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Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli (24 December 1916 – 13 November 2004) was an Italian film composer whose career spanned the 1940s to about 1990. His prolific output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films, and music for television. Life Born in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna to a family of music lovers,"Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema" he gained a diploma in piano at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, going on to Rome where he studied composition at the Santa Cecilia Academy. He had a wife (Evi), a son ( Paolo, also a composer), and a daughter ( Alida). Career He met Fellini in post-war Rome, and probably through him met Pietro Germi, for whom he composed his first major film score for ''Gioventù perduta'' ('' Lost Youth''), and with whom he was most associated. He composed music for many Germi films in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. In 1972 he was commissioned by Billy Wilder to compose the music for ''Avanti!''. Selected f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture
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 photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, 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 imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blind Woman Of Sorrento (1952 Film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fathers And Sons (1957 Film)
''Fathers and Sons'' ( it, Padri e figli and also known as ''A Tailor's Maid'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 7th Berlin International Film Festival Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director award. Plot In Italy, in the 1950s, the lives of five families intersect. Vincenzo Corallo is a widowed tailor who has no control over his teenager, Marcella, who skips school to go with her boyfriend, Sandro Bacci, older than her, in assize trials. Her son, Carlo, is the master of the family who can't stand his sister's bad manners and wants to put her back on the right track. At the Bacci, the father, Vittorio, has problems with his eldest son. In the same building, Guido and Giula Blasi are expecting their first child. Anxious, Guido contacts a nurse, Ines Santarelli, who offers him injections for his pregnant wife. Ines Santarelli, married to a zookeeper, is the overworked mother of five children. She entrusts one of her sick sons to her sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railroad Man
''The Railroad Man'' ( it, Il Ferroviere) is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi. Plot Train operator Andrea Marcocci witnesses the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock, he starts making mistakes. A check-up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation, he is demoted and must accept a salary cut. Cast * Pietro Germi - Andrea Marcocci * Luisa Della Noce - Sara Marcocci * Sylva Koscina - Giulia Marcocci (as Silva) * Saro Urzì - Gigi Liverani * Carlo Giuffrè - Renato Borghi * Renato Speziali - Marcello Marcocci * Edoardo Nevola - Sandro Marcocci (as il piccolo Edoardo Nevola) Awards * 1956 Cannes Film Festival : OCIC Award - Special Mention *Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Stole A Tram
''They Stole a Tram'' ( it, Hanno rubato un tram), aka ''We Stole a Tram'',https://filmandtv.com/se-EN/title/we-stole-a-tram is a 1954 Italian comedy film written by and starring Aldo Fabrizi, and directed by Fabrizi and his assistant director Sergio Leone after director Mario Bonnard) left the film midway completed. Sergio Leone also appeared in a brief scene as a contest presenter, Mario Bava was the film's cinematographer and future horror film director Lucio Fulci contributed to the screenplay. The film's music score was by Carlo Rustichelli. Plot Tram conductor Cesare Mancini (Aldo Fabrizi) accidentally hits a woman riding on a bicycle, and gets demoted down to a humble ticket taker. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Mancini *Carlo Campanini as Bernasconi *Juan de Landa as Rossi *Lucia Banti as Marcella *Mimo Billi as Caposervizio * Fernanda Giordani as Suocera * Lia Rainer as Teresa *Bruno Corelli as Pretore *Sergio Leone as the presenter of the contest *Zoe Incrocci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rommel's Treasure
''Rommel's Treasure'' (Italian: ''Il tesoro di Rommel'') is a 1955 Italian-American drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dawn Addams, Paul Hubschmid and Isa Miranda.Parish p.276 In post-war Cairo a variety of different people seek a stash of valuables and secret documents left behind by Erwin Rommel during the North African Campaign. Cast * Dawn Addams as Sofia * Paul Hubschmid as von Brunner * Isa Miranda as Mrs. Fischer * Bruce Cabot as Welles * Andrea Checchi as Krikorian * Wolfgang Lukschy as Petersen * Fanfulla as Muezir * Taheyya Kariokka * John Stacy * Vittorio Massimo as Krikorian * Cristina Pall * Paolo Caccia Dominioni as himself References Bibliography * Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * ''Rommel's Treasure''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Friends
