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Léa Massari
Lea Massari, born Anna Maria Massetani (born 30 June 1933) is an actress and singer from Italy. Massari was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed her name to Lea Massari when she was 22 after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland. Massari became known in art cinema for two roles: the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''L'avventura'' (1960), and as Clara, the mother of a sexually precocious 14-year-old boy named Laurent ( Benoît Ferreux) in Louis Malle's '' Murmur of the Heart'' (1971). Massari worked in both Italian and French cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut ''The Colossus of Rhodes'' (''Il Colosso di Rodi'', 1961) and international commercial films such as ''The Things of Life'' (''Les choses de la vie'', 1970). Massari was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. After appearing in Francesco Rosi's '' Christ Stopped at Eboli '' (''Cristo si è fermato a Eboli'', 1979), Massari won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Avventura
''L'Avventura'' ( en, "The Adventure") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her lover (Gabriele Ferzetti) and her best friend (Monica Vitti). It was filmed on location in Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily in 1959 under difficult financial and physical conditions. The film is noted for its unusual pacing, which emphasizes visual composition, mood, and character over traditional narrative development. ''L'Avventura'' was nominated for numerous awards and was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film made Monica Vitti an international star. According to an Antonioni obituary, the film "systematically subverted the filmic codes, practices and structures in currency at its time." ''L'Avventura'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resurrection (1958 Film)
''Resurrection'' (German: ''Auferstehung'') is a 1958 historical film, historical drama film directed by Rolf Hansen (director), Rolf Hansen and starring Horst Buchholz, Myriam Bru and Edith Mill. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It is an adaptation of the 1899 novel ''Resurrection (Tolstoy novel), Resurrection'' by Leo Tolstoy. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Cast * Horst Buchholz as Nechljudoff * Myriam Bru as Katjuschka * Edith Mill as Fedosia * Ruth Niehaus as Missy * Lea Massari as Marja Pawlowna * Marisa Merlini as Bockowa * Günther Lüders as Briefträger * Jean Murat as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Robert Freitag as Simonson * Gabrielle Dorziat as Kitajewa * as Taras * Antonio Cifariello as Chenbeck * Rudolf Rhomberg as Smjelkoff * Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Agrafena * Ernst Schröder (actor), Ernst Schröder as Gouverneur * Lina Carstens as Matrjona * Alma Seidler as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Prima Notte Di Quiete
''La prima notte di quiete'' is a 1972 romantic drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini. It stars Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Adalberto Maria Merli, Salvo Randone and Lea Massari. The version released in France and West Germany runs less than the Italian cut. The film tells the story of a gifted but restless young man who cannot live up to the high traditions of his family and survives in obscurity, taking casual teaching jobs and living in a loveless partnership with a depressed woman. His aimless existence reaches a crisis point when he falls for one of his pupils, a beautiful but badly damaged girl. Plot While a teacher is on sick leave, despite his dishevelled appearance and an employment history with unexplained gaps, Daniele is hired to take a class in Rimini. To get to know his pupils, he asks them to write a free essay or, if they prefer, one on the writer Manzoni. To his surprise, only one chooses the latter, the quiet and very attractive V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Hope To Die
''And Hope to Die'' (french: La course du lièvre à travers les champs, it, La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi) is a 1972 French-Italian-Canadian crime-drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Ray and Robert Ryan. It is loosely based on the novel ''Black Friday'' by David Goodis. Plot Blamed for the death of three gypsy children in a plane crash in France, Tony Cardot flees to Canada, pursued by gypsies intent on revenge. In Montreal he witnesses a shootout, takes care of a wounded man who soon dies, but not before giving Tony $15,000 and whispering the enigmatic words: "Toboggan committed suicide." Then Tony is assaulted by two thugs, Mattone and Paul, who can't find the cash on him and take him back to their hideout on an island. There he meets the group leader Charley who threatens to kill Tony if he doesn't reveal where the money is. Nevertheless, he lets Tony stay, and the two men proceed to play mind games with one another. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want Him Dead
''I Want Him Dead'' ( it, Lo voglio morto, es, Lo quiero muerto) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Paolo Bianchini Paolo Bianchini (born 1931) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchini began his career in 1953 working as assistant director of a number of notable directors, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, ... and starring Craig Hill. Cast References External links * Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1968 Western (genre) films 1968 films Films directed by Paolo Bianchini Films scored by Nico Fidenco Films shot in Almería Plaion 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Made In Italy (1965 Film)
''Made in Italy'' is a 1965 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Nanni Loy. Cast Usi e costumi * Lando Buzzanca * Aldo Giuffrè * Walter Chiari * Lea Massari * Claudio Gora * Marina Berti * Renzo Marignano Le donne * Virna Lisi * Giulio Bosetti * Catherine Spaak * Fabrizio Moroni * Mario Meniconi * Sylva Koscina * Jean Sorel Il lavoro * Gino Mucci * Milena Vukotic * Aldo Fabrizi * Nino Castelnuovo * Mario Pisu * Enzo Liberti Il cittadino, lo stato, la Chiesa * Nino Manfredi * Carlo Pisacane * Gigi Reder * Carlo Taranto * Ugo Fangareggi * Enzo Petito La famiglia * Peppino De Filippo * Tecla Scarano * Alberto Sordi * Rossella Falk * Claudie Lange * Marcella Rovena * Anna Magnani * Andrea Checchi * Antonio Casagrande * Franco Balducci Emigranti * Giampiero Albertini * Aldo Bufi Landi * Adelmo Di Fraia * Renato Terra Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Soldatesse
''The Camp Followers'' ( it, Le soldatesse), is a 1965 Italian World War II film directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Anna Karina. From a 1956 novel by Ugo Pirro, it tells the story of a young lieutenant in the Italian Army who in 1942 is ordered to take a lorryload of Greek prostitutes from starving Athens under Axis occupation to entertain the troops fighting partisans in Albania. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize. Plot In 1942, disheartened at the starvation and disease in Athens, Lieutenant Martino of the Italian Army requests a posting elsewhere. He finds himself, with a Sergeant Castagnoli, in charge of a lorry containing twelve prostitutes who he has to deliver up country to various military establishments. This is not what he joined the army for, nor does he see how it will contribute to victory. On the way, they are obliged to accept a Major Alessi as a passenger. An unpleasant character, he ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Insoumis
''The Unvanquished'' (french: L'Insoumis), is a 1964 film noir directed by Alain Cavalier and starring Alain Delon opposite Lea Massari. The film's background is the Algerian War and Alain Delon plays Thomas Vlassenroot, a deserter of the French Foreign Legion in Algeria during the 1961 uprising. When a former lieutenant who now works for the OAS proposes to him to kidnap lawyer Dominique Servet (played by Massari), Thomas agrees. Caught giving Dominique water, Thomas goes on the run after a shoot out with his OAS colleagues, who subsequently begin to hunt them down. The film was not a completely happy experience for Alain Delon. He sustained physical injuries while filming and the reception of the picture by the French public was not good. The censors insisted on a number of cuts which compromised the artistic integrity of the film. Synopsis Thomas Vlassenroot, a citizen of Luxembourg, after his divorce, decides to enlist in the French Foreign Legion. He is posted to Algeria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeping For A Bandit
''Weeping for a Bandit'' ( es, Llanto por un bandido) is a 1964 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was Saura's first film in color. It was co-produced with France and Italy, and starred Italian Lea Massari and French-Italian Lino Ventura. Thanks to his friendship with Saura, filmmaker Luis Buñuel has a small role. The film was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Francisco Rabal – José María 'El Tempranillo' * Lea Massari – María Jerónima * Philippe Leroy – Pedro Sánchez * Lino Ventura – El Lutos * Manuel Zarzo – El Sotillo * Silvia Solar – Marquesa de los Cerros * Fernando Sánchez Polack – Antonio (as Fernando S. Polack) * Antonio Prieto – El Lero * José Manuel Martín – El Tuerto * Agustín González – Capitán Leoncio Valdés * Venancio Muro – Jiménez * Rafael Romero (actor) – El gitano * Gabriele Tinti * Luis Buñuel – El verdugo * Antonio Buero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captive City (1962 Film)
''The Captive City'' (Italian: ''La città prigioniera'') is a 1962 Italian English-language war film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring David Niven, Lea Massari and Ben Gazzara. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Captive City'' by John Appleby. The film was released in the US as ''Conquered City'' by American International Pictures as a double feature with '' The Day the Earth Froze''. Plot At the end of the Second World War, Athens is liberated by the Allies. Greek soldiers and partisans, fresh from waging guerilla warfare on the Germans join with local insurgents in an attempt to seize power and the British are finally compelled to vacate the city to encamp around its perimeter.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; dated 15th October 1966; Page 5 Meanwhile, a small group of men and women in a hotel find themselves besieged by a rebel army that wants the Nazi armaments in the basement. Cast * David Niven as Major Peter Whitfield * Lea Massari as Lelia Mendores * Ben Gazzara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Days Of Naples (film)
''The Four Days of Naples'' ( it, Le quattro giornate di Napoli) is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Nanni Loy and set during the uprising which gives its name. It stars Regina Bianchi, Aldo Giuffrè, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel, Franco Sportelli, Charles Belmont, Gian Maria Volonté and Frank Wolff. The film won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Writing Original Screenplay, and a BAFTA Award for Best Film. At the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, the film was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize. Plot Following the truce between Italy and the Allies in World War II, German forces occupy Naples and begin to shoot resisters, demolish port facilities and round up young men to be transported to Germany as forced labour. The city's population, aware that Allied forces are close and determined to disrupt the deportations, revolt against the Germans, despite their limited arms and organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Die At Dawn
''Dreams Die at Dawn'' (Italian: ''I sogni muoiono all'alba'') is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras and Indro Montanelli.Goble p.331 It is set during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Cast * Lea Massari as Anna Miklos * Ivo Garrani as Andrea * Gianni Santuccio as Gianni * Aroldo Tieri as Antonio * Mario Feliciani as Mario * Renzo Montagnani Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema succe ... as Sergio * Rina Centa as Ethel Miklos References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1961 films Italian drama films 1961 drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Craveri Films directed by Enrico Gras Films set in Budapest Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |