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Magic Village
''Magic Village'' (French: ''Village magique'', Italian:''Vacanze d'amore'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Robert Lamoureux, Lucia Bosè and Hélène Rémy.Sancisi Location shooting took place around Cefalù near Palermo. Synopsis Robert, a Parisian, is planning a holiday in Sicily with his new fiancée. However his work means he has to follow on a later train than his fiancée. While travelling he meets Lucienne an attractive Sicilian girl. Cast * Robert Lamoureux as Robert * Lucia Bosé as Thérèse Miceli * Hélène Rémy as Lucienne Dumas * Delia Scala as Agatina * Walter Chiari as Momo * Umberto Spadaro as Don Puglisi * Jacqueline Plessis as Colette * Giovanni Grasso as Sindaco * Domenico Modugno as Un frère d'Agatina * Renato Chiantoni * Yvon Jeanclaude as Pierre * Giannina Chiantoni * Germaine de France * Judith Magre * Jany Vallières * René Clermont as L'homme chiffres * Jean Péméja * Jea ...
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''España'' (1936) * '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * ''Her Final Role'' (1946) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * '' Alarm in Morocco'' (1953) * ''Papa, maman, la bonne et moi'' (1954) * ''Papa, maman, ma femme et moi'' (1955) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Les Misérables'' (1958) * '' Mandrin'' (1962) * ''Monsieur'' (1964) * ''The Gardener of Argenteuil ''The Gardener of Argenteuil'' (French: ''Le jardinier d'Argenteuil'', German: ''Blüten, Gauner und die Nacht von Nizza'') is a 1966 French-German comedy crime fi ...
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Cefalù
Cefalù (), classically known as Cephaloedium (), is a city and comune in the Italian Metropolitan City of Palermo, located on the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily about east of the provincial capital and west of Messina. The town, with its population of just under 14,000, is one of the major tourist attractions in the region. Despite its size, every year it attracts millions of tourists from all parts of Sicily and also, from all over Italy and Europe. Names The city's Sicilian name is . It was named by the Greeks who called it ''Kephaloídion'' () or ''Kephaloidís'' (). These were latinised as ''Cephaloedium'' and ''Cephaloedis''. Under Arab rule, it was known as ''Gafludi''. Under Carthaginian rule, it was known as "Cape Melqart" ( xpu, 𐤓𐤔 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, ), after the Tyrian god. History Of Siculian foundation, in the fourth century BC the Greeks gave the indigenous settlement the name of ''Kephaloídion'', evidently derived from its situation on a lofty and p ...
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Germaine De France
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Giannina Chiantoni
Giannina Chiantoni (24 June 1881 - 17 May 1972) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than twelve films from 1910 to 1955. Selected filmography References External links * 1881 births 1972 deaths Italian film actresses People from the Province of Matera {{Italy-film-actor-stub ...
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Yvon Jeanclaude
Yvon may refer to: * Yvon (given name), a masculine given name * Yvon (surname), a surname See also * Chapelle-Yvon * Evon * Ivon * Jaille-Yvon * Pierre-Yvon * Yvan * Yvonne (other) Yvonne is a female given name. Yvonne may also refer to: * Yvonne (band), a 1993—2002 Swedish group featuring Henric de la Cour * Yvonne (cow) a German cow that escaped and was missing for several weeks in 2011 * ''Yvonne'' (musical), a 1926 We ...
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Renato Chiantoni
Renato Chiantoni (19 April 1906 – 24 December 1979) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978. Born in Brescia, the son of the stage actor Amedeo, Chiantoni debuted on stage entering several drama and revue companies. He was later active as an actor of radio dramas. Very active in films as a character actor since the 1930s, after World War II Chiantoni also worked as a director of production and as a documentary director. Selected filmography * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * (1937) - (The Chancellor) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) - (Informer at the "Luna Bar") * (1938) - (Brigadier Sarcot) * (1938) - Spilunga * '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) - (The messenger of Graiano) * (1938) * (1938) - (uncredited) * (1939) - (The third brother) * (1939) * (1939) - Andrea Lori * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) - Truchet * (1939) * ''The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) - (The Tailer, witness at the trial) * (1939) - (Tanaka the policeman) * (19 ...
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Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song), Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.Domenico Modugno: biography


Early life

The youngest of four children, Modugno was born at Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari (Apulia), on 9 January 1928. His father, Vito Cosimo Modugno, was a Municipal police (Italy), municipal police commander, w ...
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Giovanni Grasso
Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Born into a family of marionettists, he was cousin and namesake of Giovanni Grasso, a respected stage actor specialized in the Sicilian language repertoire, so he assumed at the beginning of his career the stage name "Giovanni Grasso Junior" to stand out. He was mainly active on stage, often acting together with his wife, Virginia Balestrieri. Selected filmography * ''I naufraghi'' (1914) * ''Il lupo'' (1917) * ''Sole!'' (1918) * ''Il lampionaro del Ponte Vecchio'' (1918) * ''Nennella'' (1919) * ''Skeletros'' (1920) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) - Gedeone * ''Port'' (1934) - Nicola Bellamonte * '' Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) - Sergente Amato * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) - Marco, il capo della piantagione * ''Piccoli naufraghi'' (1939) - Il 'commandante' * ''No M ...
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Jacqueline Plessis
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Umberto Spadaro
Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – Saltimbanco (uncredited) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) – Maso * ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * ''Catene invisibili'' (1942) – Un amico di Enrico al biliardo * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) – Il custode della stazione * '' Wedding Day'' (1942) – Un cameriere (uncredited) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) – Il testimone Sante di Mauro * ''L'usuraio'' (1943) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) – Lo stregone * ''Sempre più difficile'' (1943) – Mucugno * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) – Il delatore nella taverna * ''Vietato ai minorenni'' (1944) * ''Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944) – Touzille, il cenciaiolo * ''Mist on the Sea'' (1944) – Il fuochista * ''La Fornarina'' (1944) – Un clie ...
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Walter Chiari
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Biography Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally from Apulia. During World War II he joined the Decima Flottiglia MAS, and then the Wehrmacht. Chiari appeared in films such as ''The Little Hut'' (1957), ''Bonjour Tristesse (film), Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958), ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1966), and ''The Valachi Papers (film), The Valachi Papers'' (1972). He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti's film ''Bellissima (film), Bellissima'' (1951). In 1951 Luchino Visconti offered him the role of the young lover, in Bellissima (film), Bellissima; he continued in the theater, in the Musical theatre, musical comedy with Delia Scala in 1956 with Buonanotte Bettina and in 1958 with The Owl and the Pussycat (film), Il gufo e la gattina, and in 1960 with Sandra Mondaini, Ave Ninchi and Albe ...
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Delia Scala
Delia Scala (born Odette Bedogni; 25 September 1929 – 15 January 2004) was an Italian ballerina, actress and singer who played a leading role in the nascent ''commedia musicale''. Career Scala was born as Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazio, Italy. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Milan where she studied ballet at "La Scala" Ballet School for seven years. She performed in numerous ballets until World War II, after which she began appearing in motion pictures using the stage name, Delia Scala. These include ''Difficult Years'' (''Anni difficili,'' 1948)'', Side Street Story'' (''Napoli milionaria,'' 1950)'', Rome 11:00'' (''Roma ore 11'', 1952), ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (1954)'', Gentlemen Are Born'' (''Signori si nasce,'' 1960). In 1954 Delia made her theatre debut with ''Giove in doppiopetto'' (Double-breasted Jupiter). The show is considered the first "Commedia musicale", an italian musical genre created by playwrights Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannin ...
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