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Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. He directed about 50 films till 1972, including Ulysses (1954 film), ''Ulysses'' with American stars Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, one of the first Europe/U.S.A. film coproductions. He died in 1981 in Gardone Riviera, Gardone Rivera, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Wally (1923 film), Wally'' (1923) *''Jolly clown da circo'' (1923) * ''The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * ''Voglio tradire mio marito'' (1925) * ''Saetta, principe per un giorno'' (1925) * ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (1925) * ''Kif Tebbi'' (1928) * ''Rails (film), Rails'' (1929) * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''The Last Adventure (1932 film), The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' (1932) * ''Giallo (1933 film), Giallo'' (1933) * ''T'amerò sempre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Kif Tebbi
''Kif Tebbi'' is a 1928 Italian silent war film directed by Mario Camerini. The film portrays the Italo-Turkish War. A young Italian-educated Libyan nobleman is summoned to fight for the Ottoman Empire when war breaks out in 1911, but eventually decides to change sides and support Italy. Production The film promoted the Italian Fascist regime's imperial policies in Libya and in wider Africa. While privately funded (although the government supported its production) the film foreshadowed future collaborations between the film industry and the Italian state.Ben-Ghiat p.75 Cast * Donatella Neri as Mne * Carlo Benetti * Piero Carnabuci as Mabruk El Gadi * Nini Dinelli as Rasim Ben Abdalla * Ugo Gracci as Taleb * Paolo Orsini * Alberto Pasquali as Uff. Degli Zaptie * Enrico Scatizzi as Comandante Turchi * Marcello Spada as Ismail * Raimondo Van Riel * Gino Viotti as Ajad Padre Di Ismail * Renato Visca as Fratello Ismail References Bibliography * Ben-Ghiat, Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938 Film)
''The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (german: Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann) is a 1938 German romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, and Leo Slezak. It is a remake of the 1936 Italian film ''But It's Nothing Serious'' also directed by Camerini. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin.KLaus p.131 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * ''The Sensational Tr .... Plot German version of the Italian film Ma Non E Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man inoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time. Cast References Bibliography * * Klaus, Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Signor Max
''Il Signor Max'' is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica and Assia Noris. Plot Gianni is a poor, young newspaper salesman in Rome. However, during his vacations he poses as Count Max Varaldo, an aristocrat. Once, on a cruise in Naples, he meets Donna Paola, a wealthy snob, and her maid Lauretta (a common, shy girl). After trying to establish a relationship with Donna Paola, Gianni, disappointed, decides to drop his alter ego Max and propose to Lauretta. However, she now believes that he is a Count. A series of humorous misunderstandings will happen before things get cleared. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max Varaldo *Assia Noris as Lauretta *Rubi Dalma as Donna Paola * Umberto Melnati as Riccardo *Lilia Dale as Pucci (billed as Adonella) *Virgilio Riento as Pepe * Mario Casaleggio as Uncle Pietro * Caterina Collo as Aunt Lucia *Ernesto Ghigi as Pierino *Romolo Costa as Commandante Baldi *Lilia Silvi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
But It's Nothing Serious
''But It's Nothing Serious'' (Italian: ''Ma non è una cosa seria'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani and Assia Noris.Cardullo p.268 It is based on a play by Luigi Pirandello. Two years later Camerini remade it as a German film '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the studios of Caesar Film in Rome. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Memmo Speranza * Elisa Cegani as Gasperina * Umberto Melnati as Vico Lamanna * Assia Noris as Loletta Festa * Elsa De Giorgi as Elsa * Ugo Ceseri as Barranco * Vivi Gioi as Matilde * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Un pensionnaire * Maria Arcione * Celeste Calza * Jole Capodaglio * Antonio Centa * Mario Ferrari * Giuliana Gianni * Zoe Incrocci * Carola Lotti * Dina Romano * Lia Rosa * Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Give A Million (1936 Film)
''I'll Give a Million'' ( it, Darò un milione) is a 1935 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the first screenplay by Cesare Zavattini which tells the story of a disillusioned millionaire who, tired of the attempts of greedy friends and relatives to sponge off of him, becomes a bum in order to find a decent human being. It had an American remake in 1938, again titled '' I'll Give a Million'' and starring Warner Baxter as the millionaire. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Plot A millionaire is about to commit suicide by leaping off of his yacht into the sea. He is just about to go when he spies a bum attempting suicide himself. The rich man saves the bum and tells him of his frustration with his friends and relatives who are always seeking a handout. He then claims that he will give a million francs to the first person to treat him kindly without thinking about his wealth. The next day, the tramp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Appeal
