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Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress. Biography Gray was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest. Her father moved to Romania from Russia, and her mother was from Akkerman (Bessarabia). She left Romania for Paris in the late 1940s to escape the Communist takeover after World War II. Her film debut was in ''L'Inconnu d'un soir'' in 1949. Perhaps her best-known role was in the Federico Fellini film ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960). She played a guest role in an episode of the television series ''The Prisoner'' ("The Chimes of Big Ben", 1967). Personal life She was first married to N. Goldenberg (later Herescu), a wealthy businessman from Chișinău, then to Constantin Cantacuzino, a Romanian aristocrat who was one of Romania's top fighter aces of the war. They were married from 1946 to his death in 1958. Her third husband was Manhattan attorney Herbert Silverman. They were married from 1967 to her death in 1994. She died in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Without Stars
''Night Without Stars'' is a 1951 British black-and-white dramatic thriller film, starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was written by Winston Graham based upon his eponymous 1950 novel. The film was directed by Anthony Pelissier and produced by Hugh Stewart. It was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Plot The film begins in the spring of 1947 on the south coast of France on the French Riviera. English lawyer Giles Gordon ( David Farrar) has been partially blinded during service in World War II, and fears his eyesight is worsening. After he stumbles in a shoe shop, the shop assistant Alix Delaisse (Nadia Gray) recognises him later in the day and joins him at a cafe. She explains she is the widow of a French Resistance fighter hanged in Nice. Restaurateur Pierre Chava (Gérard Landry) approaches Giles and warns him off with the claim that Alix is already promised to him. He tells Giles that Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle. The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome. Main cast * Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini * Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis * Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi * Andrea Checchi as Giulio Ricordi * Danièle Delorme as Maria * Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi * Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi * Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja * Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti * Micheline Presle as Virginia Marchi * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossed Swords (1954 Film)
''Crossed Swords'' or ''The Teacher of Don Juan'' (Italian: ''Il Maestro di Don Giovanni'') is a 1954 historical swashbuckling adventure film directed by Milton Krims and starring Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida and Nadia Gray. It was co-production between Italy and the United States. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. Plot The film is set in Early Modern Italy in the Duchy of Sidona. Raniero and Renzo are two friends who have been travelling together for two years, having adventures, fighting duels and womanizing. Raniero is the son of the Duke of Sidona, and the elder Renzo his Don Juan-type mentor. On their way back to Sidona after a two-year absence, Renzo and Raniero encounter Fulvia, a former lover of Renzo. She attacks him then invites him to her estate. Fulvia's rich husband Gennarelli is at a meeting at Sidona. Pavoncello, the Duke's counselor, is suggesting a new law where all men under twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Women Couldn't Care Less
''The Women Couldn't Care Less'' or ''Dames Get Along'' (French: ''Les femmes s'en balancent'') is a 1954 French crime film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Nadia Gray and Dominique Wilms. It features Peter Cheyney's fictional American detective Lemmy Caution. Plot Lemmy Caution is assigned to investigate undercover. Cast * Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution * Nadia Gray as Henrietta Aymes, Granworth's wife * Dominique Wilms as Paulette Bénito * Jacques Castelot as Granworth Aymes * Robert Burnier as police chief Metts * Robert Berri as Fernandez / Jean Termiglio * Darío Moreno as Perera * Nicolas Vogel as Jim Maloney * François Perrot as Langdon Nurdell * Paul Azaïs as guard * Guy Henri as Daredo * Pascale Roberts as Casa Antica's Seller * Georgette Anys as Mrs. Martinguez * Gil Delamare Gil or GIL may refer to: Places * Gil Island (other), one of several islands by that name * Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Carousel
