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My Wife's Enemy
''My Wife's Enemy'' ( it, Il nemico di mia moglie) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. Cast * Marcello Mastroianni - Marco Tornabuoni * Giovanna Ralli - Luciana, sua moglie * Vittorio De Sica - Ottavio Terenzi, padre di Marco * Memmo Carotenuto - Nando Terenzi, padre di Lucia * Luciana Paluzzi - Giulia * Andrea Checchi - Dr. Giuliani * Teddy Reno - Himself * Giacomo Furia - Peppino * Riccardo Garrone - Michele * Raimondo Vianello - Mister La Corata * Enzo Garinei - Scienziato tedesco * Gisella Sofio Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Sofio started her career at the age of 16 as a model. In 1951 she began her acting career in Mario Mattoli's film ''Accidents to the Ta ... - Worker References External links * 1959 films 1950s Italian-language films 1959 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Gianni Puccini Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Puccini
Gianni Puccini (9 November 1914 – 3 December 1968) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1940 and 1967. He also directed 18 films between 1951 and 1968. Selected filmography * ''Ossessione'' (1943) * ''Tragic Hunt'' (1947) * ''Bitter Rice'' (1949) * '' Persiane chiuse'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * ''Days of Love'' (1954) * ''Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * '' Supreme Confession'' (1956) * ''My Wife's Enemy'' (1959 - directed) * ''I cuori infranti'' (1963 - directed) * ''The Seven Cervi Brothers '' The Seven Cervi Brothers'' ( it, I sette fratelli Cervi) is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film recounts the last days of life during the resistance of the anti-fascist Cervi Brothers. The director Puccini died a few ...'' (1968 - directed) References External links * 1914 births 1968 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memmo Carotenuto
Memmo Carotenuto (23 August 1908 – 23 December 1980) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1941 and 1980. Selected filmography *''The Wedding Trip'' (1969) * ''Assassination in Rome'' (1965) * ''Male Companion'' (1964) * '' Cocagne'' (1961) * ''Ten Ready Rifles'' (1959) * ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) * ''Everyone's in Love'' (1959) * ''My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) * '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) * ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (1958) * ''Legs of Gold'' (1958) * ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958) * ''The Most Wonderful Moment'' (1957) * '' Fathers and Sons'' (1957) * ''Poveri ma belli'' (1957) * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) * ''Lucky to Be a Woman'' (1956) * ''The Band of Honest Men'' (1956) * ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' (1954) * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954) * ''Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954) * ''Disowned'' (1954) * ''The Three Thieves'' (1954) * ''House of Ricordi'' (1954) * ''Via Padova 46'' (1953) * ''Pane, Amore e Fantasia ''Bread, Love and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gianni Puccini
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Italian Black-and-white Films
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1959 Comedy Films
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1950s Italian-language Films
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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisella Sofio
Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Sofio started her career at the age of 16 as a model. In 1951 she began her acting career in Mario Mattoli's film ''Accidents to the Taxes!!''. Since then she had a prolific career as an actress in theatres, movies, and television, working with directors like Michelangelo Antonioni, Luigi Comencini and Pupi Avati. Sofio died on 27 January 2017 in Rome at the age of 85. Partial filmography * ''Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951) - Silvia * ''The Steamship Owner'' (1951) - La coreografa * ''Il microfono è vostro'' (1951) - Maria Variani * ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952) * ''Hello Elephant'' (1952) - Fidanzata del maestro * ''Er fattaccio'' (1952) * '' The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) - Simonetta Rota's Friend * ''Cronaca di un delitto'' (1953) - Sorella di Elena * ''Una donna prega'' (1953) - Silvana * ''Sul ponte dei sospiri'' (1953) - Barberina * ''Viva la rivista!'' (1953) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Garinei
Enzo Garinei (4 May 1926 – 25 August 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 80 films since 1949. He was also a professional voice artist, best remembered as the Italian voice of Sherman Hemsley in the American sitcom ''The Jeffersons''. He was the brother of playwright Pietro Garinei. Garinei died on 25 August 2022, at the age of 96. Selected filmography * ''Totò Le Mokò'' (1949) * ''Little Lady'' (1949) * ''Bluebeard's Six Wives'' (1950) * ''The Cadets of Gascony'' (1950) * ''Toto Looks for a Wife'' (1950) * '' Accidents to the Taxes!!'' (1951) * ''Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' (1952) * '' Funniest Show on Earth'' (1953) * ''Two Nights with Cleopatra'' (1953) * '' The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) * ''Le signorine dello 04'' (1955) * ''Eighteen Year Olds'' (1955) * ''Toto and Carolina'' (1955) * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) * ''Rascel-Fifì'' (1957) * ''Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics'' (1958) * '' Maid, Thief and Guard'' (1958) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality. Biography He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an Admiral of the Regia Marina, directed the local naval academy. During World War II he joined the Italian Social Republic, the fascist puppet state established in northern Italy after the Allied invasion of Italy. He was captured by American troops. In 1958 he met actress Sandra Mondaini, whom he married four years later, and with whom he frequently appeared in TV shows during his whole career. His first famous partner on the small screen was Ugo Tognazzi with whom, starting from 1954, he hosted the satyrical show ''Un due tre''; the show was halted in 1959 after the duo performed an ironical sketch about the then-president of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi. Vianello then moved full-time to cinema, appearing in a total of 79 films between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Garrone (actor)
Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor, voice actor and director. Biography Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film ''Adam and Eve'' directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi. Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on ''Un medico in famiglia'' in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on ''Amico mio'' starring Massimo Dapporto. Garrone also worked occasionally as a voice acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Furia
Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career thanks to Eduardo De Filippo, he had met through an after-school summer job; he made his professional debut on stage in 1945, in De Filippo's "Napoli milionaria". He made his film debut three years later, in Mario Mattoli's '' Assunta Spina''; mainly cast in character roles, he was often a sidekick of Totò, notably landing a major role in ''The Band of Honest Men''. His credits include films directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini and Francesco Rosi. In 1997 Furia released an autobiography written in collaboration with Michele Avitabile, ''Le maggiorate, il principe e l'ultimo degli onesti''. He died on 5 June 2015, aged 90. Selected filmography * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) - Tittariello * ''The Bride Can't Wai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
