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Lia Zoppelli
Lia Zoppelli (16 November 1920 – 2 January 1988) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Zoppelli made her stage debut in 1939, shortly after her high school graduation, with the company Maltagliati- Cimara- Ninchi. Mainly active on stage, in the subsequent seasons she worked with Ruggero Ruggeri (1940–41) and Memo Benassi (1942–43), then, after the war, she notably worked with Luchino Visconti and with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro. In cinema, Zoppelli became a popular character actress starting from the late 1950s, usually in comedic roles; she was also active on television, where she gained a large popularity thanks to her appearances with Enrico Viarisio in ''Carosello''. Partial filmography * ''Il sogno di tutti'' (1940) - La fanciulla sedotta * ''Processo delle zitelle'' (1945) - Sara * ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' (1959) - Letizia * ''La cambiale'' (1959) - La moglie di Alfredo * ''Cerasella'' (1959) * ''Genitori in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Hesitates Is Lost
Who or WHO may refer to: * Who (pronoun), an interrogative or relative pronoun * Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism * World Health Organization Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Who, a creature in the Dr. Seuss book ''Horton Hears a Who!'' * Who, a creature in the Dr. Seuss book ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' * Who, a first baseman in the Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First?" Film * ''Who'' (film), a 2018 Indian film * ''Who?'' (film), a 1974 English film adaptation of Algis Budrys' novel (see below), directed by Jack Gold Music * The Who, an English rock band Albums * ''Who'' (album), by The Who, 2019 * ''Who?'' (album), by Tony! Toni! Toné!, 1988 Songs * "Who?" (song), written by Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1925 * "Who", by David Byrne and St. Vincent from ''Love This Giant'', 2012 * "Who", by Diana Ross from ''Silk Electric'', 1982 * "Who", by Disturbed from '' Immortalized'', 2015 * "Who", by Lauv from ''How I'm F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Traffic Policeman
''The Traffic Policeman'' ( it, Il vigile) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi in the lead role. A representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre, it tells the story of a traffic policeman and the injustice he endures for daring to enforce the law at the expense of people in power. Plot Otello Celletti is a war veteran from a small town in Latium. He has been unemployed since the end of the war and lives with his father, wife Amalia and their son, at the expense of his brother-in-law. When he is offered a menial job in the town's markets, Otello refuses in disdain. After fiercely insisting with the town's Mayor and by leveraging his veteran status, Otello eventually obtains a position with the local traffic police. Though he performs his duties poorly, Otello still abuses his authority to exact petty revenge upon those who had been teasing him while he was jobless. One day, Otello finds himself offering roadside assistance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Casa Stregata
''La casa stregata'' () is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Renato Pozzetto and Gloria Guida. Plot In a mythical "Arabian Nights" prologue two crossed lovers are struck by a curse cast unto them by a powerful witch (Lia Zoppelli) who had betrothed her own daughter, Candida, (Gloria Guida) to the evil tyrant Ali Amman, while the girl was passionately in love with "Giorgiafat" (Renato Pozzetto); the witch turns the two lovers into salt statues forcing their disembodied souls to wander for a thousand years before re-incarnating and meeting again. If they would be able to prolong Candida's virginity until the thousandth anniversary of the curse expires, they will be able to live happily, if not the curse would renew itself. A thousand years later Giorgio is a young Italian bank clerk who has to move from Milan to Rome for work reasons, promising his girlfriend Candida to find a suitable abode for them and her own mother (again, Lia Zoppelli). After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Tacchia
''Il conte Tacchia'', internationally released as ''Count Tacchia'', is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The main character of the film is inspired by the real count Tacchia, Adriano Bennicelli.Claudio Rendina. ''Storia insolita di Roma''. Newton & Compton, 2001. . Plot In 1910 in Rome, the poor carpenter Francesco, by a twist of fate, is recognized as a member of a noble family in the process of decay. Francesco knows the cynical and ruthless Prince Torquato Terenzi, disappointed by life and progress, and also falls in love with the beautiful Duchess Elisa. When Prince Terenzi dies, Francesco realizes that he is not enriched by the inheritance, because the noble family is broke; so he enlists himself for the Italo-Turkish War in Libya, but quickly returns to Italy, disgusted by the atrocities of the fighting. Cast *Enrico Montesano: Francesco Puricelli / Count Tacchia *Vittorio Gassman: Prince Torquato Terenzi *Zoé Chauveau: Fernanda Toccacieli *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are All In Temporary Liberty
''We Are All in Temporary Liberty'' ( it, Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria) is a 1971 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Manlio Scarpelli. Cast * Riccardo Cucciolla as Mario De Rossi * Philippe Noiret as Judge Francesco Langellone * Macha Méril as Gisella * Bruno Cirino as Panzacchi * Lionel Stander as Lawyer Bartoli * Vittorio De Sica as Giuseppe Mancini * Marilù Tolo as Emilia * Ivo Garrani as The Chief Prosecutor * Claudio Gora as The Director * Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Widow Virgizio * Mario Pisu as Deputy Virgizio * Vittorio Sanipoli as Quaestor * Lia Zoppelli as The Owner of the Atelier * Umberto Raho as Di Meo * Vinicio Sofia as The Neofascist * Riccardo Garrone as The Deputy from Lampedusa * Jürgen Drews as Jacques * Renate Schmidt Schmidt in 2014 Renate Schmidt (' Pokorny; born 12 December 1943 in Hanau) is a German Social Democratic politician. Early life Schmidt grew up in Coburg, Fürth, and Nuremberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyone Can Play
''Anyone Can Play'' ( it, Le dolci signore) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring two Bond girls Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger. Cast * Ursula Andress as Norma * Virna Lisi as Luisa * Claudine Auger as Esmerelda * Marisa Mell as Paola * Brett Halsey as Norma's husband * Jean-Pierre Cassel as Luisa's husband * Frank Wolff as Paola's husband * Marco Guglielmi as Esmerelda's husband * Mario Adorf as Traffic cop * Vittorio Caprioli as Thief * Franco Fabrizi as Luisa's lover * Luciano Salce as Psychiatrist * Lando Buzzanca * Stash De Rola as second mistress of Luisa * Margherita Guzzinati Margherita Guzzinati (18 May 1940 – 31 October 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actress and television presenter. Life and career Born in Rome, Guzzinati made her professional debut at young age, in the play ''Questa sera si r ... as Countess Matilde * Arthur Hansel as Playboy * Pietro Morfea as blackmailer * Fred Williams as Esmeralda love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldati E Capelloni
''Soldati e capelloni'' is a 1967 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, written by Augusto Caminito and Giovanni Grimaldi, produced by Franco Cittadini and Stenio Fiorentini and starred by Franco Lantieri, Brizio Montinari, Peppino de Filippo, Lia Zoppelli, Valeria Fabrizi, Patrizia Valturri, Valentino Macchi and Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comed .... Cast References External links * {{IMDb title, 158970 1967 films Italian comedy films Musicarelli 1960s black comedy films Films directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Films with screenplays by Giovanni Grimaldi Films scored by Gianfranco Reverberi 1967 comedy films 1967 drama films 1960s Italian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson And His Mighty Challenge
''Samson and His Mighty Challenge'' is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film, released in 1965 at the very tail end of the peplum craze. Its original title was ''Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili'' (''Hercules, Samson, Maciste, and Ursus: the Invincibles''). It is also known as ''Samson and the Mighty Challenge'', ''Combate dei Gigantes'' (''Battle of the Giants''), ''Triumph of the Giants'' or ''Le Grand Defi'' (''The Great Battle''). Synopsis Hercules argues with his father Zeus who thinks that his son should follow the road of virtue. Instead, Hercules follows the road of pleasure which leads him to the city of Lydia. There he falls in love with the princess Omphale and he asks from her mother Nemea permission to marry her. Although Nemea is thrilled with the idea of having a demigod as a husband for her daughter, Omphale doesn't even want to hear about it because she is in love with Inor the barbarian prince. So the couple crafts a cunning plan. They hide the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And Cleopatra
''Toto and Cleopatra'' ( it, Totò e Cleopatra) is a 1963 Italian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Fernando Cerchio. Plot Mark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces Mark Antony in the most delicate moments. The continuous alternation of the two brothers generates havoc, with Cleopatra increasingly confused about the contradictory behavior of the man. Cast *Totò as Totonno / Mark Antony * Magali Noël as Cleopatra * Franco Sportelli as Ahenobarbus * Carlo Delle Piane as Caesarion * Moira Orfei as Octavia * Lia Zoppelli as Fulvia * Gianni Agus as Senator Gaius Octavius * Toni Ucci as Senator Publio Nasone * Mario Castellani as Real Surgeon * Pietro Carloni as Lepidus * Nadine Sanders as Ancella di Cleopatra * Ignazio Leone as Apollodoro * Adriana Facchetti as Publia * Franco Ressel as the Sicilian * Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shortest Day
''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both European and American cinema, agreed to appear in the movie in cameo roles for free to avert the bankruptcy of the production company, Titanus. Plot Two Sicilians, Franco and Ciccio, are taken from a small town in Sicily and shipped out with a unit in the Italian army which has to fight the Austrian troops in World War I. Upon war's end, Franco and Ciccio, more clumsy than ever, return to Italy but find themselves out of work. Cast *Gino Cervi *Totò *Annie Girardot *Ugo Tognazzi *Eduardo De Filippo *Peppino De Filippo *Aldo Fabrizi *Gabriele Ferzetti * Philippe Leroy *Amedeo Nazzari *Tomas Milian *Romolo Valli *Renato Salvatori *Paolo Stoppa *Walter Chiari *Franca Valeri *Anouk Aimée *Franco Citti *Sylva Koscina *Virna Lisi *Carlo Pisaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Monaca Di Monza (1962 Film)
''La monaca di Monza'' is a 1962 Italian film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars Gabriele Ferzetti, Giovanna Ralli and Mario Feliciani. The film is about a young nobleman who seduces a nun, leading to the death of the man and the internment of the woman. The film is a drama but is laced with satire. Cast *Giovanna Ralli as The Nun of Monza, Virginia de Leyva *Gabriele Ferzetti as Gian Paolo Osio *Mario Feliciani Mario Feliciani (12 March 1918 – 11 August 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan, after completing his classical education Feliciani attended the Accademia dei filodrammatici obtaining the diploma. He ... as Don Martino de Leyva *Lilla Brignone as Donna Marianna *Gino Cervi as Federico Borromeo, Cardinale Borromeo *Emma Gramatica as Badessa Anziana *Evi Maltagliati as Badessa Inbeserco *Elisa Cegani as La Monaca Portinaia *Corrado Pani as Molteno *Giulia Rubini as Benedetta *Rosy Mazzacurati as Ottavia *Fosco Giachetti as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corsican Brothers (1961 Film)
''The Corsican Brothers'' ( it, I fratelli Corsi) is a 1961 French-Italian historical action film directed by Anton Giulio Majano and starring Geoffrey Horne, Valérie Lagrange and Gérard Barray. It is also known as ''Lions of Corsica''. The film is an adaptation of the 1844 story ''The Corsican Brothers'' by Alexandre Dumas. The film was shot in Eastmancolor. Synopsis The Franchi twins, when baptized, were separated when their family was murdered by his enemies, the Sagona. While one brother went into the maquis for revenge, the other, unaware of the family drama, became a doctor and struck up a friendship with a descendant of the Sagona. But blood ties and their love for the same woman will bring them together... Cast * Geoffrey Horne as Paolo Franchi / Leone Franchi * Valérie Lagrange as Edith * Gérard Barray as Giovanni Sagona * Mario Feliciani as Dr. Dupont * Emma Danieli as Gabrielle De Roux * Jean Servais as Gerolamo Sagona * Amedeo Nazzari as Orlandi * Nerio Bernardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |