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Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful macchiette (i.e. comic monologues caricaturing stock characters). He made his stage debut in 1954, in the revue ''Tutto fa Broadway''. He later focused his stage activity on plays and shows related to Roman culture, often collaborating with Mario Scaccia. In 1980 he founded the Ettore Petrolini Study Centre in Rome. Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays. He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer. He died from the after-effects of an intracerebral hemorrhage. Partial filmography * ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - sor du fodere', l'intrattenitore * ''Anthony of Padua'' (1949, writer) * ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952) - Tonino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa The Thief
''Teresa the Thief'' ( it, Teresa la ladra) is a 1973 commedia all'italiana film directed by Carlo Di Palma. It is based on the novel ''Memorie di una ladra'' written by Dacia Maraini in 1972. Cast *Monica Vitti: Teresa *Stefano Satta Flores: Ercoletto *Michele Placido: Tonino Santità *Carlo Delle Piane: Occhilustri * Denise Peron *Luciana Turina *Isa Danieli * Geraldine Hooper *Fiorenzo Fiorentini *Anna Bonaiuto *Armando Brancia *Franco Diogene Franco Diogene (20 October 1947 – 27 May 2005) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, he was the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother. At 5 years old, Diogene moved to Genoa ... References External links * 1973 films Italian comedy films 1973 comedy films Commedia all'italiana Films scored by Riz Ortolani Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gli Onorevoli
''Gli onorevoli'' is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Simple plot The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties. A senior sharpshooter decides to run honorable with his program, a mild entrepreneur is tricked with a speech to voters in a television programme, a career woman decides to get into politics, but falling in love with one of his competitors, a communist is deceived in campaign speech by an enemy infiltrator, which is then lynched by the mob once it is detected. The performance of Totò The episode with Totò is undoubtedly the most important in the whole movie. He is the famous Antonio La Trippa, posing in her apartment building in Rome a political program restaurator and conservative, given that in his youth he did his military service in the riflemen. Of course in his neighborhood and much more in his city no one understands its reformist intentions, let alone his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farfallon
''Farfallon'' is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of ''Papillon''. Plot Farfallon is a Sicilian pastry chef who finds himself in prison for attempted murder and is obsessed with the idea of escaping to carry out his crime. During a transfer by sea following a riot, he is approached by a neighboring politician, the baron of Vistacorta, in prison, in turn, for a fraudulent contract on the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina, who instructs him to keep him a precious cartridge case containing a considerable sum of money. After a failed escape attempt to Naples, Farfallon is hidden by the Trappistine nuns who, in exchange, ask him to teach them the secrets of Sicilian pastry, only to betray him by handing him over to the Swiss Guards of the Vatican. During the transfer to prison, Farfallon, taking advantage of the distraction of the guards, manages to escape once again but, taking refu ... [...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] |
Er Più – Storia D'amore E Di Coltello
''Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello'' is a 1971 Italian black comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film is inspired by the true story of roman Romeo Ottaviani bully called ''er Tinèa''. Plot summary The story is set in Rome in 1900. In a seedy area of the city, "borghiciano" Nino Patroni, called in Roman dialect "Er Più de Borgo", seeks to marry a fellow rogue with his sister. Nino also tries to fix himself with the beautiful turbines Rosa, but the girl is disputed by the protagonist with the squire Augustarello, leader of a gang of thugs in the village adverse to that of Nino. After moments of respite and battles with stab wounds, Nino manages to make peace with the family of Augustarello; as a matter of fact, after Nino wounded in a duel, Augustarello accidentally killes himself with his stab.Nino, in view of the wedding, makes also peace with the police officer who arrests him often because of his fights. However, just when the protagonist and Rose are just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ragazza Del Prete
''La ragazza del prete'' (''The girlfriend of the priest'') is a 1970 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Cast * Nicola Di Bari: Don Michele / Nicola * Susanna Martinková: Erika * Isabella Biagini: Maria Innocenza Furlan * Mario Carotenuto: Cardinal Mimì * Toni Ucci: "Giaguaro" * Gisella Sofio: Antonella * Umberto D'Orsi: Commissario Pieretti * Antonella Steni: De Magistris * Giacomo Furia: Il sacrestano * Fiorenzo Fiorentini * Hélène Chanel * Tuccio Musumeci Tuccio Musumeci (born 20 April 1934) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Catania, Musumeci started his career in the 1960s, performing in local cabarets and avanspettacolo companies.Santino Mirabella. ''In scena - conver ... * Elio Crovetto References External links * 1970 films 1970 romantic comedy films 1970s Italian-language films Italian romantic comedy films Films directed by Domenico Paolella Films about clerical celibacy Films sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenabel
''Zenabel'' is a 1969 film directed by Ruggero Deodato. Plot The film is set in 1627 and is about a young woman named Zenabel (Lucretia Love) who finds out that she is the daughter of a Duke who was killed by the Spanish Baron Imolne. Zenabel gathers a group of women to lead them to fight against Imolne to exact revenge. Cast Production ''Zenabel'' was directed by Ruggero Deodato to work again with producer and actor Mauro Parenti, who he had worked with previously on ''Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen''. The title role was given to Lucretia Love, Parenti's wife at the time, and Parenti also demanded an acting role for himself, and was given that of the bandit Gennaro. John Ireland played the role of the villain Baron Alfonso Imolde. The film was shot in Bracciano in Rome and Tuscania. Deodato recalls during a scene in Tuscania's main square where Love's character is about to be burned alive, John Ireland was missing. Ireland was at the Hilton Hotel in Rome waiting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Ragazzo Che Sorride
''Il ragazzo che sorride'' (Italian for ''The boy who smiles'') is a 1969 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Al Bano and Susanna Martinková.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2012. . Cast * Al Bano as Giorgio * Susanna Martinková as Livia * Rocky Roberts as Himself * Nino Taranto as Filippo Leccisi former professor * Antonella Steni as Tilde, Filippo's wife * Yvonne Sanson as Livia's mother * Riccardo Garrone as Livia's father * Francesco Mulé as Undertaker's establishment owner * Franco Ressel as Mine owner * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as House-painter * Franco Scandurra as Scandini * Giacomo Furia as Barman * Umberto Raho as Dr. Scholler * Ignazio Balsamo as Assistant of engineer * Carlo Taranto as Hotel concierge * Nino Terzo as Male nurse Locations Entire shooting in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Crusaders
''The Two Crusaders'' ( it, I due crociati) is a 1968 comedy film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini, co-written by horror icon Lucio Fulci and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Viscount Ciccio is on the bill, so the people who live in his lands begin to stop paying his taxes. So he goes in search of a soldier of fortune to threaten the plebs and collect the money. Ciccio manages to find him, but soon he will understand that the man is suitable for everything except being a proper knight. Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco di Carrapipi * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio Visconte di Braghelunge * Janet Agren as Clorinda * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as Ciccio's Consouler * Umberto D'Orsi as Goffredo di Buglione * Ignazio Leone as Biagio * Marco Tulli as Fra Giulivo * Nino Fuscagni as Richard the Pantherheart * Gastone Pescucci * Enzo Andronico as Man blind in one eye * Fabio Testi as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio * Pietro Ceccarelli as Tazio * Furio Meniconi as Saladin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Sheep (1968 Film)
''La pecora nera'', internationally released as ''The Black Sheep'', is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. For his performance Ettore Mattia won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor. Cast * Vittorio Gassman: Mario/Filippo Agasti * Lisa Gastoni: Alma * Adrienne La Russa: Kitty * Ettore Mattia: Minister Mattia * Antonio Centa: Mannocchi * Umberto D'Orsi: Roberto Franceschini, aka "Pampero" * James Riley: Felix Désiré Tombalassa * Ennio Balbo: Senator Galletti * Giampiero Albertini: Senator Santarini * Fiorenzo Fiorentini: commissioner * Eugene Walter Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his y ...: Priest References External links * 1968 films Italian comedy films 1968 comedy films Films directed by Luciano Salce Commedia all'i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldati E Capelloni
''Soldati e capelloni'' is a 1967 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, written by Augusto Caminito and Giovanni Grimaldi, produced by Franco Cittadini and Stenio Fiorentini and starred by Franco Lantieri, Brizio Montinari, Peppino de Filippo, Lia Zoppelli, Valeria Fabrizi, Patrizia Valturri, Valentino Macchi and Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comed .... Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 158970 1967 films Italian comedy films Musicarelli 1960s black comedy films Films directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi Films scored by Gianfranco Reverberi 1967 comedy films 1967 drama films 1960s Italian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |