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Duilio Del Prete
Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor, dubber and singer-songwriter. Del Prete was born at Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists. As an actor, he participated to several films of the ''commedia all'italiana'', including '' My Friends'' and ''Alfredo, Alfredo'', both by Pietro Germi, and '' Sessomatto''. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, ''Daisy Miller'' (1974) and '' At Long Last Love'' (1975). Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998. Filmography * ''The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968) as Dante Castellucci * ''Commandos'' (1968) as Bruno * '' Tribuna Padronale'' (1971) as palazzinaro immaginario * ''The Assassination of Trotsky'' (1972) as Felipe * '' Alfredo Alfredo'' (1972) as Oreste * '' Il caso Pisciotta'' (1972) as Agent Sciurti * '' D'amore si muore'' (1972) * ''The Nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuneo
Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the rivers Stura and Gesso. Cuneo is bounded by the municipalities of Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo. It is located near six mountain passes: *Colle della Maddalena at *Colle di Tenda at – Tunnel of Tenda at , long *Colle del Melogno at *Colle San Bernardo at *Colle di Nava at * Colle di Cadibona at . History Cuneo was founded in 1198 by the local population, who declared it an independent commune, freeing themselves from the authority of the bishops of Asti and the marquisses of Montferrat and Saluzzo. In 1210, the latter occupied it, and in 1231 the ''Cuneesi'' rebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nun And The Devil
''The Nun and the Devil'' (Italian: ''Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo'') is an erotic 1973 Italian nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella. It is also known as: ''Sisters of Satan'' (UK) and ''The Nuns of Saint Archangel'' (US). The action is set in the 16th century at the convent of Sant Arcangelo, near Naples, then under Spanish rule. The success of the film resulted in another period drama/nunsploitation film by Paolella released the same year, ''Story of a Cloistered Nun'', an Italian/French/West German co-production starring Eleonora Giorgi. The opening credits state that the movie is "Based on authentic 16th Century records and a story by Stendhal"—possibly Stendhal's '' L'Abbesse de Castro'' (1832) is meant. Plot The story involves the power struggles and sexual intrigues of a group of good-looking nuns at the Sant Arcangelo Convent and in particular the machinations of Sister Julia (played by former Miss Great Britain Anne Heywood) as she attempts, by any means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stato Interessante
''Stato interessante'' is a 1977 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Sergio Nasca. It consists of three segments, all sharing the abortion as the main theme. Cast First segment * Janet Agren: Carla * Duilio Del Prete: Federico * Quinto Parmeggiani: Ignazio * Clara Colosimo: the Aunt Second segment * Monica Guerritore: Annabella La Monica * Turi Ferro: Domenico La Monica * Franco Fabrizi: Gaetano La Monica * Magali Noël: Tilde La Monica * Laura D'Angelo: Annabella's Friend Third segment * Adriana Asti: Patrizia * Enrico Montesano: Fernando * Elisa Mainardi Elisa Mainardi (27 July 1930 – 8 May 2016) was an Italian stage, film, and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruzi ...: Jolanda References External links * 1977 films Italian drama films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films about abortion 1970s Italian-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Italia S'è Rotta
''L'Italia s'è rotta'' ("Italy is broken") is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot The two Sicilian Peppe Truzzoliti and Antonio Mancuso decide, after a misadventure with some mafia drug dealers, to leave the cold and racist Turin to return to their native land. With them there is Domenica, a beautiful girl from Veneto, who had arrived in Turin in search of work but, for a number of setbacks, had been forced into prostitution. Cast *Dalila Di Lazzaro: Domenica Chiaregato *Mario Scarpetta: Antonio Mancuso *Teo Teocoli: Peppe Truzzoliti *Enrico Montesano: Roman robber *Mario Carotenuto: Cavalier Amedeo Zerolli *Alberto Lionello: Domenica's uncle *Franca Valeri: Countess Giovanna *Duilio Del Prete: Censor *Orazio Orlando: Oronzo *Clelia Matania: Peppe's mother * Carla Calò: Antonio's mother *Sergio Di Pinto Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sensuous Nurse
''L'Infermiera'' is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana film starring Ursula Andress, Jack Palance and Luciana Paluzzi, also known by the titles ''I Will If You Will'', ''The Nurse'', ''The Sensuous Nurse'' and ''The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse''. Plot As an aging widower begins suffering from heart trouble, his greedy heirs hope to speed him on his way by hiring a seductive nurse (Andress) to get his pulse racing. Their plan eventually backfires as the young beauty begins to fall in love with the old man. An aging widower who owns successful winery, Leonida Bottacin, has a severe heart attack during a sexual liaison with another man's wife. Leonida's relatives hope to inherit the winery to sell it to American business interests. On learning from the physician that a second heart attack will be fatal, Leonida's son-in-law Benito hires his ex-girlfriend Anna, a very attractive nurse, to attend to Leonida. Benito hopes that Leonida will be sufficiently excited by Anna's beauty and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divine Nymph
''The Divine Nymph'' ( it, Divina creatura) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and starring Laura Antonelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Michele Placido and Terence Stamp. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. It was distributed in the U.S. by Analysis Film Releasing Corp. Plot During the Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman (Laura Antonelli) is engaged to one man, but has an affair with both a young nobleman (Terence Stamp) and later his cousin ( Marcello Mastroianni), playing them against each other. Cast * Laura Antonelli - Manoela Roderighi * Terence Stamp - Dany di Bagnasco * Michele Placido - Martino Ghiondelli * Duilio Del Prete - Armellini * Ettore Manni - Marco Pisani * Carlo Tamberlani - Majordomo Pasqualino * Cecilia Polizzi - Dany's Maid * Piero Di Iorio - Cameriere di Stefano * Marina Berti - Manoela's Aunt * Doris Duranti - Signora Fones * Marcello Mastroianni - Michele Barra * Tina Aumont * Rita Silva * Corrado An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friends (film)
''My Friends'' ( it, Amici miei) is a 1975 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. The film project belonged to Pietro Germi, who had no chance to make it happen because of his untimely death. The opening credits of the film, in fact, paid tribute to the author with the words "a film by Pietro Germi" which is followed only later by "directed by Mario Monicelli". The film, which made it to number one on the Italian box-office in front of Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'', was followed by two sequels, ''Amici miei Atto II'' (1982, also by Monicelli), ''Amici miei Atto III'' (1985), directed by Nanni Loy. Plot Like in many other Monicelli movies, the main theme of ''Amici miei'' is friendship, seen from a rather bitter point of view. It tells the story of four middle-aged friends in Florence who organize together idle pranks (called ''zingarate'', "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life. Count Mascetti (Ugo Tognazzi) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Is A Woman (1974 Film)
''The Devil Is a Woman'' ( it, Il sorriso del grande tentatore, UK title: ''The Tempter'') is a 1974 drama film directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Glenda Jackson. Plot Sister Geraldine is the head of a convent that has a hospital wing for troubled patients. She resorts to bullying and tormenting those who come to this place, but things change when Rodolfo, a writer editing the life story of a priest who collaborated with the Nazis, comes to stay. Cast * Glenda Jackson as Sister Geraldine * Claudio Cassinelli as Rodolfo Solina * Lisa Harrow as Emilia Contreras * Adolfo Celi as Father Borelli * Duilio Del Prete as Monsignor Salvi * Arnoldo Foà as Monsignor Badensky * Gabriele Lavia as Prince Ottavio Ranieri d'Aragona * Francisco Rabal as Bishop Marquez * André Trottier as Bishop's Assistant * Rolf Tasna as Monsignor Meitner * Sara Sperati (as Adele Sperati) as Princess Alessandra Ranieri d'Aragona * Edoardo Canali * Edda Ferronao as Kitchen maid * Ely Galleani as Rodolf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Funny Can Sex Be?
''Sessomatto'' ("Sex Nut"), internationally released as ''How Funny Can Sex Be?'', is a 1973 Italian anthology erotic comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the segments have sex and sexual perversions as their main theme. The film was a commercial success. Plot ;Madam, it's eight o'clock A waiter doesn't know how to wake up the hostess and takes advantage of the situation to sexually abuse her. ;Two hearts and a shack Two slum spouses suspect that they are cheating on each other and therefore, every time he comes home, they beat each other. Then in a short time they make peace and make love, excited by the quarrel and beatings. ;It's never too late Enrico, a lawyer married to a beautiful young woman, actually has a gerontophile passion for women over seventy and covets one in particular, Esperia. After a close courtship, Enrico manages to conquer her and make love to her; shortly after, however, Esperia notices that Enrico enters her house even when she is not there, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre In Rome
''Massacre in Rome'' ( it, Rappresaglia) is a 1973 Italian war drama film directed by George Pan Cosmatos about the Ardeatine massacre which occurred at the Ardeatine caves in Rome, 24 March 1944, committed by the Germans as a reprisal for a partisan attack against the SS Police Regiment Bozen. The film was based on the 1967 book ''Death in Rome'' by Robert Katz. An Italian court gave producer Carlo Ponti and director Cosmatos a six-month suspended sentence for their film which claimed Pope Pius XII knew of and did nothing about the execution of Italian hostages by the Germans. The charges eventually were dropped on appeal. The names of the victims are shown in the closing credits, as opposed to the cast credits and crew members. Plot The film stars Richard Burton as the Rome Gestapo chief Herbert Kappler, who carries out the killings of 335 mostly randomly and hurriedly selected victims in revenge for partisans killing 33 Germans: using a ratio of ten Italian victims for ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Crime
''High Crime'' ( it, La polizia incrimina la legge assolve, es, La policía detiene, la ley juzga) is a 1973 Italian-Spanish ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film stars Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo and Fernando Rey. ''High Crime'' was a big success at the time of its release, and helped popularize the Italian cop thriller genre. Plot A Lebanese drug dealer arrives in Genoa and Vice-Commissioner Belli (Nero) soon tracks him down. After a long car chase, Belli manages to arrest him. However, when the prisoner is being taken to the police station, the police car is bombed before it reaches its target. The Lebanese and four policemen die in the hit, but Belli survives. Belli then goes to Cafiero (Rey), an old-fashioned gangster who claims to have transformed into a peaceful gardener, to question about the bombing and it turns out that there is a new player in town. Cafiero decides to take care of the new gang before the police get to them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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