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Cesare Polacco
Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire. In 1928 he moved to Rome, where in addition to theatre he started appearing in films and working as a dubber. Being of Jewish origin, he was temporarily forced to abandon acting because of the 1938 Fascist racial laws, resuming his activities at the end of the war, in 1945. Also active on radio and television, he got a large popularity thanks to the Inspector Rock character he played in Carosello, in a series of giallo-comedy shorts aired between 1957 and 1968. Partial filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - Il banditore al patibolo * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) - Casellante stazione ferroviaria * ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936) - El Fennek * '' Hands Off Me!'' (1937) - Il capomastro * '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) - Un o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Animals
''Mad Animals'' (Italian:''Animali pazzi'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Luisa Ferida and Calisto Bertramo.Moliterno p.316 It was made at the Titanus Studios in Rome. Plot Baron Tolomeo dei Tolemei is about to receive the inheritance of a relative, just died. The legacy, however, as he wants the will, must go in part to finance a medical structure for crazy animals. Only then Baron Tolomeo may have the rich heritage. The affair proves complicated, because Tolomeo has a love affair with the beautiful Maria Luisa. The troubles continue when in life of Tolomeo breaks his poor twin-brother Antonio, physically like him, who secretly falls in love with Maria Luisa. Cast * Totò as Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei/His brother * Luisa Ferida as Maria Luisa * Calisto Bertramo as Fabrizio, il maggiordomo * Lilia Dale as Ninetta * Dina Perbellini as La direttrice dell'ospedale degli animali * Bianca Stagno Bellincion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adulteress (1946 Film)
''The Adulteress'' (Italian: ''L'adultera'') is a 1946 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi and Carlo Ninchi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Calamai received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her performance.Moliterno p.58 Cast * Clara Calamai as Velca * Roldano Lupi as Tarquinio * Carlo Ninchi as Dante Viburzi * Delia Brandi as Quirina * Dino Di Luca as Egidio Viburzi * Carlo Romano as Il fattore * as Il padre di Velca * Gualtiero Tumiati as Il vecchio indovino * Ernesto Bianchi as Un contadino * Bianca Avalise as Lucia * Cesare Polacco as Il vecchio dei gioielli * Eugenio Duse as Il compratore dei terreni * Giovanni Onorato as Un contadino sul biroccio * as Un ospite alla festa di battesimo * Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Sole Mio (film)
''O sole mio'' is a 1946 Italian film, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is considered one of the earliest films belonging to the genre of Italian neorealism, due to its use of exterior scenes and the inclusion of non-professional actors. The film is set during the Four days of Naples in September 1943. Its title refers to the Neapolitan song "’O sole mio". Tito Gobbi stars as an Italian-American officer who is parachuted behind Axis lines to gather information on the movements of the German army and facilitate the allied landing. In Naples he comes into contact with local resistance groups and ordinary citizens, who then join in the revolt against the German occupiers. See also *Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film ... External links * 1946 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We The Living (film)
''We the Living'' is a two-part 1942 Italian romantic war drama film, based on Ayn Rand's 1936 novel of the same name. It was originally released as two films, ''Noi vivi'' (literally "We Live") and ''Addio Kira'' ("Goodbye Kira"). It was directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and produced by Scalera Film, and stars Alida Valli as Kira Argounova, Rossano Brazzi as Leo Kovalensky, and Fosco Giachetti as Andrei Taganov. The nominally anti-communist, but ''de facto'' anti-authoritarian film was made and released in Italy during World War II, then subsequently banned by the Fascist government and pulled from theaters. The film was lost and forgotten for decades, then found and restored with Rand's involvement. It was released for the first time in the United States in 1986. Cast Production Background The film version of Ayn Rand's novel ''We the Living'' was made in Italy by Scalera Films in 1942. Rand's novel was considered a political hot potato by Fascist authorities in Rome, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedora (1942 Film)
''Fedora'' is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.Chiti & Poppi p.138 It is based on the 1882 play of the same title by Victorien Sardou. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Synopsis In the Russian Empire during the 1870s, after her prospective groom is assassinated on her wedding day Princess Fedora vows revenge on the killer. In Paris she meets and falls in love with an artist, before realising that he is the assassin. After reporting him to the Russian secret police, she comes to understand his reasons for doing what he did. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Fedora * Amedeo Nazzari as Loris Ipanov / Ivan Petrovic * Osvaldo Valenti as Vladimiro Yariskine * Memo Benassi as Il principe Yariskine * Rina Morelli as Olga Soukarev * Sandro Ruffini as De Sirieux * Annibale Betrone as Boroff * Augusto Marcacci as Gretc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Visconti (1941 Film)
