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Giulio Battiferri
Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career on stage in 1913, working alongside his wife Pina Piovani in the Romanesco dialect stage company Compagnia Romanesca directed by . With this and other companies directed by Monaldi he toured nationally and abroad, performing in England, France, Spain and South America. After the death of Monaldi, he specialized in the revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own dur ... genre. Sporadically active in films of the silent era, starting from 1939 he became one of the most active Italian character actors of his time. He was the brother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Tragic Night
''Tragic Night'' (Italian: ''Tragica notte'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Doris Duranti, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi.Brunetta p.99 It is based on a 1928 novel ''La trappola'' by Delfino Cinelli. After being released from prison, a poacher seeks revenge on the gamekeeper who put him there. It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. Synopsis One day in the countryside the gamekeeper Stefano is ambushed and beaten by a group of vigilantes led by Nanni, who take revenge on him for enforcing the poaching laws on the young Count's land and sending him to prison in Florence. Stefano turns up soon afterwards at the shop owned by Nanni and although he is aware who attacked him he pretends it had been accident. However he nurses a secret grudge. Two years later, much time has passed and Stefano pretends to be friendly towards Nanni. He notices that he is particularly sensitive about his wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicycle Thieves
''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family. Adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini from the 1946 novel by Luigi Bartolini, and starring Lamberto Maggiorani as the desperate father and Enzo Staiola as his plucky young son, ''Bicycle Thieves'' received an Academy Honorary Award (most outstanding foreign language film) in 1950, and in 1952 was deemed the greatest film of all time by ''Sight & Sound'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics; fifty years later another poll organized by the same magazine ranked it sixth among the greatest-ever films. In the 2012 version of the list the film ranked 33rd among critics and 10th among directors. The film was also c ... [...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] |
Mist On The Sea
''Mist on the Sea'' (Italian: ''Nebbie sul mare'') is a 1944 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and Hans Hinrich and starring Viveca Lindfors, Gustav Diessl and Umberto Spadaro.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo. Synopsis Italian couple Maria and Pietro Rosati live in Brazil, where they manage an estate. One day Maria is sexually assaulted, and her husband kills the preparator. Pietro is pursued by the police and is shot and tumbles into a river. Maria is charged as an accomplice, but after a lengthy trial she is acquitted. A few years later she is working as an assistant to a doctor at a research institute. They fall in love and marry, but when Brazil enters the Second World War all Italian citizens are expelled from the country, and they catch the last available ship for Italy. To Maria’s shock, they discover Pietro working as a stoker in the engine room; he miraculously survived his fall into the river and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macario Against Zagomar
''Macario Against Zagomar'' (Italian: ''Macario contro Zagomar''; also known as ''Macario Against Fantomas'') is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. Plot In Paris, the dreaded Zagomar kidnapped the daughter of a scientist to force him to deliver his latest discovery: a machine that "blocks" over time. Macario, the assistant teacher, decides to confront this elusive bandit that lurks in the bowels of the city. Cast * Erminio Macario as Macario Duplessis * Nino Crisman as Zagomar * Gero Zambuto as Professor Moreau * Nada Fiorelli as Mirella Moreau * Olga Villi as Annette * Carlo Rizzo as Fandors, journalist Production The film was made during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... and should have been entitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Wagon (1943 Film)
''The Last Wagon'' ( it, L'ultima carrozzella) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, and Anita Durante.Brunetta 89 A number of the personnel were involved in the subsequent development of neorealism. The hero is the driver of a horse-drawn carriage who objects to the competition from motorised taxis. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location around the city. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Antonio Urbani, detto "Toto" * Anna Magnani as Mary Dunchetti, la canzonettista * Anita Durante as Adele Urbani * Elide Spada as Nannarella Urbani * Enzo Fiermonte as Roberto Pinelli, l'autista * Aristide Garbini as Pasquale, suo padre * Lauro Gazzolo as Andrea, il portiere * Tino Scotti as Valentino Doriani, il comico * Nando Bruno as Augusto Pallotta, il vetturino * Leopoldo Valentini as Ottone Roncucci detto "Paradiso" * Oreste Fares as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Of Cascia (film)
