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Anna Maestri
Anna Maestri (7 January 1924 – 4 March 1988) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Maestri was born in Mantua, the daughter of two stage actors. She formed at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, and made her professional debut on stage in 1943 alongside Vittorio Gassman. After the war she worked several times with Luchino Visconti, Luigi Squarzina and with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro (Milan), Piccolo Teatro in Milan. She was also active in musical comedies and revues, notably starring in ''Il terrore corre sul filo'' alongside Nino Taranto. In 1963 she was awarded the :it:Premio San Genesio, San Genesio Prize for her performance in Robert Thomas (director), Robert Thomas' ''Eight Women''. Maestri was also active in films and on television, even if mainly cast in supporting roles. Filmography References External links *Anna's find-a-grave page {{DEFAULTSORT:Maestri, Anna Actors from Mantua Italian stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the European Capital of Gastronomy, included in the Eastern Lombardy District (together with the cities of Bergamo, Brescia, and Cremona). In 2008, Mantua's ''centro storico'' (old town) and Sabbioneta were declared by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family has made it one of the main artistic, culture, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole. Having one of the most splendid courts of Europe of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Rice
''Bitter Rice'' ( it, Riso Amaro ) is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, ''Bitter Rice'' was a commercial success in Europe and the United States. It was a product of the Italian neorealism style. The Italian title of the film is based on a pun; since the Italian word '' riso'' can mean either "rice" or "laughter", can be taken to mean either "bitter laughter" or "bitter rice". Although ''Bitter Rice'' did not win any awards, it was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Best Story and entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Production The film was shot on location in the countryside of Vercellese. The main locations are Tenuta Selve in Salasco and Cascina Veneria in Lignana. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Plot The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armiamoci E Partite!
''Armiamoci e partite!'' (Italian for "Let US arm ourselves and YOU go!") is a 1971 war comedy film directed by Nando Cicero and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio * Martine Brochard as Lilì * Philippe Clay as General McMaster * as Cpt. Dubois * Anna Maestri * Renato Baldini as Major Rembaud * Gino Pagnani as French Captain * Renato Pinciroli as French General * as Cafè Owner * Alberto Sorrentino as Train Passenger * Nino Terzo as Train Passenger * Aldo Bufi Landi * Luigi Bonos as Baron's Assistant * Aldo Barberito as Lt. Duval * Ignazio Leone as Doctor * Corrado Olmi Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020) w ... References E ...
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W Le Donne
''W le donne'' (i.e. "Hurrah for the women") is a 1970 Cinema of Italy, Italian "musicarello" film directed by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Little Tony (singer), Little Tony.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2012. . Plot Cast * Little Tony (singer), Little Tony as Tony Marconi * Stefania Doria as Simonetta La Rosa *Franco Franchi as Franco Samperi *Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio La Rosa *Pippo Franco as Victor Santaniello *Gino Bramieri as Don Nicola * Luciano Fineschi as Captain Luciani * Anna Zinnemann as Donna Lulù *Nino Terzo as The Sergeant *Carlo Sposito as Galluppi *Ignazio Balsamo as Maresciallo Palombi *Paola Tedesco as Nenè *Pippo Baudo as Colonel Bertoluzzi *Anna Maestri as Don Nicola's Wife * Mirella Pamphili as Mimì * Valeria Sabel as Simonetta's Mother *Mario Del Vago as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force officer See also * List of Italian films of 1970 References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon, Italian Style
''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (Italian: ''Viaggio di nozze all'italiana'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Concha Velasco and Ferruccio Amendola.Small p.108 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Cast * Tony Russel as Barone Frescobaldi * Concha Velasco as Rosetta de Curtis * Ferruccio Amendola as Pasquale * Elio Crovetto as Funzionario al Casinò * Ana María Custodio as donna di Camilo * Luigi De Filippo as Camilluccio * Alberto Farnese as Portiere dell'Hotel * Litz Kibiska as La Bionda * Anna Maestri as Pallina * Renzo Montagnani as Nicola * Antonio Ozores as Salvatore Catella * George Rigaud as Barone Luigi * Carlo Rizzo as Direttore dell'Hotel * Rosita Rizzo as Donna Carmela * Marisa Solinas Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer. Life Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Polo (1961 Film)