''Marco Visconti'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Carlo Ninchi, Roberto Villa and Mariella Lotti. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tommaso Grossi which had previously been made into a 1925 silent film.Goble p.858 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Vittorio Nino Novarese. Main cast * Carlo Ninchi as Marco Visconti * Roberto Villa as Ottorino Visconti * Mariella Lotti as Bice Del Balzo * Alberto Capozzi as Lodrisio Visconti * Guglielmo Barnabò as Oldrado Del Balzo * Ernesto Almirante as Tremacoldo * Alfredo De Antoni as Il conte Rusconi * Mario Gallina as Pelagrua * Augusto Di Giovanni as Lupo * Nini Dinelli Nini may refer to: Geography * Nini River, Ghana * Nini Suhien National Park, Ghana Film and television * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'', an Italian comedy film * '' Nini's Treehouse'', a chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner Of Santa Cruz
''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (Italian: ''Il prigioniero di Santa Cruz'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Juan de Landa, María Mercader, and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Chiti & Poppi p.282 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ivo Battelli and Gino Brosio Gino may refer to: * Gino (given name) * Gino (surname) * ''Gino'' (film), a 1993 Australian film * ''Gino the Chicken'', Italian TV series See also * *Geno (other) *Gino's (other) Gino's may refer to: * Gino's East, a Chicag .... Cast References Bibliography * Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Gremese Editore, 2005. External links * 1941 films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1941 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Lux Film films 1940s Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coachman
The Coachman ( it, Il Conduttore del Carro), also known as The Little Man (''L'Omino''), is a fictional character and a major antagonist who appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio''). In the novel The Coachman is introduced in chapter XXXI, and is described as thus:Picture for yourselves a little man, broader than he is tall, tender and greasy like a ball of butter, with a rosy face, a small, constantly laughing mouth and a thin, adorable voice of a cat wishing all the best to its master. The Coachman's name is never revealed, though he identifies himself in Chapter XXXI as merely "The Little Man" (''L’Omino''). He drives to the Island of Busy Bees (''Isola delle Api Industriose'') on a coach pulled by twenty-four donkeys which mysteriously wear white shoes on their hooves. By the time he arrives to take Pinocchio and Candlewick (''Lucignolo'') to the Land of Toys (''Il Paese dei Balocchi''), his carriage is completely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinocchio (1940 Film)
''Pinocchio'' is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1883 Italian children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, made after the first animated success ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937). The plot involves an old Italian woodcarver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio and wishes that he might be a real boy. The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish". The key character of Jiminy Cricket, who takes the role of Pinocchio's conscience, attempts to guide Pinocchio in matters of right and wrong. Pinocchio's efforts to become a real boy involve encounters with a host of unsavory characters, representing the temptations and consequences of wrongdoing. The film was adapted by several storyboard artists from Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Melodies
''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moliterno p.152 The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Cast * Gino Cervi as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Conchita Montenegro as Aloisia Weber Lange * Luisella Beghi as Costanza Weber Mozart * Maria Jacobini as Anna Maria Mozart * Jone Salinas as Nannina Mozart * Luigi Pavese as Leopoldo Mozart * Paolo Stoppa as Haibl, clarinettista * Lauro Gazzolo as Il locandiere Deiner * Claudio Gora as L'imperatore Giuseppe * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as L'imperatrice Maria Teresa * Margherita Bagni as Signora Weber * Marisa Vernati as Sofia Weber * Armida Bonocore as Giuseppina Weber * Giulio Donadio as L'impresario Schikanede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Siege Of The Alcazar
''The Siege of the Alcazar'' or ''L'Assedio dell'Alcazar'' is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the ''Mussolini Cup'' in Venice Film Festival for being the Best Italian Film. The film runs more in the Spanish dubbed version, it was restored by Filmoteca Española and released in DVD in Spain by Divisa Home Video. The film was shot in Cinecittà with Italian, French and Spanish actors. In the Italian version all three non-Italian actors (Mireille Balin, Rafael Calvo and Carlos Muñoz) spoke their lines in Italian. They were dubbed by Italian actors afterwards. Plot The Alcázar of Toledo is a historical fortification where the Spanish Infantry Academy was based and was held by Nationalists supporting the 18 July 1936 coup attempt against the Spanish Republic. The Republicans invested the Alcazar and besiege it for months against determined Nationalist resis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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