''Rita of Cascia'' (Italian: ''Rita da Cascia'') is a 1943 Italian historical film directed by Antonio Leonviola and starring Elena Zareschi, Ugo Sasso and Beatrice Mancini.Nerenberg p. 85 It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film portrays the life of the Catholic saint Rita of Cascia. Cast * Elena Zareschi as Rita da Cascia * Ugo Sasso as Paolo di Ferdinando * Beatrice Mancini as Ada * Marcello Giorda as Antonio, il padre di Rita * Laura Nucci as Jacoviella * Augusto Marcacci as Il barone di Collegiacone * Elodia Maresca as Amata * Teresa Franchini as La madre superiore * Stefano Sciaccaluga as Il pellegrino * Giulio Battiferri as Lampo, il servo spia del barone * Gian Paolo Rosmino as Frate Remigio * Luigi Garrone as Il taverniere * Umberto Spadaro as Il delatore nella taverna * Giovanni Onorato as Un cliente nella taverna * Amina Pirani Maggi as Una suora * Nera Bruni as Un'altra suora * Vittoria Mongardi as Una conversa * Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagli Appennini Alle Ande (1943 Film)
''Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara, starring Cesare Barbetti, Leda Gloria, Nino Pavese, Margherita Del Plata and Cesco Baseggio. It tells the story of the young boy Marco who secretly embarks from Genoa to reach his mother in Argentina. The film is based on the story with the same title from Edmondo De Amicis's book ''Heart''. The story has been adapted for film multiple times both before and after. The film was released in Italian cinemas on 12 February 1943. Cast * Cesare Barbetti as Marco Ansaldi * Leda Gloria as Maria Ansaldi, sua madre * Nino Pavese as Pegna * Cesco Baseggio as Il vecchio matto * Margherita Del Plata as La ballerina * Nino Marchesini as Il comandante della nave * Carlo Monteaux as Il signor Van Leiss * Gina Cinquini as La signora Van Leiss * Vira Silenti as La bambina * Mario Siletti as Bendano, un contadino * Pietro Tordi as Ulano, un contadino * Giulio Battiferri Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pazzo D'amore
''Pazzo d'amore'' (meaning "Madly in love") is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Renato Rascel. Plot Two unemployed vagrants, one of small stature and the other of greater height, one day find a bottle by the sea. Inside a map, with the indication of a treasure hidden in an island. After alternating situations, they arrive on the island, but, despite themselves, they discover that the story of the treasure is an advertising invention. The little tramp overcomes the disappointment for the lack of enrichment with the love for his girlfriend. Cast * Renato Rascel as Renato * Elena Grey as Milli * Pietro Tordi as Giovannone * Tino Scotti as Fegato * Tina De Mola as Elena * Augusto Di Giovanni as Fred * Enzo Biliotti as Il Guercio * Mario Siletti as Bombita * Lamberto Picasso as March * Claudio Ermelli as Signor Pignolo * Carlo Duse Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fanciullo Del West
''Il fanciullo del West'' ( ''The Boy of the West'' ) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. It is named after Puccini's opera ''La fanciulla del West'' (''The Girl of the West'' ) and is considered the first western parody in Italian cinema and the precursor of the Spaghetti Western genre. Plot In an imaginary country of the old west two main local families are in constant rivalry. Lolita del Fuego, courted by the head of a band of brigands, is instead in love with the scion of the rival family, Mac Carey who, through clashes, ambushes and shootings, manages to thwart the gang and to marry the girl, reconciling the two rival families. Cast *Erminio Macario as Mac Carey *Elli Parvo as Lolita de Fuego *Giovanni Grasso as Donovan *Nino Pavese as Pedro Montes / Drake *Adriana Sivieri as Margherita Donovan *Egisto Olivieri as Carey *Carlo Rizzo as Fuller *Tino Scotti as Penna Bianca *Nada Fiorelli as Evelina Carey * Marisa Valli as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossini (film)
''Rossini'' is a 1942 Italian musical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Nino Besozzi, Paola Barbara, Camillo Pilotto, Armando Falconi and Greta Gonda. It depicts adult life events of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Plot Cast *Nino Besozzi as Gioachino Rossini *Paola Barbara as Isabella Colbran *Camillo Pilotto as Domenico Barbaja * Armando Falconi as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies *Greta Gonda as Teresa Coralli *Memo Benassi as Ludwig van Beethoven *Cesare Fantoni as Niccolò Paganini *Edoardo Toniolo as Rossini's and Paganini's Friend *Paolo Stoppa as Andrea Leone Tottola *Gildo Bocci as Duke Sforza-Cesarini *Lamberto Picasso as Col. Negri * Giacomo Moschini as Duke Carafa * Gilda Marchiò as Anna Guidarini, Rossini's Mother * Massimo Pianforini as Professor Carpassi * Romolo Costa as Austrian Prince * Vera Ruberti as Viennese Noblewoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
