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Geoffrey Copleston
Gerald Geoffrey Copleston (18 March 1921 – 1999) was an English actor, voice actor, and translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ... who worked primarily in Italian genre cinema. He appeared in more than one hundred films beginning in 1956, many of which were English-language dubs of European films. Filmography Live-action roles Partial dubbing roles References External links * 1921 births 1999 deaths English male film actors British expatriates in Italy Place of death missing Male actors from Manchester {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Belli
''Detective Belli'' ( it, Un Detective) is a 1969 Italian ''poliziotteschi'' directed by Romolo Guerrieri and starring Franco Nero. It is based on the novel ''Macchie di belletto'' by Ludovico Dentice. Plot The rude Commissioner Belli (Franco Nero) is entrusted with the investigation into the death of a record producer, this Mr. Romanis (Marino Masé). The man, shot dead in his apartment, not far from the centre of Rome, is found a few hours after his death. The gunshots shattered the window of the apartment, but no one seems to have noticed anything. In a whirlwind of events, the commissioner comes into contact with a series of characters: from the model Sandy (Delia Boccardo) to the pop singer Emanuelle (Susanna Martinková), from the lawyer Fontana (Adolfo Celi) to his beautiful wife, Mrs. Vera ( Florinda Bolkan). These characters revolve around the story, revealing uncomfortable details of Roma well. After the death of Mino (Maurizio Bonuglia) (son of the lawyer Fontana) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahara Cross
''Sahara Cross'' is a 1977 Italian action film directed by Tonino Valerii. It is the first Italian film to use steadicam.David Ballerini, ''Steadicam. Una rivoluzione nel modo di fare cinema'', Falsopiano, Alessandria 1999, p. 70. Plot Cast *Franco Nero as Jean Bellard *Michel Constantin as Carl Mank *Pamela Villoresi as Nicole * Mauro Barabani as Hamid * Antonio Cantafora as Georges (as Michael Coby) *Nazzareno Zamperla as Captain Zaft Production The film was originally very different than the completed film. Valerii stated that the film was originally titled ''Arissa Ballerina'' and written by Adriano Belli. Valerii commented that "In short, everything was the opposite of what Hitchcock recommended, that is, that characters must ignore what the viewer knows. I told the producers I would make a film out of that script, because it just made no sense!" Gastaldi and Valerii re-wrote the script, but struggled as the Tunisian co-production signed on to Belli's script. Gastaldi's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals
''Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals'' ( it, Emanuelle e gli Ultimi Cannibali) is a 1977 Italian sexploitation cannibal film directed by Joe D'Amato. The film involves photojournalist Emanuelle (Laura Gemser), who encounters a cannibalistic woman bearing a tattoo of an Amazonian tribe in a mental hospital. Along with Professor Mark Lester ( Gabriele Tinti), the two travel to the Amazon with a team to discover the source of the long-thought-extinct tribe that still practices cannibalism today. The film is an entry in the ''Black Emanuelle'' series and features elements of cannibal films which had just gained popularity after the release of ''Ultimo mondo cannibale'' (1977). D'Amato referred it in an interview as "a reasonable commercial success, especially abroad".Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). "Spaghetti Nightmares". Fantasma Books. p. 77.. Plot In a New York City psychiatric ward, photojournalist Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) learns about a girl there who was found in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Good And Evil (film)
''Beyond Good and Evil'' (Italian: ''Al di là del bene e del male''; UK title: ''Beyond Evil'') is a 1977 drama film directed by Liliana Cavani. It stars Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson and Robert Powell. The film follows the intense relationship formed in the 1880s between Friedrich Nietzsche, Lou Salomé and Paul Rée. This is the second part of "The German Trilogy" directed by Liliana Cavani. In ''The Night Porter'' she portrayed the connection between perversion and fascism. This time she depicts the life of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who wrote ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' and ''Beyond Good and Evil''. Virna Lisi won the Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actress award (Silver Ribbon) from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Cast * Dominique Sanda - Lou Salomé * Erland Josephson - Friedrich Nietzsche * Robert Powell - Paul Rée * Virna Lisi - Elisabeth Nietzsche * Philippe Leroy - Peter Gast * Elisa Cegani - Franziska Nietzsche * Umberto Ors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Called Magnum
''A Man Called Magnum'' (in original Italian ''Napoli si ribella'') is a 1977 ''poliziotteschi'' film. This film by Michele Massimo Tarantini stars Luc Merenda. Plot Cast *Luc Merenda: commissario Dario Mauri *Enzo Cannavale: maresciallo Nicola Capece *Claudio Gora: Don Domenico Laurenzi *Giancarlo Badessi: Avv. Cerullo *Nando Murolo: Bonino *Nello Pazzafini Releases The film released on Region 1 DVD by NoShame NoShame, or NoShame Films, was an Italian-American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult Italian movies on DVD. History NoShame Films started its office in Italy and opened an office in Los Angeles, California the fol ... films in 2006. The DVD is currently out-of-print. References External links * 1977 films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s action thriller films Poliziotteschi films 1970s crime thriller films Films directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Operator (1976 Film)
''The Big Operator'' (french: Le Grand escogriffe) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Yves Montand. Plot The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire. Moreover, Morland engages the young actress Amandine and borrows a child baptised Alberto from his acquaintance Tony. Morland's plan is to exchange the children and then to reveal this in order to retrieve ransom from millionaire Rifai. But to everybody's surprise Rifai prefers Alberto to his moody and wearisome own son. He refuses to pay ransom because he is now happy as it is. Cast * Yves Montand - Morland * Agostina Belli - Amandine * Claude Brasseur - Ari * Aldo Maccione - Tony * Adolfo Celi - Rifai * Valentina Cortese - the widow * Guy Marchand - Marcel * Ely Galleani - Dorotea * Gianni Cavina Gianni Cavina (9 December 1940 – 26 March 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of Time (film)
''A Matter of Time'' is a 1976 American-Italian musical film, musical fantasy film starring Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman, directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay, by John Gay (screenwriter), John Gay, is based on the novel ''The Film of Memory'' (''La Volupté d'être'') by Maurice Druon. The fictional story is based loosely on the real life exploits of the infamous Italian eccentric, the Marchesa Casati, whom Druon knew during her declining years in London while he was stationed there during World War II. The film marked the first screen appearance for Isabella Rossellini, the last for Charles Boyer, and it proved to be Vincente Minnelli's final project. Plot The film opens at a mid-1950s press conference, where scenes are shown for an upcoming film starring Nina (Liza Minnelli), a popular screen celebrity. While on her way to the conference, Nina looks at herself in an ornate mirror, which triggers a flashback to her arrival in Rome, when she was 19 years old. Her cous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon Kitty (film)
''Salon Kitty'' is a 1976 erotic-war-drama film directed by Tinto Brass. The film was coproduced by Italy, France and West Germany. It is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Norden Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ..., covering the real life events of the Salon Kitty, Salon Kitty operation, under which the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' took over an expensive brothel in Berlin, had the place telephone tapping, wire tapped, and replaced all the prostitutes with trained spies, in order to gather information on various members of the Nazi Party, Nazi party and foreign dignitaries. It is considered among the progenitors of Nazisploitation genre. In the U.S., the film was edited to lighten the political overtones for an easier marketing as a sexploitation film and release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Porter
''The Night Porter'' ( it, Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Isa Miranda in supporting roles. Set in Vienna in 1957, the film centers on the sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi concentration camp officer (Bogarde) and one of his inmates (Rampling). The film's themes of sexual and sadomasochistic obsession, and its use of Holocaust imagery, have made the film controversial since its initial release, dividing critics over its artistic value, but developing it a strong cult following.Staff (ndg"The Night Porter"Amazon.com In July 2018, it was selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. Plot During World War II, Maximilian Theo Aldorfer, a Nazi SS officer who had posed as a doctor to take sensational photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread And Chocolate
''Bread and Chocolate'' ( it, Pane e cioccolata) is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Plot Like many southern Europeans of the period (1960s to early 1970s), Nino Garofalo (Nino Manfredi) is a migrant "Gastarbeiter, guest worker" from Italy, working as a waiter in Switzerland. He loses his work permit when he is caught urinating in public, so he begins to lead a clandestine life in Switzerland. At first he is supported by Elena, a Greeks, Greek woman and political refugee. Then he is befriended by an Italian industrialist, relocated to Switzerland because of financial problems. The industrialist takes him under his wing and invests his savings for him, but kills himself after his financial scheme collapses, without having told Nino where he deposited his savings. Nino is constrained to find shelter with a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
