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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] |
Estate Violenta
''Estate violenta'' (U.S. title: ''Violent Summer'') is a 1961 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a prominent Fascist's young draft-dodging son, portrayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant, and a naval officer's widow, older than he, portrayed by Eleonora Rossi Drago. It is set in the Italian seaside resort of Riccione in July 1943, around the time of the dismissal of Benito Mussolini, during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. ''Estate violenta'' is Zurlini's second feature film, with which he made his name as a director.Biography of Valerio Zurlini Plot Carlo Caremoli (Trintignant) arrives in Riccione, and enjoys life together with his friends at his father's villa. Riccione is still peaceful, and only a few ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verginità
''Verginità'' is a 1951 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Leonardo De Mitri. Plot A country girl who is a diligent devourer of picture stories, decides to participate in a beauty contest without the consent of her father. She dreams of a glamorous career in the big city. When she loses the contest, she is approached by two men who offer her a modeling job. However, they are in fact human traffickers who intend to lure her to Brazil. Cast *Irene Genna as Gina *Leonardo Cortese as Franco Rossi *Franca Marzi as Giulia *Otello Toso as Giancarlo *Eleonora Rossi Drago as Mara Sibilia *Arnoldo Foà as René *Tamara Lees as Lidia *Checco Durante as Mr. Corelli *Guglielmo Barnabò as Impresario *Mario Siletti *Mario Ferrari Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Awakening (1956 Film)
''The Awakening'' ( it, Suor Letizia, also known as ''When Angels Don't Fly'') is a 1956 Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Camerini. For this film Anna Magnani was awarded with her fifth Silver Ribbon for best actress. Plot Sister Letizia, after having worked in African missions, is sent to close a convent on an island in the Gulf of Naples and, as soon as she arrives at her destination, she successfully undertakes to obtain good offers for the sale of the land of the convent. Here he meets a boy named Salvatore whom he grows fond of. With great skill then, Sister Letizia goes beyond the task entrusted to her and undertakes to avoid the closure of the convent, and to reopen the kindergarten that the nuns once held; thus the sale is upset. During his stay he becomes more and more fond of little Salvatore, fatherless, whose mother plans to get married for a second time. Her boyfriend, however, has no intention of taking Salvatore into the future family and the woman, corne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Alone (1956 Film)
''A Woman Alone'' (Italian: ''Donne sole'') is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio Sala and Ottavio Alessi assistant director, and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Luciana Angiolillo and Ettore Manni.Miccichè p/107 Cast * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Luisa * Luciana Angiolillo as Nice * Ettore Manni as Giulio, il giornalista * Antigone Costanda as Franca * Gianna Maria Canale as Mara * Paolo Stoppa * Evi Maltagliati as Pressenda * Joseph Lenzi as Dino Franceschi * Ignazio Leone as Turi * Francesco Sormano * Matilde Orsini * Vittorio Vaser * Gino Buzzanca * Giorgio Gandos * Franca Ferrari * Francisco Prosperi * Ugo Ugolini * Enzo Garinei as Ciccio, il fotografo *Ottavio Alessi as the movie Cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Amiche
''Le Amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra donne sole'' (lit. "Only among women"), ''Le Amiche'' portrays a group of five upper-class women in Turin and their various relationships with men. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Silver Lion. Plot Clelia returns from Rome to her native city Turin, assigned to supervise the opening of a branch of the Roman fashion salon where she previously has been working. By coincidence, she is confronted with the failed suicide attempt of a young woman named Rosetta and gets acquainted with her circle of Turin socialites. The group includes Rosetta, the coquettish Mariella, Momina, who lives separated from her husband and has changing affairs, and successful ceramics artist Nene, who lives with Lorenzo, an unrecognised pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Trial (1954 Film)
''On Trial'' (French: ''L'Affaire Maurizius''; Italian: ''Il caso Mauritius'') is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann. Synopsis Etzel, the son of the great prosecutor Andergast, wants to look over the file for the Maurizius case, in which the accused was condemned on the basis of suppositions. This was the case which allowed his father, 18 years earlier, to get a head start in his career, but Etzel has some doubts. Cast * Daniel Gélin : Léonard Maurizius * Madeleine Robinson : Elisabeth Maurizius * Anton Walbrook: Grégoire Waremme * Charles Vanel : Wolf Andergast * Eleonora Rossi Drago : Anna Jahn * Bernard Musson : le greffier * Jean d'Yd : le président * Jacques Varennes : le juge d'instruction * Claude Arlay * Pierre Asso : Le maître-chanteur * Paola Borboni : Mme Bobika * Berthe Bovy : La grand-mère * Jacques Chabassol : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestire Gli Ignudi
