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Bianca Doria
Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. I.B. Tauris, 2011. p. 35. She was married to director Alberto Doria. Life and career Born in San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Doria studied music, painting and sculpture since young age. She made her critical acclaimed film debut in '' Piccolo hotel'', which premiered at the 1939 Venice International Film Festival and got reviews in which she was paired to Katharine Hepburn. Following the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's government in 1943 she and her husband went to work in the film industry of the pro-German Italian Social Republic in Venice, for which she was criticized after the Second World War ended. In the following years she was mainly cast in character roles, and occasionally worked on stage and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Gregorio Nelle Alpi
San Gregorio nelle Alpi (Veneto: ''San Regorio'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about west of Belluno. San Gregorio nelle Alpi borders the following municipalities: Cesiomaggiore, Santa Giustina, Sospirolo Sospirolo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about north of Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Ven .... References Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Sentence (1951 Film)
''The Last Sentence'' (Italian: ''L' ultima sentenza'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama-crime film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Charles Vanel, Antonella Lualdi and Eleonora Rossi Drago. Cast * Charles Vanel as Marco Valsetti * Antonella Lualdi as Daniela Valsetti * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Marisa * Jacques Sernas as Piero * Erno Crisa as Roberto * Harry Feist as Baron Polsok * Dina Sassoli as Marta Onori * Paolo Panelli as Michele * Emma Baron as Piero's Mother * Bianca Doria as Miss Farra * Nino Pavese as Dr. Bini * Mariliana Delli as Berta * Yvonne Snyder as Elena Brian * Armando Migliari as Giuseppe Andreani * Walter Santesso as Student * Luisa Della Noce Maria Luisa Della Noce (28 April 1923 – 15 May 2008) was an Italian actress. She was perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) and ''Juliet of the Spirits ''Juliet of the Spirits'' ( it, Giulietta degli spi ... (credited as Malù Della Noce) Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Deaths
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye
''Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'' ( it, La morte negli occhi del gatto) is a 1973 Gothic horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Plot Set in Scotland, the film opens with a man being murdered by an unknown killer with a razor. The killer drags the man's body into a dimly lit dungeon and is followed by a ginger cat. The camera focuses on the ginger cat's face as the scene switches. The next scene begins with a carriage driving up to Dragonstone Castle, a Gothic-style castle in the highlands of Scotland, where the passenger in the carriage, Corringa , used to spend her summers with her mother. The camera cuts to a gorilla watching the carriage from an upper window approaching the castle. After she arrives at the castle, Corringa reunites with her mother, Lady Alicia, and her aunt and penniless owner of the castle, Lady Mary MacGrieff. Throughout the evening, she meets the residents of the castle: Dr. Franz, the residing Priest, the French teacher Suzanna, and her mad cousin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hassled Hooker
''The Hassled Hooker'' ( it, Il vero e il falso, also known as ''The True and the False'') is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti. Plot In Latina, 100 kilometers from Rome, Luisa Santini is said to have murdered her husband's lover, Norma Zeitzler. The defendant asserts her innocence, but the evidence speaks against her. Prosecutor Turrisi sees the chance of getting a promotion to Rome through this case and is making sure that the process is pushed ahead in great haste. Only the young and inexperienced defense lawyer Marco Manin doubts Santini's guilt. Turrisi eventually wins the guilty verdict and is promoted. Luisa Santini is sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. Marco Manin then changes from criminal to civil law out of disappointment with the judiciary. Luisa Santini will have three years off her sentence for good conduct, so that she will be released after seven years. Manin, who apparently also has a romantic interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brief Season
''Brief Season'' ( it, Una breve stagione, also known as ''As Long as it Lasts'') is a 1969 Italian drama film written and directed by Renato Castellani. Plot Johnny is a young American who lives in Rome, where he exercises the profession of stockbroker. Luisa is a Swedish girl who works as a simultaneous translator at the FAO. They meet on the occasion of a TV show, and fall in love. Johnny, intending to secure a future for himself and Luisa, sells some securities in his care to attempt a stock market speculation based on some confidential information, but things do not go as expected. Cast * Christopher Jones as Johnny * Pia Degermark as Luisa * Antonello Trombadori as Luisa's father * Angelo Boscariol * Valeria Sabel * Bianca Doria Bianca Doria (22 September 1915 – 2 February 1985) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films during her career. She appeared in the 1963 peplum ''Hercules Against the Mongols''.Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trojan Horse (film)
