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Buon Viaggio Pover'uomo
''Buon viaggio pover'uomo'' is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Plot We are on the outskirts of Milan, where for thirty years the mild-mannered accountant Torquato, Sicilian by origin, who works in a company where the office manager and other employees never take him into consideration at best and despise him at worst. At home, he has to deal with everyday problems with family members and noisy neighborhoods. One morning the office manager assigns him a commission: he has to go to the registry office to collect important documents. He gets them and puts them in his leather briefcase, but decides to wander around the city center and, stopping inside a bar, gets distracted for a moment and another customer involuntarily exchanges his briefcase with his own. Forced to frantically research, the accountant manages to recover the stock exchange from the general markets; he returns to the office upset and there he is joined by a messenger who gives him a reward of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Pastina
Giorgio Pastina (1905–1956) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He directed '' Henry IV'', a 1943 film version of Luigi Pirandello's '' Henry IV''.Anile, Alberto, '' Orson Welles in Italy'' (Indiana University Press, 2013), p. 94 Selected filmography Director * '' Henry IV'' (1943) * '' The Ways of Sin'' (1946) * ''Vanity'' (1947) * ''William Tell'' (1949) * '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949) * '' Alina'' (1950) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1953) * ''Cardinal Lambertini'' (1954) * '' Of Life and Love'' (1954) * '' Letter from Naples'' (1954) Screenwriter * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' A Living Statue'' (1943) * ''Farewell Love! ''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by ...'' (1943) References External links * 1905 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Italian scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Fantoni
Cesare Fantoni (1 January 1905 – 15 January 1963) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in Luchino Visconti’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. He made his debut film appearance in '' Doctor Antonio''. He then appeared in more than 70 films between 1939 and 1962. Fantoni made light appearances later in his career as Don Ignazio in the films '' The Overtaxed'' and '' Letto a tre piazze''. Fantoni was also a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market. (in Italian) He dubbed the voices of |
1951 Drama Films
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Italian Drama Films
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Films Scored By Renzo Rossellini
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giorgio Pastina
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Italian-language Films
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1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptations of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He gave to the theater a personal touch with his energetic play. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series ''Vita col padre e con la madre'', reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaptation of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (''Il giudice e il suo boia'' and ''Il sospetto'') and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983, with roles in popular classics such as '' Miraco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Bagolini
Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bagolini studied architecture at the Bologna University, without graduating. He made his acting debut with a leading role in a 1934 experimental amateur film, ''Verde nei prati''. Moved to Rome, he enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 1936 he made his professional debut in the film ''La danza delle lancette'', and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, often cast in humorous roles. Also active on stage and on television, in the 1970s he abandoned his career to become manager of a spinning mill. Selected filmography * ''Cavalry'' (1936) * '' The Dance of Time'' (1936) *''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''Happy Days'' (1942) * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * '' Hand of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natale Cirino
Natale Cirino (5 February 1894 – 29 May 1962) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Catania, Cirino started his career entering the most important theatrical companies active in Sicily (including the ones held by Turi Pandolfini, Michele Abruzzo, Rosina Anselmi and Giovanni Grasso) before forming his own stage company in 1928. In 1943 he made his film debut in the Pino Mercanti's historical drama ''All'ombra della gloria'', and from then he started an intense career as a character actor, with some sporadic main roles. He was married to stage actress Rita Alaimo (1894-1964). Selected filmography * ''For the Love of Mariastella'' (1946) * ''Appointment for Murder'' (1951) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * '' Carcerato'' (1951) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * ''Buon viaggio pover'uomo'' (1951) * ''Ergastolo'' (1952) * ''Saluti e baci'' (1953) * ''It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) * ''Letter from Naples'' (1954) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * '' Maddalena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nando Tamberlani
Nando Tamberlani (1896–1967) was an Italian film actor. A character actor in Italian cinema of the postwar era, he was the brother of actor Carlo Tamberlani. Another brother Ermete Tamberlani was also an actor. He appeared in a number of peplum epics during the late 1950s and 1960s.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.35 Partial filmography * '' Felicita Colombo'' (1937) - Giovannk * ''Boccaccio'' (1940) * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1941) - Il vecchio conte della Pietra * ''Divieto di sosta'' (1941) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) - Il rettore de l'Universita * ''A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Un amico di Nora * ''Solitudine'' (1941) - Mr. Caurel * ''C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) * ''La pantera nera'' (1942) - Il professore Ambrus * ''Soltanto un bacio'' (1942) - Il direttore delle Arti Grafiche * '' Malombra'' (1942) - Don Innocenzo * ''Redenzione'' (1943) * ''Farewell Love!'' (1943) - Il maggiordomo di casa Caracciolo * ''Malìa'' (1946) - Il vescovo * ''L'apocalisse'' (1947) * ''Biancaneve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
