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Aldo Puglisi
Aldo Puglisi (born 12 April 1935) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Catania, the son of two Sicilian language theatrical actors, Puglisi made his stage debut at very young age with the company of his parents. He made his film debut in a main role, as the vile seducer Peppino Califano in Pietro Germi's '' Seduced and Abandoned''. Starting from his following film, Puglisi was gradually cast in less important roles, that led him to dedicate himself to theater. Selected filmography * '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964) - Peppino Califano * ''Three Nights of Love'' (1964) - (segment "La vedova") * ''Marriage Italian Style'' (1964) - Alfredo * ''Letti sbagliati'' (1965) - Maurizio (segment "Quel porco di Maurizio") * '' Latin Lovers'' (1965) - Saro (segment "L'irreparabile") * ''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians'' (1966) - Carabiniere Mancuso * '' Peggio per me... meglio per te'' (1967) - Giorgio de Santis * ''The Girl with the Pistol'' (1968) - Un emigrante siciliano * ...
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Saro Urzì
Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), ''The Railroad Man'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and ''The Godfather'' (1972). Biography Born in Sicily, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune. He met Pietro Germi in 1949 and appears in Germi's '' In nome della legge'', a film for which he won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actor. He became Germi's favourite actor, working together with him in ''Path of Hope'' (1950), ''The Railroad Man'' (1956), '' The Facts of Murder'' (1959), ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) and most notably '' Seduced and Abandoned'' in 1964. That film earned him Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Nastro d'Argento the following year. He acted in ''Don Camillo'' sequels, John Huston's '' Beat the Devil'', Luigi Comencini's ''Bread, Love and Jealousy' ...
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Il Merlo Maschio
''Il merlo maschio'' (''The Male Blackbird''), known in the United Kingdom as ''The Naked Cello'' or ''Secret Fantasy'' in the United States, is an Italian film in the ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' style, and presents a theme of candaulism, that was very rare at the time. It was filmed in 1971 by director Pasquale Festa Campanile, and starred Laura Antonelli and Lando Buzzanca. Synopsis Niccolò Vivaldi (Lando Buzzanca) is a frustrated cello player whose career has stalled and who is unappreciated by his orchestra director. He discovers that the beauty of his wife, Costanza (Laura Antonelli), arouses in him admiration for her, and reflects on him. From then on, he decides to show it in public in order to gain personal glory. He takes photographs of her in poses that gradually became pornographic, and he begins to show the images to his friend and colleague Cavalmoretti (Lino Toffolo) and in a moment of madness to all the other members of the orchestra. Eventually, in a cresc ...
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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 ...
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Secret File
''Secret File'' ( it, Segreti di Stato) is a 2003 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo Benvenuti. It depicts a fictional investigation about the Portella della Ginestra massacre. It was entered into the main competition at the 60th Venice International Film Festival. Cast Cast * David Coco as Gaspare Pisciotta *Antonio Catania as The Lawyer *Sergio Graziani as The Professor * Aldo Puglisi as Perito Settore *Francesco Guzzo as Cacaova See also * List of Italian films of 2003 A list of films produced in Italy in 2003 (see 2003 in film): See also * 2003 in Italy * 2003 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 2003at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 2003 2003 Films Italian ... References External links * Italian drama films 2003 drama films 2003 films Italian films based on actual events Films set in Sicily Films directed by Paolo Benvenuti Films about the Sicilian Mafia 2000s Ita ...
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Arrivano I Gatti
''Arrivano i gatti'' () is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast *Jerry Calà as Jerry *Franco Oppini as Franco *Nini Salerno as Nini *Umberto Smaila as Umberto *Bruno Lauzi as the supermarket's director * Orchidea De Santis as the adult film actress *Diego Abatantuono as Felice *Ennio Antonelli as Braciola *Danila Trebbi as Danila *Gianni Baghino as Rivetti *Aldo Puglisi as Lieutenant La Pezza *Ugo Bologna as Mario Bonivento * Cesare Gelli as the adult film director *Daniela Basile as Leonarda *Franca Scagnetti as the New Telecineramek's employee *Jimmy il Fenomeno as himself *Hal Yamanouchi , also known as , is a Japanese-born actor, dancer, choreographer and writer. He has resided in Italy since 1975 and holds Italian citizenship. Beginning his career as a mime, he has performed in and choreographed for numerous stage productions ... as Suzuki *Pietro Zardini as Rimoldi *Barbara Herrera as baroness Romanoff * Cindy Leadbetter as Ingrid References Exte ...
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Il Giustiziere Di Mezzogiorno
''Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno'' (Italian for ''The Noonday Executioner'') is a 1975 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola. It is a parody of '' Death Wish''. Plot Abandoned by his wife and daughter, after suffering some injustices, the surveyor Franco Gabbiani decides to take revenge against dishonest policemen, politicians and bullies. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco Gabbiani * Ombretta De Carlo as Agata *Aldo Puglisi as Fernando *Gigi Ballista as Director Filiberto Rossetti * Raf Luca as Balloria * Maria Antonietta Beluzzi as Mrs. Barzuacchi *Franco Diogene as Nardini * Vincenzo Crocitti as Trippa * Mario Pisu as Inspector *Tom Felleghy as Rakosky *Alberto Farnese as Mr. Lorenzi * Enzo Andronico as Padre di famiglia See also * List of Italian films of 1975 References External links *''Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian f ...
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Swept Away (1974 Film)
''Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August'' ( it, Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), usually shortened to ''Swept Away'', is a 1974 Italian romantic adventure comedy drama written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. The film follows a wealthy woman whose yachting vacation with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are separated from the others and they become stranded on a deserted island. The woman's capitalist beliefs and the man's communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive their situation, their social roles are reversed. ''Swept Away'' was released to divisive, but largely positive reviews, and won the 1975 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Top Foreign Film. An English-language remake starring Madonna and directed by her husband Guy Ritchie, was released in 2002. Plot An arroga ...
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All Screwed Up
''All Screwed Up'' ( it, Tutto a posto e niente in ordine, also known as ''Everything Ready, Nothing Works'') is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. Plot Two young men from the country, Gino and Carletto, arrive in Milan. They immediately meet a young woman who is also a new arrival and who is crying as she cannot locate her cousin. The men help her find her cousin Isotta and makes plans to meet again. The boys get jobs working in factories while Adelina is taken in by Isotta and taught to work as a maid by her enterprising friend Biki. Eventually they all move into an apartment that once belonged to an artist friend of Biki's who committed suicide. They are later joined by Sante, another man they met on their first day in Milan, and his pregnant girlfriend Mariuccia who promise to stay with them only a few weeks until they get on their feet. When Mariuccia gives birth to twins they find themselves staying on. Carletto longs to be with Adelina but she i ...
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