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Elsa De Giorgi
Elsa De Giorgi (26 January 1914 – 12 September 1997) was an Italian film actress and writer. She appeared in twenty seven films, including '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940). Her 1955 book ''I coetanei'' (The Peers), a diary of Italy during the civil war, was published by Einaudi with a preface by Gaetano Salvemini. It won the Premio Viareggio The Viareggio Prize ( it, Premio Viareggio, italic=no or ) is an Italian literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Rèpaci, to rival the Milanes .... Filmography References External links *Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Liter ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pesaro
Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona. Pesaro was dubbed the "Cycling City" (''Città della Bicicletta'') by the Italian environmentalist association Legambiente in recognition of its extensive network of bicycle paths and promotion of cycling. It is also known as "''City of Music''", for it is the birthplace of the composer Gioacchino Rossini. In 2015 the Italian Government applied for Pesaro to be declared a "Creative City" in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. In 2017 Pesaro received the European City of Sport award together with Aosta, Cagliari and Vicenza. Local industries include fishing, furniture making and tourism. In 2020 it absorbed the former ''comune'' of Monteciccardo, now a ''frazione'' of Pesaro. History The city was established as ''Pisaurum'' by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Clary
Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary ( sv, Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Charles John was a former French general and founder of the House of Bernadotte. Désirée Clary was the mother of Oscar I, and one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte. Her name was officially changed in Sweden to Desideria but she did not use that name. Background and education Désirée Clary was born in Marseille, France, the daughter of François Clary (Marseille, St. Ferreol, 24 February 1725 – Marseille, 20 January 1794), a wealthy silk manufacturer and merchant, by his second wife (m. 26 June 1759) Françoise Rose Somis (Marseille, St. Ferreol, 30 August 1737 – Paris, 28 January 1815). ''Eugénie'' was normally used as her name of address.Ulf Sundberg in ''Kungliga släktband'' p 206 Her father had been previously married at Marseille, 13 April 1751 to Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
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1997 Deaths
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acquitted For Having Committed The Deed
''Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed'' (Italian: ''Assolto per aver commesso il fatto'') is a 1992 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Alberto Sordi. It also features Angela Finocchiaro and Lou Castel.Fava p.300 It was shot on location in Rome and Los Angeles. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marco Dentici. Synopsis A former official of the SIAE acquires a vast empire of broadcasting companies. Cast * Alberto Sordi as Emilio Garrone * Angela Finocchiaro as Mariuccia * as Enzo * David Byrd as Shapiro * Lou Castel as Hartman * Robert Nadder as Spielberg * as Max * Byron Chung as Kawabata * Paul Fujimoto as Mishima * as Serra * Gianfranco Barra * Franco Diogene * as Ilaria - segretaria di Serra * as Bistolfi * Will Gill Jr. as Butler * Claudio Bertoni as Security Guard * as Portiera * Sandra Collodel as Telecronista TV * Elsa De Giorgi as Contessa Nicoletta * Mary Dicorato as Rita * Tiziana Kinkela as Journalist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salò, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom
''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' ( it, Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, billed on-screen ''Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom'' on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply ''Salò'' []) is a 1975 horror film, horror art film directed and co-written by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is a loose Film adaptation, adaptation of the 1785 novel (first published in 1904) ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' by the Marquis de Sade, updating the story's setting to the World War II era. It was Pasolini's final film, being released three weeks after Pier Paolo Pasolini#Murder, his murder. The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupt Italian libertines in the time of the Fascism, fascist Italian Social Republic, Republic of Salò (1943–1945). The libertines kidnap 18 teenagers and subject them to four months of extreme violence, Sadomasochism, sadism, and Sexual torture, sexual and Psychological torture, psychological torture. The film explores themes of political corruption, consumerism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RoGoPaG
