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Cose Di Cosa Nostra
''Gang War'' ( it, Cose di Cosa Nostra) is a 1971 criminal comedy film written and directed by Steno and starring Carlo Giuffré, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Jean-Claude Brialy and Salvo Randone. Plot Don Calogero Bertuccione, a boss of the Italian American mafia, through his right arm Don Cefalù, orders the young mafioso Salvatore Lo Coco, a Sicilian emigrated to the US, to return to his hometown Castropizzi to kill Don Nicola Manzano called "Nicky" who's suspected of being a spy. Salvatore does not want to, but must obey to avoid mafia revenge on his family. Once he arrives in Italy he looks for someone who can replace him, but without success. After a series of grotesque events he manages to enter Don Manzano's villa where he then finds out that Don Bertuccione and his men have been killed. Cast * Carlo Giuffré as Salvatore Lo Coco * Pamela Tiffin as Carmela Lo Coco * Jean-Claude Brialy as Domenico "Mimì" Gargiulo * Aldo Fabrizi as Aldo Panzarani * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steno (director)
Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, ''Un giorno in pretura'' (1954) and ''Febbre da cavallo'' (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Abandonment (film), Abandonment'' (1940) * ''In High Places (1943 film), In High Places'' (1943) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) * ''Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) * ''Black Eagle (1946 film), Black Eagle'' (1946) * ''The Courier of the King'' (1947) * ''The Captain's Daughter (1947 film), The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) * ''Fear and Sand'' (1948) * ''The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) * ''Toto Looks for a House'' (1949) * ''A Night of Fame'' (1949) * ''A Dog's Life (1950 film), A Dog's Life'' (with Mario Monicelli, 1950) * ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (with Mario Monicelli, 1950) * ''Her Favourite Husband'' (1950) * ''The E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Feliciani
Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He made his stage debut in 1941, with the theatrical company "Palcoscenico". Later he was part of various companies, obtaining his first personal successes in 1946, with the drama ''La luna è tramontata''. From 1947 to 1952 he was a member of the Piccolo Teatro's stage company directed by Giorgio Strehler. He had also a very long and important collaboration on stage with Vittorio Gassman, also performing tours abroad with him. In the 1970s he came back to Piccolo Teatro for two important works, ''Santa Giovanna dei macelli'' (1970–71) and ''Le case del vedovo'' (1975-76). Feliciani was also very active in films, on television and as a voice actor, on the radio and in the dubbing. Married to the actress Giuliana Pogliani, after obtainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Italian-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 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 * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About The Sicilian Mafia
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] |
Italian Crime Comedy Films
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Films Scored By Manuel De Sica
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] |
Films Directed By Stefano Vanzina
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] |
1970s Crime Comedy Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 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 * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicoletta Elmi
Nicoletta Elmi (born 13 February 1964) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in many films in the 1970s as a child actress, but also appeared in several roles in adulthood in the 1980s. Career She is best known for (but was not limited to) a series of roles as a child in Italian horror films, especially the giallo subgenre. Her film career started in 1969 with an uncredited appearance in ''Le Sorelle'' (Italian for ''The Sisters''), followed later in the same year by an appearance as Rosy in Ettore Maria Fizzarotti's musicarello ''Il suo nome è Donna Rosa'' (Italian for ''Her Name is Donna Rosa''), a role she reprised the following year in the sequel ''Mezzanotte d'amore'' (Italian for ''Midnight of love''). In 1971 she made an uncredited appearance as the little girl at the table in Luchino Visconti's ''Death in Venice''. In 1971 she made an uncredited appearance as the unnamed daughter of Renata and Albert (Claudine Auger and Luigi Pistilli respectively) in Mario Bava's ''A B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Luce
Angela Luce (born 3 December 1938) is an Italian film actress and singer of Neapolitan song. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. She was born in Naples, Italy. Partial filmography * ''La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' (1959) - Francesca * ''Il vedovo'' (1959) - Margherita * '' Le sorprese dell'amore'' (1959) - Gaspare Florio's Girlfriend * ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) - Cook in the royal Palace (uncredited) * '' Gastone'' (1960) - Ivonne * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) - Prassede * '' A noi piace freddo'' (1960) - Franca * ''Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) - Jeannette * ''Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' (1960) * ''La contessa azzurra'' (1960) - Donna Zenobia * ''Anonima cocottes'' (1960) * ''Caravan petrol'' (1960) * ''Some Like It Cold'' (1961) * ''Pastasciutta nel deserto'' (1961) - Jolanda * ''Che femmina!! E... che dollari!'' (1961) * ''Roaring Years'' (''Anni ruggenti'', 1962) - Rosa De Bellis * ''Odio mortale'' (1962) - Conchita * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Cannavale
Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. He was awarded the Nastro d’Argento for Best Supporting Actor in ''32 dicembre'' (''December 32nd'') by Luciano De Crescenzo. Selected filmography * ''Yvonne la Nuit'' (1949) - Il maggiordomo (uncredited) * ''Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia'' (1959) - Fish-monger * ''Leoni al sole'' (1961) - Il commissario * '' The Four Days of Naples'' (1962) - Partigiano (uncredited) * ''Treasure of San Gennaro'' (1966) - Gaetano * '' More Than a Miracle'' (1967) * ''Stasera mi butto'' (1967) - Waiter * ''Chimera'' (1968) - Porter in Capocabana Hotel * ''Operazione ricchezza'' (1968) * ''Zum Zum Zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa'' (1969) - Filippo - Brother of Tosca * ''Zum zum zum n° 2'' (1969) - Valerio * '' Il suo n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Vingelli
Nino Vingelli (4 June 1912 – 26 March 2003) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1941 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) - (uncredited) * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) - Il fruttivendolo * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Cliente nella taverna * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) - Giovanni * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) - Capo stazione napoletano * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) - Ciccillo * ''The Eternal Chain'' (1952) - Amedeo - Waiter (uncredited) * ''The City Stands Trial'' (1952) - Pasqualino 'o 17 * ''Immortal Melodies'' (1952) - Fiorello * ''Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Un guappo napoletano * '' Man, Beast and Virtue'' (1953) * ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Pietro * ''La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Un detenuto * ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Venditore ambulante * ''Passione'' (1953) * ''Cristo è passato sull'aia'' (1953) * '' Daughters of Destiny'' (1954) - ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
