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L'emigrante
''L'emigrante'', internationally released as ''Little Funny Guy'', is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Plot At the end of 1900s Saturnino Cavallo leaves his family to emigrate to America, in search of fortune, but his traces were lost. In Naples during the 1920s, his son Peppino Cavallo ( Adriano Celentano), grown up, wakes up every night thinking of his father, with such insistence that he eventually decides to go look for him in America. Cast * Adriano Celentano: Peppino Cavallo *Claudia Mori: Rosita Flores *Sybil Danning: Pamela *Lino Toffolo: Toni *José Calvo: Don Nicolone *Manuel Zarzo: Ralph Morisco * Tommaso Bianco: Michele Cavallo *Isa Danieli: wife of Michele *Giacomo Rizzo: Cashier *Herbert Fux *Gigi Reder Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series. Biography Born in Naples in to a German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the commedia all'italiana genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the province of Potenza, he moved to Rome at young age. He started as a writer and literary critic. ''La nonna Sabella'', one of his novels, was later adapted by Dino Risi into the movie of the same name, internationally known as ''Oh! Sabella'' (1957). He began his cinema career as a screenwriter with ''Faddija – La legge della vendetta'' (1949) by Roberto Bianchi Montero and later co-produced masterpieces of Italian cinema such as ''Poveri ma belli'' (1957) by Risi and ''Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960) and ''The Leopard (1963 film), The Leopard'' (1963) by Luchino Visconti. His first film as a director was ''A Sentimental Attempt'' (1963), along with Massimo Franciosa. Subsequently he made many films of the commedia all'italiana genre, including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Mori
Claudia Mori (born Claudia Moroni, Rome, 12 February 1944), is an Italian producer, former actress and former singer, and wife of the singer Adriano Celentano. Biography 1960s She began her career in show business as an actress playing in musicals, but also in major films such as '' Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' (''Rocco and His Brothers'') by Luchino Visconti and ''Sodoma e Gomorra'' (''Sodom and Gomorrah'') by Robert Aldrich. In 1963, she met Adriano Celentano on the film set of ''Uno strano tipo'' ("A Strange Type"). Celentano left his girlfriend Milena Cantù, and in 1964 he married Claudia, secretly in the night, at the church of San Francesco in Grosseto. She bore three children: Rosita (1965), Giacomo (1966) and Rosalinda (1968). In 1964, she acted in ''Super rapina a Milano'' ("The Great Robbery in Milan"), the first film directed by Celentano. Since then her acting career suffered a setback, in favor of that as singer, in 1964, in fact, with ''Non guardarmi'' ("Do Not Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli (24 December 1916 – 13 November 2004) was an Italian film composer whose career spanned the 1940s to about 1990. His prolific output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films, and music for television. Life Born in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna to a family of music lovers,"Prolific and versatile father of Italian cinema" he gained a diploma in piano at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, going on to Rome where he studied composition at the Santa Cecilia Academy. He had a wife (Evi), a son ( Paolo, also a composer), and a daughter ( Alida). Career He met Fellini in post-war Rome, and probably through him met Pietro Germi, for whom he composed his first major film score for ''Gioventù perduta'' ('' Lost Youth''), and with whom he was most associated. He composed music for many Germi films in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. In 1972 he was commissioned by Billy Wilder to compose the music for ''Avanti!''. Selected f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Rizzo
Giacomo Rizzo (born 17 January 1939) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1970. He starred in ''The Family Friend'', which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Il sindacalista'' (1972) * '' The Ribald Decameron'' (1972) * '' Little Funny Guy'' (1973) * ''Bawdy Tales'' (1973) * '' The Black Hand'' (1973) * ''1900'' (1976) * '' Sex Diary'' (1976) * ''La professoressa di scienze naturali'' (1976) * ''The Virgo, the Taurus and the Capricorn'' (1977) * ''Taxi Girl'' (1977) * '' Deadly Chase'' (1978) * ''A Policewoman on the Porno Squad'' (1979) * ''Zappatore'' (1980) * '' A Policewoman in New York'' (1981) * ''The Mafia Triangle'' (1981) * ''The Family Friend'' (2006) * '' Benvenuti al Sud'' (2010) * ''Benvenuti al Nord'' (2012) * ''Si accettano miracoli ''Si accettano miracoli'' is a 2015 Italian comedy film starring and directed by Alessandro Siani. The film was released on January 1, 2015 to generally positive re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Naples
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Carlo Rustichelli
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Pasquale Festa Campanile
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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1973 Films
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Vingelli
Nino Vingelli (4 June 1912 – 26 March 2003) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1941 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) - (uncredited) * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) - Il fruttivendolo * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Cliente nella taverna * ''Side Street Story'' (1950) - Giovanni * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) - Capo stazione napoletano * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) - Ciccillo * ''The Eternal Chain'' (1952) - Amedeo - Waiter (uncredited) * ''The City Stands Trial'' (1952) - Pasqualino 'o 17 * ''Immortal Melodies'' (1952) - Fiorello * ''Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) - Un guappo napoletano * '' Man, Beast and Virtue'' (1953) * ''Legione straniera'' (1953) - Pietro * ''La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Un detenuto * ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Venditore ambulante * ''Passione'' (1953) * ''Cristo è passato sull'aia'' (1953) * '' Daughters of Destiny'' (1954) - ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Reder
Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series. Biography Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolitan mother, Reder moved to Rome where started his career in radio as host and actor of radio-dramas. He also debuted on stage in " teatro dialettale" and vaudeville, then performed in the stage companies of Peppino De Filippo, Turi Ferro, Giorgio Albertazzi and Mario Scaccia. Reder made his film debut in the early 1950s, but became popular in the 1970s as the sidekick of Paolo Villaggio in some successful comedies, such as the ''Fantozzi'' and ''Fracchia'' series. He was an atheist. Selected filmography * ''47 morto che parla'' (1950) * ''Bellezze in bicicletta'' (1951) * ''Una bruna indiavolata!'' (1951) - Cameriere bar stazione * ''Stasera sciopero'' (1951) * '' Licenza premio'' (1951) - Sergente * '' Free Escape'' (1951) * ''Porca miser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
