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Giovanna Galletti
Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 - 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986. Life and career Galletti began her career on stage at a young age, in the early 1930s, and later attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In the late 1930s, she started appearing in films, mostly in supporting roles, and in 1945, she appeared in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' portraying the treacherous Ingrid, which is her best known role. After the war, she focused her activities on theatre, notably working intensively at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler and in the stage companies led by Luigi Cimara, Annibale Ninchi, Laura Adani, and Renzo Ricci Renzo Ricci (27 September 1899 – 20 October 1978) was an Italian stage and film actor. He was also a noted theatre director. Ricci played the title role in Roberto Rossellini's 1961 film ''Garibaldi''.Bondanella, Peter. ''The Films of Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bread Peddler (1950 Film)
''The Bread Peddler'' (French: ''La porteuse de pain'', Italian: ''La portatrice di pane'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Vivi Gioi, Philippe Lemaire and Jean Tissier. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Bread Peddler'' by Xavier de Montépin.Goble p.913 It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Plot France, 1860. In Alfortville, a town near Paris, Eng. Labroue has founded a mechanical workshop where his inventions are exploited. The engineer is assisted in his work by the chief engineer Jacques Garaud, intelligent and ambitious. Jacques Garaud has an unrequited love for Jeanne Fortier, a young widow doorkeeper in the garage; Jeanne is the mother of two children: Georges, who lives with her mother, and Lucie, entrusted to a nurse. Jeanne, surprised by Eng. Labroue to light an oil lamp, an operation prohibited due to the risk of fires, is fired. Jacques Garaud plans to get rich by stealing the plans for a new mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nun's Story (film)
''The Nun's Story'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, and Peggy Ashcroft. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson, based on the popular 1956 novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Sister Luke (Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices required by her choice. The film is a relatively faithful adaptation of the novel, which was based on the life of Belgian nun Marie Louise Habets. Latter portions of the film were shot on location in the Belgian Congo and feature Finch as a cynical but caring surgeon. The film was a financial success and was nominated for 8 Academy Awards. Plot Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal (Audrey Hepburn), whose father Hubert (Dean Jagger) is a prominent surgeon in Belgium, enters a convent of nursing sisters in the late 1920s, hoping to serve in the Belgian Congo. After receiving the religious name of Sister L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mambo (film)
'' Mambo'' is an Italian/American international co-production film, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti and Paramount Pictures written and directed from 1952 to 1953 by Robert Rossen and released in 1955. A mambo craze spread through the USA in the 1950s, and Rossen aimed to repair his finances after almost two years without work since his 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. The film co-stars Katherine Dunham who acted as the film's choreographer. Plot The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi (Vittorio Gassman) and the rich count Enrico Marisoni (Michael Rennie). Discovered by Toni Salerno (Shelley Winters), Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome. She returns six months later to the competing affections of Mario and Enrico, resulting in a choice between the two and the dramatic finale. Cast Critical reception Rossen later said, "''Mambo'' was to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Forbidden Stories
''Three Forbidden Stories'' ( it, Tre storie proibite) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina. Cast * Lia Amanda as Renata * Antonella Lualdi as Anna Maria * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Gianna Aragona * Isa Pola as Signora Paola, mère de Renata * Frank Latimore as Walter * Gabriele Ferzetti as Mario * Giulio Stival as Comm. Borsani * Roberto Risso as Bernardo * Charles Fawcett as Mottaroni * Mariolina Bovo as Mimma * Enrico Luzi as Tommaso * Marcella Rovena Marcella Rovena (22 January 1905 – 6 October 1991) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano, she started her career on the big screen in 1932 with director Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 J ... as mother of Gianna * Richard McNamara as Donato External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Augusto Genina Italian drama films 1951 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inganno (film)
