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Renato Terra
Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet. Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book ''Che Strano Paese''. Selected filmography * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) * ''Torna a Napoli'' (1949) - Nino * ''Path of Hope'' (1950) - Mommino * ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950) * ''Vivo di te'', shortfilm (1951) * ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) * ''I falsari'' (1953) * ''A Husband for Anna'' (1953) - Il palpeggiatore * '' Senso'' (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited) * '' Proibito'' (1955) * '' The Bachelor'' (1956) - Tiberio * ''Nero's Weekend'' (1956) * ''Kean'' (1957) * ''White Nights'' (1957) - Un coinvolto nella rissa * ''Un an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proibito
''Proibito'' (''Forbidden'') is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Mel Ferrer. Cast * Mel Ferrer as Don Paolo Solinas * Amedeo Nazzari as Costantino Corraine * Lea Massari as Agnese Barras * Henri Vilbert as Niccodemo Barras * Germaine Kerjean as Maddalena Solinas * Paolo Ferrara as Maresciallo Taddei * Eduardo Ciannelli as Vescovo * Decimo Cristiani as Antonio * Ornella Spegni as La vedova Casu * Memmo Luisi as Antioco * Marco Guglielmi Marco Guglielmi (6 October 1926 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and author. Life and career Born Augusto Guglielmi in Sanremo, he graduated from ragioneria, then he enrolled at the university in the faculty of economi ... as Mareddu References External links * 1954 films 1954 drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films scored by Nino Rota Films based on works by Grazia Deledda Films shot in Sardinia Films directed by Mario Monicelli Films set in Sardinia Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David And Goliath (1960 Film)
''David and Goliath'' ( it, David e Golia) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and Richard Pottier with sequences filmed in Israel and Yugoslavia. Plot The Prophet Samuel foretells a new king will rule Israel to the dismay of King Saul and his cousin and commander in chief Abner. King Saul has been having a streak of bad luck since the Philistine captivity of the Ark and fears the newcomer but doesn't know who the new king will be. The unsuspecting shepherd David visits Jerusalem where he is identified as the king. Abner decides to test his wisdom by asking how the Israelites can get around the Philistines' imposed edict that the only ones who may lawfully bear arms in defeated Israel are the officers of Saul's court and his palace guard. David replies that the Philistines have set no limit on the number of officers or palace guards. Meanwhile, King Asrod of the Philistines plots another attack on the riches of Israel, this time accompanied by the fearsome giant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Maledetto Imbroglio
''The Facts of Murder'' (Italian: ''Un maledetto imbroglio'') is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.Moliterno p.150-51 The film is based on the 1957 novel ''That Awful Mess on Via Merulana'' by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. It was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the United States. Plot A disguised bandit steals valuable jewellery from Commendatore Anzaloni's apartment and flees, leaving Anzaloni unharmed. Inspector Ingravallo investigates and finds that the robbery is suspicious in that the robber was able to find valuables too quickly. A neighbour, Liliana Banducci, employs a servant girl, Assuntina. Her fiancé, Diomede, tries to escape when he sees police tailing Assuntina. But Diomede has an alibi. Liliana's cousin, Dr. Valdarena, pays her a visit, only to find her corpse on the floor. But before calling police, Valdarena removes an envelope addressed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath And The Barbarians
''Goliath and the Barbarians'' ( it, Il terrore dei barbari, lit=Terror of the Barbarians) is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the English dubbed version renamed some of the characters (for example, "Emiliano" became "Goliath"). Plot Set in the 6th century, it follows the start of barbarian invasions and deals with one group that attacks a village and destroys anyone and anything that is there. One man, Emiliano, son of the village leader, is away at the time of attack. He swears revenge and wages a one-man war against the evil tribes. He also is helped by the survivors and his sister Lynda. He wears a lion head mask to instill fear into the hearts of the barbarians. Cast US Release American International Pictures released the film in the US with a new score by Les Baxter. The film had originally been a Hercules movie but AIP decided rename it a Goliath film to avoid confu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sfida
''La sfida'' ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film is based on the real-life story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti, known as ''Pasquale 'e Nola'', and his wife and former beauty queen Pupetta Maresca, played by Rosanna Schiaffino. dissertation, July 2007 It was produced by the Italian companies and Vides Cinematografica and the Spanish companies |
The Law Is The Law
''The Law Is the Law'' (french: La loi, c'est la loi, it, La legge è legge) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the village of Assola, divided in half by the French-Italian border, the Neapolitan smuggler Giuseppe La Paglia (Totò) and the French customs officer Ferdinand Pastorelli (Fernandel), play a daily cat-and-mouse game, with Ferdinand trying to arrest Giuseppe, and Giuseppe trying to smuggle goods under Ferdinand's nose. On a celebration day on the town's French side, Ferdinand catches Giuseppe smuggling goods over the border and, after a chase, finally arrests him, consequently arriving late to the traditional parade, where he was supposed to carry the French flag. During the following reception at the Two Borders Hotel, which, as the name suggests, is divided in half by the border, Giuseppe, still under custody, discovers that Ferdinand was born, to an Italian mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Deal On Madonna Street
''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' ( it, I soliti ignoti; released in the UK as ''Persons Unknown'') is a 1958 Italian comedy caper film directed by Mario Monicelli and considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original Italian title literally translates as "the usual unknown ones", which is roughly equivalent to the English phrase "the usual suspects". The name of the Roman street in the English title is a slight mistranslation, as the Italian name of the fictional Roman street on which the midnight burglary in the film takes place is the ''Via delle Madonne'' (The Street of the Madonnas) rather than "Madonna Street". Compounding the confusion is the fact that the real Roman street on which the scene was filmed is the ''Via delle tre cannelle'' (The Street of the Three Spouts), rather than the ''Via delle tre Madonne'' (The Street of the Three Madonnas). The film is a comedy about a group of small-time thieves and ne'er-do-wells who bungle an attempt to burgle a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piece Of The Sky
''Piece of the Sky'' ( it, Un ettaro di cielo) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Aglauco Casadio. Plot Severino Balestra, a peddler who goes around the various village festivals of the Po delta selling trinkets, returns to Migliarino, where three elderly people live who make ends meet with a few barber jobs, or poaching eels. Marina also lives there, the young woman who had an affair with him the previous year and who now works in the village inn. Severino tells the three naive old unlikely stories about big cities and progress. In the evening, after unsuccessfully trying to spend the night with Marina in the inn, Severino stops by the three elderly people and here proposes them a deal: the sale of pieces of the sky, which will make them rich because they will be able to get the rent paid from the planes. that pass from there. Of course - he tells them - they will only be able to use the property when they are dead. The three naive elders accept the deal and give him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto And Marcellino
''Toto and Marcellino'' ( it, Totò e Marcellino, french: Mon gosse) is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Antonio Musu. Plot A little boy, Marcellino, sees his mother die, and follows her to the funeral. A poor street musician, affectionately called by his fellow citizens "the Professor", sees the little Marcellino follow the coffin of his mother, and decides to adopt him, pretending to be his uncle. The two live happily, but one day the real uncle of Marcellino, a greedy and cruel man, discovers the truth about his grandson, and sends Marcellino to the reformatory. Later the uncle forces Marcellino to live with him for doing so begging in the street, but the Professor runs to save his darling. Cast *Totò: The Professor * Pablito Calvo: Marcellino Merini *Fanfulla: Uncle Alvaro Merini *Jone Salinas: Ardea *Memmo Carotenuto: Zeffirino *Wandisa Guida: The School Teacher *Nanda Primavera Nanda Primavera (23 August 1898 – 9 August 1995) was an Italian actress. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italians They Are Crazy
''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and Luis María Delgado and starring Victor McLaglen, Folco Lulli and Gabriella Pallotta Gabriella Pallotta (born 6 October 1938) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 22 films between 1956 and 1974. For the film ''The Pigeon That Took Rome ''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' is a 1962 American comedy war film directed and written ....Parish p.91 Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1958 films 1958 comedy films 1950s Italian-language films German comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Duilio Coletti Films directed by Luis María Delgado Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni 1950s Italian films 1950s German films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppino, Le Modelle E Chella Là
''Peppino, le modelle e chella là'' is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bramieri. Cast * Gino Bramieri * Peppino De Filippo * Franco Di Trocchio * Fulvia Franco * Giacomo Furia * Salvo Libassi * Guido Martufi * Ester Masing * Violetta Nardon * Teddy Reno * Giulia Rubini * Massimo Serato * Renato Terra Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet. Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in ... * Attilio Tosato * Paolo Zitelli References External links * 1957 films 1957 comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Italian comedy films Films directed by Mario Mattoli Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
