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Lea Padovani
Lea Padovani (28 July 1920 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990. She starred in the film '' Black Dossier'' which was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Partial filmography * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) - Marcella * ''The Sun Still Rises'' (1946) - Laura * ''The White Devil'' (1947) - Katiousha * '' Call of the Blood'' (1948) - Maddelena * ''Letter at Dawn'' (1948) - Anna * ''I cavalieri dalle maschere nere'' (1948) - Violante * ''Che tempi!'' (1948) - Anna Pastorino * '' Give Us This Day'' (also known as ''Christ in Concrete'') (1949) - Annuziata * ''Night Taxi'' (1950) - (scenes deleted) * ''The Accusation'' (1950) - Irene * ''Three Steps North'' (1951) - Elena Ravezza * '' La grande rinuncia'' (1951) - Elisabetta / Suor Teresa * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) - Rosina Maggini * ''I due derelitti'' (1951) - Elena * '' Fiamme sulla laguna'' (1951) - Anna * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) - Caterina * ''I figli no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in honour of an older sibling, who died several days after his birth. Sordi enrolled in Milan's dramatic arts academy but was kicked out because of his thick Roman accent. In the meantime, he studied to be a bass opera singer. His vocal distinctiveness would become his trademark. Career Cinema and television In a career that spanned seven decades, Sordi established himself as an icon of Italian cinema with his representative skills at both comedy and light drama. His movie career began in the late 1930s with bit parts and secondary characters in wartime movies. Early roles included Fellini's'' The White Sheik'' in 1952, Fellini's ''I vitelloni ''(1953), a movie about young slackers, in which he plays a weak immature loafer and a starring role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon Deferred (1951 Film)
''Honeymoon Deferred '' (Italian: ''Due mogli sono troppe'') is a 1951 British-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Sally Ann Howes, Griffith Jones, and Kieron Moore.Alan Burton and Steve Chibnall. ''Historical Dictionary of British Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2013. p.239 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gianni Polidori and Ivan King. It was partly shot on location in Italy, and was one of two co-productions in Italy that producer Joseph Janni oversaw during the period, along with the melodrama '' The Glass Mountain'' (1949). Separate English- and Italian-language versions were released. Synopsis A British couple honeymooning in Italy plan to visit Rome and take in the opera and the various historical sights of the city. However, after taking the wrong train, they end up in the village where the husband, David, had fought and taken shelter as a British Army officer during the Second World War. Regarded as a hero by the villagers, it soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples Is Always Naples
''Naples Is Always Naples'' (Italian: ''Napoli è sempre Napoli'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Lea Padovani, Renato Baldini and Ubaldo Lay.Chiti & Poppi p.244 The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. Cast * Lea Padovani as Carmela Gargiulo * Renato Baldini as Pietro Cafiero * Ubaldo Lay as Il tunisino * Beniamino Maggio as Un pescatore * Valeria Moriconi as Doris * Carlo Ninchi as Andrea Cafiero * Tina Pica as Donna Bettina * Giuseppe Porelli * Alberto Sorrentino * Franco Ricci as Franco Ricco * Achille Togliani as Carlo Rindi * Mimo Billi * Fedele Gentile * Amedeo Girardi * Salvo Libassi * Mario Passante is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in ... * Anna Pretolani as Mariannina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guai Ai Vinti
''Guai ai vinti'' (''Woe to the Vanquished Ones'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel ''Vae Victis'' by Annie Vivanti. Plot During the First World War the Italian front at Caporetto is overwhelmed by an attack of adverse troops. Luisa and her sister Clara remain in their villa, prisoners of the Austrians. They are forced to undergo all sorts of violence, so that Mirella, the little daughter of Luisa, lost the use of the word following the trauma. Cast * Lea Padovani: Luisa * Anna Maria Ferrero: Clara * Pierre Cressoy: Franco * Clelia Matania: Teresa * Camillo Pilotto: Bonechi * Gualtiero Tumiati: Don Marzi * Rolf Tasna: Claudio * Paola Quattrini: Mirella * Giulio Ottavi: Giovanni * Emilio Cigoli: Pietro * Mario Del Monaco: Mario Abbate * Marcella Rovena: Countess Amelia * Isa Querio: Miss Bonechi * Bianca Doria: Contadina nel granaio * Teresa Franchini: Contadina nel granaio * Anita Durante: Popolana * Irene Cefaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contessa's Secret
''The Contessa's Secret'' (french: La Castiglione, it, La Contessa di Castiglione) is a 1954 French-Italian film starring Yvonne De Carlo as Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. Plot Cast * Yvonne De Carlo as Virginia Oldoini * Georges Marchal as Lucio Falengo * Paul Meurisse as Napoleon III * Rossano Brazzi as Count Cavour * Lucienne Legrand as Empress Eugénie * Lea Padovani as Princess Princess Mathilde Bonaparte * Georges Lannes as Mocquart * Michel Etcheverry as Pietri * Tamara Lees as Princess of Metternich * Claude Boissol as Nigra * Lisette Lebon as Luisa * Alberto Bonucci as Castiglione * Roldano Lupi as Orsini * Pierre Flourens as M. de Nieuwerkerke * Charles Bouillaud as Un indicateur Production De Carlo signed on for the film in late December 1953. The film was to be shot entirely in French with no English version, which no Hollywood star had done before. It was originally called ''Castiglione'' and Raf Vallone and Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Slice Of Life (1954 Film)
