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Gherardo Gherardi
Gherardo Gherardi (1891–1949) was an Italian screenwriter.Landy p.66 He co-wrote the screenplay for Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neorealist classic ''Bicycle Thieves''. Originally a playwright, he worked prolifically in the Italian film industry following its rapid expansion during the late Fascist era. Selected filmography * '' The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' These Children'' (1937) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' The Three Wishes'' (1937) * '' Triumph of Love'' (1938) * '' Departure'' (1938) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1939) * ''Red Tavern'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) * ''The Queen of Navarre'' (1942) * ''Giarabub'' (1942) * ''Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. It is known as the Fat City for its rich cuisine, and the Red City for its Spanish-style red tiled rooftops and, more recently, its leftist politics. It is also called the Learned City because it is home to the oldest university in the world. Originally Etruscan, the city has been an important urban center for centuries, first under the Etruscans (who called it ''Felsina''), then under the Celts as ''Bona'', later under the Romans (''Bonōnia''), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality and later ''signoria'', when it was among the largest European cities by population. Famous for its towers, churches and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Wishes (1937 Italian Film)
''The Three Wishes'' (Italian: ''I tre desideri'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and Kurt Gerron and starring Luisa Ferida, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria.Poppi p.176 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini Guido Fiorini (1897–1966) was an Italian engineer, architect and art director.Poretti p.128 He was associated with the futurist movement. Selected filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' Just Married'' (1934) * ''Red Passport'' (1935) * ' .... A separate Dutch version, '' The Three Wishes'', was also made. Cast References Bibliography * Poppi, Roberto. ''I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri''. Gremese Editore, 2002. External links * 1937 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Giorgio Ferroni Films directed by Kurt Gerron 1937 romantic comedy films Italian romantic comedy films Films shot at Cinecittà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giarabub (film)
''Giarabub'' is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Carlo Ninchi, Mario Ferrari and Doris Duranti.Gundle p.237 The film was a propaganda work which portrayed the Siege of Giarabub (1940–41) during the Second World War, in which Italian troops defended Jaghbub, Libya for nine months against British forces. Partial Cast * Carlo Ninchi as Il maggiore Castagna * Mario Ferrari as Il capitano Del Grande * Doris Duranti as Dolores * Carlo Romano as Il maresciallo Romano * Annibale Betrone as Il dottor Alberti * Elio Steiner as Il tenente Negri * Erminio Spalla as Il meccanico "Mago Bakù" Brambilla * Corrado De Cenzo as Il capitano De Cenzo * Guido Notari as Il maggiore Squillace * Mario Liberati as Il telegrafista Liberati * Nico Pepe as Il tenente Corsi * Emilio Cigoli Emilio Cardi Cigoli (18 November 1909 – 7 November 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Cigoli was born in Livorno to actress Giovanna Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of Navarre
''The Queen of Navarre'' (Italian: ''La regina di Navarra'') is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" historical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Elsa Merlini, Gino Cervi and Renato Cialente.Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57 It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, based on a play by Eugène Scribe. The film portrays a series of intrigues at the Madrid court of Charles V in the Sixteenth century. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Margherita di Valois * Gino Cervi as Carlo Vº * Renato Cialente as Francesco Iº * Leonardo Cortese as Enrico D'albret * Clara Calamai as Isabella del Portogallo * Paolo Stoppa as Il corriere Babieca * Valentina Cortese as Eleonora d'Austria * Nerio Bernardi as Il marchese di Gattinara * Greta Gonda as Conchita Babieca * Margherita Bagni as La duchessa di Ossuna * Wanda Capodaglio as Una dama di corte * Oreste Fares as Il sacerdote * Enzo Musumeci Greco as Il maestro di scherma * Adriano Vitale Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pilot Returns
''A Pilot Returns'' (Italian: ''Un pilota ritorna'') is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with '' The White Ship'' (1941) and ''The Man with a Cross'' (1943). It was made with the co-operation of the Italian Air Force.Bondanella p.32 The film's sets were designed by the architect Virgilio Marchi. Synopsis During the 1940-1941 Italian invasion of Greece, an Italian pilot is shot down and captured by British forces who place him in a prisoner-of-war camp. While there he meets and falls in love with a young Italian woman who has volunteered to care for the prisoners. After escaping from the British, he manages to steal a plane and return to Italy for further duty. On his arrival he learns that Greece has been successfully conquered by the Axis Powers. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Gino Rossati * Michela Belmonte as Anna * Piero Lulli as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Lover
''The Secret Lover'' (Italian: ''L'amante segreta'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Vivi Gioi.Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. Plot After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to seek work in a series of different occupations. Cast * Alida Valli as Renata Croci * Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Amholt * Vivi Gioi as Diana Ponzio * Osvaldo Valenti as Valentini * Luigi Almirante as Il pittore Riganti * Camillo Pilotto as Giacomo Mori * Ada Dondini as Antonia Mori * Bella Starace Sainati as La contessa Bianca Lotti * Anita Farra as Teresa Amholt * Luigi Pavese as Melchiorri * Carlo Lombardi as L'attore Mario Fulvi * Arturo Bragaglia as Il ragionere * Jacchi Gambino as Krick * Claudio Ermelli as Il cameriere Ottaviano * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Marini * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il barone * Marina Doge as Un'amica di Renata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Wedding (1941 Film)
''Blood Wedding'' (Italian: ''Nozze di sangue'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Beatrice Mancini, Fosco Giachetti and Luisa Ferida.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013, p. 215. It is set in 19th century South America, and features an arranged marriage. The film is based on the novel ''Immacolata'' by Lina Pietravalle. Cast * Beatrice Mancini as Immacolata * Fosco Giachetti as Gidda * Luisa Ferida as Nazaria * Nino Pavese as Pietro * Umberto Spadaro as Maso * Adele Garavaglia as Gliceria, la comare * Elio Marcuzzo as Angelo * Felice Romano as Matteo * Fedele Gentile as Raffaele * Claudia Marti as Lina * Giuseppe Bordonaro as Un boscaiolo * Vasco Creti as Il padrone * Achille Majeroni as L'affittuario della falegnameria * Felice Minotti as Un boscaiolo * Katiuscia Odinzova as La danzatrice * Emilio Petacci as Lo sposo per procura * Mirella Scriatto as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravaggio, Il Pittore Maledetto
''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso. Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius. It was one of his favourite screen roles. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Michelangelo Merisi, il "Caravaggio" * Clara Calamai as Madonna Giaconella * Lamberto Picasso as Il cavalier d'Arpino * Nino Crisman as Alef di Wignacourt * Lauro Gazzolo as Zio Nello * Beatrice Mancini as Lena * Olinto Cristina as Il cardinale Dal Monte * Maria Dominiani as Alessandra * Achille Majeroni as Il cardinale Scipione Borghese * Renato Malavasi as Mauro Production Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and parter of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio. The budget of the film became higher and higher. It was shot in 1940 and was released the following year, making it the first film from Elica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Tavern
''Red Tavern'' (Italian: ''Taverna rossa'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, André Mattoni, and Lauro Gazzolo. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. A young woman eventually marries a count after a series of misunderstandings.Gundle p.226 Cast * Alida Valli as Susanna Sormani * André Mattoni as Il conte Carlo Torresi * Lauro Gazzolo as Il marchese Domenico Torresi, suo zio * Oreste Bilancia as Il signor Sormanni * Lilia Dale as Ninon * Umberto Sacripante as Il ladruncolo * Aristide Garbini as Cesarone, il maggiordomo * Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il tenore Farelli * Anna Doré as Floriana * Livia Minelli as La commesa del negozio di dischi * Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente del negozio di dischi * Rita Durnova as Lisetta * Paola Doria as Francesca * Ernesto Torrini as Il cameriere del locale * Armida Bonocore Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sons Of The Marquis Lucera
''The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (Italian: ''I figli del marchese Lucera'') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Armando Falconi, Caterina Boratto and Sergio Tofano. It is based on a play of the same name by Gherardo Gherardi.Goble p.178 The film was shot at Cinecittà and the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo. The future star Mariella Lotti Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ... had a small role in the production. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1939 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1939 comedy films 1930s Italian-language fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand Lire A Month
''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (Italian: ''Mille lire al mese'') is a 1939 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Umberto Melnati and Osvaldo Valenti.Nowell-Smith p.119 It is a remake of the 1936 Hungarian film ''Havi 200 fix''. The plot concerns an electronic engineer who goes to Budapest, accompanied by his girlfriend, to work on experiments for a new television system leading to countless mix-ups. It was shot at the Safa Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Alida Valli as Magda * Umberto Melnati as Matteo * Osvaldo Valenti as Gabriele Corodi * Renato Cialente as Il direttore generale della Radio di Budapest * Niní Gordini Cervi as Lilli * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Axel, il capo del personale * Anna Doré as Lia Loletta * Amina Pirani Maggi as La madre di Magda * Maria Polese as La zia di Magda * Fausto Guerzoni as Leopoldo Almos * Vasco Creti as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight Of San Marco
''The Knight of San Marco'' (Italian: ''Il cavaliere di San Marco'') is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Mario Ferrari, Dria Paola and Laura Nucci.Zanotto p.73 It is set during the Risorgimento. It was made at Cinecittà, with sets designed by Alfredo Montori Alfredo Montori (1893-1969) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films.Smith p.116 Selected filmography * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * ''A Lad .... Cast References Bibliography * Piero Zanotto. ''Veneto in film: il censimento del cinema ambientato nel territorio, 1895-2002''. Marsilio, 2002. External links * 1939 films 1930s historical films Italian historical films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Gennaro Righelli Films set in the 19th century Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
