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Diary Of A Telephone Operator
''Certo certissimo... anzi probabile'' (''Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact... Probable''; English title ''Diary of a Telephone Operator'') is a 1969 Italian film based on the story of the same title by Dacia Maraini. It stars Claudia Cardinale and Catherine Spaak. Plot Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat but Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband. When she feels she has found the right man she doesn't want Marta any longer in her flat. But while Nanda's relationship fails, Marta meets and marries a man named Pietro. Only then it turns out her husband has an old friend. The man, a foreigner, moves in with the two of them. Marta tries to pair off the foreigner with her single friend Nanda. Both women think this might work out. But Pietro's friend has bought a boat in order to sail around the world with Pietro and when the friend announces to do this alone, Marta's husband has a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Fondato
Marcello Fondato (8 January 1924 – 13 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 46 films between 1958 and 1986. He also directed ten films between 1968 and 1992. His 1970 film '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'' was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. He was born in Rome, Italy and died in San Felice Circeo of a cerebral hemorrhage aged 84. Filmography As director * '' The Protagonists'' (1968) * ''Diary of a Telephone Operator'' (1969) * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'' (1970) * ''Watch Out, We're Mad!'' (1974) * ''The Immortal Bachelor'' (1975) * '' Charleston'' (1977) As screenwriter * ''Wives and Obscurities'' (1956) * ''The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina'' (1959) * ''The Friend of the Jaguar'' (1959) * ''Everybody Go Home'' (1960) * ''Black Sabbath'' (1963) * ''Three Nights of Love'' (1964) * ''Blood and Black Lace'' (1964) * ''I complessi'' (1965) * '' They Call Him Bulldozer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Lionello
Alberto Lionello (12 July 1930 – 14 July 1994) was an Italian film actor, voice actor, singer and presenter. Life and career Born in Milan into a family of Venetian origins, after studying acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici Lionello started his career in 1949, in the stage company of Antonio Gandusio. He got his first personal success in the stage play '' La pulce all' orecchio'' in 1951, then for several years he was part in the Wanda Osiris' stage company.Dario Salvatori. "Lionello, Alberto". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Lionello had his breakout in 1960 as presenter of the RAI Saturday night musical show ''Canzonissima'' together with Lauretta Masiero and Aroldo Tieri. He also performed the opening theme song "La la la", which became a hit ranking 13th on the Italian hit parade.Dario Salvatori. "Lionello, Alberto". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1961 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Rome
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 Set In Rome
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 Scored By Carlo Rustichelli
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Marcello Fondato
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] |
1960s Italian-language Films
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Italian Comedy Films
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1969 Films
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with '' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''Midnight Cowboy'', a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36. * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London. * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (''Me, Natalie''). * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive. * A ... [...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] |
Francesco Mulé
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (other), several people * Francesco Barbaro (other), several people * Francesco Bernardi (other), several people *Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter * Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer * Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer * Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor * Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter * Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect * Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer * Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist * Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist * Francesco Galli Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dada Gallotti
Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garson. She retired from acting in the early 1980s. Selected filmography * '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1961) * '' The Changing of the Guard'' (1962) * ''Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (1962) * ''Samson vs. the Giant King'' (1964) * ''Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas'' (1964) * '' Left Handed Johnny West'' (1965) * ''Night of Violence'' (1965) * '' Johnny Yuma'' (1966) * ''Lola Colt'' (1967) * '' Vengeance is Mine'' (1968) * ''Zenabel'' (1969) * '' Flashback'' (1969) * ''Diary of a Telephone Operator'' (1969) * ''Zorro in the Court of England'' (1969) * ''Heads or Tails'' (1969) * ''I due maghi del pallone'' (1970) * '' Frankenstein 80'' (1972) * '' La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia'' (1972) * '' God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
