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Aldo Ralli
Aldo Ralli (21 October 1935 – 6 March 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Pisa, Ralli started his career on stage, as the sidekick of popular comedians such as Erminio Macario, Carlo Dapporto and Beniamino Maggio. With the decline of revue and avanspettacolo, from the late 1970s he specialized in character roles, being cast in dozens of comedy films. He also worked several times with Paolo Sorrentino, and among his most successful performances there was the role of Captain Cavicchi in the Italia 1 TV-series ''Classe di ferro''. Partial filmography *''Ric e Gian alla conquista del West'' (1967) - mister James *''The Great Silence'' (1968) - Al's Deputy (uncredited) *''Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli'' (1969) - Baron's Doctor *''Lisa dagli occhi blu'' (1970) *''Le segrete esperienze di Luca e Fanny'' (1980) - Fanny's Father *''Delitto a Porta Romana'' (1980) - Professor Baldi *''La dottoressa di campagna'' (1981) - Don Anselmo *''Chia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa Information statistics History ...
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Delitto A Porta Romana
''Delitto a Porta Romana'' (''Crime at Porta Romana'') is a 1980 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the seventh chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series starred by Tomas Milian. Cast * Tomas Milian: Nico Giraldi * Bombolo: Franco Bertarelli a.k.a. "Venticello" * Olimpia Di Nardo: Angela Giraldi * Nerina Montagnani: Grandmother of Angela * Elio Crovetto: Bartolo a.k.a. "il Monzese" * Lino Patruno: Enrico Vitucci * Massimo Vanni: Brigadier Gargiulo * Aldo Ralli: Professor Baldi * Marina Frajese: Antonella * Franco Diogene: Busoni * Marcello Martana: Trentini * Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...: Maresciallo References External links * 1980 films Films directed by Bruno Corbucci Films scored by Franco Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Pisa
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth (2015 Film)
''Youth'' is a 2015 comedy-drama film written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is the director's second English-language film, and stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as best friends who reflect on their lives while holidaying in the Swiss Alps. It is a story of the eternal struggle between age and youth, the past and the future, life and death, commitment and betrayal. The cast also includes Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. The film premiered at the ''2015 Cannes Film Festival'', where it competed for the Palme d'Or and had a positive critical response. At the 28th European Film Awards, ''Youth'' won Best Film, Best Director for Sorrentino, and Best Actor for Caine. It received one Academy Award nomination: Best Original Song, for David Lang's composition of " Simple Song #3". At the Golden Globe Awards, Lang was also nominated along with Jane Fonda for Best Supporting Actress. Plot Septuagenarian best friends Fred Ballinger and Mick Boyle are on vacation in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Beauty
''The Great Beauty'' ( it, La grande bellezza ) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (winning Grand Prix), and at the 2013 Reykjavik European Film Festival. The film won Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe and the BAFTA award in the same category. It is a co-production between the Italian Medusa Film and Indigo Film and the French Babe Films, with support from Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Pathé and France 2 Cinéma. With a production budget of €9.2 million, the film grossed over $24 million worldwide. Plot The film opens with a quote from Céline's novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'': "Travel is useful; it exercises the imagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Divo (film)
''Il divo'' (, ''The Celebrity'' or more literally ''The Divine'', from Latin ''divus,'' "god") is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Makeup at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. Synopsis The film presents the story of Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time Prime Minister of Italy notorious for his alleged ties to the Mafia. The narration covers Andreotti's seventh election in 1992, his failed bid for the presidency of the Italian Republic, the bribe scandal ''Tangentopoli'' and his trial in 1995. As the film opens, Giulio Andreotti gives an inner monologue observing how he has managed to survive his tumultuous political career while his various detractors have died. A montage shows the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantozzi 2000 – La Clonazione
''Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione'' (''Fantozzi 2000 - The cloning'') is an Italian comedy film released in 1999. It is the tenth and final film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. Plot Fantozzi finally died after his brief return to Earth from 1996. His superiors, exceeded the limits of human longevity, continue to manage and direct their institutions, taking many young people. However, new employees did not show very servile and humble like the old assumptions of previous generations. In fact, it is approaching the 21st century and young people are starting to be more aggressive and arrogant towards their managers who, finding himself in danger, decided to revive the "accountant doormat" Ugo Fantozzi. They do this by cloning and so the poor Fantozzi is forced again to continue a life of abuse and unfortunate vicissitudes. In particular his old Count Director Engineer Mascalzon. Grand. Croc. Lup. Mann. Farabutt. Pezz. di Merd. Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimini Rimini - Un Anno Dopo
''Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo'' is a 1988 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is the sequel to the 1987 film '' Rimini Rimini''. Plot summary The film is divided into episodes set on the beaches of Rimini. A womanizer pretends to be a homosexual to win over a beautiful girl who ignores him. An elderly beach guy is suffering from indigestion. A loan shark finances, without knowing it, an extramarital adventure of his wife. Two southern spouses are forced, against all their principles, to an exchange of partners. Cast * Corinne Cléry as Carla Formigoni * Andrea Roncato as Paolo Polverosi * Gianfranco D'Angelo as Alì * Eva Grimaldi as Flaminia Longheroni * Maurizio Micheli as Nicola Moschetti * Renzo Montagnani as Luciano Ambrosi * Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Immacolata Moschetti * Gastone Moschin as Mr. Formigoni * Adriano Pappalardo as Terry * Isabel Russinova as Francesca * Olimpia Di Nardo as Inge * Enio Drovandi as Luciano's Friend * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Volpone
''Il volpone'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by Ben Jonson's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio. Plot Set in the Ligurian Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate. The shrewd Volpone, in return, organizes a hoax against them to betray their greed. In the movie, he is joined by a new waiter, Bartolomeo Mosca (Enrico Montesano), who quickly shows himself to be as cunning as Volpone in arranging humiliations. Cast *Enrico Montesano: Bartolomeo Mosca *Enrico Maria Salerno: Ciro Corvino *Renzo Montagnani: Raffaele Voltore *Athina Cenci: Marta Corbaccio * Alessandro Haber: Ernesto Corbaccio *Mariangela Giordano: Eliana Voltore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roba Da Ricchi
''Roba da ricchi'' (''Stuff for rich people'') is a 1987 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It consists of three segments, all set in Monte Carlo. Plot Against the backdrop of Monte Carlo (where the film was shot) three different stories intertwine: I episode Attilio Carbone, a clumsy insurer, after having recklessly insured a dog against the damage caused to it, in order not to be fired must be able to pay the owner the least possible compensation. However, he will be seduced by the busty Dora who will convince him to have her husband take out a large life insurance policy and then kill him and pocket the insurance money; the woman, who is also in league with her husband, will end up cheating both of them, pocketing the money and abandoning them on a desert island. II episode On advice from the family doctor, agree to arrange a meeting between the two. While he finds himself at the height of despair at the thought of his wife with each other, Mapi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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