''Marco Polo'' ( it, L'avventura di un italiano in Cina) is a 1962 historical action adventure film directed by Piero Pierotti. The American English-dubbed version includes scenes directed by Hugo Fregonese and a new score by Les Baxter. Cast *Rory Calhoun as Marco Polo *Yoko Tani as Princess Amurroy *Camillo Pilotto as Grand Khan *Pierre Cressoy as Cuday * Michael Chow as Ciu-Lin * Tiny Yong as Tai-Au (credited as Thien-Huong) *Franco Ressel Release ''Marco Polo'' was released in Italy in 21 June 1962. It was released in the United States in August 1962. It was released on 17 May 1963 in France. Comic book adaption * Charlton Comics Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1945 to 1986, having begun under a different name: T.W.O. Charles Company, in 1940. It was based in Derby, Connecticut. The comic-book line was a division of Charlton ...: ''Marco Polo'' (1962) References Footnotes Sources * External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come September
''Come September'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Plot Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini spend September each year. When Robert visits in July and calls Lisa en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the villa, Robert discovers that in his absence, his major domo Maurice Clavell has converted the villa into a hotel, currently hosting a group of teenage girls including Sandy and their chaperone Margaret Allison. Their departure is delayed when Margaret slips on the cork of a champagne bottle and is forced to spend a day in the hospital. Four teenage boys, led by Tony, who had irritated Robert on the drive to his villa, set up camp outside the villa and begin courting the girls. Robert chaperones the girls on a sightseeing tour and to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto In Madrid
''Toto in Madrid'' ( it, Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito) is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Steno, written by Vittorio Metz, starring Totò and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Toto in Madrid" (English title), "Totò a Madrid", "Un coup fumant" (France), "La culpa fue de Eva" (Spain). Plot The penniless painter Toto is commissioned by unknown Spanish fraudsters to mirror the famous masterpiece '' Maja Desnuda'' by Francisco Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and ..., with some details. In fact, these thieves have agreed with a rich billionaire who plans to buy the original masterpiece. When Toto discovers that all that was nothing more than a scam, it's too late... Cast References External links * Totò, Eva e il pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdonami!
''Perdonami!'' (i. e. "Forgive me!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Mario Costa and starring Raf Vallone and Antonella Lualdi.Arturo Lanocita. "Pietà per chi cade" (review). '' Corriere della Sera''. 30 March 1954. Plot Cast *Raf Vallone as Marco Gerace *Antonella Lualdi as Anna Boetto *Tamara Lees as Vera *Aldo Bufi Landi as Nicola Boetto * Patrizia Remiddi as Carletta * Augusto Pennella as Luigino *Dante Maggio as Michele *Emma Baron as Maria Boetto * Celeste Almieri as Miss Parodi *Zoe Incrocci as Adele *Carlo D'Angelo as Commissioner *Attilio Dottesio as Brigadiere * Alessandro Fersen as Raul * Rino Genovese as Ernesto References External links *''Perdonami''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinian Vendetta
''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Synopsis A Sardinian working as a chef in Milan returns to the island believing that he has inherited money from his uncle. Once there he discovers that he has been killed by a rival family, and he quickly finds himself drawn into a local vendetta. Cast * Walter Chiari as Gualtiero Porcheddu * Carlo Croccolo as Pinuccio * Mario Riva as Mario * Giovanna Pala as Lulù * Carlo Campanini as Ottavio * Franca Marzi as Annesa Leoni * Benedetta Rutili as Efisia Leoni * Anna Maestri as Gavina Leoni * Furio Meniconi as Primo fratello Leoni * Angelo Dessy as Secondo fratello Leoni * Ughetto Bertucci as Terzo fratello Leoni * Mario Feliciani as Zio P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steamship Owner
''The Steamship Owner'' (Italian: ''Il padrone del vapore'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Carlo Campanini.Aprà p.101 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Plot A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with the locals. The coming of the American complicates matters. Cast * Walter Chiari as Himself * Delia Scala as Herself * Carlo Campanini as Mr. Carlo Peonio * Giovanna Pala as Trude * Mario Riva as Mario * Riccardo Billi as Riccardo * Bice Valori as Marga * Aldo Giuffré as Nicola * Carlo Giuffré as Finanziere * Raffaele Pisu as Pino * Gianrico Tedeschi as Pianista * Gisella Sofio as Coreografa * Alberto Sorrentino as Disegnatore * Aldo Bufi Landi as Finanziere napoletano * Anna Maestri as Cameriera dell'albergo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Spell
''Tragic Spell'' (Italian: ''Incantesimo tragico (Oliva)'') is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Massimo Serato.Darby p.449 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Cast * María Félix as Oliva * Rossano Brazzi as Pietro * Massimo Serato as Berto * Charles Vanel as Bastiano * Irma Gramatica as Grandmother * Giulio Donnini as L'orafo Golia * Italia Marchesini as Adele * Fiorella Betti as Cleofe * Fausto Guerzoni as Girasole * Wanda Carpentieri as Berto's Girlfriend * Franco Coop as Cavaliere * Maria Zanoli as Witch * Ada Dondini as Gesuina * Giovanni Barrella * Paola Quattrini as Camilla * Vittoria Febbi as Maria * Maria Piazzai as Zaira * Angelo Dessy as Farmer * Lita Perez * Christina Thorer * Ettore Vincelli * Anna Maestri as Oliva's Maid * Armando Annuale Armando may refer to: * Armando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
