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Leonardo Benvenuti
Leonardo Benvenuti (8 September 1923 – 3 November 2000) also called Leo, was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 130 films between 1948 and 2000. He was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984) * ''All My Friends Part 2'' (1982) * '' Bianco, rosso e Verdone'' (1981) * ''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' (1978) * ''Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania'' (1978) * '' My Friends'' (1975) * ''The Flower in His Mouth'' (1975) * ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) * ''Lo chiameremo Andrea'' (1972) * ''Between Miracles'' (1971) * '' Let's Have a Riot'' (1970) * '' Ghosts – Italian Style'' (1968) * '' Misunderstood'' (1966) * ''I complessi'' (1965) * '' A Question of Honour'' (1965) * ''Marriage Italian-Style'' (1964) * '' Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance'' (1963) * ''Shivers in Summer'' (1963) * ''Girl with a Suitcase'' (1961) * ''The Joy of Living'' (1961) * ''A Man of Straw'' (1958) * ''Guendalina'' (1957) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosts – Italian Style
''Ghosts – Italian Style'' ( it, Questi fantasmi) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Renato Castellani. Plot Pasquale Lojacono and his wife Maria are very poor, and do not have a roof over their head. One day they are invited to live free in an apartment of a building, considered by tenants cursed, because there dwells the ghost of an old Spanish nobleman. The two, however, accept coexistence with the spirit. Cast * Sophia Loren as Maria Lojacono * Vittorio Gassman as Pasquale Lojacono * Mario Adorf as Alfredo Mariano * Aldo Giuffrè as Raffaele * Margaret Lee as Sayonara * Francis de Wolff as The Scotsman (as Francis De Wolffe) * Francesco Tensi as Professor Santanna * Augusta Merola as Anna * Piera Degli Esposti * Giovanni Tarallo * Nietta Zocchi * Valentino Macchi * Lucio Dalla as The Musician * Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle. The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome. Main cast * Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini * Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis * Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi * Andrea Checchi as Giulio Ricordi * Danièle Delorme as Maria * Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi * Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi * Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja * Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti * Micheline Presle as Virginia Marchi * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Fathers And Sons (1957 Film)
''Fathers and Sons'' ( it, Padri e figli and also known as ''A Tailor's Maid'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 7th Berlin International Film Festival Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director award. Plot In Italy, in the 1950s, the lives of five families intersect. Vincenzo Corallo is a widowed tailor who has no control over his teenager, Marcella, who skips school to go with her boyfriend, Sandro Bacci, older than her, in assize trials. Her son, Carlo, is the master of the family who can't stand his sister's bad manners and wants to put her back on the right track. At the Bacci, the father, Vittorio, has problems with his eldest son. In the same building, Guido and Giula Blasi are expecting their first child. Anxious, Guido contacts a nurse, Ines Santarelli, who offers him injections for his pregnant wife. Ines Santarelli, married to a zookeeper, is the overworked mother of five children. She entrusts one of her sick sons to her sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guendalina
''Guendalina'' is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jacqueline Sassard as Guendalina * Raf Mattioli as Oberdan * Sylva Koscina as Francesca, Guendalina's mother * Raf Vallone as Guido, Guendalina's father * Leda Gloria as Oberdan's mother * Lili Cerasoli as Bianchina * Fanny Landini * Loretta Capitoli * Leonardo Botta * Antonio Mambretti as Businessman * Flavia Solivani * Tonino Cianci * Enzo Cerusico as Postman * Giancarlo Cobelli as Barber * Decimo Cristiani References External links * 1957 films 1950s Italian-language films 1957 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Alberto Lattuada Films produced by Carlo Ponti Films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Of Straw
''A Man of Straw'' ( it, L'uomo di paglia) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Pietro Germi - Andrea * Franca Bettoia - Rita * Luisa Della Noce - Luisa * Edoardo Nevola - Giulio * Saro Urzì - Beppe * Romolo Giordani - Caporetto * Luciano Marin - Gino * Mirella Monti - Rita's mother * Renato Montalbano - Rita's boyfriend * Milly * Bruna Cealti * Anna Gruber * Ida Masetti * Marcella Rovena Marcella Rovena (22 January 1905 – 6 October 1991) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano, she started her career on the big screen in 1932 with director Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 J ... References External links * 1958 films 1950s Italian-language films 1958 drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Pietro Germi Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Of Living
''The Joy of Living'' ( it, Che gioia vivere, french: Quelle joie de vivre) is a 1961 Italian-French comedy film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ulisse ( Alain Delon) enrolls in the Italian Fascist party because he cannot find any employment. The first task entrusted to him by the party leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati, where he's hired as an apprentice. This brings him into contact with a family of anarchists, who will turn him into a reluctant hero for love of the beautiful Franca ( Barbara Lass). However, at a time when he must make a decisive choice, Ulysses obeys neither the anarchists nor the fascists, and risks his life for a different idea of freedom. Cast * Alain Delon as Ulisse Cecconato * Barbara Lass as Franca Fossati * Gino Cervi as Olinto Fossati * Rina Morelli as Rosa Fossati * Carlo Pisacane as Grandfather "Fossati" * Paolo Stoppa as Hairdresser * Giampiero Litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl With A Suitcase
''Girl with a Suitcase'' ( it, La ragazza con la valigia) is a 1961 cinema of Italy, Italian romantic drama film by Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a spirited but naive young woman who lives on the fluctuating good will of others. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Aida leaves her boyfriend Piero, a musician, for Marcello, a wealthy young nobleman who promises great things and then dumps her at a garage with her suitcase. When she tracks him to the family mansion, he sends his sixteen-year-old brother, Lorenzo, out to get rid of her. Taking pity on the girl, he takes her with her suitcase to a pensione where she can spend the night. He is meant to be studying by day, but sneaks away to spend time with Aida and slips presents and money to her. One evening he stays drinking and dancing with friends she has met, who depart at midnight leaving the two alone. When he creeps home at dawn, his hostile aunt spots him and his secret is out. Next time he i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivers In Summer - Antonio
''Shivers in Summer'' ( it, Frenesia dell'estate) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring among others Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Captain Nardoni * Sandra Milo - Yvonne * Michèle Mercier - Gigi * Philippe Leroy - Manolo * Gabriella Giorgelli - Foschina * Graziella Galvani - Selena * Vittorio Congia - the Spanish cyclist * Livio Lorenzon - Luigi * Giampiero Littera - Franco * Umberto D'Orsi - The attorney * Mario Scaccia - Ugo * Renzo Palmer - Sandro * Enzo Garinei - Peppe * Franco Abbina - Pippo * Corrado Olmi Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020) w ... External links * 1963 films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddess Of Vengeance
''Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance'' ( it, Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta and also known as ''Vengeance of Kali'') is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Paul Guers. Cast * Paul Guers – Dr. Simon Palmer * Senta Berger – Catherine Talbot * Lex Barker – Maj. Ford * Sergio Fantoni – Ram Chand * Klaus Kinski – Saddhu * Ian Hunter – Robert Talbot * I. S. Johar – Gopal * Claudine Auger – Amrita * Joachim Hansen – Lt. Collins * Michael Medwin – Capt. Walsh * Roldano Lupi – Maharadja d'Hasnabad * Alfio Caltabiano Alfio Caltabiano (1932–2007) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.Curti p.25 Partial filmography * ''Il principe dalla maschera rossa'' (1955) * ''Messalina'' (1960) * ''La strada dei giganti'' (1960) * ''The Colossus of Rho ... – The Crie * Luciano Conversi – Kanchan * Paul Muller – Botanist Alamian References External links * 1963 films 1960s fantasy adventure films 1960s Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Italian-Style
''Marriage Italian Style'' ( it, Matrimonio all'italiana ) is a 1964 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film was adapted by Leonardo Benvenuti, Renato Castellani, Piero De Bernardi, and Tonino Guerra from the play ''Filumena Marturano'' by Eduardo De Filippo. ''Filumena Marturano'' had previously been adapted as a 1950 Argentine film. Plot Set during the World War II era, the film follows a cynical but successful 28-year-old businessman named Domenico (Marcello Mastroianni), who, after meeting a naive 17-year-old country girl, Filumena (Sophia Loren), during a bombing outside a Neapolitan brothel, starts an on-again, off-again relationship spanning 22 years. From the very beginning, Filumena is deeply in love with Domenico, but her love is not reciprocated. After Filumena expresses her wish to be solely his woman, Domenico arranges a leased home for her, with Rosalie as a maid and Alfredo (Aldo Puglisi) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
