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Giulio Donnini
Giulio Donnini (born 17 February 1924) is an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Donnini made his film debut in 1946, in Giacomo Gentilomo's ''Teheran''. He got his first mayor role two years later, playing the epileptic murderer Smerdjakov in Gentilomo's ''The Brothers Karamazov''. From then Donnini specialized in playing negative and often violent characters, being mainly cast in supporting roles. He was also very active on stage. Selected filmography * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1947) * ''Love and Poison'' (1950) * ''The Transporter'' (1950) * '' O.K. Nerone'' (1951) * ''Tragic Spell'' (1951) * ''The Rival of the Empress'' (1951) * ''The Adventures of Mandrin'' (1952) * ''Shadows Over Trieste'' (1952) * '' It's Never Too Late'' (1953) * '' Beat the Devil'' (1953) as Administrator * ''Frine, Courtesan of Orient'' (1953) * ''Barrier of the Law'' (1954) * ''Disowned'' (1954) * ''Vendicata!'' (1955) * ''The Dragon's Blood'' (1957) * ''Slave Women of Corinth'' ( ...
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La Minorenne
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The Dragon's Blood
''The Dragon's Blood'' ( it, Sigfrido) is a 1957 Italian fantasy film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is based on Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Plot The dying Siegland reaches the house of the dwarf Mime, begging him to raise her baby, called Sigfried, and giving him in custody the sword of Sigfried's father. Years later, the grown up Siegfried leaves in search of the , and kills a dragon thanks to his invincible sword. Bathing in its blood, the resulting almost invulnerability makes him the bravest fighter of his time. He discovers a magic ring and obtains Alberich's magic hat, which can make him invisible. He then goes to the court of the King Gunther of Burgund, where he wins the tournament for the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild, but finds an implacable opponent in Hagen von Tronje, who was defeated by him in a duel. Thanks to his magic hat, Siegfried helps Gunther to subjugate the beautiful Brunhild, the queen of Iceland, and to m ...
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The Odyssey (1968 Miniseries)
''The Odyssey'' ( it, L'Odissea ) is an eight-episodes European TV miniseries broadcast on RAI (Italian state TV) in 1968 and based on Homer's ''Odyssey''. An Italian, Yugoslavian, German and French (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française) coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi, assisted by Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast includes Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach as Nausicaa, and Gérard Herter. Several critics consider the series to be a masterful representation of the ancient world. __TOC__ Plot First episode: Telemaco and Penelope Athena, happy that King Ulysses is close to returning to his native island Ithaca, located to the west of Greece, under the guise of King Mentes, arrives in Ithaca to make sure that Ulysses' return is pleasant. Unfortunately it is not so: although welcomed with respect by the twenty year old Prince Telemachus, Mentes discovers that the palace of the king o ...
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El Greco (1966 Film)
''El Greco'' is a 1966 Italian drama film and biography of the painter El Greco directed by Luciano Salce and starring Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino. Cast * Mel Ferrer as El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo) * Rosanna Schiaffino as Jeronima de las Cuevas * Adolfo Celi as Don Miguel de las Cuevas * Mario Feliciani as Nino de Guevara * Franco Giacobini as Francisco * Renzo Giovampietro as Brother Felix * Ángel Aranda as Don Luis * Nino Crisman as Diego de Castillo * Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria * Giulio Donnini as Pignatelli * Fernando Rey as Philip II * Rafael Rivelles as Marquis of Villena * John Karlsen as Prosecutor * John Francis Lane as De Agueda * Rossana Martini as Zaida Production It was Mel Ferrer's first film as producer. According to Ferrer, the film cost $800,000 which he felt was modest considering the film was in color and was the first movie allowed to shoot at Toledo Cathedral. Reception According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,300,000 in rentals to ...
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The Almost Perfect Crime
''The Almost Perfect Crime'', also known as ''Delitto quasi perfetto'' and ''Imperfect Murder'', is a 1966 Italian crime-comedy film written and directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Philippe Leroy: Paolo Respighi * Pamela Tiffin: Annie Robson * Graziella Granata: Annie #2 * Bernard Blier: Colonel Robson * Massimo Serato: Preston * Fernando Sancho: Omar * Luciano Pigozzi: Salah * Giulio Donnini: Foster * Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * ''I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Woma ...: Mazzullo References External links * 1966 films 1960s crime comedy films Films directed by Mario Camerini Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Italian crime comedy films 1966 comedy films 1960s Italian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub ...
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Terror Of The Steppes
''Terror of the Steppes'' ( it, I predoni della steppa, also known as ''The Mighty Khan'') is a 1964 Italian adventure film written and directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Kirk Morris. Plot Cast * Kirk Morris as Sandar Khan * Moira Orfei as Malina * Daniele Vargas as Altan Khan * Ombretta Colli as Samira * Peter White as Yessen Khan * Giulio Donnini as Khan's Consouler * Ugo Sasso as Ciukhai * Attilio Dottesio as Commander of the Guards * Furio Meniconi Furio Meniconi (22 February 1924 – 12 December 1981) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Meniconi was born in Rome into a family active in the cinema industry in the technical cast, or engaged in the general organizatio ... as Kublaï References External links * Italian adventure films 1964 adventure films Films directed by Tanio Boccia Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Asia 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{adventure-film-stub ...
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Samson Vs
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered as an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite, and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring an entire army of Philistines using only the jawbone of a donkey. However, if Samson's long hair were cut, then his Nazirite vow would be violated and he would lose his strength. Samson is betrayed by his lover Delilah, who, sent by the Philistines officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to ...
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Hercules Against The Sons Of The Sun
''Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun'' ( it, Ercole contro i figli del sole, es, Hércules contra los hijos del Sol, also known as ''Hercules Vs. the Sons of the Sun'') is a 1964 Italian-Spanish peplum film written and directed by Osvaldo Civirani. Cast *Mark Forest as Hercules * Anna Maria Pace as Yamira * Giuliano Gemma as Maytha *Giulio Donnini as the High Priest *Franco Fantasia as King Ata Hualpa * Angela Rhu as the Queen *Assia Zezon as the Handmaiden *Audrey Anderson as the Dancing Girl *Rosalba Neri as the Queen (uncredited) Reception A review in the ''Monthly Film Bulletin ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with ''Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a ...'' described the film as a "decorative film" that was "often pleasant to watch, with attractive outdoor locations featuring the most viridian ...
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Venus Against The Son Of Hercules
''Venus Against the Son of Hercules'' ( it, Marte, dio della guerra, also known as ''Mars, God of War'' and ''The Son of Hercules vs. Venus'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film written and directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Roger Browne and Jackie Lane.Marco Giusti, Steve Della Casa. ''Il grande libro di Ercole. Il cinema mitologico in Italia''. Edizioni Sabinae - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, 2013. . Plot Mars descends from Mount Olympus to earth to defend a kingdom besieged by invaders led by an African warlord named Afros. The warlord threatens to destroy the kingdom's capital unless they surrender. Antarus, a corrupt and ambitious member of the king's court conspires to become king. His plans include a deal with Afros and marrying Ecuba, daughter of the king. He is distracted by the beautiful maiden Daphne, whose father the king's emissary was recently killed by Afros during the midst of a parley. Afros is killed in a duel with Mars and his army is scattered during ...
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Caesar The Conqueror
''Caesar the Conqueror'' (Italian: ''Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie'') is a 1962 Italian film directed by Tanio Boccia. The scenario is based on Julius Caesar's ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. The plot centres around Julius Caesar's battling the rebels in Gaul. Cast * Cameron Mitchell as Julius Caesar * Rik Battaglia as Vercingetorix * Dominique Wilms as Queen Astrid *Ivica Pajer as Claudius Valerian *Raffaella Carrà as Publia * Carlo Tamberlani as Pompey *Cesare Fantoni as Caius Opio *Giulio Donnini as Eporedorix *Nerio Bernardi as Cicero * Carla Calò as Calpurnia *Piero Palermini * Bruno Tocci as Mark Anthony *Aldo Pini as Quintus Cicero Quintus Tullius Cicero ( , ; 102 – 43 BC) was a Roman statesman and military leader, the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born into a family of the equestrian order, as the son of a wealthy landowner in Arpinum, some south-east ... * Lucia Randi as Clelia * Fedele Gentile as Centurion * Enzo Petracca ...
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Robin Hood And The Pirates
''Robin Hood and the Pirates'' ( it, Robin Hood e i pirati) is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Giorgio Simonelli, and starring Lex Barker and Jackie Lane. Plot Robin Hood, the protagonist, leaves Sherwood Forest, and joins the pirates. After several fights and many adventures, he gets bored, and decides to return to his homeland. He discovers that his father has been killed, and that a usurper has taken the throne. He begins his life as fighter who defends the poor against the rich. Cast * Lex Barker as Robin Hood * Jackie Lane as Kareen Blain * Rossana Rory as Lizbeth Brooks * Mario Scaccia as Jonathan Brooks * Walter Barnes as Guercio / Orbo * Edith Peters as Palla di Grasso * Giulio Donnini as Golia * Renato Chiantoni as Gladiacove * Mario Passante as Brooks' friend * Marco Tulli as Friar Lorenzo * Gino Buzzanca as Captain Uncini * Umberto Sacripante as Philips * Renato Terra Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career workin ...
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The Conqueror Of The Orient
''The Conqueror of the Orient'' (Italian:''Il conquistatore dell'Oriente'') is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Gianna Maria Canale, Rik Battaglia and Irène Tunc.Hughes p.36 It is set several centuries ago in the Middle East, part of a group of ''Arabian Nights''-inspired films made in Italy during the era. It was shot at the De Laurentiis Studios in Rome. The plot centres around a lowly fisherman saving a Princess from the kingdom's oppressive rulers, then discovering that he is the true heir to the throne. Cast * Gianna Maria Canale as Dinazar / Zobeida * Rik Battaglia as Nadir * Irène Tunc as Fatima * Edda Ferronao as Fatima' Maid #1 * Attilio Torelli as Leader of the Red Robes Tribe * Riccardo Ferri as Leader of the White Robes Tribe * Myriam Cordella as Fatima' Maid #2 * Aldo Pini as Chief of Prison Guards * Renato Montalbano * Paul Muller as Sultan Dakar * Tatiana Farnese as Katiscia * Franco Balducci as Nureddin, ...
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