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Liana Orfei
Liana Orfei (born 6 June 1937) is an Italian actress and circus artist. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1971. Life and career Born in San Giovanni in Persiceto, Bologna, daughter and niece of famous circus artists, since her childhood Orfei started her engagement in activities typical of the sector such as being a clown, a horsewoman and even a tamer of wild beasts. Her film career began in the late 1950s, when she played some secondary roles in several films of adventure and peplum genre and in some comedies. In a short time she landed more significant productions and roles, working with directors such as Ettore Scola, Mario Monicelli, Antonio Pietrangeli, Dino Risi. She retired from acting after playing a role inspired on herself in Federico Fellini's ''I clowns'' (1970). She was also active on stage and in television. She is the cousin of the actress Moira Orfei. Selected filmography * ''Tipi da spiaggia'' (1959) * ''Attack of the Moors'' (1959) * ''Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Nostri Mariti
''I nostri mariti'' is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi and Luigi Zampa. Cast * Alberto Sordi - Giovanni Lo Verso (segment "Il marito di Roberta") * Ugo Tognazzi - Carabiniere (segment "Il Marito di Attilia ovvero nei Secoli Fedeli") * Jean-Claude Brialy - Ottavio (segment "Il Marito di Olga") * Michèle Mercier - Olga (segment "Il Marito di Olga") * Akim Tamiroff - Cesare (segment "Il Marito di Olga") * Lando Buzzanca - Ragionier Malanzin (segment "Il Marito di Olga") * Nicoletta Machiavelli - Roberta (segment "Il marito di Roberta") * Liana Orfei - Attilia (segment "Il Marito di Attilia ovvero nei Secoli Fedeli") * Elena Nicolai - Giovanni's mother-in-law (segment "Il marito di Roberta") * Claudio Gora - The Doctor (segment "Il marito di Roberta") References External links * 1966 films 1966 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Italian anthology films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Luig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dolce Vita
''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life"Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi) by Federico Fellini. The film stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a tabloid journalist who, over seven days and nights, journeys through the "sweet life" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. The screenplay, written by Fellini and three other screenwriters, can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue, according to the most common interpretation.Cf. Bondanella 1994, p. 143 and Kezich, p. 203 Released in Italy on 5 February 1960, ''La Dolce Vita'' was both a critical success and worldwide commercial hit, despite censorship in some regions. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Costumes. It was nominated for three more Oscars, including Best Director for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds Are A Man's Best Friend
''Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend'' ( it, Ray Master l'inafferrabile) is a 1966 Italian thriller-heist film written and directed by Vittorio Sala and starring Félix Marten, Liana Orfei and Gastone Moschin.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . Plot An adventurer steals a valuable diamond known as "Mountain of Light" from the museum. A band of gangsters gets on his trail to take his loot. Cast * Félix Marten as Ray Master * Liana Orfei as Françoise * Gastone Moschin as Pete O'Connor * Alan Collins as Max * Seyna Seyn as Princess Ratana * Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ... References External links * 1966 films 1960s crime thriller films 1960s heist films Italian crime thriller films Italian heist films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanova 70
''Casanova 70'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Michèle Mercier. Plot NATO officer Andrea Rossi-Colombotti is a ladies' man with an unusual libido: he can only seduce women in situations in which his life is in danger. He breaks into a Corsican girlfriend's house, and the girl, armed and voluptuous, believes Andrea to be a criminal and nearly shoots him before being seduced, but she later ends their relationship. Later, while spending an afternoon with an Asian air stewardess, Andrea tries to achieve arousal by concocting a story about a dying relative, but the stewardess learns the sham and the liaison ends disastrously. Frustrated with his condition, Andrea visits a psychiatrist. He discloses that his problem began in adulthood, but that he has flirted with woman and suffered from the consequences throughout his life. The psychiatrist recommends that Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules, Samson And Ulysses
''Hercules, Samson and Ulysses'', ( it, Ercole sfida Sansone) is a 1963 Italian Metrocolor ''peplum'' film directed by Pietro Francisci. The costume designers for this movie used re-purposed Nazi helmets for the Philistine headgear. Plot In Ithaca, off the coast of Greece, Hercules is living a happy family life with his wife Iole and his little son at the court of Laertes, father of Ulysses. Ulysses is a youth who demonstrates athletic ability, though not Hercules' super-strength, and is already in love with a girl named Penelope. A delegation of fishermen comes to ask King Laertes to do something about a sea monster that is killing some of them. Hercules volunteers to slay the monster, Laertes provides him with a ship and crew, and Ulysses goes along with them, taking a cageful of homing pigeons at his parents' insistence, though he says they'll be back in a day and a half. They find the sea monster and Hercules spears it, but a huge storm comes up and they must fight to surviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel Of Fire
''Duel of Fire'' (Italian: ''Duello nella Sila'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It starred Fernando Lamas and Liana Orfei. It was picked up for distribution in the US by AIP. at Berkeley Cast * : Antonio Franco * Liana Orfei: Maruzza * : Rocco Gravina * : Miss Parker * |
The Avenger (1962 Film)
''The Avenger'' ( it, La leggenda di Enea, lit=The Legend of Aeneas) is a 1962 film directed by Giorgio Venturini. Plot summary Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan War to new land in Italy. Based on Virgil's ''The Aeneid''. Cast * Steve Reeves as Enea (Aeneas) * Carla Marlier as Lavinia, Latino's Daughter * Liana Orfei as Camilla, Queen of the Volsci * Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Eurialo (Euryalus) * Gianni Garko as Turno (Turnus), King of the Rusalie (Rutuli) * Mario Ferrari as King Latino (Latinus) * Lulla Selli as Queen Amata, Latino's Wife * Maurice Poli as Mesenzio (Mezentius), Turno's Henchman * Luciano Benetti as Sergesto (Sergestus) * Pietro Capanna as Bisia * Enzo Fiermonte as Acate (Achates) * Charles Band as Ascanio (Ascanius) * Benito Stefanelli as Niso ( Nisus) * Nerio Bernardi as Drance * Adriano Vitale as Dancer * Walter Zappolini as Dancer * Robert Bettoni as Pallante (Pallas) Release ''The Avenger'' was released in Italy on 28 November 1962 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon And Pythias (1962 Film)
''Il tiranno di Siracusa'' (English Release Title: ''Damon and Pythias'') is a 1962 Italian/American film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The film is based on the Greek legend of Damon and Pythias, and set during the reign of Dionysius I of Syracuse (432-367 BC). Plot summary In Ancient Greece, Protheus, the leader of the Pythagorian society in Athens, dies. Fellow Pythagorian Pythias is ordered to go to Syracuse and convince the philosopher Arcanos to return with him and take Protheus' place. Arcanos, however, has fled into hiding because of the tyrannical king Dionysius the Elder, and his captain of the guard Cariso. These two ruthlessly hunt down and destroy anyone involved in this "dangerous" philosophy, as the Pythagorians call all men brothers/equal and embrace pacifism over war and conquest. Fearing that his pregnant wife Nerissa will be too upset if he tells her himself, Pythias leaves his brother-in-law Demetrius to tell her of his dangerous mission. Nerissa interpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tartars
''The Tartars''/''I Tartari'' is a 1961 Italian-Yugoslavian epic historical Technicolor film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Victor Mature and Orson Welles. It is one of the sword-and-sandal genre films made in Italy in the 1950s and early 1960s. Plot In what is now Russia, a settlement of Vikings lives in peace with both the Tatars and the Slavs. All is well until Togrul (Folco Lulli), a Tatar chief seeks the help of Oleg (Victor Mature), the chief of the Vikings, to war on the Slavs in a surprise attack. Oleg refuses and the group does battle ending with Oleg killing Togrul and abducting Togrul's daughter Samia ( Bella Cortez) as a hostage. Togrul's brother Burundai (Orson Welles) is furious and wishes the Viking settlement burnt to the ground. "I am your Khan", he says to his troops. His high priest, Ciu Lang (Arnoldo Foà), reminds Burundai that Samia is promised to the leader of the Tatars as his wife; her safety and return has a higher priority than Burundai's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules In The Valley Of Woe
''Hercules in the Vale of Woe'' ( it, Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ ''Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe''), a.k.a. ''Hercules in the Valley of Woe'', is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s. Plot In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira. Cast * Kirk Morris as Maciste * Frank Gordon as Hercules * Franco Franchi as Francheo * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingrassia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage Of The Buccaneers
''Rage of the Buccaneers'' ( it, Gordon, il pirata nero), also known as ''Pirate Warrior'', is a 1961 Italian epic adventure film directed by Mario Costa and starring Ricardo Montalbán and Vincent Price. Plot Cast *Ricardo Montalbán as Captain Gordon *Vincent Price as Romero *Giulia Rubini as Manuela * Liana Orfei as Luanal *Mario Feliciani as Governor *Giustino Durano as Juan * Gisella Sofio as Rosita *José Jaspe as Captain Tortuga *Edoardo Toniolo as Felipe Cortez * Gino Marturano as Tarto * Andrea Fantasia as Bonifacio *Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and Death Septemb ... as Official References External links * 1960s historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films Italian swashbuckler films 1960s Italian-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
