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Gianni Polidori
Gianni Polidori (1923–1992) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for several films by Michelangelo Antonioni.Chatman p.266-67 Selected filmography * '' Bellissima'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * ''The Overcoat'' (1952) * ''The Tired Outlaw'' (1952) * ''At Sword's Edge'' (1952) * '' The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) * '' Love in the City'' (1953) * '' I vinti'' (1953) * ''We, the Women'' (1953) * ''The Cheerful Squadron'' (1954) * ''Marriage'' (1954) * ''Le Amiche'' (1955) * ''Rascel-Fifì'' (1957) * '' Kean: Genius or Scoundrel'' (1957) * ''Goliath and the Vampires ''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire a ...'' (1961) References Bibliography * Seymour Chatman. ''Antonioni, Or, The Surface of the World''. University of California Press, 1985. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Deaths
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath And The Vampires
''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire and his forces that go from village to village taking slaves and female victims. Cast * Gordon Scott: Maciste * Gianna Maria Canale: Astra * Jacques Sernas: Kurtick * Leonora Ruffo: Guja * Annabella Incontrera: Magda * Mario Feliciani: Omar Production Both Giacomo Gentilomo and Sergio Corbucci are credited as directors of the film. Barry Atkinson stated Corbucci's input to the film was minimal. Release ''Goliath and the Vampires'' was released theatrically in Italy as ''Maciste control il vampiro'' on 21 August 1961. It was released theatrically in the United States in April 1964. American International Television released the film to television as part of its 1968 ''Young Adult Theatre'' package as ''The Vampires''. The film w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius Or Scoundrel
Genius is a characteristic of original and exceptional insight in the performance of some art or endeavor that surpasses expectations, sets new standards for future works, establishes better methods of operation, or remains outside the capabilities of competitors. Genius is associated with intellectual ability and creative productivity, and may refer to a polymath who excels across diverse subjects. There is no scientifically precise definition of a genius. The term is also defined as the exceptional ability itself, as simply genius without the article. In that sense of the word, sometimes genius is associated with talent, but several authors such as Cesare Lombroso and Arthur Schopenhauer systematically distinguish these terms. Walter Isaacson, biographer of many well-known geniuses, explains that although high intelligence may be a prerequisite, the most common trait that actually defines a genius may be the extraordinary ability to apply creativity and imaginative thinking t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rascel-Fifì
''Rascel-Fifì'' is a 1957 Italian crime-comedy film directed by . It is a parody of Jules Dassin's ''Rififi''. The film was a success at the Italian box office. Plot Renato and Gideone team up in business and open a Night in one of the worst and infamous neighborhoods in New York, provoking the ire of Gionata a gangster owner of a nightclub right in front of Renato's, the boss will open a series of actions to close the competitors' business, first by sending a dancer, Barbara, who, performing in a risqué show, tries to get the police to intervene, then with the kidnapping of Renatino, son of Renato, to blackmail his father. Renatino proves to be smarter than he seems, challenges Gionata to the dice and beats him, making him lose all the money and also the club. Michaela, daughter of the bandit, has in the meantime fallen in love with Renato and helps him find her son, everything will end in a marriage and Gionata will pass, with her accomplices, in Renato's service. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Amiche
''Le Amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra donne sole'' (lit. "Only among women"), ''Le Amiche'' portrays a group of five upper-class women in Turin and their various relationships with men. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Silver Lion. Plot Clelia returns from Rome to her native city Turin, assigned to supervise the opening of a branch of the Roman fashion salon where she previously has been working. By coincidence, she is confronted with the failed suicide attempt of a young woman named Rosetta and gets acquainted with her circle of Turin socialites. The group includes Rosetta, the coquettish Mariella, Momina, who lives separated from her husband and has changing affairs, and successful ceramics artist Nene, who lives with Lorenzo, an unrecognised pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage (1954 Film)
''Marriage'' (Italian: ''Il matrimonio'') is a 1954 Italian historical comedy film directed by Antonio Petrucci and starring Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Pampanini and Alberto Sordi. It consists of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Plot Grisna Smirnov Vittorio De Sica courts Elena Silvana Pampanini with almost fatal results. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as Grisna Smirnov *Silvana Pampanini as Elena Ivanovna Popova *Alberto Sordi as Ivan Vassilievic Lomov *Valentina Cortese as Natalia *Renato Rascel as Revunov *Guglielmo Barnabò as Stefan Ciubucov *Bice Valori as Levatrice *Ave Ninchi as Nastasia *Carlo Sposito as Epaminonda Massinovich * Franco Scandurra as Andrej Andrejevich Niunin * Pina Bottin as Daschenka, la sposa * Nino Milano as Kharlampy Marshmallopolis, il mercante greco * Vittorina Benvenuti as Maria, la domestica d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheerful Squadron
''The Cheerful Squadron'' ( it, Allegro squadrone, french: Les gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as the General *Daniel Gélin as Frédéric d'Héricourt *Paolo Stoppa as Maresciallo Flik *Alberto Sordi as Vergisson *Silvana Pampanini as Albertina *Charles Vanel as Hurluret *Luigi Pavese as Capitano medico *Riccardo Fellini as Bonaparte *Memmo Carotenuto as Sergente maggiore * Peter Trent as Lt. Moussent * Giacomo Furia as Caporale * Jean Richard as Laperrine *Oreste Lionello See also *''The Gaieties of the Squadron'' (1913) *''Fun in the Barracks ''Fun in the Barracks'' (French: ''Les Gaîtés de l'escadron ... [...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] |
Love In The City (1953 Film)
''Love in the City'' ( it, L'amore in città) is a 1953 Italian anthology film composed of six segments, each with its own writer or director. The anthology consists of the following episodes: * ''Paid Love'' written and directed by Carlo Lizzani * ''Attempted Suicide'' by Michelangelo Antonioni * ''Paradise for Three Hours'' by Dino Risi * ''Marriage Agency'' written and directed by Federico Fellini * ''Story of Caterina'' by Francesco Maselli and Cesare Zavattini * ''Italians Stare'' written and directed by Alberto Lattuada Synopsis Under the aegis of Cesare Zavattini, precursor and theoretician of neorealism, the various authors of this film with sketches try to reconstitute according to the testimonies of the protagonists themselves various aspects of love in the city, most often tragic: young women impregnated and immediately abandoned, young prostitutes, a young unemployed mother who has to abandon her child in the middle of the street, a young girl from a family of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
