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Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came into contact with the artistic avant-garde of the time, particularly with Eugène Deslaw. During this time, he was assistant director of Georges Lacombe and directed the documentary ''Vérité sur l'Italie''. In 1938, he came back in Italy country where he collaborated as a screenwriter and as an assistant director for Camillo Mastrocinque and Mario Soldati, among others. In 1940 he debuted as a feature film director with ''Inspector Vargas''. In the post-war, Franciolini specialized in neo-realist comedies and genre films, often collaborating with Cesare Zavattini. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello Award for Best Director, for the comedy-drama film '' Roman Tales''. Filmography * '' Vérité sur l'Italie'' (1939) * '' L'ispettore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headlights In The Fog
''Headlights in the Fog'' (Italian: ''Fari nella nebbia'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida and Antonio Centa. The film's art direction was by Camillo Del Signore. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in Piedmont and Liguria. The film follows the lives of a group of truck drivers. It is considered to be part of the development of Neorealism, which emerged around this time.Gundle p.204 Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Cesare * Luisa Ferida as Piera * Antonio Centa as Carlo detto "Brillantina" * Mariella Lotti as Anna * Mario Siletti as Gianni * Lauro Gazzolo as Egisto * Carlo Lombardi as Filippo * Nelly Corradi as Maria * Lia Orlandini as Evelina * Dhia Cristiani as Gemma * Arturo Bragaglia as Un ciabattino * Loris Gizzi as Rico * Massimo Turci Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls For The Summer
''Girls for the Summer'' ( it, Racconti d'estate or US title: ''Love on the Riviera'') is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dorian Gray, Franca Marzi, Franco Fabrizi and Jorge Mistral. It tells the five romantic and funny stories in the Gulf of Tigullio (Liguria, north-western Italy). Plot In the Gulf of Tigullio, in a lively summer around the end of the 1950s, various events intertwine, with their respective characters and their most disparate stories. It is here that men and women tormented by the need for money, try to take advantage of situations, at least apparently favorable, to solve their problems, all sharing the same epilogue: failure. Among these events, that of Aristarco Battistini, a penniless lover and administrator of a famous opera singer, Ada Gallotti, with a far from attractive app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peccato Di Castità
''Peccato di castità'' (Italian for "Sin of chastity") is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip. Because of a promise, Valentina has to resort to any trick to prevent the husband to consummate the marriage. The reality is that the woman, terrified by the suffocating climate existing since the time of their engagement between the families of the couple, made in secret to herself this vote. Cast *Giovanna Ralli: Valentina Colasanti *Antonio Cifariello: Michele Colasanti *Franco Fabrizi: Peppino Maggi * Mara Werlen: Claretta *Alberto Talegalli: Carlo, Valentina's father *Aldo Giuffrè: Vittorio Ricci *Toni Ucci: A young husband at the hotel *Ciccio Barbi: Hotel porter *Corrado Olmi: Hotel manager *Giacomo Furia: Employer of Alitalia *Enzo Garinei: Employer of Alitalia *Miranda Campa Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actre ... [...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] |
Secrets D'alcôve
''Secrets d’alcôve'' is a 1954 French comedy film made up of four sketches by Henri Decoin (segment "Le billet de logement"), Jean Delannoy ("Le lit de la Pompadour"), Gianni Franciolini ("Le divorce") and Ralph Habib ("Riviera-Express"). Kingsley International released the film in the UK. Cast by segment *"Le Billet de logement" features Jeanne Moreau and Richard Todd.Marianne Gray - La Moreau: A Biography of Jeanne Moreau - 1996 Page 30 As soon as Moreau wrapped on that film she went into two more for Decoin. The first was a melodrama made in 1953 by four different directors, each on a twenty-minute 'bed' theme, called Secrets d' Alcove (Secrets of the Bedroom). She played a pregnant woman in the episode .., with Richard Todd. Todd remembers the film, made when he was a keen young British leading man who had worked in a couple of French films after spending much of his war service ... *"Le Lit de la Pompadour" with Martine Carol, François Périer and Bernard Blier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Condemns Them
''The World Condemns Them'' ( it, Il mondo le condanna, french: Les Anges déchus) is a 1953 Italian-French melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Cast * Alida Valli as Renata Giustini * Amedeo Nazzari as Paolo Martelli * Serge Reggiani as André * Claude Nollier as Maria Martelli * Franco Interlenghi as Franco * Laura Solari as Miss Balestra * Bianca Doria as Mother of Renata * Liliana Bonfatti Liliana Bonfatti (born 27 October 1930) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Ovada, Province of Alessandria, Bonfatti lost her father at an early age, and moved with her family to Milan where she worked as a shop assistant, a ma ... as Nina Swanson References External links * 1953 films 1953 drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Gianni Franciolini Films about prostitution in Italy French drama films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-drama- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We, The Women
''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the private lives of the film actresses Alida Valli, Ingrid Bergman, Isa Miranda, and Anna Magnani. The fifth segment, which is shown as the prologue and titled "Concorso: 4 Attrici; 1 Speranza", is about a casting for the film. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Plots "Concorso: 4 Attrici; 1 Speranza" ("Contest: 4 Actresses; 1 Hope") a.k.a. "Four stars and a starlet" Anna Amendola decides to leave her home to become an actress, even though her mother says that she can not come back if she does. She goes to Titanus film studios, where a casting is taking place to find a girl to be included in a segment of ''Siamo donne''. The contest begins with the girls walki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened In The Park
''It Happened in the Park'' ( it, Villa Borghese) is a 1953 film directed by Gianni Franciolini. The film consists of six vignettes set in the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome. Plot The story shows the lives of various people from different parts of society who, on one particular day, stroll through the park. Servants and soldiers First morning. A group of Venetian waitresses meets in Piazza di Siena, where they take the children of the families they work for to play. One of them, Lidia, reunites with the group after a while, and she explains that she attempted suicide due to a love disappointment suffered by a soldier; another, Marietta, claims that she would be very ready to kill herself if a man made fun of her. She too is dating a Neapolitan soldier, who takes her aside and invites her to a night meeting in the park. After disdainfully refusing, and seeing the soldier engaged in courting a Swedish nanny, the girl disappears. Her friends look for her frantically, thinking that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Elephant
''Hello Elephant'' ( it, Buongiorno, elefante!) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Cast * Vittorio De Sica: Carlo Caretti * María Mercader: Maria Caretti * Sabu: Sultan of Nagore * 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 ...: Mr Venturi, landlord External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Gianni Franciolini Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini Italian comedy films 1952 comedy films Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Meeting
''Last Meeting'' ( it, Ultimo incontro) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is loosely based on the novel '' La biondina'' by Marco Praga. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. Cast *Alida Valli as Lina Castelli *Amedeo Nazzari as Piero Castelli *Jean-Pierre Aumont as Michele Bonesi *Leda Gloria as Bianca *Vittorio Sanipoli as Augusto *Giovanna Galletti as Flora *Harry Weedon as Mr. Hermans *Laura Carli as Miss Maria *Michele Riccardini as Lodi Stationmaster *Michele Malaspina as Vincenzi *Nino Farina as Himself * Juan Manuel Fangio as Himself *Consalvo Sanesi as Himself *Felice Bonetto as Himself * Hans von Stuck as Himself *Luigi Fagioli Luigi Cristiano Fagioli (; 9 June 1898 – 20 June 1952), nicknamed "the Abruzzi robber", was an Italian motor racing driver. Having won his last race at 53 years old, Fagioli holds the record for the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bride Can't Wait
''The Bride Can't Wait'' (Italian: ''La sposa non può attendere'') is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida and Odile Versois. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film earned around 15 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.346 Cast *Gino Cervi as Anselmo Brunelli *Gina Lollobrigida as Donata Venturi *Odile Versois as Maria * Giacomo Furia as Giovanni * Leopoldo Valentini as Capostazione *Ave Ninchi as Miss Evelina *Nando Bruno as Mr. Venturi * Ada Colangeli as Sister Celeste *Adriano Ambrogi Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Latin given name ''Hadrianus'' commonly used in the Italian language; the form Adrian is used in the English language. Notable people with the name include: * Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theori ... as Doctor * Cosetta Greco as Young Nun References External links * 1949 films 1949 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
