Luigi Tosi
Luigi Tosi ( Verona 15 July 1915 – Roma 12 March 1989) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1944 to 1965. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1989 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the second largest in northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of and has a population of 714,310 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy because of its artistic heritage and several annual fairs and shows as well as the Opera, opera season in the Verona Arena, Arena, an ancient Ancient Rome, Roman Amphitheatre, amphitheater. Between the 13th and 14th century the city was ruled by the Scaliger, della Scala Family. Under the rule of the family, in particular of Cangrande I della Scala, the city experienced great prosperity, becoming rich and powerful and being surrounded by new walls. The Della Scala era is survived in numerous monuments around Verona. Two of William Shakespeare's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Treasure Of Bengal
''The Treasure of Bengal'' ( it, Il tesoro del Bengala, french: Le trésor du Bengale) is a 1953 Italian-French adventure film directed by Gianni Vernuccio and starring Sabu.Lorenzo Ventavoli. ''Pochi, maledetti e subito''. Museo Nazionale del Cinema, 1992. It is based on a novel by Emilio Salgari. Plot Cast * Sabu as Ainur * Luisella Boni as Karma * Luigi Tosi as Don Fernando * Georges Poujouly as Tomby * Carla Calò as Surama * Anand Kumar as Uzake * Manuel Serrano as Burka * Pamela Palma as The Dancer * Nino Marchetti Nino or Niño may refer to: * Nino (name) * Niño (name) *Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino" *El Niño, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean *NINO, an abbreviation for National Insurance number in t ... References External links * Italian historical adventure films French historical adventure films 1953 adventure films Films based on works by Emilio Salgari Films directed by Gianni Ve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Goddess Of Love
''The Goddess of Love'' ( it, La Venere di Cheronea, french: Aphrodite, déesse de l'amour), also known as ''Aphrodite, Goddess of Love'', is a 1957 Italian-French epic adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and Viktor Tourjansky, and starring Belinda Lee, Massimo Girotti, and Jacques Sernas. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and is about the sculptor Praxiteles. Plot Athens and her allies are at war with king Philip II of Macedonia. Luciano, captain of the Macedonian Army, gets wounded in action and is rescued by Iride, a model of extraordinary beauty who poses for the sculptor Prassitele. Iride takes Luciano to the sculptor's home where he falls in love with her. Until that point, Prassitele had only considered Iride a model who he used for inspiration to create the statue of Aphrodite, but now he too feels passionately about the young woman. Iride decides to run away with Luciano and to try to return to the Athenian camp. Prassitele then decides to take ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miracles Of Thursday
Los jueves, milagro ( "On Thursday, miracle") is a 1957 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The movie is about people in a small village of Spain who decide to fake a miracle in order to increase tourism but things don't go as planned. Most shots of the film were made in Alhama de Aragón, Zaragoza. Plot A small Spanish town decides to follow the example of Fátima, Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Châ ... and other places that have progressed thanks to religious apparitions, and its "living forces" decide to invent a miracle to promote their spa. For this, five local characters (the mayor, the teacher, the doctor, the landowner and the owner of the spa) decide to make the town believe in the appearance of a saint, in order to revitalize th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Knight Of The Black Sword
''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (Italian: ''Il cavaliere dalla spada '') is a 1956 Italian historical adventure film directed by and Luigi Capuano and starring Marina Berti, Steve Barclay and Otello Toso.Chiti & Poppi p.89 The film's sets were designed by Alfredo Montori Alfredo Montori (1893-1969) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films.Smith p.116 Selected filmography * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * ''A Lad .... Cast References Bibliography * Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * 1956 films 1950s historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Ladislao Kish Films directed by Luigi Capuano 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Altair (film)
''Altair'' is a 1956 Italian melodrama film directed by Leonardo De Mitri and starring Franco Interlenghi, Antonella Lualdi and Jacques Sernas. Plot Naples. In the military academy of the Nisida Air Force a new course begins which sees among the new recruits called "chicks": Giorgio, forced by his father after he squandered millions at the gaming table; De Montel son of a general, Mario who wants to follow in the footsteps of his father who died in combat; Antonio who declares himself Neapolitan while coming from the province and Ugo who comes from the north. Giorgio suffers from the rigid military life from which he always tries to escape while the others are interested in his career. During a leave of absence, De Montel meets Luisa, Giorgio's sister who has returned to the game table in plain clothes. The captain puts him under arrest and he convinces the comrade that it was Mario who was the spy and that he must be isolated. Giorgio meets Elena, a hostess several times, than ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don Camillo's Last Round
