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Marina Malfatti
Marina Malfatti (25 April 1933 – 8 June 2016) was an Italian actress. Biography Born in Florence, Malfatti moved to Paris at the age of 17 where she attended the Cours d'Art Dramatique, the drama school founded by René Simon. Two years later, after returning to Italy, she obtained a scholarship for the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and started appearing in films and on stage in some small roles. Her theater career was launched by Arnoldo Foà who chose her as his co-star in the play ''Two for the Seesaw'' by William Gibson. Hence Malfatti's stage career alternated comedic and dramatic roles. During the 1970s, Malfatti was an icon of Italian horror films, especially of demonic background. In the 1980s, her career focused on theatre, and in 1986 Alberto Moravia wrote specifically for her the drama ''La cintura''. In 1990 she began a critically acclaimed collaboration with stage director Luigi Squarzina. Malfatti was married to the diplomat Umberto La Rocca. Selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Colors Of The Dark
''All the Colors of the Dark'' ( it, Tutti i colori del buio) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino and starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and George Rigaud. The film was also released under the alternate titles ''Day of the Maniac'' and ''They're Coming to Get You!''. Synopsis After a car accident causes her to miscarry, Jane's sister Barbara recommends seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Burton, against the misgivings of Jane's boyfriend Richard. Jane is also still dealing with the trauma of witnessing her mother's murder at a young age. The visit ends badly and Jane instead ends up confiding in her new neighbor Mary. Mary recommends that Jane participate in a Black Mass with Mary's sect, which she does despite several misgivings. Afterwards Jane begins to experience nightmares of a strange man and starts seeing him in her waking life, making her increasingly unable to distinguish the dream world from the real one. Despite the rituals becoming more bizarre and sexu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Than A Miracle
''More Than a Miracle'' ( it, C'era una volta) is a 1967 film also titled ''Cinderella Italian Style'' and ''Happily Ever After''. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río. The movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the countryside outside Naples, Francesco Rosi directed and Carlo Ponti produced. The theme music was a hit for Roger Williams, reaching #2 on Billboard's survey. Sergio Franchi recorded the title song (written by Kusik; Snyder; Piccioni) on his 1968 RCA Victor album, ''I'm a Fool To Want You''. Plot The film recounts the misadventures of a beautiful and temperamental village girl Isabella (Sophia Loren) and an ill-tempered Spanish prince, Rodrigo (Omar Sharif). The prince is a risk taker, avoiding his parents' wishes for him to marry. The movie starts with the prince trying to tame a wild horse in the courtyard, while his mother the queen, asks when he will do as his father wishes and marry? There are 7 princesses waiting to dine with him, for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Balloon Vendor
''The Balloon Vendor'' ( it, Il venditore di palloncini, also released as ''Last Moments'' and ''The Last Circus Show'') is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring James Whitmore. Cast * Renato Cestiè as Giacomino * Lee J. Cobb as Vent'anni * Adolfo Celi as Professor * James Whitmore as Antonio * Cyril Cusack as Balloon Vendor * Marina Malfatti as Maria * Silvano Tranquilli as Doctor * Gianni Agus as Circus manager * Umberto D'Orsi as Taxi Driver * Maurizio Arena as Romolo * Lina Volonghi Lina Volonghi (4 September 1914 – 24 February 1991) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Genoa as Giuseppina Angela Volonghi, a promising junior swimming champion in her youth, Volonghi started her actin ... as Sister Maria References External links * 1974 films 1974 drama films Italian drama films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Gariazzo Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani 1970s Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Black Ribbon For Deborah
''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' ( it, Un fiocco nero per Deborah) is a 1974 Italian horror film directed by Marcello Andrei. Cast * Bradford Dillman as Michel Lagrange * Marina Malfatti as Deborah Lagrange * Gig Young as Ofenbauer * Delia Boccardo as Mira * Micaela Esdra as Elena * Lucretia Love as Wife of Ofenbauer Production Director Marcello Andrei and his co-writers originally conceived the film with an original idea of a dying woman passing the child she is bearing to another person. Giuseppe Pulieri stated that the script he worked one was ruined by a producers attempt to exploit the film as part of the "demonic possession" cycle of films. Pulieri stated that "The script stayed ten years in the drawer, I even pestered Raymond Stross into making it, to no avail ... they altered the story, the in all the usual bullshit: the witches, the sorcerer, the special effects..." The film began shooting on May 13, 1974. Release ''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' was distributed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man With The Golden Winchester
'' Man with the Golden Winchester'' ( it, Il figlio di Zorro, es, El hijo del Zorro, also known as ''Son of Zorro'') is a 1973 Spaghetti Western-adventure film directed by Gianfranco Baldanello and starring Alberto Dell'Acqua and Fernando Sancho.Thomas Weisser. ''Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent''. McFarland, 2005. Plot The young nobleman Don Ricardo Villaverde lives in Mexico, which is ruled by Emperor Maximilian and led by Governor Leblanche as his very enjoyable representative Son of Zorro, a fighter for the poor peons and rebels suffering under the governor and thus for the revolution. When a load of weapons is on its way to the Alcalde of the town of San Ramon, Don Herrera Coser, the transport is attacked by the rebel Garincha and Herrera is killed; his daughter Donna Conchita escapes with the help of the son of Zoro and is hidden by him. They both fall in love. Meanwhile, the weapons become the property of the rebels who equip the peons with them an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Prato Macchiato Di Rosso
''Il prato macchiato di rosso'' () is a 1973 Italian film directed by Riccardo Ghione. Plot Emilia-Romagna, Italy, early seventies. A Unesco agent discovers that blood is contained in a bottle of wine produced by a well-known Italian winery. A couple of hippies in their wanderings come across Antonio who accompanies them to the villa where he lives with his sister and brother-in-law. In the sumptuous house the two young men meet strange characters: a gypsy woman, a prostitute and a disquieting drunkard. The landlord, Michelino Croci, reassures them by saying that he is only a wine producer and loves to host strange people. In reality, Mr. Antonio is a madman who created a mechanism, a sort of robot capable of sucking blood from human bodies. Cast Style Italian film critic and historian Roberto Curti described the film as mixing elements from the gothic genre, the thriller and a little bit of science fiction. Production Shortly after the release of director Riccardo Ghione's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Zwo
Alexander Zwo (literally translated "Alexander No. 2") is a German- French-Austrian-Italian TV mini-series directed by Franz Peter Wirth. Synopsis Mike Friedberg (Jean-Claude Bouillon) is a chemist in the United States. When his father dies in a car accident in Europe, Friedberg jr. returns home in order to manage the inherited chemical plant in Munich. Soon he learns that this plant does important research for the NATO. Then, all of a sudden, attempts on his life are made. He is shot at and has a strange car accident, very similar to the one that killed his father. He scarcely survives an explosion in the laboratory but his employee Dr. Terbot (Renato Carmine) dies. On a train, a killer called Sonja (Marina Malfatti) attempts to kill him. She turns out being a Soviet-Russian secret agent and confuses him with her former lover, his twin brother Alexander. Mike understands that his twin brother, who disappeared when they were little children, is not dead. He pretends to be the dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Clint The Stranger
''The Return of Clint the Stranger'' (aka There's a Noose Waiting for You Trinity!, it, Il ritorno di Clint il solitario, es, El retorno de Clint el solitario) is a 1972 Italian-Spanish Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Klaus Kinski. The film is a sequel to ''Clint the Stranger''. Plot Trinity is a former gunslinger desperate to be forgiven by his family that he abandoned years ago. A ruthless bounty hunter tracks down Trinity and forces him to return to his criminal ways to protect himself and his family. Cast * George Martin as Clint Murrayson * Marina Malfatti as Norma Murrayson * Klaus Kinski as Scott * Daniel Martín as Slim * Augusto Pescarini as Jimmy Murrayson * Francisco José Huetos as Mr Scranton * Susanna Atkinson as Betty Murrayson (as Billy) * Willi Colombini as (as Willy Colombini) * Luis Ponciado as Brandon * Gaspar 'Indio' González as Sheriff Culver (as Indio González) * Manuel Muñiz as Telegrapher (as Pajarito) * Manuel Sas as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
