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Boccaccio (1972 Film)
''Boccaccio'' (also known as ''The Nights of Boccaccio'') is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Giovanni Boccaccio's novel ''Decameron'', and it is part of a series of derivative comedies based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''The Decameron'' (1971). Cast *Alighiero Noschese: Lambertuccio da Cecina *Enrico Montesano: Buonamico di Cristofano aka Buffalmacco *Mario Carotenuto: Judge Nicola * Sylva Koscina: Fiammetta *Isabella Biagini: Ambruogia *Raymond Bussières: Cagastraccio *Bernard Blier: dottor Mazzeo *Pia Giancaro: Monna Lisa *Paola Tedesco : Lidia * Andrea Fabbricatore: Calandrino * Pascale Petit: Giletta di Narbona *María Baxa: Tebalda *Rosita Pisano: Mannocchia *Sandro Dori: Nicostrato *Lino Banfi: Father Ignazio da Canosa *Pippo Franco: Bruno degli Olivieri *Toni Ucci: Pietro da Vinciolo *Franca Dominici: Perdicca * Luisa Dominici: Belcolore *Guido Celano: Messer Anselmo *Andrea Aureli: Maso *Hél ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Corbucci
Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci, and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died. The vast majority of his directorial efforts are lowbrow comedies. He also directed ''I figli del leopardo'', a parody of ''Il gattopardo''. His biggest success came with the long-running "Nico Giraldi" series, which starred Tomas Milian as a foul-mouthed Roman policeman. His 1971 film '' Io non spezzo... rompo'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Selected filmography As screenwriter * ''Who Hesitates Is Lost'' (1960) * ''Toto's First Night'' (1962) * '' Sexy Toto'' (1963) * ''Tears on Your Face'' (1964) * ''Rita the American Girl'' (1965) * '' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) * ''James Tont operazione D.U.E.'' (1966) * ''Il vostro super agente Flit'' (1966) * ''4 Dollars of Revenge' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina (; born Silvija Košćina, ; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules ( Steve Reeves) in ''Hercules'' (1958) and ''Hercules Unchained'' (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in ''The Secret War of Harry Frigg'' (1968). Early life She was born Silvija Košćina ( el, label=Greek, Σύλβα Κοσκινού, Sýlva Koskinoú) to a Greek father, who had a hotel in the "West Coast" section of Split, Dalmatia, and a Polish mother. During World War II, in her preadolescence, Košćina was brought to Italy to live with her older sister, who had married an Italian citizen. After winning beauty contests as a teenager, she was offered modelling work. In 1954, while studying physics at the University of Naples, and living in a boarding school of nuns, she was asked to be ''Miss di Tappa'' ("Stage Miss"), who presents flowers to the winner of a stage of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Ucci
Antonio "Toni" Ucci (13 January 1922 – 16 or 19 February 2014) 16 February 2014 was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 86 films between 1948 and 2000. Born in Rome, he started his career in the and got his first successes in . Ucci worked assiduously in the theater, playing comedies of all genres, including musical comedies. He had a distinguished career as a character actor in films and, since 1959, in television films and series. Selected filmography * ''Cuore'' (1948) * '' |
Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starring in a great number of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'', the "sexy comedy" subgenre of Italian comedy. In the 1970s he expanded into television, acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows. His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret. Throughout his career he continued to sing, appearing many times at the Sanremo Festival. He has made children's music as well, and has co-written three books on (linguistic) humor. Biography Franco was born in Rome to an Irpinian family, who had moved to Rome from Vallata, in the Province of Avellino. Cinema Franco's first role in a box office hit was 1969's ''Nell'anno del Signore'', directed by Luigi Magni and starring "an exceptional cast of actors" including Franco, Nino Manfredi and Claudia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lino Banfi
Lino Banfi (born Pasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian film actor and presenter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1960. Biography He was born in the Apulian city of Andria and at the age of three, moved to Canosa di Puglia. Lino Banfi became one of the most well-known actors in Italian "sexy comedies" in the 1970s. In the 1980s he reached the peak of his fame by appearing in movies such as ''L'allenatore nel pallone'', '' Vieni avanti cretino'', ''Il commissario Lo Gatto'' and ''Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio''; he recently portrayed Grandpa Libero in Italian TV series Un medico in famiglia. During his career, nearly all of Lino Banfi's characters spoke with the distinctive pronunciation of the Bari dialect. Lino and his wife Lucia have been married since 1962 and have two children, Walter and Rosanna; Rosanna is also an actress. In 2000, Lino Banfi became a Goodwill Ambassador for the Italian National Committee for UNICEF. Filmography Films * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Dori
Sandro Dori (born Alberto Schiappadori; 21 December 1938 – 15 February 2021) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. References External links * 1938 births 2021 deaths Actors from the Province of Mantua Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita Pisano
Rosa Pisano (15 October 1919 – 24 December 1975) was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Pisano was born in Naples, into a family of dialect theatre actors. She debuted on stage as a child actress in her family company, and later entered the stage company of Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo. After the war and after the dissolution of the company she continued working with Eduardo De Filippo, and starting from the 1950s with other companies, notably the one held by Nino Taranto. Pisano was also active in films and on television, even if mainly cast in supporting roles. Partial filmography * ''Non ti pago!'' (1942) - Una giocatrice al lotto * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) - Una lavorante all stireria (uncredited) * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) - Assunta * ''Filumena Marturano'' (1951) - Lucia * ''Anna'' (1951) - Suor Carmela * ''Toto in Color'' (1952) * ''Deceit'' (1952) - La signora litigiosa * '' Non è vero... ma ci credo'' (1952) - Concetta * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Baxa
María Baxa (born Marija Baksa, sr-cyr, Марија Бакса, translit=; 15 April 1946 – 14 November 2019) was an Italian-Serbian film actress, mainly active in Italian cinema. Born in Osijek, Baxa made her film debut in Branko Čelović's ''Bokseri idu u raj'', then moved to Italy where she became a popular starlet in Italian genre cinema, especially in ''commedia sexy all'italiana The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...'' (sex comedies). In the late 1980s, Baxa left showbusiness to be an architect. Filmography References External links * 1946 births 2019 deaths Serbian film actresses Italian film actresses People from Osijek Yugoslav expatriates in Italy {{Serbia-actor-stub Serbs of Croatia Italian people of Serbian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Petit (actress)
Pascale Petit (born Anne-Marie Pettit; 27 February 1938) is a French actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1957 to 2001. Biography Working as a hairdresser, she entered films when her beauty was noticed by actress Françoise Lugagne whose husband Raymond Rouleau was searching for young actresses for his directorial debut ''The Crucible'' (1957). Petit played the role of Mary Warren. The following year she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1958 for her role as Rosalie in '' One Life'' (1958). During the 1960s Petit appeared as the female lead in several European international co-productions such as portraying Cleopatra in the 1962 film ''A Queen for Caesar''. Petit appeared opposite Roger Moore, Ray Danton, Jeffrey Hunter, Guy Madison Guy Madison (born Robert Ozell Moseley; January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for playing Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series ''The Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Fabbricatore
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca ( Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Tedesco
Paola Tedesco (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian actress, voice actress and singer. Biography Born in Rome, the daughter of voice actor and tenor Sergio Tedesco and the younger sister of film producer Maurizio Tedesco, Paola Tedesco made her film debut at the age of 12, chosen by Pier Paolo Pasolini to play Salome in '' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (1964). After a long hiatus and a few minor roles (including Rosaline in the 1968 film '' Romeo and Juliet''), she resurfaced in 1971, playing the title role in the Mario Amendola's musicarello ''Lady Barbara''. In subsequent years, Tedesco successfully starred in several comedy and genre films. She was also active on televisions, in TV-movies, series and variety shows. Filmography Cinema *'' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (1964) - Salomè *'' Romeo and Juliet'' (1968) - Rosaline (uncredited) *''Satyricon'' (1969) - Criside - Circe's handmaid *'' Hurrah For the Women!'' (1970) - Nené - the cashier *''L'homme orchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Giancaro
Pia Giancaro (born 12 March 1950) is an Italian former actress and television personality. Life and career Born Maria Pia Gianporcaro in Palermo, the daughter of a Sicilian railroad worker and a Slavic mother, Giancaro in 1968 won the Miss Sicily beauty contest and entered the Miss Italy competition. One year later she made her television debut alongside Corrado in the RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ... quiz show ''A che gioco giochiamo?''. Shorty later Giancaro started appearing in films, mainly in character roles. Giancaro later married the prince Lillio Sforza Marescotti Ruspoli and retired from show business. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giancaro, Pia Italian film actresses Italian television personalities 1950 births Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