''Ro.Go.Pa.G.'' (also known as "RoGoPaG") is a 1963 film consisting of four segments, each written and directed by a different director. These include the French director Jean-Luc Godard (segment "Il nuovo mondo") and the Italian directors Ugo Gregoretti (segment "Il pollo ruspante"), Pier Paolo Pasolini (segment " La ricotta") and Roberto Rossellini (segment "Illibatezza"). The movie title is an abbreviation of the authors' last names: Rossellini, Godard, Pasolini, Gregoretti. Synopsis ''Illibatezza'' ''Illibatezza'' ("Chastity") by Roberto Rossellini is a story of a beautiful stewardess who attracts unwanted attention from one of the air travelers – a middle aged American. By chance, the two stay in the same hotel overnight. She has a fiancé back home, to whom she sends 8mm films made with her camera. These show how, in order to shoo away the unwanted flirtatious attentions of the traveler, all she had to do was to act in an aggressively provocative way; his sexual attr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tyrant Of Padua
''The Tyrant of Padua'' (Italian: ''Il tiranno di Padova'') is a 1946 Italian historical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Clara Calamai, Carlo Lombardi and Elsa De Giorgi.Brunetta, p. 150. It is an adaptation of the 1835 play '' Angelo, Tyrant of Padua'' by Victor Hugo. It is set in Padua in the 1540s. Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Carlo Lombardi as Angelo Malipieri * Clara Calamai as Tisbe * Elsa De Giorgi as Caterina Bragadin in Malipieri * Alfredo Varelli as Rodolfo degli Ezzelini * Nino Pavese as Una spia * Giorgio Piamonti as Omodei * Erminio Spalla as Un evaso * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il padre di Caterina * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La madre di Tisbe * Memo Benassi as Cesare, il pittore * Andreina Carli as Reginella * Cristina Veronesi Cristina is a femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innkeeper
''The Innkeeper'' (Italian: ''La locandiera'' also known as ''Mirandolina'') is a 1944 Italian historical comedy film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Osvaldo Valenti.Reich & Garafalo p.28 The film is an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's 1753 play ''The Mistress of the Inn'', one of a number of times the work has been turned into films. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. Production The film was originally shot in Rome. During the last stages of completion, Mussolini was overthrown. The final editing was done in Venice, the film capital of the Italian Social Republic, but without the presence of Chiarini. Two of its stars Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti were later executed by Italian Partisans for collaboration with the Fascist leadership. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Mirandolina * Armando Falconi as Il marchese di Forlimpopoli * Osvaldo Valenti as Il cavaliere di Ripafratta * Camillo Pilotto as Il conte di Albafiorita * El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Fra Diavolo
''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' ( it, Fra' Diavolo) is a 1942 Italian adventure film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Enzo Fiermonte. Cast * Enzo Fiermonte - Michele Pezza detto " Fra' Diavolo" * Elsa De Giorgi - Fortunata Consiglio * Laura Nucci - Gabriella Del Prà * Cesare Bettarini - Carlo Consiglio * Agostino Salvietti - Ciccio La Rosa, il capo della polizia * Carlo Romano - Tiburzio * Loris Gizzi - Il prefetto * Marcello Giorda - Il generale * Renato Chiantoni Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue comp ... - Sputafuoco See also * '' Donne e briganti'' (1950) External links * 1942 films 1942 adventure films Italian adventure films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Luigi Zampa Napoleonic Wars films Films set i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mask Of Cesare Borgia
''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (Italian: ''La maschera di Cesare Borgia'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Osvaldo Valenti, Elsa De Giorgi and Carlo Tamberlani. Coletti asserted that the 1948 20th Century Fox film ''Prince of Foxes'' was a remake of his work, the American studio having bought the rights, although the latter film's source is credited as a novel of the same title by Samuel Shellabarger.Anile p.129 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film's sets were designed by the art directors Antonio Tagliolini and Enrico Verdozzi. Cast References Bibliography * Alberto Anile. ''Orson Welles in Italy''. Indiana University Press, 2013. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