''Inganno'' is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone. It stars Gabriele Ferzetti and Nadia Gray. Plot Anna is a policewoman, member of the female section of the Civil Police of the Free Territory of Trieste, she marries Andrea, a doctor with an unclear past but already during the honeymoon begins to have doubts especially after the chance meeting with a former lover of his. Back at work Anna has to investigate this adventurer who seems to be involved not only in drug trafficking but also in the white trade. Andrea is also involved in the investigation and is suspected of complicity, for this reason Anna decides to separate. Andrea, having failed every attempt to reconcile her, wants to go abroad and also asks for help from her ex-lover but then refuses to collaborate with her precisely because he does not want his wife's suspicions to become certainties. Meanwhile, Anna discovers she is pregnant and she would like to leave the police to form a family with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adorable Creatures
''Adorable Creatures'' (french: Adorables créatures, it, Quando le donne amano) is a 1952 romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. A French-Italian co-production, it stars Daniel Gélin, Antonella Lualdi, Danielle Darrieux and Martine Carol.Bandy p. 173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Synopsis André, an unmarried commercial artist in Paris, has a lot of free time which he devotes to pursuing older women, not being interested in the lively Catherine, a schoolgirl in the next apartment. His lover Christiane wants to be free of her dull husband Jacques, but when she does leave him does not then want to be encumbered by André. He meets the glamorous Minouche, who wants to leave her boring lover Georges and go on a skiing holiday. There she meets the rich Gaston and drops André, who is briefly consoled by Évelyne, Gaston's discarded mistress. Returning to Paris he is scooped up by the even older Denise, a rich and beautiful widow, but ex ... [...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] |
Last Meeting
''Last Meeting'' ( it, Ultimo incontro) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is loosely based on the novel '' La biondina'' by Marco Praga. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. Cast *Alida Valli as Lina Castelli *Amedeo Nazzari as Piero Castelli *Jean-Pierre Aumont as Michele Bonesi *Leda Gloria as Bianca *Vittorio Sanipoli as Augusto *Giovanna Galletti as Flora *Harry Weedon as Mr. Hermans *Laura Carli as Miss Maria *Michele Riccardini as Lodi Stationmaster *Michele Malaspina as Vincenzi *Nino Farina as Himself * Juan Manuel Fangio as Himself *Consalvo Sanesi as Himself *Felice Bonetto as Himself * Hans von Stuck as Himself *Luigi Fagioli Luigi Cristiano Fagioli (; 9 June 1898 – 20 June 1952), nicknamed "the Abruzzi robber", was an Italian motor racing driver. Having won his last race at 53 years old, Fagioli holds the record for the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ungrateful Heart
''The Ungrateful Heart'' ( nap, Core 'ngrato) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore and Gabriele Ferzetti.Forgacs & Gundle p.29 It takes its name from the Neapolitan song "Core 'ngrato". It was released in West Germany in 1953. The film's sets were designed by Piero Filippone Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian art director who designed the sets for around two hundred films. He created the sets for Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film '' Journey to Italy''.Brunette p.416 Selected filmography * '' Three Cornered H .... Cast References Bibliography * Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. ''Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War''. Indiana University Press, 2007. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Guido Brignone Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verginità
''Verginità'' is a 1951 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Leonardo De Mitri. Plot A country girl who is a diligent devourer of picture stories, decides to participate in a beauty contest without the consent of her father. She dreams of a glamorous career in the big city. When she loses the contest, she is approached by two men who offer her a modeling job. However, they are in fact human traffickers who intend to lure her to Brazil. Cast *Irene Genna as Gina *Leonardo Cortese as Franco Rossi *Franca Marzi as Giulia *Otello Toso as Giancarlo *Eleonora Rossi Drago as Mara Sibilia *Arnoldo Foà as René *Tamara Lees as Lidia *Checco Durante as Mr. Corelli *Guglielmo Barnabò as Impresario *Mario Siletti *Mario Ferrari Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951 Italian Film)
''Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (Italian: ''Domani è un altro giorno'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Pier Angeli, Aldo Silvani and Anna Maria Ferrero. It was produced as a follow-up to the hit film '' Tomorrow Is Too Late'' also directed by Moguy and starring Angeli in her screen debut. Afterwards Angeli moved to Hollywood as a contract star of MGM. Plot While she was contemplating committing suicide by drowning, a young woman is stopped by a doctor whose job, all night long, is to save people who try to commit suicide. Insistently, the doctor convinces the girl to follow him around her. Once they arrive at the hospital, the two listen to the story of a girl who, left alone, had been exploited by a man who initially showed himself good but who later turned out to be unscrupulous. The girl had tried to kill herself but was saved while her exploiter was arrested; repentant of her previous gesture, the girl repeats «I want to live, I want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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