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David And Goliath (1960 Film)
''David and Goliath'' ( it, David e Golia) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and Richard Pottier with sequences filmed in Israel and Yugoslavia. Plot The Prophet Samuel foretells a new king will rule Israel to the dismay of King Saul and his cousin and commander in chief Abner. King Saul has been having a streak of bad luck since the Philistine captivity of the Ark and fears the newcomer but doesn't know who the new king will be. The unsuspecting shepherd David visits Jerusalem where he is identified as the king. Abner decides to test his wisdom by asking how the Israelites can get around the Philistines' imposed edict that the only ones who may lawfully bear arms in defeated Israel are the officers of Saul's court and his palace guard. David replies that the Philistines have set no limit on the number of officers or palace guards. Meanwhile, King Asrod of the Philistines plots another attack on the riches of Israel, this time accompanied by the fearsome giant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Baldi
Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1917 – 12 September 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Baldi was born in Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, on 19 May 1917. His early film work began in Italy in the early 1950s with films such as ''Il Prezzo dell'Onore''. He directed Orson Welles in the films ''David and Goliath'' and ''The Tartars''. Baldi died in Italy on 12 September 2007. Selected filmography *''Il prezzo dell'onore'' (1952) *''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) *''David and Goliath'' (1960) *''Duel of Champions'' (1961) *''La spada del Cid'' (1962) * ''Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (1962) *''Il figlio di Cleopatra '' (1964) *''Sfida al re di Castiglia'' (1964) *'' Suicide Mission to Singapore'' (1966) *''All'ombra delle aquile'' (1966) *''Texas, Adios'' (1966) *'' Massacre in the Black Forest'' (1967) *'' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) *'' Rita of the West '' (1967) *''Hate Thy Neighbor'' (1968) *''Django, Prepare a Coffin'' (1968) *''The Forgotten Pistolero'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. is a city in Western Asia. Situated on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, it is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and is considered to be a holy city for the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their Capital city, capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Because of this dispute, Status of Jerusalem, neither claim is widely recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Rubini
Giulia Rubini (born 2 June 1935) is an Italian actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1953 and 1968. She starred in the film '' The Window to Luna Park'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (1954) * ''High School'' (1954) * ''The Two Friends'' (1955) * ''Le signorine dello 04'' (1955) * '' The Virtuous Bigamist'' (1956) * '' The Band of Honest Men'' (1956) * '' The Window to Luna Park'' (1957) * ''Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea'' (1957) * '' Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' (1957) * '' Goliath and the Barbarians'' (1959) *'' The Night They Killed Rasputin'' (1960) * ''David and Goliath'' (1960) * ' (1961) * '' Rage of the Buccaneers'' (1961) * '' La monaca di Monza'' (1962) * ''The Sign of the Coyote'' (1963) * ''Kidnapped to Mystery Island'' (1964) * '' Canadian Wilderness'' (1965) * '' Johnny Oro'' (1966) * ''7 pistole per un massacro ''Seven Pistols for a Massacre'' or ''Adios, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in ''Le amiche''. She appeared in ''Un maledetto imbroglio.'' In 1960, for her performance in ''Estate violenta'', she won the best actress prize of the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Nastro d'argento. In 1964, she appeared in '' La Cittadella''. She died in Palermo, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Pirates of Capri'' (1949) - Annette * '' Altura'' (1949) - Grazia * ''Due sorelle amano'' (1950) - Marilù, Maria Pia's sister * '' Behind Closed Shutters'' (1951) - Sandra * '' Verginità'' (1951) - Mara Sibilia * '' The Last Sentence'' (1951) - Marisa * ''Barefoot Savage'' (1952) - Franca Gabrie * '' Girls Marked Danger'' (1952) - Alda * '' The Flame'' (1952) - Monica * ''Three Forbidden Stories'' (1952) - Gianna Aragona (Third segment) * '' I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' (1953) - Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Serato
Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in several historical dramas and sword and sandal epics, mainly Italian, as well as roles in major international films. His notable appearances include ''Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941),''The Naked Maja'' (1958), ''David and Goliath'' (1960), ''The Loves of Hercules'' (1960), ''El Cid'' (1961), '' 55 Days at Peking'' (1963) ''Camille 2000'' (1969) and ''Don't Look Now'' (1973). In 1947 he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the neorealist war-drama film ''The Sun Still Rises''. He had an affair with the actress Anna Magnani who bore him a son, Luca, whom she affectionately called Cellino. Luca contracted polio at an early age; - " In time he was able to walk with steel braces but espent much of his time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilton Edwards
Hilton Edwards (2 February 1903 – 18 November 1982) was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer and theatrical producer. He co-founded the Gate Theatre with his partner Micheál Mac Liammóir and two others, and has been referred to as the founder of Irish theatre. He was one of the most recognisable figures in the arts in 20th century Ireland. Early life Edwards was born in London, the son of Thomas George Cecil Edwards and Emily Edwards (born Murphy). Career Edwards began his career acting with the Charles Doran Shakespeare Company in 1920 in Windsor and then joined the Old Vic in London, playing in all but two of Shakespeare's plays before leaving the company a few years later. Trained in music, he also sang baritone roles with the Old Vic Opera company. As an actor he played leading parts, including the title roles in ''Peer Gynt'', ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' and ''Macbeth'' and Sheridan Whiteside in ''The Man Who Came To Dinner''. On Broadway in 1966, he directed Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivica Pajer
Ivica Pajer (9 September 1934 – 17 August 2006) was a Yugoslavian-born Croatian actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying David before he became a king in the 1960 film ''David and Goliath'' starring Orson Welles of which Pajer is credited as Ivo Payer. Pajer also had one of the major roles in ''The Road a Year Long'', a 1958 Academy Award-nominated film directed by Giuseppe De Santis Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. He was .... Filmography References Croatian male film actors 1934 births 2006 deaths Yugoslav male film actors {{Croatia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. While in his 20s, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project, including an adaptation of ''Macbeth'' with an entirely African-American cast and the political musical '' The Cradle Will Rock''. In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including ''Caesar'' (1937), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''. In 1938, his radio anthology series ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel ''The War of the Worlds'', which caused s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath
Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian term) or (Quranic term). is a character in the Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 fr ... defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified King Saul's unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have fought for Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Israel. Scholars today believe that the original listed killer of Goliath was Elhanan, son of Jair, and that the authors of the Deuteronomist#Deuteronomistic history, Deuteronomic history changed the original text to credit the victory to the more famous character David. The phrase "#Modern usage of "David and Goliath", David and Goliath" has taken on a more popular meaning denoting an Underd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant (mythology)
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: '' gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle. It is derived from the ''Gigantes'' ( grc-gre, Γίγαντες) of Greek mythology. Fairy tales such as '' Jack the Giant Killer'' have formed the modern perception of giants as dimwitted ogres, sometimes said to eat humans, while other giants tend to eat the livestock. The antagonist in ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' is often described as a giant. In some more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Literary and cultural analysis Giants appear in the folklore of cultures worldwide as they represent a relatively simple concept. Representing the human body enlarged to the point of being monstrous, giants evoke terror and remind humans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Guard
A royal guard is a group of military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as the emperor or empress, king or queen, or prince or princess. They often are an elite unit of the regular armed forces, or are designated as such, and may maintain special rights or privileges. Institution and tasks Royal guards have historically comprised both purely ceremonial units serving in close proximity to the monarch, as well as regiments from all arms, forming a designated substantial elite and intended for active service as part of the army. An example of the first category would include the ''Tropas de la Casa Real'' of the Spanish monarchy prior to 1930, comprising halberderos and a mounted escort. Examples of the second would include the Imperial Guards of the Russian and German Empires prior to 1917–18. Monarchs frequently modeled their royal guards upon those of fellow rulers. Thus, Napoleon I's ''Garde Imperiale'' was imitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
