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Ferruccio Amendola
Ferruccio Amendola (22 July 1930 – 3 September 2001) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter Mario Amendola, he was among Italy's most accomplished actors who worked for cinema and television and also did extensive voice dubbing work. Amendola moved to Rome with his family at a young age and he made his film debut at age 13 in ''Gian Burrasca'' directed by Sergio Tofano and continued working on cinema, television and theatre in his later years. In 1945, Amendola made his voice-over debut dubbing over Vito Annicchiarico's role in the film ''Rome, Open City''. By 1968, Amendola began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting and eventually became well known as an Italian voice dubbing pioneer. He was best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Tomas Milian in a majority of their movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alps, Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Larger Urban Zones, Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosby (TV Series)
''Cosby'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 16, 1996, to April 28, 2000. The program starred Bill Cosby (in his final series) and Phylicia Rashad, who had previously worked together in the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992). Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighborly friend, Pauline, until her death in 1999. The show was adapted from the British sitcom ''One Foot in the Grave''. Premise Set at the corner of 33rd Ave and 1539 Blake St. Astoria in Queens, Cosby portrayed grumpy Hilton Lucas, a New York City man forced into early retirement from his job as an airline customer service agent. His wife Ruth was again played by Phylicia Rashad. Initially, Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth Lucas; however, she was recast after she reacted poorly to Cosby's tendency to ad libitum. The couple had one daughter, Erica Lucas, initially portrayed by Audra McDonald and later portrayed by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. Doug E. Doug played Griffin Vesey, a foster son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tosca (1973 Film)
''La Tosca'' (also known as ''Tosca'') is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni. It is loosely based on the drama with the same name by Victorien Sardou, reinterpreted in an ironic-grotesque style. Plot Rome, 14 June 1800. Napoleon's army threatens to conquer Italy, including the Papal States. Rome is reeking with corruption, especially among the clergy, determined to retain their privileges based on the exploitation of the poor. The fugitive patriot Cesare Angelotti, escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo, is sheltered by painter Mario Cavaradossi. Baron Scarpia, regent of the Pontifical Police, hunts him down by luring Floria Tosca, Cavaradossi's mistress, into thinking that her lover is cheating on her. The woman, trailed by Scarpia, heads for Cavaradossi's house, hoping to catch him in the act, but finds him in Angelotti's company. Realizing she's been deceived, Tosca tries her best to save her lover, but it is too late. Scarpia reaches the house and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuore Matto
"Cuore matto" is a song composed by Armando Ambrosino and Totò Savio, and performed by Little Tony. The song premiered at the seventeenth Sanremo Music Festival, in which Little Tony presented the song in couple with Mario Zelinotti. The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade. It sold in excess of a million copies and was awarded a gold disc in May 1967. The song also named a film, '' Cuore matto... matto da legare '', directed by Mario Amendola and starred by the same Little Tony and by Eleonora Brown. The song was later covered by several artists, including Dalida, Gianni Morandi, Teruhiko Saigō, Fausto Leali and Kati Kovács. It was also used in several films, notably Bernardo Bertolucci's ''Besieged'' and Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon, Italian Style
''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' (Italian: ''Viaggio di nozze all'italiana'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Concha Velasco and Ferruccio Amendola.Small p.108 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Cast * Tony Russel as Barone Frescobaldi * Concha Velasco as Rosetta de Curtis * Ferruccio Amendola as Pasquale * Elio Crovetto as Funzionario al Casinò * Ana María Custodio as donna di Camilo * Luigi De Filippo as Camilluccio * Alberto Farnese as Portiere dell'Hotel * Litz Kibiska as La Bionda * Anna Maestri as Pallina * Renzo Montagnani as Nicola * Antonio Ozores as Salvatore Catella * George Rigaud as Barone Luigi * Carlo Rizzo as Direttore dell'Hotel * Rosita Rizzo as Donna Carmela * Marisa Solinas Marisa Anna Solinas (30 May 1939 – 12 February 2019), best known as Marisa Solinas, was an Italian actress and singer. Life Born in Genoa to a Sardinian father an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West And Soda
''West and soda'' (also known as ''The West Way Out'') is a 1965 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western. In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented the Spaghetti Western genre with this film, an achievement usually attributed to Sergio Leone with his ''A Fistful of Dollars'' which was released the year before, but whose development started later and was faster than the traditionally animated ''West and Soda''. Plot The plot of the film follows the traditional stranger arriving in a small western town. The stranger finds a pretty woman holding out from selling her uniquely green land to the local big shot, who is harassing her in hope of seducing her/buying her land. There is an ongoing mystery about how the stranger got a hold of the gold nugget he possesses, though at the end of the film it is revealed that he found it in a soap box (it is fake). Cast DVD A PAL R2 DVD of the film has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste Gladiatore Di Sparta
