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Franco Brusati
Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in Milan – 28 February 1993 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and director. Biography He directed the internationally commended film hit '' Bread and Chocolate'', one of the finest examples of Commedia all'italiana films in the 1970s. In 1979, his film '' To Forget Venice'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. In Italy, the film was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film. In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, '' Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' .... Filmography References External linksOfficial website* *[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7WVhymRPZEC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=where+did+franco+brusati+go+to+uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday In August
''Sunday in August'' ( it, Domenica d'agosto) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. The film was nominated for a BAFTA. Cast * Anna Baldini: Marcella Meloni *Vera Carmi: Adriana *Emilio Cigoli: Alberto Mantovani *Franco Interlenghi: Enrico * Elvy Lissiak: Luciana *Massimo Serato: Roberto * Mario Vitale: Renato *Marcello Mastroianni: Ercole Nardi * Anna Medici: Rosetta * Andrea Compagnoni: Cesare Meloni *Ave Ninchi: Fernanda Meloni *Salvo Libassi A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. As a tactic in warfare, the intent is to cripple an enemy in one blow and prevent them from fighting b ...: Perrone * Jone Morino: Mesmè External links * 1950 films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian-language films 1950 comedy films Films directed by Luciano Emmer Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young For Love (1953 Film)
''Too Young for Love'' (Italian: ''L'età dell'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady and Fernand Gravey.Pintaldi p.62 Some of the film was shot on location in Castellana Grotte. Synopsis In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl. Partial cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Coletti, padre di Annette * Marina Vlady as Annette * Pierre-Michel Beck as Andrea * Fernand Gravey as Padre di Andrea, presidente del tribunale * Vittorio Sanipoli as Sergio * Nando Bruno as Commisario * Lauro Gazzolo as Vicepresidente del tribunale * Lola Braccini as Zia di Sergio * Xenia Valderi as Madre di Andrea * Massimo Pianforini Massimo Pianforini (1890–1966) was an Italian film and television actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.64 Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Knight of San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda, The Daughter Of The Black Corsair
''Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair'', also known as ''Yolanda'' ( it, Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero) is a 1953 Italian film directed by Mario Soldati, and based on the novel Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter by Emilio Salgari. Plot Collected at the age of two, in extreme conditions, by a company of gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her and who subsequently educated her in the military arts, making her, in appearance and in bearing, very similar to a young man. One day, near Maracaibo, the two intervene to help the escort of Consuelo, daughter of the Count of Medina, attacked by a group of brigands. Gravely wounded, on the verge of death, the guardian tells Jolly about her origins. Her real name is Jolanda, daughter of the Count of Ventimiglia, the legendary Black Corsair, treacherously murdered by Van Guld, Count of Medina, who then entrusted the child to him to kill her. He also tells her about the existence of a fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unfaithfuls
''The Unfaithfuls'' ( it, Le infedeli) is a 1953 Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Gina Lollobrigida. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Lulla Possenti * May Britt as Liliana Rogers * Pierre Cressoy as Osvaldo Dal Prà * Tina Lattanzi as Carla Bellaris * Carlo Romano as Giovanni Azzali * Irene Papas as Luisa Azzali * Charles Fawcett as Henry Rogers (as Charles Fawcet) * Paolo Ferrara as Il commissario * Giulio Calì as Cantagalli - il proprietario dell'agenzia Lince * Margherita Bagni as La madre di Marisa * Tania Weber as L'amica di Lulla * Carlo Lamas as Carlo, l'autista - amante di Luisa * Marina Vlady as Marisa (as Marina Wladi) * Anna Maria Ferrero as Cesarina * Carlo Mazzarella Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist. Life and career Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on s ... as Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Heroes
''Sunday Heroes'' ( it, Gli eroi della domenica) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Raf Vallone as Gino Bardi * Cosetta Greco as Mara * Marcello Mastroianni as Carlo Vagnetti * Paolo Stoppa as Piero * Franco Interlenghi as Marini * Enrico Viarisio as Radio commentator * Cesare Fantoni * Marisa Merlini as Wife of Radio commentator * Guglielmo Barnabò as President * Sandro Ruffini as Doctor * Ada Dondini as Aunt Carolina * Galeazzo Benti as The suitor * Gianni Cavalieri as Brother of Piero * Erno Crisa as Stefan * Guido Martufi as 'Lenticchia' * Elena Varzi as Mariolina * Franca Tamantini as Annetta * Vittorio Pozzo Vittorio Pozzo (; 2 March 1886 – 21 December 1968) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist. The creator of the ''Metodo'' tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only mana ... as Himself References External links * 1953 films 1950s Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Article 519, Penal Code
''Article 519, Penal Code'' (Italian: ''Art. 519 codice penale'', French: ''Violence charnelle'') is a 1952 French-Italian crime film directed by Leonardo Cortese and starring Henri Vidal, Cosetta Greco and Paolo Stoppa.Domenico p.280 The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Title The movie was tentatively named as ''Violenza carnale'' (''Sexual Assault''), which is also the name of the article of the Italian penal code which until 1996 applied to sexual violence mentioned in the final title. Cast * Henri Vidal as Renato Berti * Cosetta Greco as Clara Martini * Paolo Stoppa as Avv. Sardi * Rosy Mazzacurati as Luisa Berti * Giorgio Albertazzi as Franco, Luisa's fiancée * Denise Grey as Clara's mother * Emilio Cigoli as Clara's father * Maria Laura Rocca Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer. Life and career Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Pirates
''The Three Pirates'' (Italian: ''I tre corsari'') is a 1952 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Soldati. It is based on a novel by Emilio Salgari. Cast * Ettore Manni: Il Corsaro Nero - Enrico di Ventimiglia * Marc Lawrence: Van Gould * Barbara Florian: Isabella * Renato Salvatori: Il Corsaro Rosso - Rolando di Ventimiglia * Cesare Danova: Il Corsaro Verde - Carlo di Ventimiglia * Alberto Sorrentino: Agonia * Gualtiero Tumiati: Comte di Ventimiglia * Ignazio Balsamo: Van Stiller * Joop van Hulzen: Vice-roi de S.M. * Ubaldo Lay: Il carceriere Alvaro * Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri (12 July 1926 in Trieste – 12 February 2001 in Rome) was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion. Mitri's professional debut, was 1 August 1946, ...: Jordan Graumont External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Soldati Films based on The Corsairs of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife For A Night
''Wife for a Night'' ( it, Moglie per una notte) is a 1952 Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida. It was based on the play ''The Dazzling Hour'' by Anna Bonacci, which was later updated for the Billy Wilder film ''Kiss Me, Stupid''. Plot The late nineteenth century: Count d'Origo, a notorious roué, spots an attractive woman. Hoping to seduce her, he attempts to find out who she is. In fact she is Geraldine, a practiced courtesan. However, the local mayor tells the Count that she is Ottavia, the wife of his nephew, Enrico, a struggling young musician. Enrico is hoping to stage his newly completed opera. With the Count's support he will get the backing he needs. His uncle hopes to help Enrico by employing Geraldine to impersonate Ottavia, so she can be "seduced". Before she submits, Geraldine will extract a promise from the Count to stage her "husband"'s opera. Geraldine, Ottavia and Enrico agree to go along with the plot. However, as Enrico introduces Geraldine to the eager Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Machine To Kill Bad People
''The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (Italian: ''La Macchina ammazzacattivi'') is a 1952 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring Marilyn Buferd, William Tubbs and Clara Bindi. It is part of the tradition of neorealism of the post-war years. Having helped neorealism gain international recognition with his 1945 work '' Rome, Open City'', Rossellini was trying to branch out into different styles. Production Rossellini began shooting the film in 1948, but production was beset by many problems.Brunette p.101 Location shooting took place around Amalfi, Salerno and Trani. Synopsis A stranger claiming to be Saint Andrea gives to the village photographer a magic camera with the power to destroy the wicked. When it becomes apparent that no one is immune the photographer turns the device on the giver, who is unmasked as a devil and forced to return everyone to life. Cast *Gennaro Pisano as Celestino * Marilyn Buferd as American tourist *William Tubbs as Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (1951 Film)
''Anna'' is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as ''Bitter Rice'': Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun, Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her, and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path. Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister in the film. Sophia Loren has a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi co-wrote the script. The film features the songs "Non Dimenticar" and "El Negro Zumbón", a baião popularised in the US as "Anna" and recorded much later by Pink Martini. Plot A man (Vallone) suffers a car accident. He's taken to hospital, where Sister Anna (Mangano) takes care of him. The man is the reason Anna became a nun. She remembers the days she was leading a life of sin as a night club singer. Reception ''Anna'' is one of the greatest box office successes of Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without A Flag
''Without a Flag'' (Italian: ''Senza bandiera'') is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis During the First World War, an Italian officer attempts to break up an Austrian espionage ring operating out of neutral Switzerland. Comment De Felice's debut film Behind the Camera was shot in the Cinecittà studios. Registered in the Public Film Register with no. 980, was presented to the Film Review Commission on 21 September 1951, obtained censorship visa n. 10,616 of 2 October 1951, with the film length of 3,098 meters. It had its first public screening in October 1951. The collection was 141,500,000 lire. Main cast * Vivi Gioi as Helga Grueber * Massimo Serato as Leutnant Morassi * Umberto Spadaro as Natale Papini - Lo scassinatore * Paolo Stoppa as Poggi - Il professore * Walter Rilla as Spion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
