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Le Schiave Di Cartagine
''The Sword and the cross'' () is a 1956 sword and sandal film directed by Guido Brignone starring Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio and Ana Luisa Peluffo. The film, a coproduction between Italy, Spain, and Mexico, was and shot in widescreen (Cinetotalscope) in Italian in Cinecittà, Rome. Set in Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, 120 CE, the plot follows two Christian sisters who are sold as slaves in a story of love, vengeance, religious persecution, and martyrdom. Plot Beautiful and proud, Julia Marcia, is the spoiled daughter of Julius Tiberius, the Roman Proconsul of the province of Cilicia in the city of Tarsus. Julia's ailing father wants to betroth her to Flavius Metellus, a member of the Senate who is in love with her. This would leave Julia's future settle and Flavius could succeed his future father in law as governor of the province. However, Julia is reluctant to comply with her father's wishes. She is in love, but unrequite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Brignone
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone. Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian Director to win the Venice Film Festival or Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, the oldest film festival in the world, with Best Italian Film, ''Teresa Confalonieri'' (1934). He died in Rome in 1959. Selected filmography * '' Odette'' (1916) * ''The Painting of Osvaldo Mars'' (1921) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''Maciste in Hell'' (1925)Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 288. . * ''Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * ''The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * '' Mary's Big Secret'' (1928) * ''Devotion'' (1929) * '' The Man Without Love'' (1929) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Rojo
Rubén Rojo Pinto (1922–1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor.Durgnat p.171 Selected filmography * ''Ahora seremos felices'' (1938) - Radio Station boy #2 (uncredited) * '' My Children'' (1944) - Eduardo * ''Imprudencia'' (1944) * ''Adán, Eva y el diablo'' (1945) * ''Escuadrón 201'' (1945) - Manuel Ceballos * ''Sol y sombra'' (1946) * ''El puente del castigo'' (1946) * '' Smoke in the Eyes'' (1946) - Juan Manuel * '' Soledad'' (1947) - Carlos * ''Cortesã'' (1948) * ''Algo flota sobre el agua'' (1948) - Lalo * ''Dueña y señora'' (1948) - Luis * ''El dolor de los hijos'' (1949) - Librado * ''Cuando baja la marea'' (1949) * ''La hija del penal'' (1949) - Ernesto del Villar * ''The Great Madcap'' (1949) - Pablo * ''Un cuerpo de mujer'' (1949) - Javier * ''La liga de las muchachas'' (1950) - Pablo * ''Un grito en la noche'' (1950) * ''Mujeres en mi vida'' (1950) - Javier Arias * ''Cabellera blanca'' (1950) - Roberto Palacios * ''Mala hembra'' (1950) * ''El sol sale para todos'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In The Roman Empire
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] |
Peplum Films
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Peplum originates in the Greek word for 'tunic' and may refer to one of the following: * Sword-and-sandal films, a genre of Greco-Roman era costume adventure films, mostly made in Italy, also known as "peplum". * ''Péplum'' (novel), a 1996 work by Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb. *Peplos, a kind of women's garment in ancient Greece. *An overskirt An overskirt is a type of women's short skirt which is draped over another garment, such as a skirt, breeches, or trousers. Although peplum is often used as another term for overskirt, it should not be confused with the ''peplos'' or "peplum dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinicio Sofia
Vinicio Sofia (13 November 1907 – 30 December 1982) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Corleone, Sofia began his career on screen in 1933 when he made his film debut in '' Black Shirt'' directed by Giovacchino Forzano. He appeared in over 66 films between 1933 and 1973 although he was mostly active as an actor during the 1940s and among his most popular filmography includes the 1953 comedy film ''Neapolitan Turk''. Throughout his career, he collaborated with other actors such as Alberto Sordi, Luigi Pavese, Erminio Macario and Totò. Sofia also maintained a successful career as a voice actor and dubber. He dubbed many actors which include James Whitmore, Andy Devine, Jack Carson, Slim Pickens, William Conrad and Eddie Cantor. In his animated film roles. He provided the Italian voices of characters in Disney films. These include Br'er Bear in ''Song of the South'', Horace in ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' and Carpenter and Tweedledum in ''Alice in ... [...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] |
Ugo Sasso
Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He made his film debut in 1934, in Alessandro Blasetti's '' The Old Guard'', and until his retirement in 1973 he appeared in over 100 films, sometimes in main roles. He was mainly active in the adventure, historical and peplum film genres. Also active on television, he was sometimes credited as Hugo Arden.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, pp. 99–100. . Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) * ''Joe the Red'' (1936) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) * ''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * ''La Fornarina'' (1944) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Navarrini
Renato Navarrini (1892–1972) was an Italian stage and film actor.Verdone p.101 He was married to the actress Fanny Marchiò. Partial filmography * ''La tavola dei poveri'' (1932) * ''Un cattivo soggetto'' (1933) * ''Lohengrin'' (1936) - Il direttore dell'hotel * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) - Agostino di Sale * ''Tutta la vita in una notte'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''Veneno do Pecado'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''Fuochi d'artificio'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''Fanfulla da Lodi'' (1940) * ''Giuliano de' Medici'' (1941) - Il poliziano * ''Il signore a doppio petto'' (1941) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * ''The Pirates of Malaysia'' (1941) * ''L'ultimo addio'' (1942) * '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942) - Il capitono Ivanov (uncredited) * ''La bella addormentata'' (1942) * ''Il fanciullo del West'' (1942) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) - L'avvocato dell' accusa * ''The Woman of Sin'' (1942) * ''Mater dolorosa'' (1943) * ''Tempesta sul golfo'' (1943) - Ceremoniere di cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lombardi (actor)
Carlo Lombardi (2 January 1900 – 21 March 1984) was an Italian stage and film actor. Later in his career he often worked in television. He appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era, including a leading role in the historical epic ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937).Elley p.196 Selected filmography * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Giallo'' (1933) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''Scipio Africanus'' (1937) * '' The Last Enemy'' (1938) * '' Star of the Sea'' (1938) * '' A Wife in Danger'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * '' The First Woman Who Passes'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * ''L'attore scomparso'' (1941) * ''The Secret Lover'' (1941) * ''Headlights in the Fog'' (1942) * '' Torrents of Spring'' (1942) * ''Lively Teresa'' (1943) * ''The Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Giorda
Marcello Giorda (1890–1960) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.396 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * ''The Last Days of Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Two Misanthropists'' (1937) * '' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) * ''Don Pasquale'' (1940) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * '' The White Angel'' (1943) * ''Hotel Luna, Room 34'' (1946) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) * '' Ha da venì... don Calogero!'' (1952) * '' Processo contro ignoti'' (1952) * '' A Parisian in Rome'' (1954) * ''The King's Prisoner'' (1954) * ''Escape to the Dolomites'' (1955) * '' Il marito'' (1957) * ''The Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nietta Zocchi
Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concerto * ''Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) - Nurse * '' The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1937) * ''Adam's Tree'' (1938) - Infermiera Ersilia * ''Il suo destino'' (1938) - Una reclusa * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) - La cameriera della primattrice * '' Heartbeat'' (1939) - Un' altra ragazza disoccupata * '' The Widow'' (1939) - Un'invitata alla festa * ''Department Store'' (1939) - La commessa racchia (uncredited) * ''Mamma'' (1941) - La cameriera dell'albergo a Venezia * ''Orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) - Blandina * ''Il re del circo'' (1941) - La signora Speranza * ''Villa da vendere'' (1941) - Gabriella * '' A Woman Has Fallen'' (1941) - Una cliente della casa di mode * ''La scuo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
