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Gino Sensani
Gino Sensani (1888–1947) was an Italian costume designer who worked on over eighty films during his career.Reich & Garofalo p.330 Selected filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Naples of Former Days'' (1938) * ''Kean'' (1940) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''Pirates of Malaya'' (1941) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * ''Flesh Will Surrender'' (1947) * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1947) * ''Daniele Cortis ''Daniele Cortis'' (also known as ''Elena'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Vittorio Gassman, Sarah Churchill and Gino Cervi. The film (set in nineteenth-century Italy) follows the impossible love affair betwe ...'' (1947) References Bibliography * Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. ''Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943''. Indiana University Press, 2002. External links * 1888 births 1947 deaths Italian costume designers People from the Province of Siena {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Casciano Dei Bagni
San Casciano dei Bagni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena. Geography San Casciano dei Bagni borders the following municipalities: Abbadia San Salvatore, Acquapendente, Allerona, Cetona, Città della Pieve, Fabro, Piancastagnaio, Proceno, Radicofani, Sarteano. A destination for travelers during ancient times, San Casciano dei Bagni is a member of a group of communities that are identified to modern tourists as the "prettiest Italian villages" (borghi piu belli d'Italia). History The history of San Casciano is strictly connected to the presence of hot fresh waters from 42 springs with a mean temperature of and a daily delivery of (third in Europe). According to legends related by sources such as Livy, the thermal baths of ''Balnea Clusina'' were founded by Porsenna, an Etruscan king of Chiusi who Roman sources date to the sixth century BC. The baths al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates Of Malaya
''Pirates of Malaya'' (Italian: ''I pirati della Malesia'') is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai and Camillo Pilotto. It is based on Emilio Salgari's 1896 novel ''The Pirates of Malaysia''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome back to back with ''The Two Tigers'', of which it is the sequel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. The same novel was later adapted by Umberto Lenzi for the 1964 film ''Pirates of Malaysia''. Cast *Massimo Girotti as Tremal-Naik *Clara Calamai as Ada *Camillo Pilotto as Kammamuri *Luigi Pavese as Sandokan *Sandro Ruffini as Janez *Greta Gonda as Baroness van Zeeland *Nino Pavese as Lord Brooke *Anita Farra as La taverniera * Cesare Fantoni as Sujodana * Enzo Gerio as Aghur * Zara Lammarì as La danzatrice indiana * Carlo Ludovici as Hassim * Oreste Onorato as Sambigliong * Aldo Pini as Namur * Valeria Roberti as Melahia * Otel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Deaths
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Births
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Cortis
''Daniele Cortis'' (also known as ''Elena'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Vittorio Gassman, Sarah Churchill and Gino Cervi. The film (set in nineteenth-century Italy) follows the impossible love affair between Elena, a noblewoman married to a man who doesn't understand her, and Daniele Cortis, her young cousin and Christian idealist. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same title by Antonio Fogazzaro. Cast * Vittorio Gassman as Daniele Cortis * Sarah Churchill as Elena * Gino Cervi as Il marito di Elena * Evi Maltagliati as Isa * Gualtiero Tumiati as Aldo * Rubi D'Alma as Noemi * Massimo Pianforini as Valentino * Marco Tulli as Diego Reception From a contemporary review, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brothers Karamazov (1947 Film)
''The Brothers Karamazov'' ( it, I fratelli Karamazoff) is a 1947 Italian historical drama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Lamberto Picasso and Mariella Lotti.Barattoni p.104 It is based on the 1880 novel of the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It won two Nastro d'Argento Awards, for best screenplay and for best score. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Dimitri Karamazov * Mariella Lotti as Caterina Ivanovna * Elli Parvo as Gruscenka * Andrea Checchi as Ivan Karamazov * Giulio Donnini as Smerdyakov * Lamberto Picasso as Fjodor Karamazoff * Carlo Conso as Aljoscia * Milly Vitale as Lisa * Paola Veneroni as Fénja * Franco Scandurra as Pjotr Ilic Perchòtin * Laura Carli as Kòclakoff * Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flesh Will Surrender
''Flesh Will Surrender'' ( it, Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on the novel '' Giovanni Episcopo'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Giovanni Episcopo is a modest clerk, shy and awkward. The man does not know that he is going to be punished forever by fate. In fact, Giovanni falls in love with Ginevra. The two get married, generate a son, and go to live in a house that Giovanni buys with his savings. A friend of Giovanni's, Giulio Wanzer, who had a love affair with Ginevra, is determined to ruin his life. The character of Ginevra changes and becomes more cruel and aggressive, and when Giulio, at the height of presumption, is installed in the home of Giovanni and is aggressive with Ginevra and their son, Giovanni goes mad with rage and kills Giulio. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Episcopo * Roldano Lupi as Giulio Wanzer * Yvonne Sanson as Ginevra Canale * Ave N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess Of Castiglione
''The Countess of Castiglione'' (Italian: ''La contessa Castiglione'') is a 1942 Italian historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi and Renato Cialente. The film portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Italian aristocrat Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, best known as the lover of Napoleon III of France. Cast *Doris Duranti as Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione *Andrea Checchi as Baldo Princivalli *Renato Cialente as Costantino Nigra *Enzo Biliotti as Napoleon III *Lamberto Picasso as marchese Oldoini *Clara Auteri Pepe as Martina * Annibale Betrone as L'urbanista barone Haussmann * Giacomo Moschini as Mocquart * Cesare Barbetti as Il piccolo Peruzzi * Marisa Dianora as Marianna * Claudio Ermelli as Il nobile sulla sedia a rotelle * Nino Marchesini as Connot * Alfredo Martinelli as Un amico degli Oldoini * Armando Migliari as Un amico degli Oldoini * Nico Pepe as Un amico degli Oldoini * Emilio Petacci as Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Cenci (1941 Film)
''Beatrice Cenci'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carola Höhn, Giulio Donadio and Tina Lattanzi. It is one of several films portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.Waters p.40 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The costume design was by Gino Sensani. Cast * Carola Höhn as Beatrice Cenci * Giulio Donadio as Francesco Cenci * Tina Lattanzi as Lucrezia Cenci * Osvaldo Valenti as Giacomo Cenci * Elli Parvo as Angela * Enzo Fiermonte as Olimpio Calvetti * Sandro Ruffini as Il giudice Moscato * Luigi Pavese as Catalano * Marcello Giorda as Il presidente del tribunale * Arturo Bragaglia as Don Lorenzo * Iginia Armilli * Franco Cuppini * Aulo D'Anzio as Il segretario del giudice * Giovanni Dal Cortivo as Il brigante nella grotta * Gualtiero De Angelis as Curzio * Angelo Dessy * Carlo Duse as Il capitano dei gendarmi * Pina Gallini as La gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the foundations of the Italian language. The prestige established by the Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent elaboration as the language of culture throughout Italy. It has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti. Tuscany is also known for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Having a strong linguisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kean (1940 Film)
''Kean'' is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Rossano Brazzi, Germana Paolieri. and Sandro Salvini.Moliterno p.51 It is based on the 1836 play ''Kean'' by Alexandre Dumas portraying the life of the English actor Edmund Kean. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Manzi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Edmund Kean * Germana Paolieri as Elena Koeffeld * Sandro Salvini as Il conte Koeffeld * Mariella Lotti as Anna Demby * Filippo Scelzo as Il principe di Galles * Dino Di Luca as Lord Mewill * Nicola Maldacea as Salomone, il domestico * Oreste Fares as Papà Bob * Dina Sassoli as Evelyn Charleston * Paolo Ferrari as Pistol, il ragazzino * Edoardo Borelli as Eastman * Renato Malavasi as Peter Patt * Luigi Zerbinati as Dario, il parrucchiere * Giulio Battiferri as Un acrobata * Liana Del Balzo as Una invitata al ballo * Armando Furlai as Un componente del circo * Lina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples Of Former Days
''Naples of Olden Times'' (Italy: ''Napoli d'altri tempi'') is a 1938 Italian musical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica and Elisa Cegani.Gundle p.153 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis At the beginning of the Twentieth century, a young employee of a Naples shop dreams of becoming a famous singer. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Mario Esposito * Emma Gramatica as Maddalena Errante * Elisa Cegani as Maria * María Denis as Ninetta * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Zia Bettina * Giuseppe Porelli as Barracchi * Enrico Glori as Maurizio * Gianni Altieri as De Stasio * Vittorio Bianchi as Il marchese Leopoldo Piermarini * Nicola Maldacea as Nicola * Agostino Salvietti as Luigino * Guglielmo Sinaz Guglielmo Sinaz (20 November 1885 – 5 February 1947) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1947. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''I Love You Only' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