''Vestire gli ignudi'' () is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Gabriele Ferzetti. It is based on the play ''Vestire gli ignudi'' (''Clothing the Naked'') by Luigi Pirandello. Cast * Gabriele Ferzetti as Ludovico Nota * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Ersilia Drei * Pierre Brasseur as Console Grotti * Frank Latimore Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline, September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor. Life and career Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage ba ... as Franco Laspiga * Micheline Francey as Signora Grotti References External links * 1953 films Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello 1950s Italian-language films Italian films based on plays Films directed by Marcello Pagliero Italian drama films 1953 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Of Destiny (film)
''Daughters of Destiny'' (UK title: ''Love, Soldiers and Women'', French title: ''Destinées'' and Italian title: ''Destini di donne'') is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque. The film stars Claudette Colbert (segment "Elisabeth"), Michèle Morgan (segment "Jeanne") and Martine Carol (segment "Lysistrata"). It tells three stories, which are unrelated, but each deal with a woman and war. Plot In this trilogy of stories, the episode "Elizabeth" is about an American war-widow who goes to Italy where her husband was in World War II. The episode "Jeanne" tells the life of Jeanne d'Arc. The episode "Lysistrata" is about Athenian wives, an adaptation of the Greek play. Principal cast ;segment "Elisabeth" *Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth Whitefield *Eleonora Rossi Drago as Angela Ascari/Farmgirl *Mirko Ellis as Anthony ;segment "Jeanne" *Michèle Morgan as Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc *Michel Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slave (1953 Film)
''The Slave'' (french: L'esclave, it, Schiavitù) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Barbara Laage Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s. After fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II, Laage returned to the city after the war and commenced her acti ....Rège p.222 Plot summary Cast Citations General bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * * 1953 films French drama films Italian drama films 1953 drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Yves Ciampi Films about heroin addiction French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Sette Dell'Orsa Maggiore
''Hell Raiders of the Deep'' (Original Italian title: ''I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' 'The Seven Men of Great Bear') is 1953 Italian film based on the events of the Raid on Alexandria in 1941 by frogmen of the Decima Flottiglia MAS human torpedoes. It was released in the United Kingdom as ''Human Torpedoes'' and in France and Belgium as ''Panique à Gibraltar'' (''Panic in Gibraltar''). It was directed by Duilio Coletti and produced by Carlo Ponti and Luigi De Laurentiis, with a score by Nino Rota and a screenplay by Giuseppe Berto and Marcantonio Bragadin Plot The events are a little modified and presented in a more favorable way for the Royal Navy. Namely, the damaging of HMS ''Valiant'' is just mentioned in a statement at the end of the movie, the two Italians are evacuated from the room under sea level before the explosion while in reality they had been placed there again after Durand De La Penne had told Morgan about the next explosion, and lastly the news suppression about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Forbidden Stories
''Three Forbidden Stories'' ( it, Tre storie proibite) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina. Cast * Lia Amanda as Renata * Antonella Lualdi as Anna Maria * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Gianna Aragona * Isa Pola as Signora Paola, mère de Renata * Frank Latimore as Walter * Gabriele Ferzetti as Mario * Giulio Stival as Comm. Borsani * Roberto Risso as Bernardo * Charles Fawcett as Mottaroni * Mariolina Bovo as Mimma * Enrico Luzi as Tommaso * Marcella Rovena Marcella Rovena (22 January 1905 – 6 October 1991) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano, she started her career on the big screen in 1932 with director Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 J ... as mother of Gianna * Richard McNamara as Donato External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Augusto Genina Italian drama films 1951 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame (1952 Film)
''The Flame'' (Italian: ''La Fiammata'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Elisa Cegani. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. Plot With the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 imminent, a reception is held in the castle of the Counts Stettin. Guests included Colonel Felt, brother of Countess Yvonne, and his wife Monica. Minister Beaucourt arrives suddenly, in the past a companion in arms of the colonel and now his political opponent. Beaucourt, who is in love with Monica, tells Felt that his plans to defend the borders have been rejected, and the colonel is outraged. Beaucourt, taking advantage of Monica's disagreement with her husband, is assiduously courting her. Meanwhile, the banker Glogan, an ancient lover of Countess Yvonne, arrives at the castle, who in the past has lent large sums to the colonel, who is unable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
