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Fabio Testi
Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's film ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''. Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in ''poliziotteschi'' genre films in the 1970s as well as a few '' gialli'', and gained infamy for his publicised relationships with actresses Ursula Andress and Charlotte Rampling. Testi's popularity as an actor slowed towards the 1980s after which he predominantly worked in television series. By the early 2000s, Testi also began appearing in reality shows such as ''Gran Hermano VIP'' and ''Grande Fratello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis (film)
''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' ( it, Il giardino dei Finzi Contini, link=no) is a 1970 historical drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay by Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli adapts Italian Jewish author Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, about the lives of an upper-class Jewish family in Ferrara during the Fascist era. The film stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Romolo Valli, and Fabio Testi in his breakthrough role. An Italian production with West German financing, ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Bear. It received positive acclaim from international critics, winning the 1972 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and earning a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film holds a 100% review score on Rotten Tomatoes. Plot In 1938 in Ferrara, the Finzi Contini are a rich Jewish family living in a mansion set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics. Born and raised in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. He rose to film stardom with performances in films like ''Jezebel'' (1938), '' Jesse James'' (1939), and ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939). His career further progressed with his portrayal of Tom Joad in ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1941, Fonda starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic ''The Lady Eve''. Book-ending his service in WWII were his starring roles in two highly regarded Westerns: ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943) and '' My Darling Clementine'' (1946), the latter directed by John Ford, and he also starred in Ford's Western '' Fort Apache'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette, depicting a knight rendered in the Art Deco style, was originally sculpted by Los Angeles artist George Stanley from a design sketch by art director Cedric Gibbons. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Academy Awards cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis
''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' ( it, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) is an Italian historical novel by Giorgio Bassani, published in 1962. It chronicles the relationships between the narrator and the children of the Finzi-Contini family from the rise of Benito Mussolini until the start of World War II. Background ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' is considered the best of the series of novels that Bassani produced about the lives of Italian Jews in the northern Italian city of Ferrara. Although the novel focuses on the relationships between the major characters, the shadow of creeping Italian fascism, especially the racial laws that restricted Jews' participation in Italian society, looms over all the novel's events. According to Bassani, one hundred and eighty-three Jews living in Ferrara were deported to German concentration camps, predominantly under the puppet Italian Social Republic in 1943. Plot summary The novel opens with a brief prologue set in 1957 in which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orto Botanico Dell'Università Di Roma "La Sapienza"
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (12 hectares), also known as the Orto Botanico di Roma, is a botanical garden operated by the Sapienza University of Rome and located at Largo Cristina di Svezia 24, Rome, Italy. It is open every day including Sundays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established on this site in 1883, although it is the successor to the Papal Botanical Gardens going back to the Renaissance. It is sited on the slopes of the Janiculum overlooking the 17th-century Palazzo Corsini, which was from 1659-1689 the residence of Queen Christina of Sweden, now the headquarters of the Accademia dei Lincei. Part of the current Botanical Garden used to be the private garden of the Palazzo Corsini. After the Palace became property of the Italian state, they were merged with the existing Papal gardens to create the current lay-out. Today the garden contains more than 3,000 species, with a Japanese garden, bamboo groves, and a Giardino dei Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Damned Day At Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!
''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' ( it, Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue, "''That Cursed Winter Day: Django and Sartana to the Death"'') is a 1970 Spaghetti Western directed by Demofilo Fidani. Plot Django, a gunfighter, teams up with another gunfighter named Sartana to wipe out a gang of gun-runners that have been terrorizing the citizens of Black City. Releases ''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' was released in 1970. The film is not an official part of the ''Sartana'' series and along with Pasquale Squitieri's '' Django Defies Sartana'', was among two of the unofficial ''Sartana'' films released in 1970. Reception In a retrospective review, Howard Hughes wrote in his book ''Cinema Italiana'' that ''One Damned Day at Dawn...Django Meets Sartana!'' was "a plotless meander made on the cheap in familiar Lazio quarries." and stated that "Fidani's westerns, particularly his film are notable for their stunt per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Philipp
Harald Philipp (1921–1999) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. Selected filmography * ''The Old Forester House'' (1956) * ''The Csardas King'' (1958) * ''A Thousand Stars Aglitter'' (1959) * ' (1960) * ''Brandenburg Division'' (1960) * ''Auf Wiedersehen (film), Auf Wiedersehen'' (1961) * ''Blind Justice (1961 film), Blind Justice'' (1961) * ''The Oil Prince'' (1965) * ''Manhattan Night of Murder'' (1965) * ''The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight'' (1966) * ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed'' (1966) * ''Love Nights in the Taiga'' (1967) * ''Death Knocks Twice'' (1969) * ''The Body in the Thames'' (1971) * ' (1971) * ''Der Fall Opa'' (1972, TV film) * ''Ausbruch'' (1973, TV film) * ''Sergeant Berry (TV series), Sergeant Berry'' (1974–1975, TV series) * ' (1975) * ''Die Protokolle des Herrn M.'' (1979, TV series) * ''Der Fuchs von Övelgönne'' (1981, TV series) * ' (1982, TV series) References External links * 1921 births 1999 deaths Mass media people from Hamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Reed
Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was the best-selling Western performer in communist countries, with his songs often topping the local charts, and millions of his records were sold in the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere mostly under the Melodiya label. He never renounced his U.S. citizenship, despite often denouncing the U.S. government, and was seen by the Western media as a communist propaganda figure. Early life and education Dean Reed was born in Denver, Colorado, on September 22, 1938.Left star a stranger in his own land. The Guardian November 19, 1986 His father was a high school math and history teacher, describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and stunning figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a naturalization, permanent resident in 1964. Early life Anita Ekberg was born on 29 September 1931, in Malmö, Scania, Skåne (Sweden), the sixth of eight children. In her teens, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition in 1950 at her mother's urging. This led to the Miss Sweden contest which she won. Despite speaking very little English, she went to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title (an unofficial pageant at that time, the pageant became official in 1952). Career Universal Studios Although Ekberg did not win the Miss Universe pageant, as one of six finalists, she did earn a star system (filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Knocks Twice
''Death Knocks Twice'' ( it, La morte bussa due volte), german: Blonde Köder für den Mörder), is a 1969 Italian-German detective film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Dean Reed, Fabio Testi and Adolfo Celi. It also starred Anita Ekberg, Helene Chanel and Femi Benussi. It was also released as ''Blonde Bait for the Murderer'' and ''The Blonde Connection''. Plot A wealthy businessman, Francesco Villaverde, who suffers from mental issues, strangles Mrs. Ferretti (Anita Ekberg), the beautiful wife of another businessman, on a beach after they make love. The murder is witnessed by two criminals who then blackmail Francesco's wife to get some property they desire from her. Two private eyes try to prove that Francesco murdered the woman on the beach, so they use a young blonde (the daughter of one of the detectives) to pose as bait for Francesco to kill. Cast * Dean Reed as Bob Martin * Fabio Testi as Francisco di Villaverde * Ini Assmann as Ellen Kent * Leon Askin as Pepe Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Romero Marchent
Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mainly cast in character roles. In 1959 he became assistant director, and in 1965 he made his directorial debut with ''Hands of a Gunfighter''. Specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre, from the late 1970s he was also active on television. His brother Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent was also a director and screenwriter. In the 2000s he taught film and interpretation classes. He was awarded in 1947 by the Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in the film ''La mies es mucha''. He married Maruja Tamayo. He died on 13 February 2020 at the age of 93. Filmography Director * ''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (1965) * ''Sharp-Shooting Twin Sisters'' (1966) * ''Ringo the Lone Rider'' (1968) * ''Dos cruces en Danger Pass'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenger, Zorro
''The Avenger, Zorro'' ( es, El Zorro justiciero, it, E continuavano a chiamarlo figlio di...) is a 1972 Spanish-Italian Western film written and directed by Rafael Romero Marchent. Plot Cast * Fabio Testi as Don Diego / Zorro * Carlos Romero Marchent as Fred MacAslim * Frank Braña as Dominguez * Simone Blondell as Perla Dominguez * Piero Lulli as Bill Warner * Andrés Mejuto as Brook * Eduardo Calvo as Richter * Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) al ... as Sheriff * Riccardo Garrone Release ''The Avenger, Zorro'' was released on 21 February 1972. Footnotes Sources * External links * 1972 films 1972 Western (genre) films Films based on works by Johnston McCulley Films directed by Rafael Romero Marchent Films scored by Lallo Gori F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
