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Rina Morelli
Rina Morelli (6 December 1908 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1939 and 1976. She was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and film actor, as well as a renowned Italian language dubber for American film stars. Selected filmography * ''An Adventure of Salvator Rosa'' (1939) - The duchess Isabella di Torniano * ''The Iron Crown'' (1941) - Old woman with the spindle * '' Yes, Madam'' (1942) - Suor Valeria * ''Fedora'' (1942) - Olga Soukarev * ''Don Julio'' (1942) - Socorrito * ''Maria Malibran'' (1943) - Angelina * ''Il nostro prossimo'' (1943) - The parson's housekeeper * ''Gli assi della risata'' (1943) - Maid (segment "L'ombrello smarrito") (uncredited) * ''Quartetto pazzo'' (1945) - Monica * ''What a Distinguished Family'' (1945) - Patrizia * ''Black Eagle'' (1946) - Irina * '' Fabiola'' (1949) - Faustina * ''The Forbidden Christ'' (1951) - Mother Baldi * ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedora (1942 Film)
''Fedora'' is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.Chiti & Poppi p.138 It is based on the 1882 play of the same title by Victorien Sardou. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Synopsis In the Russian Empire during the 1870s, after her prospective groom is assassinated on her wedding day Princess Fedora vows revenge on the killer. In Paris she meets and falls in love with an artist, before realising that he is the assassin. After reporting him to the Russian secret police, she comes to understand his reasons for doing what he did. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Fedora * Amedeo Nazzari as Loris Ipanov / Ivan Petrovic * Osvaldo Valenti as Vladimiro Yariskine * Memo Benassi as Il principe Yariskine * Rina Morelli as Olga Soukarev * Sandro Ruffini as De Sirieux * Annibale Betrone as Boroff * Augusto Marcacci as Gretc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Don Camillo
''The Return of Don Camillo'' (Italian: ''Il ritorno di Don Camillo''; French: ''Le Retour de don Camillo'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. It was the second of five films featuring Fernandel as the Italian priest Don Camillo and his struggles with Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi, the Communist Mayor of their rural town. Plot Don Camillo is exiled to a remote and bleak mountain parish by his bishop at the request of Peppone, the Communist mayor of a small Po Valley town named Brescello. But the mayor develops problems with the citizens of the town, who want Camillo back as parish priest. In addition, a flood threatens to destroy Brescello and its environs. So Peppone calls back the priest, and he tries to raise the money needed to prevent damage from the imminent flood. However, delays occur and the flood devastates the area. Don Camillo insists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Of The Rich
''The Murri Affair'' ( it, Fatti di gente perbene; french: La grande bourgeoise) is a 1974 historical drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve. It is based on real events of a notorious 1902 murder trial. It was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Film. Cast * Giancarlo Giannini as Tullio Murri * Catherine Deneuve as Linda Murri * Fernando Rey as Augusto Murri * Tina Aumont as Rosa Bonetti * Rina Morelli as Giannina Murri * Ettore Manni as Dr. Carlo Secchi * Paolo Bonacelli as Francesco Bonmartini * Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Riccardo Murri * Laura Betti as Tisa Borghi * Corrado Pani as Pio Naldi * Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Stanzani * Lino Troisi Lino Troisi (4 May 1932 - 4 May 1998) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actor. Life and career Born in Maddaloni, Troisi grew up in Rome, where he studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. He ... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leopard (1963 Film)
''The Leopard'' ( it, Il Gattopardo, lit=The Serval) is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti. Written by Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile and René Barjavel, the film is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same title by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Burt Lancaster stars as Don Fabrizio Corbera, an aging Sicilian nobleman caught up in the sociopolitical turmoil of the '' Risorgimento'' (Italian unification) during the mid-19th century, with Alain Delon as his opportunistic nephew Tancredi, and Claudia Cardinale as his goddaughter. Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Terence Hill and Serge Reggiani play supporting roles. The film was an international co-production between Italian studio Titanus and French studio Pathé. ''The Leopard'' won the Palme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Italy on March 28, 1963, and in France on June 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shortest Day
''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both European and American cinema, agreed to appear in the movie in cameo roles for free to avert the bankruptcy of the production company, Titanus. Plot Two Sicilians, Franco and Ciccio, are taken from a small town in Sicily and shipped out with a unit in the Italian army which has to fight the Austrian troops in World War I. Upon war's end, Franco and Ciccio, more clumsy than ever, return to Italy but find themselves out of work. Cast *Gino Cervi *Totò *Annie Girardot *Ugo Tognazzi *Eduardo De Filippo *Peppino De Filippo *Aldo Fabrizi *Gabriele Ferzetti * Philippe Leroy *Amedeo Nazzari *Tomas Milian *Romolo Valli *Renato Salvatori *Paolo Stoppa *Walter Chiari *Franca Valeri *Anouk Aimée *Franco Citti *Sylva Koscina *Virna Lisi *Carlo Pisaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Crime Ne Paie Pas
''Le Crime ne paie pas'' (US title: ''Crime Does Not Pay'', UK title: ''Gentle Art of Murder'') is a 1962 French drama portmanteau film directed and partly written by Gérard Oury. It consists of four separate episodes, each with its own cast and writers but sharing common themes of beautiful women, jealousy, revenge and death. From these dark tales centred on leading actresses, Oury switched to buddy comedies which remain among the most-loved and successful films in the history of French cinema. Louis de Funès, here playing a barman whose English is incomprehensible, starred in them, as did English male leads like David Niven and Terry-Thomas. The writing team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, behind the third episode, had provided the stories for two 1950s masterpieces, '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) and ''Vertigo'' (1958). Le masque Le masque ("The Mask"), partly written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. In Venice in the 1490s, the ageing duchess Lucrezia suspects that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lovemakers (film)
