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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 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Mister Radio'' (1924) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' ... in the film '' La telefonista''. Filmography External links * 1905 births 1991 deaths Italian voice actresses People from Conegliano 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conegliano
Conegliano (; Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle are situated on a hill that dominates the town. Formerly belonging to the Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, what remains is a bell tower, which now houses a small museum, and outer walls. On 7 July 2019, Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Industry Conegliano is noted for its wine, chiefly the dry white Prosecco (made from the glera grape) which comes in three varieties: tranquillo (still), frizzante (slightly sparkling) and spumante ( sparkling). It is also home to Italy's oldest and most prestigious wine school called Scuola Enologica. It is also home to the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura where several Italian grape varieties have been bred, including Albarossa, Vega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amore Rosso (Marianna Sirca)
''Amore rosso (Marianna Sirca)'' is a 1952 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Aldo Vergano. Cast * Marina Berti as Marianna Sirca * Massimo Serato as Simone Sole * Guido Celano as Fera * Arnoldo Foà as Sebastiano * 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 ... as Fudera * as Papà Berto * Mario Terribile as Padre Perlo External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films based on works by Grazia Deledda Films directed by Aldo Vergano Italian crime drama films 1952 crime drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Husbands
''Young Husbands'' ( it, Giovani mariti) is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. For this film Armando Nannuzzi won a Nastro d'Argento, Silver Ribbon (Nastro d'Argento) for Best Cinematography. Cast * Anne-Marie Baumann as Fanny * Gérard Blain as Marcello * Guido Celano as Franco's father * Roberto Chevalier as Checchino * Antonio Cifariello as Ettore * Isabelle Corey as Laura * Ennio Girolami as Franco * Anna Maria Guarnieri as Ornella * Franco Interlenghi as Antonio * Sylva Koscina as Mara * Antonella Lualdi as Lucia * Lilly Mantovani as Lily * Raf Mattioli as Giulio * Rosy Mazzacurati as Donatella * Lila Rocco as Gilda * Marcella Rovena as Franco's mother References External links * 1958 films Films scored by Nino Rota 1950s Italian-language films 1958 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films set in Tuscany Commedia all'italiana 1950s Italian films {{1 ... [...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] |
White Nights (1957 Film)
''White Nights'' ( it, Le notti bianche, french: Nuits blanches) is a 1957 romantic drama film directed by Luchino Visconti, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1848 short story of the same name. It was written for the screen by Visconti and Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and stars Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, and Jean Marais. The film earned positive reviews from critics and audiences, and won the Silver Lion at the 18th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Late one winter night in downtown Livorno, a lonely young man named Mario meets an equally-lonely young woman, Natalia, standing on a bridge. Mario is lonely for social reasons; he is a stranger and a newcomer to town, and is only there because of a recent work transfer. Natalia is lonely because she has always lived in isolation with an overbearing grandmother, even in the heart of the city. Her near-blind grandmother is extremely protective and refuses to allow her out at night, forcing her to sneak out. She fell in love with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wives And Obscurities
''Wives and Obscurities'' (Italian:''Moglie e buoi...'') is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Leonardo De Mitri and starring Gino Cervi, Walter Chiari and Enrico Viarisio Enrico Viarisio (3 December 1897 – 1 November 1967) was an Italian theatre and cinema actor. Biography Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio was discovered by actress Paola Pezzaglia Paolina Pezzaglia Greco (13 September 1886 &ndas ....Nowell-Smith p.34 The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. Cast References Bibliography * Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. ''The Companion to Italian Cinema''. Cassell, 1996. External links * 1956 films Italian comedy films 1956 comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Leonardo De Mitri 1950s Italian films Italian black-and-white films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Farewell
''Desperate Farewell'' ( it, Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Dott. Andrea Pitti * Lise Bourdin as Luisa Bozzi * Andrea Checchi as Dott. Maurizio Marini * Xenia Valderi as Anna * Jane Hugo * Marcella Rovena * Emma Baron * Nanda Primavera as Zia di Luisa * Renato Malavasi * Alessandro Fersen * Aldo Silvani * Augusto Pennella as Giorgio - figlio di Luisa * Laura Gore * Gisella Monaldi * Eros Macchi * Rita Livesi * Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concer ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravissimo (film)
''Bravissimo'' is a 1955 Italian film, starring Alberto Sordi and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. Plot Ubaldo Impallato is a precarious elementary music teacher, for years in vain in search of a steady job, who to make ends meet with after school. Among the children entrusted to him there is also Gigetto, who unlike the other companions has a singular characteristic: at the age of six he can sing with a wonderful baritone voice. The teacher, who in the meantime has become his tutor in spite of himself since his father ended up in prison, accidentally realizes this extraordinary gift of the little one hearing him interpret The barber of Seville (Ubaldo at first thinks he hears a singer on the radio) and decides to seize the opportunity. Thanks to an excellent performance in a television program for young talents, Gigetto is an immediate success and promises to become a real gold mine. With the help of a theatrical impresario, he is even offered Verdi's Rigoletto, in the role o ... [...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] |
The Sign Of Venus
''The Sign of Venus'' ( it, Il segno di Venere) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story revolves around an attractive woman named Agnese (Loren) who has many suitors. She lives with her cousin Cesira (Franca Valeri), who has the opposite problem with men. Vittorio De Sica plays a poet in need of money and Alberto Sordi plays a man who deals in stolen cars. Cast * Franca Valeri as Cesira * Sophia Loren as Agnese Tirabassi * Vittorio De Sica as Alessio Spano * Peppino De Filippo as Mario * Alberto Sordi as Romolo Proietti * Raf Vallone as Ignazio Bolognini Vigile del fuoco * Virgilio Riento as Agnese's father * Tina Pica as Zia Tina * Lina Gennari as Signora Pina * Eloisa Cianni as Daisy * Leopoldo Trieste as Pittore * Maurizio Arena as Maurice * Franco Fantasia as Dottore * Marcella Rovena as Elvira * Mario Meniconi as Vigile Urbano * Furio Meniconi as Proprietario del ... [...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] |
High School (1954 Film)
''High School'' ( it, Terza liceo) is a 1954 Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Luciano Emmer. Plot Last year of school for the III C of the Gobetti high school in Rome: the events of the boys and girls who have to face the final exams are intertwined with more or less happy loves, shy disputes and small dramas. Lucia, scion of a rich family, but with a generous and rebellious soul, shares with Andrea, who instead comes from a family of modest conditions, the project for a school newspaper. The contents of the file put them in collision with the principal, but they unite the two youngsters, who eventually fall in love. Their relationship, however, is opposed by Lucia's family, who want her to be paired with the stolid but rich Pupo. Cast *Giulia Rubini: Camilla * Ilaria Occhini: Isabella * Anna Maria Sandri: Teresa *Ugo Amaldi: Franco * Ferdinando Cappabianca: Andrea * Franco Santori: Bruno *Paola Borboni: Mother of Bruno * Bartolomeo Rossetti: Valenti * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