''The Red Queen Kills Seven Times'' ( it, La dama rossa uccide sette volte) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Emilio Miraglia. Plot Two sisters, Kitty and Evelyn, are cursed by a family painting depicting a hundred year-cycle in which a Red Queen is raised from the dead to kill seven times. Hoping to end the cycle, their grandfather, Tobias, orders the painting removed from their sight. Years later, Kitty accidentally kills Evelyn during a fight. Their older sister, Franziska, covers up the death, and everyone, including Tobias, is told that Evelyn immigrated to the United States. This doesn't sit well with Kitty, who is willing to allow Franziska to cover up the murder but feels overwhelming guilt. When their grandfather dies from a fear-induced heart attack, a series of murders begin to occur around Kitty, all of which appear to have been caused by a red-cloaked Evelyn. The police begin to suspect that Kitty and her married lover Martin are the perpetrators of the murders, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
''Seven Blood-Stained Orchids'' ( it, Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Plot A killer is driving around the streets of Italy looking for a specific victim who happens to be an older woman that lives alone. The killer breaks in and kills her with a switchblade, and catches a glimpse of the woman's daughter in a photograph before leaving and plots to kill her next. The killer follows through with that by posing as a client of one of her escorts and beating her to death in a field. Elsewhere, a soon to be married Giulia Torresi is picking a dress for her marriage to a wealthy clothing designer by the name of Mario when she receives a mysterious call from an unknown caller, who simply hangs up when asked their identity. Mario walks in soon after, upset that his design isn't being carried out. Meanwhile, another mysterious call is received by a partygoer named Kathy and like the last one, the call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Guns (1971 Film)
''Savage Guns'' (originally titled ''Era Sam Wallach... lo chiamavano 'così sia, and also known as ''His Name Was Sam Walbash, But They Call Him Amen'') is a low-budget Spaghetti Western from 1971, directed by Demofilo Fidani and starring Robert Woods. Cast * Robert Woods as Sam Wallash (credited as Robert Wood) * Dino Strano as Mash Donovan (credited as Dean Stratford) * Benito Pacifico as Hernandes (credited as Dennis Colt) * Custer Gail as Sturges *Simonetta Vitelli as Fanny (credited as Simone Blondell) *Marina Malfatti as Marge (uncredited) *Lincoln Tate (uncredited) *Gordon Mitchell (uncredited) *Peter Martell Pietro Martellanza (30 September 1938 – 1 February 2010), best known as Peter Martell, was an Italian film actor who had numerous bigger roles in Spaghetti westerns. Sometimes he was credited as Pete Martell or Peter Martel. Born in Bolzano, h ... (uncredited) References External links * 1971 films 1970s Italian-language films Spaghetti Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Killer
''Black Killer'' is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Croccolo and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot James Webb arrives to town with a casket full of books. He discovers that the judge co-operates with the wanted O'Hara brothers, who make farmers sign over their land deeds and then kill them. The deeds are then deposited with the judge. Webb, who has presented himself to the judge as a lawyer, finds that since these deeds are not registered they will forfeit to the judge if the O'Haras are killed. The O'Haras suspect Webb to be a government agent, but later they intercept and kill a government inspector who was sent to investigate. They also raid the town and kill the sheriff in anger when they don't receive enough protection money. Burt Collins arrives in town and asks for his brother Peter, who lives outside of town with his Native American wife, Sarah. He kills two of O'Hara's men who cheat at gambling. He seems willing to follow the advice of Ramon O'Hara (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |