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Mario Montuori
Mario Montuori (1 May 1920 – 12 August 1997) was an Italian film cinematographer and painter. Life and career Born in Rome, Mario Montuori was the son of the cinematographer Carlo.Mario Bernardo. ''Aic, 40° Anniversario''. Associazione Italiana Autori della Fotografia Cinematografica, 1990. p. 32. He began his film career in 1937, working as an assistant operator alongside his father. In 1940 he was conscripted and until 1943 was operator for Istituto Luce on the Russian front. In 1949 he debuted as a cinematographer, and his collaborations included films by Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Lattuada and Mario Soldati. Starting from the late 1970s, he left the cinema industry to dedicate himself to painting. Selected filmography * ''To Live in Peace'' (1947) * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) * ''Pact with the Devil'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' O.K. Nerone'' (1951) * '' It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (1951) * ''Shadows on the Grand Canal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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The Overcoat (1952 Film)
''The Overcoat'' ( it, Il Cappotto) is a 1952 Italian fantasy-drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It stars Renato Rascel and is a modern-day version, set in Italy, of the same-named 1842 short tale by Nikolai Gogol. The director's sister, Bianca Lattuada, was one of the production managers and his father, Felice Lattuada, composed the music. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome with sets designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Location shooting took place in Pavia in Lombardy. Plot The Northern Italian town of Pavia in the 1930s. Carmine De Carmine, a clerk employed in the town hall, lives very modestly in rented room. He is devoted to his work, but is continually ignored or demeaned by the town's general secretary as well as by the mayor, an ambitious and corrupt politician, who has both a wife and a mistress. Carmine wears a shabby and threadbare coat which leaves him exposed to cold winter winds, but since he can barely pay the rent, a good wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wide Blue Road
''The Wide Blue Road'' ( it, La grande strada azzurra ) is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Plot The story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on a small island off the Dalmatian coast. In a desperate effort to improve the lives of his family he begins to fish illegally using bombs instead of relying on nets. However this method invokes the hatred of the other fishermen and finally results in tragedy. Cast *Alida Valli - Rosetta *Yves Montand - Squarciò *Francisco Rabal - Salvatore *Umberto Spadaro - Marshal *Peter Carsten - Rivo *Federica Ranchi - Diana *Terence Hill Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtim ... - Renato External links * 1957 films 1950s Italian-language films 1957 romantic drama films Films about fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Max (1957 Film)
''Count Max'' (Italian:''Il conte Max'') is a 1957 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica and Anne Vernon. It is a remake of the 1937 film ''Il signor Max'' in which De Sica had played the title role. This film was itself remade in 1991. A newspaper vendor masquerades as a count, falling in with a baroness and her wealthy, aristocratic friends. He believes he is love with her, but comes to realize he has more in common with her maid. The film's art direction was by Flavio Mogherini. Plot Alberto Boccetti, Roman newsagent in Via Veneto, is mistaken for Count Max Orsini Varaldo, a penniless nobleman and scrounger, while on vacation in Cortina (where he went instead of going on vacation to the village of Capracotta as desired by his uncle). Here he meets Baroness Elena di Villombrosa, who invites him to join the company of nobles, headed to Seville, but also meets their housekeeper Lauretta. In Seville, after contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Giorni Più Belli
''I giorni più belli'' ( ''The Best Days'' or ''The Most Beautiful Days'') is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Franco Interlenghi. Cast * Franco Interlenghi * Vittorio De Sica * Mario Carotenuto * Valeria Moriconi * Mario Riva * Riccardo Billi * Andrea Checchi * Carlo Campanini * Carlo Ninchi * Nando Bruno * Clelia Matania Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was an Italian film and voice actress. Life and career Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended t ... References External links * 1956 films 1956 comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Mattoli 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bigamist (1956 Film)
''The Bigamist'' ( it, Il bigamo) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. Plot Mario De Santis, an enterprising trade representative who sells toothpastes, regularly married to Valeria, sees his life upset by the accusation of being bigamous. Accompanied to the police station, he is confronted with a certain Isolina Fornaciari, whom he would have married in Forlimpopoli a few years earlier. Mario, furious at the accusation, goes into de facto ways with Isolina's father, with whom he has a fight so much that he is put under arrest. Moreover, no one seems to believe in his innocence, not even his wife, who lets herself be negatively influenced by her sister and the family lawyer. When Mario is granted bail, his case is entrusted to an eccentric prince of the forum, talkative and extravagant. A friend of Mario's, met in prison, realizes that it could be a case of the same name and sets out to travel all over Rome in search of Isolina's real husband. When he finds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Tales (film)
''Roman Tales'' ( it, Racconti romani) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. It is based on several short stories collected in ''Racconti romani'' by Alberto Moravia. The film won two David di Donatello Awards, for best director and best producer. Plot In Rome, during the Fifties, three boys attempt to commit a robbery. They're Mario, Alvaro and Otello, aided by a trickster, Professor Semprini, who claims to be a great intellectual. In reality the man is just the garbage boy of the upright lawyer Mazzoni Baralla, who goes on the trail of the three boys as soon as they attempt the shot. Indeed, Alvaro, Mario and Otello are arrested, after being deceived by Semprini, who demands from them a payment for the design of the plan. In fact the three first attempt to pass off counterfeit notes, then pretend to be guards from the vice squad in Villa Borghese. After the arrest and acquittal, the three decide to return to their old and simple jobs. Cast * Totò: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony Of Love
''Symphony of Love'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia d'amore'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama musical film directed by Glauco Pellegrini and starring Claude Laydu, Marina Vlady and Lucia Bosé. It is a biopic portraying the life of the composer Franz Schubert.Mitchell p.200 The French title release title was ''Unfinished Symphony'' (French: ''Symphonie inachevée''), Cast * Claude Laydu as Franz Schubert * Marina Vlady as Caroline Esterhazy * Lucia Bosé as Teresa Grob * Jone Salinas as Colomba Calafatti * Paolo Stoppa as Calafatti * Gino Bechi as Vogl * Silvio Bagolini as Mayrhofer * Rosanna Carteri * Riccardo Fellini as Kupelweiser * Nicola Monti * Heinz Moog as Count Esterhazy * Edoardo Toniolo Edoardo Toniolo (22 November 1907 - 31 December 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Turin, the son of the stage actors Antonio and Rosa Rosaz, at young age Toniolo debuted on stage in supporting roles. He late ... as Count Zilh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripoli, Beautiful Land Of Love
''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' (Italian: ''Tripoli, bel suol d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian comedy war film directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Alberto Sordi, Lyla Rocco and Fulvia Franco.Chiti & Poppi p.376 It takes its title from a traditional song of the same name which features prominently on the soundtrack. The plot draws some inspiration from that of ''The Three Musketeers''. It was shot in Ferraniacolor, and took around 248 million lire at the Italian box office. It is set against the backdrop of the Libyan War between Italy and the Ottoman Empire in 1911. A young man from the countryside volunteers to join the Bersaglieri, but quickly clashes with three overbearing comrades. They resent the newcomer because Maria the daughter of the marshal, who they are all in love with, has shown attention to the young man. However all eventually become close friends. When war breaks out they travel to Tripoli to fight, accompanied by Maria who has enlisted in the Red Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Virgin
''Modern Virgin'' ( it, Vergine moderna) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Plot The young Claudia wants to escape from the gray life of the provinces and aims for rich men, but each time with unhappy results. Only her brother can finally shake her from it. Cast * Vittorio De Sica: Antonio Valli * Gabriele Ferzetti: Gabriele Demico * May Britt: Claudia Bardi * Vittorio Sanipoli: Vittorio * Teresa Pellati: Annadora * Mirko Ellis: Giacomo * Luca Ronconi: Andrea Bardi * Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her acting ...: Sig.ra Bardi * Angiolo Nosei: Prof. Bardi * Giacomo Furia: Un commesso References External links * 1954 films Films directed by Marcello Pagliero Films scored by Nino Rota 1950s Italian-language film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan, Son Of The White Devil
''Ivan, Son of the White Devil'' ( it, Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco, also known just as ''Ivan'') is a 1953 Italian adventure film written and directed by Guido Brignone and starring Paul Campbell and Nadia Gray.Anonimo. "Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco". ''Segnalazioni cinematografiche'', Volume XXXIV, 1953. It grossed 345 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Cast * Paul Campbell as Ivan *Nadia Gray as Princess Alina *Arnoldo Foà as Emir Abdul *Nando Bruno as Boris * Erica Vaal Pahlen as Myriam * Alda Mangini as Dunia *Alberto Sorrentino as Stepan *Sandro Ruffini *Mario Feliciani * Nerio Bernardi *Guido Celano * Ugo Sasso * Agostino Salvietti * Pietro Tordi Pietro Tordi (12 July 1906 – 14 December 1990) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1942 and 1988. He was born in Florence, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) - L'altro conspiratore * '' Don C ... References External links * 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young For Love (1953 Film)
''Too Young for Love'' (Italian: ''L'età dell'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Marina Vlady and Fernand Gravey.Pintaldi p.62 Some of the film was shot on location in Castellana Grotte. Synopsis In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl. Partial cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Coletti, padre di Annette * Marina Vlady as Annette * Pierre-Michel Beck as Andrea * Fernand Gravey as Padre di Andrea, presidente del tribunale * Vittorio Sanipoli as Sergio * Nando Bruno as Commisario * Lauro Gazzolo as Vicepresidente del tribunale * Lola Braccini as Zia di Sergio * Xenia Valderi as Madre di Andrea * Massimo Pianforini Massimo Pianforini (1890–1966) was an Italian film and television actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.64 Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' The Knight of San M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
