseph E. Levine, set designer Flavio Mogheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giant Of Metropolis
''The Giant of Metropolis'' ( it, Il gigante di Metropolis) is a 1961 color Italian fantasy adventure film that was produced by Decio Salvi and Emimmo Salvi, directed by Umberto Scarpelli, that stars Gordon Mitchell and Bella Cortez. Plot Muscleman Obro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yotar and his hideous super-science schemes. Cast *Gordon Mitchell as Obro *Bella Cortez as La principessa Mecede *Roldano Lupi as Il re Yotar *Carlo Angeletti ("Marietto") as Elmos * Omero Gargano as Il vecchio saggio *Mario Meniconi as Il padre di Obro *Carlo Tamberlani as Il padre di Yotar * Luigi Moneta as Il primo ministro *Ugo Sasso as Il capitano delle guardie nere *Renato Terra as Il giovane scienzato * Carlo Enrici as Assistente dello scienziato *Leopoldo Savona as Danzatore *Furio Meniconi Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Faces Of Sin
''Three Faces of Sin'' (french: Le Puits aux trois vérités) is a 1961 French language motion picture comedy directed by François Villiers, based on novel by Jean-Jaques Gauthier. The music score is by Maurice Jarre. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Spaak and Scilla Gabel. It tells the story of a painter who parts from his mistress and marries her daughter. Principal cast *Michèle Morgan as Renee Plege *Jean-Claude Brialy as Laurent *Catherine Spaak as Daniele Plege *Michel Etcheverry as Inspector *Scilla Gabel as Rossana *Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several rev ... as Guerbois External links * * * 1961 films French comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by François Villiers 1960s French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giants Of Thessaly
''The Giants of Thessaly'' ( it, I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), french: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as ''Jason and the Golden Fleece'') is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem ''Argonautica'' by Apollonius Rhodius. Plot Thessaly, overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, sends King Jason and his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back home, his scheming cohort is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom and the queen. The film's subplots bear some resemblance to Odysseus' odyssey including a plot by a trusted lord to seize a throne from an absent king and a desire to marry the king's faithful wife. Jason and his men encounter a queen on her island of siren witches who turns seduced men into animals much like Odysseus' encounter with the sorceress Circe. There is also a struggle against a Cyclops also reminiscent of the encounter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colossus And The Amazon Queen
''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' ( it, La regina delle Amazzoni/ ''Queen of the Amazons'') is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. Cast *Rod Taylor as Pirro *Ed Fury as Glauco *Dorian Gray as Antiope *Daniela Rocca as Melitta *Gianna Maria Canale as La Regina *Alberto Farnese as Losco - Il pirata *Giorgia Moll as Amazone *Folco Lulli *Ignazio Leone as Sopho *Adriana Facchetti as Sacerdota *Paola Falchi as Amazone *Enzo Cerusico as Menandro *Marco Tulli as Eumeo - Oste Production The film stars two American actors in the lead roles, Rod Taylor and bodybuilder Ed Fury Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik; June 6, 1928) is an American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of " sword-and-sandal" films in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Born in Long Island, New York, Fury mov .... Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warrior Empress
''The Warrior Empress'' (Italian: ''Saffo - Venere di Lesbo'') is a 1960 Italian-French peplum film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Kerwin Mathews, Tina Louise Tina Louise ( Blacker; born February 11, 1934) is an American actress widely known for her role as movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy ''Gilligan's Island''. With the death of Dawn Wells in 2020, Louise became the las ... and Riccardo Garrone. Cast References Bibliography * Gary Allen Smith. ''Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies''. McFarland, 2004. External links * French historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films 1960s historical adventure films 1960 films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Pietro Francisci Peplum films Cultural depictions of Sappho Films with screenplays by Luciano Martino Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Sword and sandal films 1960s Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Syracuse (film)
''Siege of Syracuse'' ( it, L'assedio di Siracusa) is a 1960 historical drama film about the Roman Siege of Syracuse, which took place between 213 and 212 B.C., during the Second Punic War with Carthage. The film was directed by Pietro Francisci. Cast *Rossano Brazzi as "Archimedes" *Tina Louise as "Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia" *Sylva Koscina as "Clio" *Enrico Maria Salerno as "Gorgia" *Gino Cervi as "Gerone" *Alberto Farnese as "Marcus Claudius Marcellus" *Luciano Marin as "Marco" *Alfredo Varelli as "Kriton" * Walter Grant as "Tiresias" * Mara Lombardo as "Selinonte Dancer" Reception Dave Sindelar called the film "un-even". The film was criticized for a lack of historical accuracy. See also *List of historical drama films *List of films set in ancient Rome This article lists films set in the city of Rome during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, or the Roman Empire. The films only partly set in Rome are so noted. The founding of Rome Films set during the founding of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Secret Du Chevalier D'Éon
''Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon'' is a 1959 French-Italian film. It stars Andrée Debar and Gabriele Ferzetti. It is loosely based on the life of Chevalier d'Éon Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont or Charlotte-Geneviève-Louise-Augusta-Andréa-Timothéa d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 172821 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon or the Chevalière d'Éon ( is t ..., although it portrays them as a woman masquerading as a man, rather than a person who was biologically male but presenting as a woman, as was the case for the latter part of their life. References External links * 1959 films 1959 adventure films French adventure films Italian adventure films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jacqueline Audry Films set in the 18th century Films set in France Films set in Russia Cross-dressing in film 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