''Neapolitan Carousel'' ( it, Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, winning its ''International Prize''. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. Cast * Léonide Massine as Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito * Achille Millo as Pulcinella's son * Agostino Salvietti as Prompter * Clelia Matania as Donna Concetta * Paolo Stoppa as Salvatore Esposito * Maria Fiore as Donna Brigida * Tina Pica as Capera * Maria-Pia Casilio as Nannina * Giacomo Rondinella as Luigino * Sophia Loren as Sisina * Dolores Palumbo as Sisina's mother * Loris Gizzi as Erik Gustaffson * Alberto Bonucci as Lyricist #1 * Vittorio Caprioli as Lyricist #2 * Carlo Mazzarella as Baron * Vera Nandi as Lilì Kangy * Yvette Chauviré as Margherita * Folco Lulli as Don Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietà Per Chi Cade
''Pietà per chi cade'' (i. e. ''Compassion for those who fall'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Mario Costa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Antonella Lualdi and Nadia Gray.Arturo Lanocita. "Pietà per chi cade" (review). ''Corriere della Sera''. 30 March 1954. Plot Cast *Amedeo Nazzari as Carlo *Antonella Lualdi as Bianca *Nadia Gray as Anna *Lída Baarová as Aunt Eugenia *Andrea Checchi as Andrea *Massimo Serato as Livio *Emilio Cigoli as Marsi * Lia Rainer as Gianna *Carlo D'Angelo as Lawyer *Cesare Fantoni as Prosecutor *Carlo Tamberlani as Judge *Miranda Campa * Lucia Banti References External links * *Pietà per chi cade' at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... Italian drama films 1954 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Years Of Love
''100 Years of Love'' ( it, Cento anni d'amore) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by . It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Franco Lolli. Cast References External links * 1954 films Films scored by Nino Rota Films scored by Mario Nascimbene 1950s Italian-language films Italian anthology films Films based on works by Gabriele D'Annunzio Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finalmente Libero!
''Finalmente libero!'' (i. e. "Finally free!") is a 1953 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola and Ruggero Maccari and starring Carlo Dapporto and Nadia Gray.Ezio Colombo. "Finalmente libero!" (review). ''Festival'' (71). 8 May 1954. Plot Cast * Carlo Dapporto as Enrico Rossi * Nadia Gray as Carla * Alba Arnova as Simona * Fulvia Franco as Giuditta * Luisa Rossi as Silvana * Marisa Merlini * Giacomo Rondinella * Irene Genna as Concetta * Adriana Facchetti as Margherita * Guglielmo Inglese * Enrico Glori * Ciccio Barbi * Alberto Sorrentino * Nino Marchesini Nino Marchesini (1895 – 13 January 1961) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1961. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1961 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film- ... References External links * 1953 films Italian comedy films 1953 comedy films Films directed by Mario Amendola 1950s Itali ... [...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] |
Puccini (film)
''Puccini '' is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini. Plot The film narrates the composer's life full of loves and recklessness, starting from the youthful period in which, after falling in love with Cristina who had helped him achieve success, he convinces Elvira, a mild-mannered girl from the provinces, to follow him to Milan. Elvira soon gives him a son and remains close to him despite her betrayals. Cristina, who has now become a famous soprano, reappears again in the life of the master and tries to distance him from her partner but, after the triumph of La bohème, driven by her gratitude towards Elvira, Giacomo decides to marry her. This does not mean that her infidelities end and Elvira, increasingly alone, decides to separate from her husband. The episode of the suicide of a young maid madly in love with him and the sensational failure of Madama Butterfly upset Pucci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Secret (1952 Film)
''Top Secret'' is a 1952 British black and white comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring George Cole, Oskar Homolka and Nadia Gray. A sanitation inspector is mistaken for an international spy. It was shot at the Elstree Studios of Associated British. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivan King. The film was released in the United States as ''Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow''. Plot George Potts, a plumber in a top secret government research plant, accidentally comes into possession of the plans for a revolutionary atomic weapon. As George leaves for his annual holiday, the research security team embarks on a nationwide search for the hapless 'sanitary engineer.' Meanwhile, the Russians get wind of the incident and intercept George, plying him with liquor and employment promises so that he'll hand over the plans to them. All the while, George never knows what the fuss is about: he thinks that the British and Soviet authorities are interested in his new plans f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |