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Franco Fantasia
Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and Death September 29, 2002 Fantasia announced he had been diagnosed with Lung Cancer Fantasia passed away of a Heart Attack on November 10, 2002 at Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... at the age of 78 Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fantasia, Franco 1924 births 2002 deaths People from Rhodes Italian male film actors Greek people of Italian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodes
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. In 2022 the island has population of 124,851 people. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens. Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. Historically, Rhodes was famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword And The Cross
''The Sword and the Cross'' ( it, La spada e la croce) is a 1958 Italian religious drama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Yvonne De Carlo as Mary Magdalene. Shot in English and later dubbed in Italian, the film was released in the United States in 1960 as ''Mary Magdalene''. Cast * Yvonne De Carlo as Mary Magdalene * Jorge Mistral as Gaius Marcellus * Rossana Podestà as Martha * Massimo Serato as Anan * Andrea Aureli as Barabbas * Mario Girotti as Lazarus * Nando Tamberlani as Caiaphas * Philippe Hersent as Pontius Pilate * Rossana Rory as Claudia Production De Carlo was signed for the film in May 1958. The film's director, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ..., later remembered that the "producer, Ottavio P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Cavaliere Dai Cento Volti
''Knight of 100 Faces'' ( it, Il cavaliere dai cento volti) is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Lex Barker and Liana Orfei. Plot Cast * Lex Barker as Riccardo d'Arce *Liana Orfei as Zuela * Livio Lorenzon as Count Fosco Di Vallebruna *Annie Alberti as Bianca di Pallanza *Herbert A.E. Böhme as Duke Ambrogio Di Pallanza * Tina Lattanzi as Ausonia * Alvaro Piccardi as Ciro Di Pallanza * Dina De Santis as Cinzia *Franco Fantasia as Captain d'Argentero / Silver Knight * Roberto Altamura as Rino *Fedele Gentile Fedele Gentile (1908–1993) was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.187 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Fedora'' (1942) * ''B ... as Giovanni * Gérard Landry as Captain of the Guards * Giovanni Vari as Quinto * Giulio Battiferri as Bertuccio * Ignazio Balsamo as Fosco's Servant * Gianni Solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Signore
''Le signore'' (i.e. "The ladies") is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Turi Vasile and starring Chelo Alonso and Nadia Gray. Plot Cast * Chelo Alonso as Rosario * Nadia Gray as Tatjana Baker * Liana Orfei as Patrizia Viotti * Irène Tunc as Eva * Bice Valori as Nora * Enrico Maria Salerno as Renato, aka René * Paolo Ferrari as Giorgio * Livio Lorenzon as Mario * Francesco Mulé as Ercole * Paolo Panelli as Attilio Brando * Antonella Steni as Ninetta, Renato's wife * Giampiero Littera as Maurotto * Eleonora Morana as Irene * Mario Carotenuto as Serafino * Fernanda Pasqui as Giulietta, Attilio's wife * Miranda Campa as The True Eva * Daniele Vargas as Andrea * Gianni Bonagura * Alberto Bonucci * Franco Fantasia * Giovanna Galletti * Ciccio Barbi See also List of Italian films of 1960 A list of films produced in Italy in 1960 (see 1960 in film): References Bibliography * * External linksItalian films of 1960at the Internet Movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Wore Red
''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lombardo from a screenplay by Johnson based on the 1953 novel '' The Fair Bride'' by Bruce Marshall. Giorgio Prosperi wrote the dialogue for the Italian version. The music score for the American version was written by Bronislau Kaper and by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino for the Italian version. The cinematography was handled by Giuseppe Rotunno. Plot Young Catholic priest Arturo Carrera sympathizes with the poor in the Spanish Civil War but finds that his fellow priests have little concern for the poor because they support the Nationalist rebels. He resigns from the priesthood. Hours later, the city is bombarded and he takes shelter with a mysterious, beautiful woman named Soledad. As night falls, Loyalist speakers induce a mob to torch the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cossacks (1960 Film)
''The Cossacks'' ( it, I cosacchi) is a 1960 Italian epic adventure film directed by Victor Tourjansky and Giorgio Rivalta and starring Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore and Giorgia Moll. Plot Cast * Edmund Purdom as Sheik Shamil * John Drew Barrymore as Giamal * Giorgia Moll as Tatiana * Pierre Brice as Boris * Elena Zareschi as Fátima * Erno Crisa as Casi * Massimo Girotti as Czar Alexander II * Maria Grazia Spina as Alina * Mario Pisu as Voronzov * Laura Carli as Miss Ferguson * Nerio Bernardi as General Rasumovsky * Louis Seigner as Bibikoff, old Russian General * Giuliano Gemma as Young Man at Academy (uncredited) * Mara Berni as Lady with White Dog * Liana Del Balzo as Grandduchess, Aunt of Tsar (uncredited) References External links * * * ''The Cossacks''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror Of The Red Mask
''Terror of the Red Mask'' ( it, Il terrore della maschera rossa) is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lex Barker and Chelo Alonso. It was shot at the De Paolis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Plot Cast * Lex Barker as Marco * Chelo Alonso as Karima * Livio Lorenzon as Astolfo * Liana Orfei as Jolanda * Franco Fantasia as Egidio * Elio Crovetto as Uguccione * Enrico Glori * Ugo Sasso as Capo Ribelle * Bruno Scipioni as Ribelle * Luigi Tosi as Martino * Marco Guglielmi as Ivano * Riccardo Billi Riccardo Billi (22 April 1906 – 15 April 1982) was an Italian film actor and comedian. With Mario Riva he appeared as ''Billi & Riva'', one of the most popular Italian comic duos in the 1950s. He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 a ... as Fanello References External links * 1960s historical adventure films Italian historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Reali Di Francia
''Attack of the Moors'' ( it, I Reali di Francia), also known as ''The Kings of France'', is a 1959 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Costa and starring Chelo Alonso, Rik Battaglia and Gérard Landry. Plot Cast * Chelo Alonso as Suleima * Rik Battaglia as Roland * Gérard Landry as Gontrano * Liana Orfei as Jitana * Livio Lorenzon as Basirocco * Andrea Scotti as Lanciotto * Franco Fantasia as Miguel * Luisella Boni as Annette * Olga Solbelli as Fazia * Gino Marturano as Juanito * Paola Quattrini as Princess Maria * Carlo Tamberlani as Duke of Chateau Roux * Cesare Fantoni Cesare Fantoni (1 January 1905 – 15 January 1963) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in Luchino Visconti’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. ... as Achirro * Nerio Bernardi as King of France References External links * 1959 adventure films Italian adventure films Italian swashbuckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giant Of Marathon
''The Giant of Marathon'' ( it, La battaglia di Maratona) is a 1959 international co-production sword and sandal film, loosely based on the Battle of Marathon. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava. It starred Steve Reeves as Phillipides. The film was a co-production between Italy's Titanus and Galatea Film and France's Lux Compagnie Cinematographique de France and Societe Cinematographique Lyre. Plot The story is set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars, during which Persian armies sweep through the Ancient world. Having brought home to Athens the Olympic victor's laurel crown, Phillippides becomes commander of the Sacred Guard, which is expected to defend the city-state's liberty, a year after the expulsion of the tyrant Hippias. Athenian supporters of Hippias conspire, hoping to sideline Phillippides with a marriage to Theocrites' expensive servant Charis, and thus neutralize the guard. She fails to seduce him, as his heart is already taken by a young girl bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben-Hur (1959 Film)
''Ben-Hur'' is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ''. The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg, but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. ''Ben-Hur'' had the largest budget ($15.175 million), as well as the largest sets built, of any film produced at the time. Costume designer Elizabeth Haffenden oversaw a staff of 100 wardrobe fabricators to make the costumes, and a workshop employing 200 artists and workmen provided the hundreds of friezes and statues needed in the film. Filming commenced on May 18, 1958, and wrapped on January 7, 1959, with shooting lasting for 12 to 14 hours a day and six days a week. Pre-production began in Italy at Cinecittà around October 1957, and post-produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirate And The Slave Girl
''The Pirate and the Slave Girl'' ( it, La scimitarra del Saraceno, also known as ''The Pirate's Captive'') is a 1959 Italian adventure film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Lex Barker. Plot Captain Drakut, called the "Dragon", is a ruthless Saracen pirate who makes the Mediterranean unsafe with his ship. On his forays he hijacks ships and kidnaps the women captured on the ships in order to later sell them as slaves to Turkish human traffickers in North Africa. The rogue pirate only becomes weak when it comes to one woman: the glow-eyed princess Miriam, ruler of a desert tribe of Arabs. One day, Drakut makes a crucial mistake when he raids the "San Luca" and kidnaps Bianca, who is traveling with him. She is the daughter of the governor of Rhodes, which currently belongs to the Republic of Venice. There were also several secret papers from the Doge of Venice on board. The governor is in dire need, as he has to assume that his Bianca could also be bartered away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Cavaliers
''Devil's Cavaliers'' ( it, I cavalieri del diavolo) is a 1959 Italian adventure film directed by Siro Marcellini, similar in theme and style to ''The Three Musketeers''. Frank Latimore played the hero, Captain Stiller, and Gianna Maria Canale plays the Baroness Elaine of Faldone. Plot summary It's the year 1555: France is upset by religious and political struggles. At the court of Henry II, dominated by his wife, Caterina dei Medici, intrigue reigns. In the southern provinces the Huguenots try to undermine the King's authority by any means, pushing the nobles to escape central power. In the Dauphiné the Duke of Vars tries to draw from the situation to satisfy his ambitious aims: he would like to take over the region and marry Louise of Valency: But the girl hates him and when, after years of absence, Riccardo returns home, back from wars of Spain, she invites him to fight with her against the Duke. Riccardo returned to sell his lands, having decided to move to Paris; but the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