''The Trojan Horse'' ( it, La guerra di Troia) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and stars Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus. In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. Cast Production The battle scenes were shot in Yugoslavia. Release ''The Trojan Horse'' was released in Italy on 26 October 1961 with a 115-minute running time. It was released in July 1962 in the United States with a 105-minute running time. See also * List of historical drama films * Greek mythology in popular culture * Sword-and-sandal Footnotes References * * External links * ''The Trojan Horse''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dragon's Blood
''The Dragon's Blood'' ( it, Sigfrido) is a 1957 Italian fantasy film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is based on Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Plot The dying Siegland reaches the house of the dwarf Mime, begging him to raise her baby, called Sigfried, and giving him in custody the sword of Sigfried's father. Years later, the grown up Siegfried leaves in search of the , and kills a dragon thanks to his invincible sword. Bathing in its blood, the resulting almost invulnerability makes him the bravest fighter of his time. He discovers a magic ring and obtains Alberich's magic hat, which can make him invisible. He then goes to the court of the King Gunther of Burgund, where he wins the tournament for the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild, but finds an implacable opponent in Hagen von Tronje, who was defeated by him in a duel. Thanks to his magic hat, Siegfried helps Gunther to subjugate the beautiful Brunhild, the queen of Iceland, and to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suor Letizia
''The Awakening'' ( it, Suor Letizia, also known as ''When Angels Don't Fly'') is a 1956 Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Camerini. For this film Anna Magnani was awarded with her fifth Silver Ribbon for best actress. Plot Sister Letizia, after having worked in African missions, is sent to close a convent on an island in the Gulf of Naples and, as soon as she arrives at her destination, she successfully undertakes to obtain good offers for the sale of the land of the convent. Here he meets a boy named Salvatore whom he grows fond of. With great skill then, Sister Letizia goes beyond the task entrusted to her and undertakes to avoid the closure of the convent, and to reopen the kindergarten that the nuns once held; thus the sale is upset. During his stay he becomes more and more fond of little Salvatore, fatherless, whose mother plans to get married for a second time. Her boyfriend, however, has no intention of taking Salvatore into the future family and the woman, corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guai Ai Vinti
''Guai ai vinti'' (''Woe to the Vanquished Ones'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel ''Vae Victis'' by Annie Vivanti. Plot During the First World War the Italian front at Caporetto is overwhelmed by an attack of adverse troops. Luisa and her sister Clara remain in their villa, prisoners of the Austrians. They are forced to undergo all sorts of violence, so that Mirella, the little daughter of Luisa, lost the use of the word following the trauma. Cast * Lea Padovani: Luisa * Anna Maria Ferrero: Clara * Pierre Cressoy: Franco * Clelia Matania: Teresa * Camillo Pilotto: Bonechi * Gualtiero Tumiati: Don Marzi * Rolf Tasna: Claudio * Paola Quattrini: Mirella * Giulio Ottavi: Giovanni * Emilio Cigoli: Pietro * Mario Del Monaco: Mario Abbate * Marcella Rovena: Countess Amelia * Isa Querio: Miss Bonechi * Bianca Doria: Contadina nel granaio * Teresa Franchini: Contadina nel granaio * Anita Durante: Popolana * Irene Cefaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Condemns Them
''The World Condemns Them'' ( it, Il mondo le condanna, french: Les Anges déchus) is a 1953 Italian-French melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Cast * Alida Valli as Renata Giustini * Amedeo Nazzari as Paolo Martelli * Serge Reggiani as André * Claude Nollier as Maria Martelli * Franco Interlenghi as Franco * Laura Solari as Miss Balestra * Bianca Doria as Mother of Renata * Liliana Bonfatti Liliana Bonfatti (born 27 October 1930) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Ovada, Province of Alessandria, Bonfatti lost her father at an early age, and moved with her family to Milan where she worked as a shop assistant, a ma ... as Nina Swanson References External links * 1953 films 1953 drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Gianni Franciolini Films about prostitution in Italy French drama films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-drama- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