''A Slice of Life'' ( it, Tempi nostri, link=no, french: Quelques pas dans la vie, link=no, also known as ''The Anatomy of Love'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Paul Paviot. Plot Mara From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author. Vasco and Mara get to know in a restaurant, go to the cinema, and spent the evening intimately, fall in love. She tells him that, being short of money, will try to work the next morning in a brothel, but he convinces her to desist from this connection, to begin to live with him, who has a job as a teacher, even if their economic situation may be difficult. The baby Written by Alberto Moravia. Young couple the suburbs of Rome are in financial trouble. She would like to work, but must take care of the child who has recently given birth. The two then set out, reluctantly, to leave the baby in a church, but the mother can not decide on the right place and finally the father has second thoughts. Outdoor scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Century Loves
''Mid-Century Loves'' ( it, Amori di mezzo secolo) is a 1954 Italian Anthology film, anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrangeli. Plot Episode # 01: "Romantic love", directed by: Glauco Pellegrini In 1900 Elena, a young man from a rich bourgeois family, falls in love with the musician Mario. Her father and her aunt Matilde, however, would like the girl to marry a rich count. When Mario leaves for his tour, Matilde promises both young people to foster their feelings, while she actually destroys the letters they send each other, and persuades Elena that Mario has forgotten her. Elena ends up marrying the count. Episode # 02: "War 1915-18", directed by: Pietro Germi During the First World War, in a small Abruzzo village the very young lovers Antonio and Carmela get married and are expecting a child. Antonio is called to the front between the draft of 1900: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels Of Darkness (1954 Film)
''Angels of Darkness'' (Italian: ''Donne proibite'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Anthony Quinn and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Plot A brothel is suddenly closed as a prostitute, Tamara, attempts suicide by throwing herself out of the window; she is admitted to the hospital in serious condition. Three of her colleagues, Vally, Franca and Lola, are forced to ask for hospitality from Rosa, who has long since abandoned the profession and now has a nice apartment. Vally wants to change her life and meets Francesco from Abruzzo. They decide to get married, but since the man has to emigrate, they resort to a marriage by proxy. When the young man discovers his troubled past about him, he reproaches it; the woman escapes from despair and goes to meet a tragic death. Tamara, physically damaged, after her hospitalization, has a mystical crisis and will be welcomed in an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of Those
''One of Those'' ( it, Una di quelle, also known as ''Totò, Peppino e... una di quelle'') is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film produced, written, directed and starred by Aldo Fabrizi. Plot Maria is a widow with a dependent child, in debt with her landlord, and she tries to get by on small tailoring jobs. One day she receives a visit from a neighbor, a prostitute. Praising the beauty of Maria, and understanding her economic difficulties, the prostitute suggests her to attempt the same profession, in her view the only way for a single woman to find the money to live. Desperate by the personal and economic situation, Maria reluctantly accepts the advice and the next day she went to a nightclub, where she encounter two wealthy country men, the brothers Martino and Rocco. Cast *Lea Padovani as Maria Rossetti *Peppino De Filippo as Martino Bardelli *Totò as Rocco Bardelli *Aldo Fabrizi as Dr. Ubaldo Mancini *Mara Landi as L'entraineuse *Giulio Calì as Guardamacchine *Nando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And The Women
''Toto and the Women'' ( it, Totò e le donne) is a 1952 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Plot The cloth retailer Philip (Totò) is no longer able to stand his possessive and tyrannical wife (Ave Ninchi) who claims a higher lifestyle. In fact, for years now after the wedding, Philip was totally deprived of his freedom as a husband. The only freedom left is to hole up in the attic reading police novels and venerating an altar dedicated to the infamous serial killer Landru. The balance family collapses as the younger daughter of Philip became engaged to a young doctor (Peppino De Filippo): to prove to everyone her talent in giving injections, she decides, along with her mother, to use the poor Philip as a guinea pig. When enough is enough, Philip decides live the high life together with his young lover. However Philip soon realizes that the girl is too young for him and, avoiding ridiculousness, breaks off the relationship. At home, things get worse: his wife i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lorenzo (film)
''Don Lorenzo'' is a 1952 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Luciano Tajoli, Rossana Podestà and Andrea Checchi. Accardo p.478 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Cast References Bibliography * Accardo, Alessio. ''Age & Scarpelli: la storia si fa commedia''. A.N.C.C.I., 2001. External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s musical drama films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Italian musical drama films 1952 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