''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was the third of five films featuring Fernandel as the Italian priest Don Camillo and his struggles with Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi, the Communist mayor of their rural town. The film had 5,087,231 admissions in France. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Boretto and Brescello in Emilia-Romagna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Plot In the small town of Brescello, skirmishes are continuing between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone Bottazzi. After staging a theft of Don Camillo's prized chickens in retribution for a political prank pulled by the priest, Peppone decides to enter the big time of politics by standing for national senator. Peppone has been a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amici Per La Pelle
''Friends for Life'' ( it, Amici per la pelle also known as ''Amis pour la vie'' in France) is a 1955 Italian and French comedy-drama film directed by Franco Rossi. It was nominated for "Best Film" at the 10th British Academy Film Awards. Plot Rome. Mario is a self-confident fourteen-year-old boy who is in eighth grade. One day a new pupil arrives in class, Franco, who is placed by the teacher in Mario's desk. Mario is initially hostile towards the newcomer, who immediately proves to be an intelligent boy and soon enters the good graces of his classmates and professors. After some time, however, the two boys begin to meet and make friends. Mario is the son of a ceramics entrepreneur, while Franco is the son of a diplomat, he lives in a hotel and drinks tomato juice for an aperitif. While Mario shows confidence in approaching the girls, Franco is hesitant and only after a certain insistence on Mario's part is it discovered that the child has a person in his heart and also co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Casta Diva (1954 Film)
''Casta Diva'' is a 1954 Italian-French biographical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It is a remake of Gallone's 1935 film with the same name. Plot The film tells the fictionalized biography of the famous musician Vincenzo Bellini, who lived in the 19th century and died at the age of 34. Cast * Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli * Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini * Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti * Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi * Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina * Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli * Jean Richard as Fiorillo * Paola Borboni as Miss Monti * Lauro Gazzolo as Domenico Barbaja * Danilo Berardinelli as Niccolò Paganini * Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante * Camillo Pilotto as Rettore Conservatorio * Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani * Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello * 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 200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Lovers Of Manon Lescaut
''The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (Italian: ''Gli amori di Manon Lescaut'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Myriam Bru, Franco Interlenghi and Roger Pigaut.Goble p.375 It is based on the 1731 novel ''Manon Lescaut'' by Antoine François Prévost, which has been made into films on a number of occasions. The film's sets were designed by Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Cast * Myriam Bru as Manon Lescaut * Franco Interlenghi as Enrico des Grieux * Roger Pigaut as Lescaut * Aldo Silvani as Conte des Grieux * Marisa Merlini as Elisa * Nerio Bernardi as Barone de Forté * Luigi Pavese as Il mercante premuroso * Paolo Poli as Tiberge * Lily Granado as Adriana * Lia Reiner as Affitacamere * Franco Scandurra as Chatodoux * Georges Bréhat as Il barone giocatore * Olga Solbelli as La suora nel carcere * Nico Pepe as Il gioielliere * Ugo Sasso as Un gendarme * Peter Trent as Conte di Loisy * Franco Pesce as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Free Woman
''A Free Woman'' ( it, Una donna libera) is a 1954 Cinema of Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 film italiani da salvare, 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot Cast * Françoise Christophe as Liana Franci * Pierre Cressoy as Gerardo Villabruna *Gino Cervi as Massimo Marchi *Elisa Cegani as Madre di Liana *Lianella Carell as Solange *Christine Carère as Leonora Franci *Galeazzo Benti as Sergio Rollini References External links * 1954 films Films directed by Vittorio Cottafavi 1954 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Loves Of Three Queens
''Loves of Three Queens'' ( it, L'amante di Paride), also known as ''The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships'', is a 1954 Italian anthology film. It was directed by Marc Allégret and Edgar G. Ulmer and stars Hedy Lamarr. Plot A woman going to a costume party tries to work out which Queen she will dress up as. The film follows scenes from the lives of each of the queens. Genevieve, Josephine, and Helen. Cast * Hedy Lamarr as Hedy Windsor / Helen of Troy / Empress Joséphine / Genevieve of Brabant * Massimo Serato as Pâris * Alba Arnova as Vénus * Elli Parvo as Junon * Cathy O'Donnell as Enone * Cesare Danova as Count Siegfried * Terence Morgan as Golo * Gérard Oury as Napoleon * Milly Vitale as Marie-Louise * Richard O'Sullivan as Benoni * John Fraser as Drago * Piero Pastore as Simon * Enrico Glori as Priam * Robert Beatty as Ménélas * Anna Amendola as Minerve * Guido Celano as Jupiter Production The film had its genesis in a proposed televisi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |