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Il Processo Di Veronal
''Il processo di Verona'' (internationally released as ''The Verona Trial'') is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 Verona trial, in which Galeazzo Ciano, Emilio De Bono, Giovanni Marinelli and other eminent Fascist officials (Carlo Pareschi and Luciano Gottardi) were sentenced to death and almost immediately executed by a shooting detachment, while Tullio Cianetti was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. For her portrayal of Edda Mussolini-Ciano, Silvana Mangano won the two major Italian film awards, the David di Donatello for Best Actress and the Silver Ribbon in the same category. Cast * Silvana Mangano as Edda Ciano (Mussolini's daughter; Ciano's wife) * Frank Wolff as count Galeazzo Ciano (Mussolini's son-in-law and former Minister of Foreign Affairs) * Vivi Gioi as Donna Rachele (Mussolini's wife) * Françoise Prévost as Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's ''Germany Year Zero'', Alberto Lattuada's '' The Mill on the Po'' (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' ''Bitter Rice'' (1949), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story. After directing documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama ''Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951). Respected for his awarded drama '' Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as '' The Violent Four'' (1968) and '' Crazy Joe'' (1974) or crime-comedy ''Roma Bene'' (1971). His film ''L'oro di Roma'' (1961) examined events around the final deportation of the Jews of Rome and the Roman roundup, ''grande razzia'', of October 1943. For his 1968 film ''Bandits in Milan'' he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best Actress
The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via run-off voting by all the members of the Accademia. The award was first given in 1956. Sophia Loren is the record holder in this category, with seven awards, followed by Margherita Buy and Monica Vitti, with five awards each. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress * European Film Award for Best Actress * Academy Award for Best Actress * BAFTA Award for Best Actress * César Award for Best Actress * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Farinacci
Roberto Farinacci (; 16 October 1892 – 28 April 1945) was a leading Italian Fascist politician and important member of the National Fascist Party before and during World War II as well as one of its ardent antisemitic proponents. English historian Christopher Hibbert describes him as "slavishly pro-German". Early life Born in Isernia, Molise, Farinacci was raised in poverty and dropped out of school at a young age, moving to Cremona and beginning working on a railroad there in 1909. Around this time period, he became an irredentist socialist and a major advocate of Italy's participation in the war when World War I began. After the war, Farinacci was an ardent supporter of Benito Mussolini and his fascist movement. He subsequently established himself as the ''Ras'' (local leader, a title borrowed from the Ethiopian aristocracy) of the Fascists in Cremona, publishing the newspaper ''Cremona Nuova'' (later on ''Il Regime Fascista'') and organizing Blackshirts combat squads in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Garrani
Ivo Garrani (6 February 1924 – 25 March 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960). Biography Born in Introdacqua, Garrani was a student at the Faculty of Engineering in Rome when started his theatrical career, at first as amateur, then entering the stage company of Carlo Tamberlani in 1943. Aside from his work on stage, including works with Giorgio Strehler, in the fifties he started a parallel activity in cinema, starring in a great number of films, even if usually in secondary roles. Garranidied on 25 March 2015, at the age of 91. Selected filmography *'' Ragazze da marito'' (1952) - Tommaso Spadoni *''Orient Express'' (1954) *''Eighteen Year Olds'' (1955) - Il medico *'' The Rival'' (1956) - Secondo ufficiale inquirente *''Roland the Mighty'' (1956) - Carlo Magno *'' Terrore sulla città'' (1957) *''Hercules'' (1958) - Pelias, King of Iolcus *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Pavolini
Alessandro Pavolini (27 September 1903 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and essayist, notable for his involvement in the Fascist government, during World War II, and also for his cruelty against the opponents of fascism. Early life and career A native of Florence, Pavolini was the son of Paolo Emilio Pavolini, a major scholar of Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages. A brilliant student, he earned a law degree at the University of Florence and a political science degree at ''La Sapienza'' in Rome, travelling to and from between the two cities. His brother was the writer Corrado Pavolini. After joining Benito Mussolini's movement in Florence, he took part in several actions of the Blackshirts, and led a squad during the 1922 March on Rome – the moment when Fascism took over in Italy. Pavolini was assigned tasks in the cultural field (including youth programs launched by the fascists), while contributing to fascist publications such as ''Battaglie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio De Lullo
Giorgio De Lullo (24 April 1921 – 10 July 1981) was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in Rome, in 1943 De Lullo enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, but after two years he was forced to leave the courses as he had contravened the strict academic regulations appearing in a stage work directed by Mario Landi and held at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The same year he got critical acclaim for his performance in ''Il Candeliere'' directed by Orazio Costa. In 1946 he made his film debut, and worked on stage with Luchino Visconti, with whom he collaborated intensively in the following years. In 1954 De Lullo co-founded the theatrical company "La compagnia dei giovani" together with Rossella Falk, Anna Maria Guarnieri, Romolo Valli and Umberto Orsini, and the company achieved national and international success. He debuted as a stage director in 1955, with an adaptation of Colette's '' Gigi''. He died of cirrhosis of the liver. Selected filmography * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvo Randone
Salvatore "Salvo" Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991) was an Italian theatrical, television and film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, Randone debuted on stage in mid-1920s and, after some years in which he played roles of little weight, he became in the fifties one of the most critically appreciated actors in Italian theatre. After a few minor roles in 1940s and 1950s he started in early 1960s a quite prolific film career as character actor; for his performances he was awarded with two Silver Ribbons and a grolla d'oro. Randone appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1977. He was also very prolific as television actor, starring in some TV-series of great success. He was married to the actress Neda Naldi. Selected filmography * ''Sant'Elena, piccola isola'' (1943) - General Gourgaud * ''Cuore'' (1948) * ''Letter at Dawn'' (1948) - Donati - Defense attorney * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) * ''Vento del sud'' (1959) * '' The Assassin'' (1961) - Commissioner Palumbo * '' Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Purwin
Hilde Purwin (born Hildegard Burkhardt: 16 September 1919 – 29 March 2010) was a German journalist. She was exceptionally talented as a linguist and had an unusually powerful memory. She was recruited by the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD) in October 1939. She worked initially as a security services "mail clerk" but in July 1940 was transferred to Berlin where she became an Italian interpreter. In July 1942 she was sent to Rome where at various stages she worked, ostensibly, as a secretary and/or an interpreter. Between September 1943 and July 1944 she played a pivotal role in the so-called "Ciano operation". After the defeat of Nazi Germany the American intelligence services benefited from her wartime intelligence gathering. They also acquired valuable additional intelligence because she took extra carbon copies - unbeknownst to German intelligence - of more than 700 sheets that she had translated from Italian source documents into German during the final months of the war. She sorte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Prévost (actress)
Françoise Prévost (13 January 1930 – 30 November 1997) was a French actress, journalist and author. She was the daughter of writer Marcelle Auclair. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1949 and 1985. Life and career Prévost was born and died in Paris, France. She made her film debut at 18, in '' Jean de la Lune''. After several minor roles she emerged with the Nouvelle Vague, with roles of weight in films by Pierre Kast, Jean-Gabriel Albicocco and Jacques Rivette. Starting from 1960s she was also pretty active in the Italian cinema, starring in leading roles in dramas, comedies and genre films. In 1975 Prévost gained critical appreciation and commercial success as an author, with an autobiographical book about her struggle against an incurable disease, ''Ma vie en plus''. Selected filmography * ''Jean de la Lune'' (1949) - (uncredited) * ''Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * '' Leathernose'' (1952) - U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachele Guidi
Rachele Guidi (11 April 1890 – 30 October 1979), also known (particularly in Italy) as Donna Rachele (Italian for "Lady Rachael") and incorrectly as Rachele Mussolini in the English-speaking world, was the second wife of Italian dictator and fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Early life Rachele Guidi was born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (''Regno d'Italia''). She was born into a peasant family and was the daughter of Agostino Guidi and wife Anna Lombardi. After the death of Rachele's father, her mother became the lover of the widowed Alessandro Mussolini. Relationship, marriage and children In 1910, Rachele Guidi moved in with Alessandro's son, Benito Mussolini. In 1914, Mussolini married his first wife, Ida Dalser. Though the records of that marriage were destroyed by Mussolini's government, an edict from the city of Milan ordering Mussolini to make maintenance payments to "his wife Ida Dalser" and their child was overlooked. Shortly before his son, Benito Albino M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivi Gioi
Vivi Gioi, born Vivienne Trumpy (2 January 1917, Livorno – 12 July 1975, Fregene) was an Italian actress. Her alternative professional last name Diesca was an anagram of De Sica, the famous actor and director with whom she was in love. She is remembered for ''Il signor Max'', starring Vittorio De Sica, an actor with whom she worked again in ''Red Roses (1940 film), Red Roses'' (1940). She won a Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Giuseppe De Santis' film ''Tragic Hunt''. Her parents were Norwegians. treccani.it Selected filmography * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1936) * ''Frenzy (1939 film), Frenzy'' (1939) * ''Red Roses (1940 film), Red Roses'' (1940) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''First Love (1941 film), F ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wolff (actor)
Walter Frank Hermann Wolff (May 11, 1928 – December 12, 1971) was an American actor whose film career began with roles in five 1958–61 Roger Corman productions and ended a decade later in Rome, after many appearances in European-made films, most of which were lensed in Italy. Early life A native of San Francisco, California, Wolff was the son of a Bay Area physician. Both parents were of German descent. The elder Wolff, a political and social maverick, encouraged young Frank to follow an unconventional path. He attended University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied acting and stagecraft, wrote and directed plays and befriended another actor/director, Monte Hellman. Between 1957 and 1961, he appeared in nearly 20 episodes of TV series and feature films, a few of which fit into the horror/science fiction genre. Career with Roger Corman Wolff had bit roles in his first two films, Roger Corman's ''I Mobster'' and ''The Wasp Woman''. The former, a 1958 black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