''The Great Appeal'' (Italian: ''Il Grande appello'') is a 1936 Italian war film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Roberto Villa and Lina d'Acosta. It is sometimes known by the alternative title ''The Last Roll-Call''. Camerini was considered to have no sympathies with the Fascist regime of Italy, but he made this propaganda film that endorsed the colonial policies of the Italian government. It was one of a number of African-set films made during the Fascist era including '' The White Squadron'' (1936), '' Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) and ''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' (1938). The film portrays the rediscovery of his patriotism of an Italian, who eventually dies for his country. Synopsis Giovanni Bertani is a rootless Italian emigrant who is currently running a hotel in French Djibouti. Although his son Enrico is serving with the Italian forces in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he sells arms to the Abyssinian forces fighting them. Following a journey to Abys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like The Leaves
''Like the Leaves'' (Italian:''Come le foglie'') is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Isa Miranda, Mimì Aylmer and Nino Besozzi. It was based on a play by Giuseppe Giacosa. The film radically altered the image of Miranda from her previous film '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) in which she had played a glamorous film star. In this case she appeared as a modest middle-class woman. Miranda was widely praised for her performance, further enhancing her status as the leading Italian actress.Gundle p.129 Synopsis After their father is ruined financially, his middle-class children go out to work. While most struggle, his daughter Nennele proves to be an unexpected success. Cast * Isa Miranda as Nennele * Mimì Aylmer as Giulia * Nino Besozzi as Max * Ernesto Sabbatini as Giovanni Rosani * Cesare Bettarini as Tommy * Achille Majeroni as Commander Casati * Romolo Costa as Zoffoli * Amina Pirani Maggi as Elena * Michele Riccardini Michele Mario Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three-Cornered Hat (film)
''The Three-Cornered Hat'' ( it, Il cappello a tre punte, also spelled as ''Three Cornered Hat'') is a 1935 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo. It is a Naples-set adaptation of the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón's novella with the same name. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Plot In the seventeenth century the Spanish governor of Naples harassed the population. Among the populace he notices a beautiful miller whom he falls in love with; to seduce her, she puts Luca, her husband, in jail, but he manages to escape and even disguises himself as a governor and penetrates the palace up to the governor's bedroom. Meanwhile, his wife Carmela manages to hold off the governor who has gone to the mill. The governor and Luca agree to punish the cheater who, when he returns home, is unable to be opened by the guards who treat him as an impostor. Cast *Eduardo De Filippo as Don Teofilo, The Governor *Peppino De Filippo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giallo (1933 Film)
''Giallo'' is a 1933 Italian comedy thriller film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Sandro Ruffini and Elio Steiner. It is based on the 1928 play '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' by Edgar Wallace in which a young wife begins to fear that her husband may in fact be an escaped murderer. It was made to capitalise on the growing popularity in Italy of Giallo, mystery and thriller fiction notable for their yellow covers and melodramatic plots often written by Anglo-American writers. It is also considered an early precursor of the successful Italian Giallo film genre, which boomed after the Second World War.Moliterno p.150 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Cast * Assia Noris as Henriette * Sandro Ruffini as Giorgio - suo marito * Elio Steiner Elio Steiner (1904–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. Steiner appeared in forty films during his career, including ''The Song of Love'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Scoundrels Men Are!
''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' ( it, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!) is a 1932 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song ''Parlami d'amore Mariù'' was a hit. Rare in Italian film history, it was filmed on real Milan locations, nowadays it is a sort of documentary on what Milan was like in the 1930s. It was produced by Cines with film sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin. The film was remade in 1953 by Glauco Pellegrini. Cast * Lia Franca as Mariuccia * Vittorio De Sica as Bruno * Cesare Zoppetti as Tadino * Aldo Moschino as Count Piazzi * Carola Lotti as Gina * Anna D'Adria as Letizia * Gemma Schirato as Widow * Maria Montesano as Candies woman * Tino Erler as Mario Castelli * María Denis María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
