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Delia Boccardo
Delia Boccardo (born 29 January 1948) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Genoa, Boccardo spent her childhood and adolescence in Nervi, then studied at a Swiss college, at the Poggio Imperiale girls' school and, for about three years, at a college in Sussex, England. In 1965 she moved to Rome where she attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Boccardo made her film debut in 1966, in the Spaghetti Western '' Death Walks in Laredo''; she made her stage debut in 1967, alongside Raf Vallone in ''Uno sguardo dal ponte''. From the mid-1980s she focused her appearances on stage, where she worked intensively with Luca Ronconi, and on television. Partial filmography * '' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) - Mady * ''The Wild Eye'' (1967) - Barbara Bates * ''Inspector Clouseau'' (1968) - Lisa Morrel * ''Snow Job'' (1969) - Lorraine Borman * ''Detective Belli'' (1969) - Sandy Bronson * '' The Adventurers'' (1970) - Caroline de Coyne * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Miracles
''Between Miracles'' ( it, Per grazia ricevuta) is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Italian actor Nino Manfredi, in his List of directorial debuts, debut as feature film director. Plot A qualified surgeon is urgently called by a party in a small and inadequate private hospital to operate a man in critical condition because of a suicide attempt. This is the protagonist of the film, Benedict Parisi, whose first name seems prophetic of his story. In the waiting room is the companion Joan Micheli, pregnant with him, which—Benedict being alone in the world—gives consent to the risky operation. Her mother, Immaculate, however, hovers in the wings like a vulture, hoping he will die, because she aspires to marry Giovanna off to a lawyer friend of the family, as a better social and economic proposition. The narrative is interwoven with flashbacks to the early life of Benedict. He is an orphan, a lively lad growing up in village in the Latin Valley, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panhandle 38
''Panhandle 38'' (Italian: ''...e alla fine lo chiamarono Jerusalem l'implacabile'', also known as ''Padella calibro 38'' and ''Panhandle Calibre 38'') is a List of Italian films of 1972, 1972 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy-western film. The film represents the debut and the only film directed by Antonio Secchi, Toni Secchi, that had previously been the cinematographer of a number of successful Spaghetti Western, spaghetti westerns. It was also the only leading role for Scott Holden, the son of William Holden and Brenda Marshall, who had a brief film career in early 70s. Cast *Scott Holden: Jessie Bronson / Jerusalem *Keenan Wynn: Billy Bronson / Kile Richards *Delia Boccardo: Connie Briscott *Philippe Leroy (actor), Philippe Leroy: General Briscott *Franco Fabrizi: Fernand *Mimmo Palmara: Sheriff *Remo Capitani: El Tornado (credited as Ray O'Connor) *Giorgio Trestini: Bobo Bison *Nello Pazzafini: Bullseye Joe *Giorgio White: Chief Black Eagle References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nostalghia
''Nostalghia'' (UK: ''Nostalgia'') is a 1983 Soviet-Italian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, and Erland Josephson. Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra. The film depicts a Russian writer (Oleg Yankovsky) who visits Italy to carry out research about an 18th-century Russian composer, but is stricken by homesickness. The film utilizes autobiographical elements drawn from Tarkovsky's own experiences visiting Italy, and explores themes surrounding the untranslatability of art and culture. The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, the prize for Best Director and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film received nine total votes in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' polls of the greatest films ever made. Plot The Russian writer Andrei Gorchakov travels to Italy to research the life of 18th-century Russian composer Pavel Sosnovsky, who lived th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphrodite (film)
''Aphrodite'' is a 1982 softcore pornographic film directed by Robert Fuest. The film is inspired by the novel '' Aphrodite: mœurs antiques'' by Pierre Louÿs and stars Valérie Kaprisky and Horst Buchholz. The story follows a group of visitors who come to an island where they are involved in different sexual liaisons. ''Aphrodite'' was the final theatrical film by Robert Fuest. The film was shot in a studio at Hauts-de-Seine in France. The film is a French-Swiss co-production between Films de la Tour and Scipion Films. ''Aphrodite'' was released in France on 7 July 1982. The film was released in France on VHS in 1985. Principal cast * Horst Buchholz as Harry Laird * Valérie Kaprisky as Pauline * Delia Boccardo as Barbara * Capucine as Lady Suzanne Stanford * Catherine Jourdan as Valerie * Yves Massard as Baron Orloff * Daniel Beretta Daniel Beretta (born 24 December 1946 in Audincourt, Doubs) is a French actor. He has dubbed over Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day Christ Died
''The Day Christ Died'' is a 1980 American television film directed by James Cellan Jones. The collaborative production by 20th Century Fox and CBS-TV dramatizes the last 24 hours of Jesus Christ's life and is based on Jim Bishop's 1957 book of the same name. The book was co-adapted by James Lee Barrett, who, 15 years prior, had scripted ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' for George Stevens. Bishop, who did not accept the adaptation, had his name removed from the credits. He called the film "cheap revisionist history", and even tried unsuccessfully to change the film's title. ''The Day Christ Died'' was filmed in Tunisia, at a cost of US$2.8 million. It was broadcast by CBS-TV on Wednesday, March 26, 1980. Plot Around the same time that a popular mob hero named Barabbas is arrested and convicted by Pontius Pilate and his lieutenant governor/aide Tullius, Jesus of Nazareth arrives in Jerusalem in time for the celebration of the Passover/Seder. The High Priest Caiaphas and the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Eden (1979 TV Mini-series)
''Martin Eden'' is a 1979 5-episode Italian historical television series directed by Giacomo Battiato, based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Jack London. It broadcast from November 25, 1979 to December 23, 1979. In Germany, it was first broadcast on Sunday, October 12, 1980 and the three following Sundays. Cast Production Principal photography for the TV series took place in Italy. Christopher Connelly sailed in his schooner over the waves on Lake Como, not Alaska. He went looking for gold in Romania. The interior shots were taken in Rome. Martin Eden soundtrack The Martin Eden theme song is performed by Billie Hughes. It is the vocal version of the composers’ theme, with music written by Italian composers Ruggero Cini Ruggero Cini (30 November 1933 – 8 April 1981) was an Italian composer, producer, arranger and conductor. Life and career Born in Scandicci, Cini started his career in the second half of the 1960s, collaborating as arranger with several arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tentacles (film)
''Tentacles'' (Italian title: ''Tentacoli'') is a 1977 Italian-American horror film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis (billed in the U.S. version as Oliver Hellman) and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast. While a marine biologist attempts to stop the octopus before more tourists fall victim to the creature, it appears that a corporation may be connected to the cephalopod's murderous behavior. Although the film was intended to cash in on the success of ''Jaws'', ''Tentacles'' also bears numerous resemblances to the 1955 science fiction giant monster horror film ''It Came from Beneath the Sea''. Plot People are turning up dead at Solana Beach, a seaside tourist resort, their skeletons picked clean of flesh and bone marrow. The local Sheriff (Akins) has no leads, but crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (Huston) suspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman At Her Window
''A Woman at Her Window'' (french: Une femme à sa fenêtre) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux and Umberto Orsini. Based on the 1929 novel '' Hotel Acropolis'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, it tells the story of a woman who helps a union leader sought by police in 1930s Greece. The film had 1,205,887 admissions in France. At the 2nd César Awards, Schneider was nominated for Best Actress and Jean Ravel was nominated for Best Editing. Plot In Greece in 1936, Rico and Margot are married in name only. He pursues other women while she, rich and beautiful, has many suitors, the most bearable being Raoul. Outwardly frivolous, what she wants is not an extramarital affair but a grand passion. One hot night in August she sees from her window a man pursued by the police and on an impulse lets him hide in her bedroom. He is Michel, an anti-regime militant whose courage, idealism, and humanity overwhelm her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Action
''Silent Action'' ( it, La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide, lit=The Police Accuse... The Secret Service Kills) is a 1975 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The film's plot alludes to the Golpe Borghese, a failed Italian 1970 coup d'état. Plot Three army officials are murdered but made to look as if they committed suicide. After wealthy master electrician Salvatore Chiarotti is found dead, three policemen—Inspector Giorgio Solmi, Lt. Luigi Caprara and Office De Luca—investigate. Solmi and Caprara visit retired madam "Baronessa" Isidora Grimani, who has connections to Chiarotti, and when they discover she's running a brothel out of her estate, they offer her immunity for information. They go to interrogate Chiarotti's last visitor, Giuliana Raimondi—AKA "la Tunisina"—only to find she's attempted suicide. At the hospital, they tell her she's the prime suspect and she admits guilt. Solmi grows suspicious of her admission and suspects a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Day Of School Before Christmas
''The Last Day of School Before Christmas'' ( it, L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale) is a 1975 drama film written and directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi. It was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section. Plot Cast *Macha Méril as Egle *Lino Capolicchio as Erasmo *John Steiner as The Lieutenant *Luca Bonicalzi as Athos *Delia Boccardo as Germana *Riccardo Cucciolla as Ambro *Lidia Biondi as Prostitute *Laura Betti as Passenger * Giovanella Grifeo as Girl of Remembrance *Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films. Life and career The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fat ... as Partisan See also * List of Christmas films References External links * 1970s Christmas drama films Italian Christmas drama films 1975 drama films 1975 films 1970s Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Mazurka Del Barone, Della Santa E Del Fico Fiorone
''La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone'' () is a 1975 Italian black comedy film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. It is considered one of the most atypical commedia all'italiana films. The film marked Avati's return to filmmaking after a six-year absence, during which he worked as director of TV commercials. Cast See also * List of Italian films of 1975 A list of films produced in Italy in 1975 (see 1975 in film): Footnotes References * * * * External linksItalian films of 1975at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1975 1975 Films A film al ... References External links * 1975 films 1970s black comedy films Commedia all'italiana Films about dysfunctional families Films about prostitution in Italy Films directed by Pupi Avati Films set in Emilia-Romagna Films with atheism-related themes Italian black comedy films Religious satire films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Black Ribbon For Deborah
''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' ( it, Un fiocco nero per Deborah) is a 1974 Italian horror film directed by Marcello Andrei. Cast * Bradford Dillman as Michel Lagrange * Marina Malfatti as Deborah Lagrange * Gig Young as Ofenbauer * Delia Boccardo as Mira * Micaela Esdra as Elena * Lucretia Love as Wife of Ofenbauer Production Director Marcello Andrei and his co-writers originally conceived the film with an original idea of a dying woman passing the child she is bearing to another person. Giuseppe Pulieri stated that the script he worked one was ruined by a producers attempt to exploit the film as part of the "demonic possession" cycle of films. Pulieri stated that "The script stayed ten years in the drawer, I even pestered Raymond Stross into making it, to no avail ... they altered the story, the in all the usual bullshit: the witches, the sorcerer, the special effects..." The film began shooting on May 13, 1974. Release ''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' was distributed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |