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Le Inchieste Del Commissario Maigret
''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'' (i.e. "The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret") is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the French police ''commissaire'' Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, directed by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI. Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last '' season '' (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers. Episodes (with dates of first broadcast on Rai Uno) Series 1 # ''Un'ombra su Maigret'', Novel, (broadcast in three episodes, December 27, 1964, and 1–3 January 1965) # ''L'affare Picpus'', Novel, (10, 15 and 17 January 1965) # ''Un Natale di Maigret'', Novel, (10 January 1965) # ''Una vita in gioco'' (A Battle of Nerves), Novel (7, 12 and 14 February 1965) Series 2 # ''Non si uccidono i poveri diavoli'', Novel (20–27 February 1965) # ''L'ombra cinese'', Novel (le 6, 13, 20 et 27 March 1966) # ''La vecc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Landi
Mario Landi (12 October 1920 – 18 March 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as ''Giallo a Venezia'' and his television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret''. Life and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Landi attended the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, graduating in direction in 1944. He began his career in theater, working with the best actors of his time, in particular being one of the most active protagonists of the "Diogene" cultural circle in Milan, a reference point for the Italian theater in the 1950s. He made his debut as a film director in 1950, with the musical film '' Canzoni per le strade'', but soon his interests shifted to the new medium of his era, the television; he is regarded as a pioneer of Italian television, for which he worked since 1952, when RAI started experimental broadcasting before starting the regular TV service.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissaire Maigret
Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret. Between 1931 and 1972, 75 novels and 28 short stories about Maigret were published, starting with ''Pietr-le-Letton'' ("Peter the Lett") and concluding with ''Maigret et Monsieur Charles'' ("Maigret and Monsieur Charles"). The Maigret stories have also received numerous film, television and radio adaptations. Penguin Books published new translations of 75 books in the series over as many months; the project was begun in November 2013 by translators David Bellos, Anthea Bell, and Ros Schwartz. Character Creation The character of Maigret was invented by Simenon while drinking in a cafe and imagining a Parisian policeman: "a large powerfully built gent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldo Foà
Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an atheist in his adult life. Foà completed high school in Florence, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to Rome, where he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1947 at the Lodge " Alpi Giulie" n.150 (in Rome), taking later the highest degree. Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday. Theatre 1930s * ''La serenata al vento'' by Carlo Veneziani, directed by Alberto Bracaloni, 1935 * ''La dodicesima notte'' by William Shakespeare, directed by Pietro Sharoff, 1938 * ''L’Alcalde di Zalamea'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Merlini
Marisa Merlini (6 August 1923 – 27 July 2008) was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005. In Luigi Comencini's 1953 film ''Pane, amore e fantasia'', she portrayed Annarella, a village midwife, who marries the local police marshal, played by Vittorio De Sica. Biography A native of Rome, where she was born on 6 August 1923, Merlini was well known for playing the ''romana verace'', or "born-and-bred Roman" characters. Merlini also appeared in several high-profile comedic films alongside Italian actor, Totò, as well as the 1960 film '' Il vigile'' with actor Alberto Sordi. Additionally, Merlini appeared in a number of films opposite her real life friend, Italian actress Anna Magnani. Merlini's awards included the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon), a film critics' award in 1957 for portraying a tourist in the 1956 Antonio Racioppi directed film, '' Tempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gian Maria Volonté
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor, including roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's '' For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's '' A Bullet for the General'' (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's '' Face to Face'' (1967). In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri – ''We Still Kill the Old Way'' (1967), ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970), ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (1971) and '' Todo modo'' (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970), Giuliano Montaldo's '' Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971) and Francesco Rosi's '' Christ Stopped at Ebol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, Tinto Brass, Charles Vidor, René Clément and Federico Fellini. Trieste died of a heart attack. Filmography as actor *'' Preludio d'amore'' (1947) as Paolo *''The White Sheik'' (1952) as Ivan Cavalli *''The Counterfeiters'' (1953) as Brigadiere Caputo *''I vitelloni'' (1953) as Leopoldo Vannucci *''A Day in Court'' (1954) as Leopoldo *'' Dov'è la libertà?'' (1954) as Abramo Piperno *''Un americano a Roma'' (1954) as Spettatore alla TV *''Via Padova 46'' (1954) as The Man with a Cigarette *''Il segno di Venere'' (1955) as Pittore *'' Buonanotte... avvocato!'' (1955) as Neighbor (uncredited) *''Il padrone sono me'' (1955) as Il filosofo *''Destinazione Piovarolo'' (1955) as L'ispettore delle ferrovie *''Il coraggio'' (1955) as Rag. Ria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Tofano
Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgilio Talli's company (1913–23). He soon specialized as a comic actor, giving his role a new elegance and complexity. He worked with other famous actors and directors: Dario Niccodemi (1924–27); Luigi Almirante and Giuditta Rissone (1927–30), Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Evi Maltagliati, Gino Cervi etc. During those years, he made his famous performances as Doctor Knock in Jules Romains' play, and as Professor Toti in Luigi Pirandello's ''Pensaci, Giacomino!''. He also led important theatrical firms. After the Second World War, he worked with the most important directors, like Luchino Visconti and Giorgio Strehler. In 1917 Tofano invented, for a children's magazine, ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli'', a famous character, Signo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rino Genovese
Rino Genovese (1905–1967) was an Italian film actor.Pruzzo & Lancia p.129 Selected filmography * '' Naples of Former Days'' (1938) * '' Malaspina'' (1947) * '' Madunnella'' (1948) * ''The City Stands Trial'' (1952) * ''Perdonami!'' (1953) * ''Altair Altair is the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila and the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Aquilae, which is Latinised from α Aquilae and abbreviated Alpha Aql ...'' (1956) References Bibliography * Piero Pruzzo & Enrico Lancia. ''Amedeo Nazzari''. Gremese Editore, 1983. External links * 1905 births 1967 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Toniolo
Edoardo Toniolo (22 November 1907 - 31 December 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Turin, the son of the stage actors Antonio and Rosa Rosaz, at young age Toniolo debuted on stage in supporting roles. He later worked on radio, and in the mid-1930s he started appearing in films, usually in character roles. After the Second World War, and following his role as leading actor in Ferruccio Cerio's ''Posto di blocco'', Toniolo also started working as a dubber, and since 1954 he was also pretty active in television dramas. He was sometimes credited as Edward Douglas. Selected filmography * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Abandon All Hope'' (1937) * ''In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' Rossini'' (1942) * ''Angelo tra la folla'' (1950) * ''La figlia del diavolo'' (1952) * '' The Legend of the Piave'' (1952) * ''Rivalry'' (1953) * ''Captain Phantom'' (1953) * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) * ''Symphony of Love'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Volpi (actor)
Franco Volpi (11 July 1921 – 1 January 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, Volpi formed at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and debuted on stage in 1938, aged 17, in the company held by Renzo Ricci and Laura Adani. He often worked with Ernesto Calindri, on stage, on television and in a popular series of commercials. He is regarded as one of the early stars of Italian television miniseries (the so-called "sceneggiati"). Volpi died of a tumour in Rome, on 1 January 1977, at the age of 75. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volpi, Franco 1921 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors Male actors from Milan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Lionello
Oreste Lionello (18 April 1927 – 19 February 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Lionello was born in Rhodes (which was then a possession of Italy), to Calabrian parents, and grew up in Reggio Calabria. He began his career as a theatre actor, and was considered amongst the founders of Italian cabaret. In 1953 he entered the Musical Theatrical Company of RAI (Italian state TV) and the following year he debuted in television with ''Marziano Filippo'', a boys' show. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of the Bagaglino comic theatre and TV company and he had found success as an entertainer on Italian TV in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, Lionello acted in over 56 feature films and several television shows. He appeared in five episodes of ''Le avventure di Laura Storm'' and he made his debut film appearance in ''The Cheerful Squadron''. As a voice actor, Lionello was the official Italian voice of Woody Allen. Other actors he dubbed included Charlie Chaplin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Musy
Giovanni Musy (August 3, 1931 – October 7, 2011) was an Italian actor and dubbing artist. Biography Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started his career as a child actor at eleven years old. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in his hometown. Starting from the late 1950s, Musy began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of villain. Musy became best known through his television work, notably the RAI TV-series '' Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'', '' E le stelle stanno a guardare'', ''Dov'è Anna''. Musy was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber. He was the primary Italian voice of Dumbledore from the '' Harry Potter'' film franchise as well as Gandalf from ''The Lord of the Rings''. He sometimes dubbed actors such as Richard Harris, Marlon Brando, Christopher Plummer, Sean Connery, George Peppard, James Coburn and more. Personal life Musy was the father of voice actress Stella Musy. He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