''The Two Friends'' (Italian: ''I due compari'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo and Giulia Rubini.Pintaldi p.69 The film's sets were designed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Bellini * Peppino De Filippo as Ciccillo * Giulia Rubini as Giulietta Bellini * Carlo Ninchi as Pietro Carletti * Germana Paolieri as Signora Carletti * Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo, il sarto * Ilse Peterson as Figlia di Carletti * Loris Gizzi as Un invitato * Leonardo Botta as Enrico Carletti * Vincenzo Talarico as Lorenzucci * Mario Siletti * Lidia Martora * Rosita Pisano * Lia Reiner * Pietro Carloni * Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ... References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Farewell
''Desperate Farewell'' ( it, Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Dott. Andrea Pitti * Lise Bourdin as Luisa Bozzi * Andrea Checchi as Dott. Maurizio Marini * Xenia Valderi as Anna * Jane Hugo * Marcella Rovena * Emma Baron * Nanda Primavera as Zia di Luisa * Renato Malavasi * Alessandro Fersen * Aldo Silvani * Augusto Pennella as Giorgio - figlio di Luisa * Laura Gore * Gisella Monaldi * Eros Macchi * Rita Livesi * Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concer ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disowned (film)
''Disowned'' (Italian: ''Ripudiata'') is a 1955 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Walter Chili and starring Alberto Farnese, Hélène Rémy and Laura Nucci.Chiti & Poppi p.309 Cast * Alberto Farnese as barone Giulio Colizzi * Hélène Rémy as contessina Bianca Maria Sulliotti * Laura Nucci as Laura Elisa, sorella di Giulio * John Douglas as Franz Von Klaus * Vittorio Duse as Filippo * Augusto Pennella as piccolo Guglielmo * Amedeo Trilli as padre di Bianca Maria * Gianni Rizzo * Renato Malavasi * Emma Baron * Giulio Donnini * Cesare Fantoni * Oscar Andriani * Memmo Carotenuto * Augusto Di Giovanni * Girolamo Favara * Pietro Fumelli * Loris Gizzi * Lia Lena * Virna Lisi * Paolo Pacetti * Giovanni Petrucci * Diego Pozzetto * Paolo Reale * Ugo Sasso * Eugenio Valenti * Henri Vidon References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Lambertini (1954 Film)
''Cardinal Lambertini'' (Italian: ''Il cardinale Lambertini'') is a 1954 Italian historical comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Gino Cervi, Nadia Gray and Arnoldo Foà. It is an adaptation of Alfredo Testoni's 1905 play ''Cardinal Lambertini'', which had previously been turned into a 1934 film adaptation. The film was released by Minerva Film. Interiors were shot at studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Bologna and the small town of Ceri in Lazio. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peppino Piccolo. It earned around 241 million lira at the box office. Plot 1739. Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, very attentive to the political dynamics in Bologna garrisoned by the Bourbon troops and to the sufferings of the Bolognese, did not hesitate to intervene between the Spaniards and an awkward Bolognese nobility, piloted by Countess Gabriella di Roccasibalda, a casual adventurer, and the people, towards which a massacre disguised as an attempte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (Italian: ''Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Edoardo Anton and starring Tino Scotti, Ugo Tognazzi and Carlo Dapporto. The film's sets were designed by the art director Beni Montresor. It was shot in Ferraniacolor. Plot Mr. Spinotti travels on a train. He passes the inspector and asks the users for their tickets. Our protagonist argues with the inspector, but little by little he begins to tell stories and jokes to those present. Cast * Tino Scotti as Commissario Rossi * Ugo Tognazzi as Dottore * Carlo Dapporto as François Salvo * Sandra Mondaini as Innamorata litigiosa * Riccardo Billi as Controllore * Mario Riva as Otello Spinotti * Alberto Talegalli as Pignolo * Gianni Bonos as Mimo * Luigi Bonos as Mimo * Vittorio Bonos as Mimo * Paolo Panelli as Innamorato litigioso * Paolo Ferrari as Corteggiatore * Pina Gallini as Vecchietta * Raffaele Pisu as Ubriaco * Galeazzo Benti as Snob * Raimondo Vianello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Century Loves
''Mid-Century Loves'' ( it, Amori di mezzo secolo) is a 1954 Italian Anthology film, anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrangeli. Plot Episode # 01: "Romantic love", directed by: Glauco Pellegrini In 1900 Elena, a young man from a rich bourgeois family, falls in love with the musician Mario. Her father and her aunt Matilde, however, would like the girl to marry a rich count. When Mario leaves for his tour, Matilde promises both young people to foster their feelings, while she actually destroys the letters they send each other, and persuades Elena that Mario has forgotten her. Elena ends up marrying the count. Episode # 02: "War 1915-18", directed by: Pietro Germi During the First World War, in a small Abruzzo village the very young lovers Antonio and Carmela get married and are expecting a child. Antonio is called to the front between the draft of 1900: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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