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Blood Wedding (1941 Film)
''Blood Wedding'' (Italian: ''Nozze di sangue'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Beatrice Mancini, Fosco Giachetti and Luisa Ferida.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013, p. 215. It is set in 19th century South America, and features an arranged marriage. The film is based on the novel ''Immacolata'' by Lina Pietravalle. Cast * Beatrice Mancini as Immacolata * Fosco Giachetti as Gidda * Luisa Ferida as Nazaria * Nino Pavese as Pietro * Umberto Spadaro as Maso * Adele Garavaglia as Gliceria, la comare * Elio Marcuzzo as Angelo * Felice Romano as Matteo * Fedele Gentile as Raffaele * Claudia Marti as Lina * Giuseppe Bordonaro as Un boscaiolo * Vasco Creti as Il padrone * Achille Majeroni as L'affittuario della falegnameria * Felice Minotti as Un boscaiolo * Katiuscia Odinzova as La danzatrice * Emilio Petacci as Lo sposo per procura * Mirella Scriatto as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goffredo Alessandrini
Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904, in Cairo – 16 May 1978, in Rome) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films. He practiced athletics in his youth, and won a title of Italian champion on 110 meters hurdles in 1925. Biography He started in films collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and was one of the most important film directors under Italian Fascism. His films received several awards at the Venice Film Festival during the Fascist era: the Mussolini Cup for Best Italian film in 1938, for ''Luciano Serra pilota'', and in 1939 for ''Abuna Messias''. He received the Biennale Award in 1942, for ''Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!'' His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to comprise 4 hours), both based on Ayn Rand's ''We the Living''. Without Rand's permission, ''We the Living'' was made into a pair of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in 1942, by Scalara Films, Rome. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southern subregion of a single continent called America. South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. The continent generally includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela; two dependent territories: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and one internal territory: French Guiana. In addition, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory), Bouvet Island ( dependency of Norway), Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Italian-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Historical Drama Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Black-and-white Films
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Italian Historical Drama Films
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Films
The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, '' Citizen Kane''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 17 ''Gone with the Wind'' goes into general release after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion. *March 24 - Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie '' Sun Valley Serenade'' for Twentieth Century Fox *May 1 – '' Citizen Kane'', consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, is released. *July 2 – '' Sergeant York'', the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Petacci
Emilio Petacci (1886–1965) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.74 Selected filmography * '' Love Everlasting'' (1913) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * ''Joe the Red'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) * ''Saint John, the Beheaded'' (1940) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * '' The Happy Ghost'' (1941) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) * ''The Man on the Street'' (1941) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Honeymoon'' (1941) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * ''Souls in Turmoil'' (1942) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) * ''Anything for a Song'' (1943) * ''Special Correspondents'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921) * '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921) * ''The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1927) * ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (1926) * ''The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''The Last Tsars'' (1928) * '' Judith and Holofernes'' (1929) * '' When Naples Sings'' (1930) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Don Bosco'' (1935) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * ''A Yank in Rome'' (1946) * '' His Young Wife'' (1946) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949) * ''Anthony of Padua'' (1949) * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Majeroni
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti company. He later formed his own company, specializing in Shakespearean works. He appeared in 73 films between 1913 and 1964, notably Fellini's ''I Vitelloni'', in which he played an old comedian. He died in Rome. Selected filmography * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1916) * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' La Wally'' (1932) * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' La damigella di Bard'' (1936) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * ''Pride'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Creti
Vasco Creti (7 December 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1944. He was married to actress Valeria Creti. Selected filmography * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * '' Il siluramento dell'Oceania'' (1917) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * '' The Flight of Socrates'' (1923) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''Sun'' (1929) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''The Table of the Poor'' (1932) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The House of Shame'' (1938) * '' The Widow'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Romano
Felice is a name that can be used as both a given name, masculine or feminine, and a surname. It is a common name in Italian, where it is equivalent to Felix. Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts and literature Film and theater * Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), an Italian actor *Felice Farina (born 1954), an Italian film director *Felice Jankell, a Swedish actress *Felice Minotti (1887–1963), an Italian actor *Felice Orlandi (1925–2003), an Italian-American actor *Felice Schachter (born 1963), an American actress Music * Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), an Italian musician *Felice Anerio (c. 1560–1614), an Italian composer *Felice Blangini (1781–1841), an Italian composer *Felice Bryant (1925–2003), an American musician * Felice Chiusano (1922–1990), an Italian singer * Felice DeMatteo (1866–1929), an Italian-American composer *Felice Giardini (1716–1796), an Italian musician *Felice Lattuada (1882–1962), an Italian composer *Felice Romani (1788–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