''The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' ( it, Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta) is a 1964 peplum film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Mark Forest and Marilù Tolo. Plot The hero Maciste suffers with the Christians the persecution from the Roman Empire. He, as a Spartan gladiator, falls in love with a young Christian and must save her from his condemnation in the arena. Maciste makes a desperate attempt to save the Christians. He will have to win monsters and gladiators to get the victory and stay with his beloved. Cast * Mark Forest as Maciste * Marilù Tolo as Olympia * Elisabeth Fanty as Livia * Robert Hundar as Zefatius * Giuseppe Addobbati as Marcellus * Franco Cobianchi as Vitellius * Ferruccio Amendola as Dammatius * Jacques Stany as Epialtus See also * List of Italian films of 1964 Release ''The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' was released in Italy on March 26, 1964. It was released on home video by Something Weird Video Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Ladro Di Damasco
''The Thief of Damascus'' (Italian: ''Il ladro di Damasco'') is a 1964 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Luciana Gilli and Gianni Solaro. It was released in the US as ''Sword of Damascus'' at a running time of 93 minutes.Della Casa, Steve; Giusti, Marco (2013). "Il Grande Libro di Ercole". Edizione Sabinae. Page 195. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Tony Russel as Jesen * Luciana Gilli as Miriam * Gianni Solaro as Tibullo * Ferruccio Amendola as Tisba * Enrico Salvatore * Bruno Ukmar * Adriana Limiti * Pietro Tordi * Irena Prosen * Renato Baldini as Uria * Giuseppe Fortis as Mannae References Bibliography * Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990''. McFarland, 21 2017. External links * ''The Thief of Damascus''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Guerra
''The Great War'' ( it, La grande guerra) is a 1959 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Its crew also included Danilo Donati (costumes) and Mario Garbuglia (set designer). It was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film. In 1999 the critics of Ciak magazine chose it as one of the 100 most important films in history, and was selected to enter the list of the "100 Italian films to be saved". It won huge success outside Italy, especially in France. Plot 1916. The Roman Oreste Jacovacci (Alberto Sordi) and Giovanni Busacca (Vittorio Gassman) meet in a military district during the call to arms. The former promises to deceive the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prepotenti Più Di Prima
''Prepotenti più di prima'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Aldo Fabrizi. It is the sequel of '' I prepotenti''. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi - Cesare Pinelli * Nino Taranto - Domenico Esposito * Ave Ninchi - Clelia Pinelli * Luca Ronconi - Gennarino Esposito * Alice Sandro - Marcella * Virgilio Riento - Il maresciallo * Margherita Bagni - La signora Esposito * Ferruccio Amendola - Alfredo Pinelli * Anna Campori - Signora Norma * Alberto Sorrentino - Mimmo * Nino Vingelli - Il barista References External links *''Prepotenti più di prima''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... 1959 films 1950s Italian-language films 1959 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Prepotenti
''I prepotenti'' (''The Bullies'') is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola. It has a sequel, ''Prepotenti più di prima'' (1959). Cast * Aldo Fabrizi: Cesare Pinelli * Nino Taranto: Domenico Esposito, aka Mimì * Ave Ninchi: Clelia Pinelli * Wandisa Guida: Marcella Pinelli * Luca Ronconi: Gennarino Esposito * Giuseppe Porelli: Commissioner * Carlo Taranto: Numa * Ferruccio Amendola: Alfredo Pinelli * Clara Bindi: Carmela Esposito * Rosita Pisano: Aunt Rosa * Mario Riva: Vigile References External links *''I prepotenti''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... 1958 films Italian comedy films 1958 comedy films Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Signorine Dello 04
''Le signorine dello 04'' (''The ladies of the 04'') is a 1955 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Cast *Antonella Lualdi: Maria Teresa Landolfi * Antonio Cifariello: Amleto *Giovanna Ralli: Bruna *Roberto Risso: Carlo Conti * Sergio Raimondi: Fernando *Franca Valeri: Carla, capoturno *Peppino De Filippo: Dellisanti * Marisa Merlini: Vera Colasanti * Giulia Rubini: Gabriella * Aldo Giuffrè: Guido Colasanti *Turi Pandolfini: Cavaliere *Tina Pica: Zia Vittoria *Ferruccio Amendola: fratello di Bruna *Enzo Garinei: corteggiatore di Bruna *Miranda Campa: madre di Carlo Conti *Maria Zanoli: Clementina *Nando Bruno Nando Bruno (6 October 1895 – 10 April 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1938 and 1961. He was born in Rome, Italy and he died there. Selected filmography * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Un collego di Pasquale ...: l'utente irascibile References External links * 1955 films 1955 romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
