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Messalina (1960 Film)
''Messalina'' ( it, Messalina Venere imperatrice) is a 1960 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. Plot After the death of the Emperor Caligula, Claudius is chosen to replace him. Claudius decides to take a new wife, the Vestal Virgin Messalina, the niece of Augustus Caesar. The night before the wedding Messalina murders a noble via poison. An assassin is sent to kill Messalina; she seduces him, has him killed and presents his severed head. Cast * Belinda Lee as Valeria Messalina * Spiros Focás as Lucius Maximus * Carlo Giustini as Lucius Geta (as Carlo Justini) * Giancarlo Sbragia as Aulo Celso (as Gian Carlo Sbragia) * Arturo Dominici as Gaius Lilius * Giulio Donnini as Narcissus * Ida Galli as Silvia * Mino Doro as Claudius * Giuliano Gemma as Marcellus * Annie Gorassini as Courtisan lover of Aulo Ceso * Lia Angeleri as Vipidia * Aroldo Tieri as Pirgo Pollinice * Vittorio Congia as Ortotrago * Paola Pitagora (as Paola Gargeloni) * Bruno Scipioni P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Cottafavi
Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Il diavolo sulle colline'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ' (1943) * ''The Gates of Heaven'' (1945) (actor) * ''The Sun Still Rises'' (1946) * '' The Unknown Man of San Marino'' (1946) * '' Fire Over the Sea'' (1947) * ''La grande strada'' (1948) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * '' A Woman Has Killed'' (1952) * ''Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * '' Traviata '53'' (1953) * '' A Free Woman'' (1954) * '' It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (1954) * ''Messalina'' (1960) * ''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis ''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' ( it, Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide, lit=Hercules at the Conquest of Atlantis) is a 1961 film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Reg Park in his film debut as Ercole/Hercule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Galli
Ida Galli is an Italian film actress best known for her roles in Spaghetti Western and giallo films in the 1960s and 1970s. Galli has appeared under several pseudonyms, including Arianna, Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon. Extremely prolific, some of her most notable roles include ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (1961), ''The Leopard'' (1963), ''The Whip and the Body'' (1965), ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965), ''Adiós gringo'' (1965), ''Django Shoots First'' (1966), ''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' (1966), ''The Sweet Body of Deborah'' (1968), ''The Weekend Murders'' (1970), ''The Case of the Scorpion's Tail'' (1971), ''The Bloodstained Butterfly'' (1971), '' Knife of Ice'' (1972), '' The Murder Mansion'' (1972), '' Footprints on the Moon'' (1975), and ''The Psychic'' (1977). Life and career Ida Galli was born in Sestola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Her date of birth has variously been given as 9 April 1942 and 8 October 1939. After finishing school, Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nights Of Lucretia Borgia
''The Nights of Lucretia Borgia'' is a 1959 Italian film. It was also known as Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia and Nights of Temptation. It was one of a series of sexually aggressive characters Lee played in European movies. Plot Diana d'Alva is part of a family who are leading a conspiracy against the Borgias in medieval Italy. She is rescued from being attacked by Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family. Federico goes to serve Cesare Borgia. Cesare's sister Lucrezia desires Federico but he is in love with Diana. Lucrezia's former lover, Astorre, is jealous of Frederico. Frederico rescues Diana from the Borgias and kills Atorre in a duel. Cast *Belinda Lee as Lucretia Borgia *Jacques Sernas as Frederico *Arnoldo Foà as Astorre *Michèle Mercier as Diana d'Alva *Franco Fabrizi as Cesare Borgia *Marco Tulli as Jacopo *Lilli Scaringi as Serafina *Germano Longo as Ufficiale *Nando Tamberlani as Duca d'Alva *Raf Baldassarre as Ruggero Production It was Belinda Lee's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Governor of Spoleto, a position usually held by cardinals, in her own right. Her family arranged several marriages for her that advanced their own political position including Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro and Gradara, Count of Cotignola; Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno; and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Tradition has it that Alfonso of Aragon was an illegitimate son of the King of Naples and that her brother Cesare Borgia may have had him murdered after his political value waned. Rumors about her and her family cast Lucrezia as a '' femme fatale'', a role in which she has been portrayed in many artworks, novels and films. Early life Lucrezia Borgia was born on 18 April 1480 at Subiaco, near Rome. Her mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Scipioni
Bruno Scipioni (29 July 1934 – 5 December 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome, Scipioni graduated in accountancy and then, in 1958, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He started his film career with ''Kapò'' (1959) and he was particularly active during the 1960s, usually being cast as a character actor. He was also active on stage, in television series, in commercials and as voice actor. He was the father of voice actor Carlo Scipioni. Selected filmography *''Terror of the Red Mask'' (1960) - Ribelle *''Messalina'' (1960) *'' Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) - The Hotel Waiter *''Silver Spoon Set'' (1960) - Minor role (uncredited) *''Kapo'' (1960) *'' Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' (1960) *''Madri pericolose'' (1960) - Party Guest *''I Teddy boys della canzone'' (1960) - Police radio Operator *''Garibaldi'' (1961) - Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti *'' L'assassino'' (1961) *'' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) - Otello l'idraulico *''Un gio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pitagora
Paola Pitagora (born 24 August 1941) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 50 films since 1959. Biography Born in Parma, Pitagora attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and the acting school by Alessandro Fersen. In 1960 she debuted as a RAI TV-hostess of variety and infortaintment programs. In 1962 she made her theatrical debut with ''Gog e Magog'', then appeared in a great number of stage works. In 1965 she achieved a wide popularity with the leading role of Lucia in the TV series ''I Promessi sposi'' directed by Sandro Bolchi. She later starred on several other TV series, having one another remarkable success in 1972 with the sci-fi series ''A come Andromeda''. Pitagora's film career started in 1959 with an uncredited role in ''Costa azzurra''; she had fewer opportunities to show her talent at cinema, where is probably best known for the role of the unstable Giulia of Marco Bellocchio's ''Fists in the Pocket'' (1965). In 1969 she won the Nastro d'Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Congia
Vittorio Congia (4 November 1930 – 26 November 2019) was an Italian film actor and dubber. He appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1978. He was born in Iglesias, , Italy. Selected filmography * '' La Bottega del Caffè'' (1960) * '''' (1961) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroldo Tieri
Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969. Life and career Born in Corigliano Calabro, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film. Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre. In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s. His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the Charles Dickens, Dickens' novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Angeleri
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Rosalia / Roselia, Natalia, Aurelia, Adalia / Adelia, Ailia, Apulia, Alia / Aleah. It can also be a surname. People with the given name Lia * Lia (artist), Austrian software artist * Lia (singer), Japanese singer * Lia, member of the Korean group Itzy * Lia Andrea Ramos (born 1981), Filipina model * Lía Bermúdez (1930–2021), Venezuelan sculptor * Francesca Lia Block (born 1962), American fantasy writer * Lia Franca (1912-1988) Italian actress * Lía Borrero (born 1976), Panamanian beauty queen * Lia Boysen (born 1966), Swedish actress * Lia Chang (born 1963), American actress and journalist * Lia Cruz (born 1985), Filipina television host * Lia Dorana (1918–2010), a Dutch actress * Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985), German actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Gorassini
Annie Gorassini (born 8 January 1941 in Milan) is an Italian actress and singer, originally a participant in the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, she went on to star in ''Messalina'' (1960), ''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962), ''8½'' (1963), and ''Stop Train 349'' (1963). She also sang in the Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual international children's song competition established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1. The first two contests were held in Milan. In 1961, the contest was taken up by th ... competition in 1972. References 1941 births Living people Italian actresses Italian singers {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
