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Giuseppe Varni
Giuseppe Varni (born Józef Bruno Winawer) (1902-1965) was a Polish-born Italian stage actor, stage and film actor.Anile p.135 Selected filmography * ''Oltre l'amore'' (1940) - Il commissario * ''Amami Alfredo'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) - Un detrattore * ''Maddalena, Zero for Conduct'' (1940) - Amilcare Bondani, il bidello * ''L'orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) - Un pagliaccio * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) - Il portiere dell'albergo * ''First Love (1941 film), First Love'' (1941) - L'editore Wolkoff * ''The Two Orphans (1942 film), The Two Orphans'' (1942) - Picard, il cameriere * ''La signorina'' (1942) * ''Luisa Sanfelice (1942 film), Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * ''The Woman of Sin'' (1942) * ''Odessa in Flames'' (1942) - Lo scrivone * ''Harlem (film), Harlem'' (1943) - Un gangster * ''La danza del fuoco'' (1943) * ''Sad Loves'' (1943) - Il cavaliere Rublo * ''Sogno d'amore'' (1943) * ''Finalmente sì'' (1944) * ''Rigoletto'' (1946) - Count of Ceprano * ''Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Of Sin
''The Woman of Sin'' (Italian: ''La donna del peccato'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in wartime Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.Chiti & Poppi p.110 Synopsis A shady adventurer persuades his wife to steal an important invention from an Engineer she has encountered on a train. However they quickly fall in love with each other and he asks her to marry him. Tormented by her dilemma she attempts to commit suicide, but is rescued in time. Cast * Viveca Lindfors as La giovane donna * Otello Toso as Suo marito * Gustav Diessl as L'ingegnere * Alberto Capozzi * Nino Marchesini * Tatiana Farnese * Giulio Panicali * Vasco Creti * Giuseppe Varni * Leo Garavaglia * Amelia Bissi * Carlo Monteaux * Ruggero Capodaglio * Giovanni Petrucci * Renato Nava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina (1951 Film)
''Messalina'' or ''The Affairs of Messalina'' is a 1951 historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring María Félix, Georges Marchal and Memo Benassi.Winkler p.232-33 It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome with sets designed by Gastone Medin and Vittorio Nino Novarese. It was part of a growing trend of epic historical films of 1950s. The film portrays the story of the Messalina, the third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius. Main cast * María Félix as Messalina * Georges Marchal as Caio Silio / Gaius Silius * Memo Benassi as Claudio / Claudius * Delia Scala as Cinzia * Erno Crisa as Timo / Timus * Carlo Ninchi as Tauro / Taurus * Camillo Pilotto as Ottavio / Octave * Jean Tissier as Mnester * Jean Chevrier as Valerio / Valerius Asiaticus * Germaine Kerjean as Ismene * Ave Ninchi as Locusta / Locuste * Michel Vitold as Narciso / Narcissus * Giuseppe Varni as Pallante * Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quo Vadis (1951 Film)
''Quo Vadis'' (Latin for "Where are you going?") is a 1951 American epic film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign, based on the Quo Vadis (novel), 1896 novel of the same title by Polish Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's novel. The film stars Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov, and features Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Buddy Baer, and Felix Aylmer. Future Italian stars Sophia Loren and Carlo Pedersoli, Bud Spencer appeared as uncredited extras. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees (cinematographer), Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The story, set between 64–68 AD, combines both historical and fictional event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Rinuncia
''La Grande rinuncia'' (''The Great Waiver'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Aldo Vergano. Cast * Lea Padovani as Elisabetta / Suor Teresa * Luigi Tosi * Luigi Pavese Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ... External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Aldo Vergano Italian drama films 1951 drama films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Taxi
''Night Taxi'' (Italian: ''Taxi di notte'') is a 1950 French-Italian comedy film about a taxicab driver, directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Danielle Godet and Philippe Lemaire.Apra p.93 After finding a baby left abandoned in his cab, a singing taxi driver tries to find its mother. Cast *Beniamino Gigli as Nello Spadoni *Danielle Godet as Laura Morani *Philippe Lemaire as Alberto Franchi * Virginia Belmont as Luisa Forenti *Carlo Ninchi as Forenti l'Industriale *William Tubbs as Mr. William Simon *Jone Morino as Signora Forenti *Aroldo Tieri as Conte Tattini *Giuseppe Varni as Major Domo *Giuseppe Rinaldi as Il raggionere, inamorato di Luisa *Renzo De Luca as Il piccolo abandonato in taxi *Giulio Battiferri *Franco Coop *Peppino Spadaro * Edda Soligo * Ciro Berardi * Gustavo Serena * Nico Pepe * Pina Piovani Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Force Of Destiny (film)
''The Force of Destiny'' (Italian: ') is a 1950 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Nelly Corradi, Tito Gobbi and Gino Sinimberghi.Aprà, p. 93 It is based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''La forza del destino''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Table of the P .... Cast References Bibliography * . ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929–1944''. Electa International, 1979. External links * 1950 films 1950s musical drama films Italian musical drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Films based on operas by Giuseppe Verdi Opera films 1950 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic (1949 Film)
''Black Magic'' is a 1949 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel ''Joseph Balsamo''. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff. Set in the 18th century, the film stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo, a hypnotist, magician, and charlatan who also goes by the alias of Count Cagliostro, and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette. Akim Tamiroff has a featured role as Gitano. The film received mixed reviews. Plot Alexandre Dumas, Sr. (Berry Kroeger) tells his son Alexandre Dumas, Jr. (Raymond Burr) the story of Joseph Balsamo (Orson Welles) aka Cagliostro. Through flashbacks we learn that Balsamo was a French gypsy boy who endured much hardship. He was tortured under the command of Viscount de Montaigne ( Stephen Bekassy) and his parents were ordered to hang. He was rescued by some gypsies led by Gitano and swears revenge on de Montagne. Some years later, he learns the secrets of hypnosis from Dr. Mesmer (Charles Goldner). Ignoring the doctor's advice that he use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Over The Sea
''Fire Over the Sea'' (Italian: ''Fiamme sul mare'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Michał Waszyński and Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Carlo Ninchi Evi Maltagliati and Silvana Jachino. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It earned 45 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.155 Synopsis A partly submerged cargo ship is raised from the harbour in Naples by a collective of sailors, and made seaworthy again. It embarks on its first voyage to Buenos Aires. A wealthy businessman Matteo La Spina offers to buy the boat from them, revealing to his daughter Diana that he actually plans to set it alight during the return passage to Naples and claim the insurance money. She returns to the ship to try and save it, but accidentally triggers the inflammable materials in the hold. Although the fire is put out, she dies in the process. Cast *Carlo Ninchi as Stefano * Evi Maltagliati as Dory Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Strada
''The Great Way'' (Polish: ''Wielka droga'') is a 1946 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński. Plot The plot spans from shortly before the outbreak of World War II to its end. In the city of Lwów (PL) in 1939 Adam and Irena fall in Love, but are separated by the outbreak of the war. Both are deported by the Soviets to Siberia, where they briefly meet again when signing up to the newly created Polish army. Again separated from Irena, Adam marches with the army from Siberia through the Middle East and fights on the Italian front line. During the battle of Monte Cassino he gets wounded when participating in the first assault, temporarily losing his eyesight. In the military hospital a nurse finds his diary and, initially in the intent to relieve his suffering, later from romantic affection towards him, pretends to be his fiancée Irena. This, however, is ended when the real Irena arrives. Adam recovers from his wounds and, after the Polish victory at Monte Cassino, follows the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Him All Rome Trembled
''Before Him All Rome Trembled'' (Italian: ''Avanti a lui tremava tutta Roma'') is a 1946 Italian musical war melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Anna Magnani, Tito Gobbi and Hans Hinrich. Ada and Marco are a pair of opera singers, who moonlight working for the Italian resistance at the time of the German occupation of Rome during the Second World War. They are sheltering a British soldier with whom they make contact with the advancing Allied forces. Sylistically the film is a hybrid between filmed performances of opera, and a neorealistic resistance melodrama.Bayman & Rigoletto p.42 The title refers to Giacomo Puccini's ''Tosca'', which is performed during the film. Cast * Anna Magnani as Ada * Tito Gobbi as Marco * Hans Hinrich as German Officer * Gino Sinimberghi as Frank, the British soldier * Guido Notari as Doctor * Tino Scotti as Mechanic * Guglielmo Sinaz as Stagehand * Joop van Hulzen as Webb * Giuseppe Varni as Stagehand * Carlo Duse as Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Grandet (1946 Film)
''Eugenia Grandet'' (also known as ''Eugenie Grandet'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Soldati. It is based on the 1833 novel ''Eugénie Grandet'' by Honoré de Balzac. The novel has been adapted into films on a number of occasions. The film's sets were designed by art director Gastone Medin. The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival. For her performance Alida Valli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress. The film also won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Scenography. Plot Cast *Alida Valli: Eugenia Grandet * Giorgio De Lullo: Charles Grandet *Gualtiero Tumiati: Felix Grandet *Giuditta Rissone: Eugenia's mother * Maria Bodi: Madame Des Grassins *Giuseppe Varni: Mr. Des Grassins *Pina Gallini: Nanon * Lina Gennari: Marquise D'Aubrion *Enzo Biliotti: Notary Cruchet *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 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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