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Maria Laura Rocca
Maria Laura Rocca (5 October 1917 – 6 May 1999) was an Italian actress and writer. Life and career Born Maria Laura Gayno in Pasian di Prato, Udine, Rocca spent her adolescence in Genoa, her mother's birthplace. After acting in some amateur dramatics, she studied drama under Teresa Franchini, with whom she also made her professional debut on stage at 30 years old. In films, she was mainly active in supporting roles in adventure and Peplum film genre, peplum genres, sometimes credited as Manuela Kent. She retired from acting in the mid-1960s. In 1959, she was the author of the book ''Cina senza muraglia'', and in 1969, she wrote the film ''Mr. Superinvisible'', being credited as Mary Eller. Personal life In 1939, Rocca married Giuseppe Bisazza, and they had a son, Oreste. In 1948 she remarried to Italian Communist Party, Communist politician Umberto Terracini. Rocca died in a clinic in Rome, following a long illness, in 1999, at 81 years old.AA.VV. ''Territorio, costumi e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'oro Di Roma
''L'oro di Roma'' (internationally released as ''Gold of Rome'') is a List of Italian films of 1961, 1961 Cinema of Italy, Italian War film, war - drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film is based on actual events surrounding the Nazi's Raid of the Ghetto of Rome, raid of Rome's Jewish ghetto in October 1943. Cast *Gérard Blain: Davide *Anna Maria Ferrero: Giulia *Jean Sorel: Massimo *Andrea Checchi: Ortona *Paola Borboni: Rosa *Umberto Raho: Beniamino *Filippo Scelzo: Ludovico References External links * 1961 films 1960s war drama films Italian war drama films 1960s Italian-language films World War II films based on actual events Films set in Rome Films directed by Carlo Lizzani Holocaust films Films scored by Giovanni Fusco 1961 drama films Italian World War II films 1960s Italian films {{war-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fury Of Achilles
''L'ira di Achille'', internationally released as ''The Fury of Achilles'', is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's ''Iliad''. The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starred Gordon Mitchell as Achilles. It was released in the UK in 1963 as ACHILLES and was filmed in EuroScope and Eastman Color. Plot Greeks set sail to Troy, since the prince Paris has abducted the Spartan Princess Helen, wife of Menelaus. In the fighting stands the invincible hero Achilles, who leads his Myrmidons to assault. Now in the tenth year of the war, Troy has not yet been destroyed. For the contention of a slave, Agamemnon, king of the Greeks offends Achilles because of a female slave and the hero withdraws from the war, creating confusion in the army. The Trojans in fact have the opportunity to drive out the Greeks at sea and so Patroclus, Achilles' best friend wears, without the knowledge of Achilles, his divine armor to instill co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Stage Actresses
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Italian Film Actresses
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain From Toledo
''Captain from Toledo'' ( it, L'uomo di Toledo, es, El hombre de Toledo, german: Der Mann von Toledo) is a 1965 Italian-Spanish-German adventure film written and directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Stephen Forsyth and Ann Smyrner. Set in medieval Toledo, Spain, the Italian film critic Marco Giusti described it as a crossover between Eurospy and swashbuckler genres.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. pp. 276-7. . Plot Cast * Stephen Forsyth as Captain Miguel de Fuentes * Ann Smyrner as Doña Rosita * Norma Bengell as Myriam * Gianni Solaro as Don Pedro * Maria Laura Rocca as Doña Sol * Gabriella Andreini as Cafat * Nerio Bernardi as Don Alfonso * José Calvo as Don Canio * Aldo Cecconi as Don Raphael * Ivan Desny as Don Felipe * Carl Möhner as Don Ramiro * Manolo Gómez Bur * Andrea Scotti Andrea Scotti (born 27 August 1931) is an Italian film and television actor. Background Born in Naples, Scotti attended at the Centro Sperim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Scippo
''Lo scippo (the snatching)'' is a 1965 Italian film. It marked the directorial debut of Nando Cicero. Plot Speranza, a female company cashier, organizes with two young men with a motorcycle a snatching for stage a steal with money of customers. However, the bills are counterfeit because they have been changed out by Linzalone another bank's employee. But the money bag is unfortunely intercepted and steal to employee outside the bank by a couple of real thieves. Cast * Paolo Ferrari *Gabriele Ferzetti *Fiorenzo Fiorentini * Margaret Lee *Didi Perego *Mario Pisu : Frascà *Maria Laura Rocca *Enrico Maria Salerno : Linzalone *Vinicio Sofia *Annette Stroyberg *Valeria Valeri Valeria Valeri (born Valeria Tulli; 8 December 1921 – 11 June 2019) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography On stage A student of actress Elsa Merlini, Valeri began her professional acting career in 1948, working on stage with fel ... : Speranza External links * 1965 films Italian com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina Vs
Valeria Messalina (; ) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation probably resulted from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times. Early life Messalina was the daughter of Domitia Lepida and her first cousin Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus. Her mother was the youngest child of the consul Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major. Her mother's brother, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, had been the first husband of the future Empress Agrippina the Younger and the biological father of the future Emperor Nero, making Nero Messalina's first cousin despite a seventeen-year age difference. Messalina's grandmothers Claudia Marcella t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of The Sphinx
''Secret of the Sphinx'' ( it, La sfinge sorride prima di morire - Stop Londra) is a 1964 film, directed by Duccio Tessari, which stars Tony Russel, Salah Zulfikar, Maria Perschy, Ivan Desny, and Manuela Kent. Plot The story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are murdered. Thomas and Hélène meet in Cairo as a Lloyd's of London agent investigates an Egyptian bank robbery. The booty remained buried in the sand and comes back to light following archaeological excavations. The agent suspects that the band of robbers is hiding among the archaeologists who are carrying out the excavations and, in fact, when the expedition returns to Cairo, he discovers that the chests contain the gold stolen from the bank. Production The exteriors of the film were shot in Egypt, while Cinecittà was chosen for the interiors. The camera operator was the famous director Joe D'Amato, here credited with his real name, Aristide Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of Rome (film)
''The Fall of Rome'' ( it, Il crollo di Roma) is a 1963 Italian peplum film written and directed by Anthony Dawson. Plot Immediately following the death of Constantine the proconsul Junio resumed the persecutions against Christians. Among them is the centurion Mark, who manages to escape arrest and, together with her sister Licia, sets out on a journey to the consul Gaius. Attacked by soldiers of Valerio, Marco is saved with the help of a barbarian tribe, but loses Licia. Junio promises to Marco that all Christians will be freed if he agrees to fight in the arena and manages to defeat all his opponents. Accompanied by Svetla, a girl barbarian, Marco fights and returns freedom to Christians, but suddenly an earthquake strikes. Cast * Carl Möhner as Marco * Loredana Nusciak as Svetla * Andrea Aureli as Rako * Ida Galli as Licia * Piero Palermini as Valerio * Giancarlo Sbragia as Giunio * Nando Tamberlani as Matteo * Maria Grazia Buccella as Xenia * Jim Dolen as Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