''The Lovemakers'' ( it, La viaccia) is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini based on a novel by Mario Pratesi. The film which stars Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Paul Belmondo, was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The original Italian ''La viaccia'' is the name of the family farm which motivates the plot. The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's country-bumpkin nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is weakened when he heads for the city and meets prostitute Bianca. To support her in the manner in which she is accustomed, Amerigo steals from his uncle. Disgraced in the eyes of his family, Amerigo decides to stay near his beloved Bianca by becoming a bouncer in her brothel. Cast *Jean-Paul Belmondo as Amerigo *Claudia Cardinale as Bianca *Pietro Germi as Stefano *Gabriella Pallotta as Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Of Living
''The Joy of Living'' ( it, Che gioia vivere, french: Quelle joie de vivre) is a 1961 Italian-French comedy film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story is set in Rome, in the year 1921. Ulisse ( Alain Delon) enrolls in the Italian Fascist party because he cannot find any employment. The first task entrusted to him by the party leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati, where he's hired as an apprentice. This brings him into contact with a family of anarchists, who will turn him into a reluctant hero for love of the beautiful Franca ( Barbara Lass). However, at a time when he must make a decisive choice, Ulysses obeys neither the anarchists nor the fascists, and risks his life for a different idea of freedom. Cast * Alain Delon as Ulisse Cecconato * Barbara Lass as Franca Fossati * Gino Cervi as Olinto Fossati * Rina Morelli as Rosa Fossati * Carlo Pisacane as Grandfather "Fossati" * Paolo Stoppa as Hairdresser * Giampiero Litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto, Fabrizi And The Young People Today
''Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' ( it, Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101 Plot Two bourgeois families live in Rome: the family of the " Cavaliere del Lavoro" Antonio Cocozza, owner of a pastry shop, father of Gabriella, and that of professor Giuseppe D'Amore, father of Carlo. Carlo and Gabriella love each other happily, so when they think of getting married they want the two families to get to know each other. While the women make friends, Antonio and Giuseppe immediately begin to fight for anything, and the quarrels continue even when the couple have to choose the wedding dress, the house where to move, the organization of the wedding and reception. Gabriella and Carlo, tired of the constant bickering of the fathers, decide to run away, wanting to scare the parents, to get the wedding at all costs. Cast * Totò as Antonio Cocozza * Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe D'Amore * Christine Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Bell'Antonio
''Il bell'Antonio'' ("Handsome Antonio") is a 1960 Italian-French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is based on a novel by Vitaliano Brancati and adapted for the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Gino Visentini. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale and Tomas Milian. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Cast *Marcello Mastroianni ... Antonio Magnano *Claudia Cardinale ... Barbara Puglisi *Pierre Brasseur ... Alfio Magnano * Rina Morelli ... Rosaria Magnano *Tomas Milian ... Edoardo * Fulvia Mammi ... Elena Ardizzone *Patrizia Bini ... Santuzza (as Patrizia Rini) *Anna Arena ... Signora Puglisi *Nino Camarda *Guido Celano ... Calderana *Maurizio Conti *Maria Luisa Crescenzi ... Francesa *Salvatore Fazio *Jole Fierro... Mariuccia * Cesarina Gherardi... Zia Giuseppina *Rino Giusti Rino may refer to: * Rino (given name) * Republican In Name Only, a pejorative term for U.S. Republicans considered to be in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intruder (1956 Film)
''The Intruder'' ( it, L'intrusa) is a 1956 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Lea Padovani. It is loosely based on the stage drama ''La moglie del dottore'' by Silvio Zambaldi. Plot Doctor Carlo Conti, proven by the fact that his girlfriend has just died, moves to a small seaside town for work. Here he saves a girl who attempted suicide by poisoning herself: the young woman is called Luisa Marcelli and is a teacher. Luisa's deep depression was caused by her love affair with the young engineer Alberto Serpieri, who abandoned her after having "dishonored" her. The girl became pregnant but her pregnancy had an unfortunate outcome with a miscarriage: the girl will no longer be able to have children. Carlo decides to marry the young woman more out of tenderness than out of true love. One day the doctor has to help a young pregnant lady who has suffered a car accident. The woman's husband rushes: it is the engineer Serpie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Chénier (film)
''Andrea Chénier'', also spelled ''Andrea Chenier'', is a 1955 French-Italian historical musical melodrama film directed by Clemente Fracassi and starring Antonella Lualdi, Raf Vallone and Michel Auclair. It is loosely based on the eponymous 1896 opera by Umberto Giordano about the eighteenth century poet André Chénier. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Flavio Mogherini and Franco Zeffirelli. It was shot using technicolor and vistavision. Cast *Antonella Lualdi as Madeleine de Coigny *Raf Vallone as Gérard *Michel Auclair as Andrea Chénier *Rina Morelli as mother of Andrea *Sergio Tofano as Luigi Chénier *Denis d'Inès as Countess of Coigny *Mario Mariani as Maria Giuseppe Chenier *Denis d'Inès as Countess of Coigny * Piero Carnabuci as Count of Coigny *Maria Zanoli as housekeeper * Piero Carnabuci as count of Coigny * as Countess of Coigny * as Incroyable * as English ambassador to Paris *Antonio Pierfederici as Robespierre * as Danton *Marco Gugliel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
