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Rita Calderoni
Rita Calderoni (born 22 February 1951) is an Italian actress. Mainly active in the 1970s in Italy, she is known for her roles in many B movies of the time. Life and career Calderoni was born in Rossiglione in the province of Liguria in 1951. As a young woman, wanting to become a dancer, she attended classical dance classes for five years in Genoa. After her family moved to Udine, she decided considering her height to concentrate on sports, entering the women's basketball team of Udine, where she had settled with her family. In 1967, she was discovered by director Sergio Pastore, with whom she would make her debut in the film ''Omicidio a sangre freddo'' that same year. This was the beginning of a career as an actress of about 16 years, during which she would appear in 33 films, especially in the police and horror genres. Apart from most of the works, which were low-budget (including several by Renato Polselli, Luigi Batzella or Amasi Damiani), Calderoni was also hired by some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossiglione
Rossiglione ( lij, Rosciggion , locally /) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northwest of Genoa. Rossiglione borders the following municipalities: Belforte Monferrato, Bosio, Campo Ligure, Molare, Ovada, Tagliolo Monferrato, Tiglieto. Nature conservation Part of the municipality territory is within the boundaries of the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua. Asteroid Asteroid 9101 Rossiglione, discovered by astronomers at the Farra d'Isonzo Observatory in 1996, was named after the Italian village. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Function ... on 8 November 2019 (). References External links Official website Cities and towns in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hassled Hooker
''The Hassled Hooker'' ( it, Il vero e il falso, also known as ''The True and the False'') is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti. Plot In Latina, 100 kilometers from Rome, Luisa Santini is said to have murdered her husband's lover, Norma Zeitzler. The defendant asserts her innocence, but the evidence speaks against her. Prosecutor Turrisi sees the chance of getting a promotion to Rome through this case and is making sure that the process is pushed ahead in great haste. Only the young and inexperienced defense lawyer Marco Manin doubts Santini's guilt. Turrisi eventually wins the guilty verdict and is promoted. Luisa Santini is sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. Marco Manin then changes from criminal to civil law out of disappointment with the judiciary. Luisa Santini will have three years off her sentence for good conduct, so that she will be released after seven years. Manin, who apparently also has a romantic interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Piera
''The Story of Piera'' ( it, Storia di Piera) is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. Hanna Schygulla won the award for Best Actress at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film starts in one of the new towns of Latina with the birth of Piera, daughter of the somewhat unbalanced Eugenia and her apparently sane husband Lorenzo, who has a job with the PCI. Eugenia's behaviour at home and in public becomes increasingly erratic and when on top of this Lorenzo loses his post, the strain puts him into a mental hospital. Piera leaves school to work for a dressmaker and pursues her dream of acting, eventually breaking into television and theatre. Interleaved with her outside life we see her sexual development, from kissing neighbourhood boys to a lesbian relationship while she is in hospital with breathing problems and finally to adult men. While Piera is maturing as a woman and as an actress, Eugenia is deteriorating and has to be locked away. The film ends with Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Moglie è Una Strega
''Mia moglie è una strega'' () is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. Plot The spirit of Finnicella, a witch burned at the stake, is liberated. She immediately goes on the trail of a descendant of the cardinal who ordered her death, Emilio, a stock broker. Nevertheless, her plans for revenge will collide with love. Cast *Renato Pozzetto as Emilio Altieri/ Cardinal Altieri *Eleonora Giorgi as Finnicella *Lia Tanzi as Tania Grisanti *Helmut Berger as Asmodeo Production ''Mia moglie è una strega'' began shooting on May 19, 1980. Often described as a remake of ''I Married a Witch'' by René Clair, Castellano & Pipolo denied that the film was a remake, stating that the film was not a "remake, a retelling, or a rip-off" stating the film was more of an attempt at an American ''fantastique'' type film comparing it to ''Mary Poppins'' or ''The Love Bug''. According to the directors, the film was made for about 800 million Italian lire. Release ''Mia moglie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Of The Game
''End of the Game'' (German: ''Der Richter und sein Henker'') is a 1975 DeLuxe Color German mystery thriller film directed by Maximilian Schell and starring Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt and Robert Shaw. Co-written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the film is an adaptation of his 1950 crime novella '' The Judge and His Hangman'' (German: '' Der Richter und sein Henker''). Dürrenmatt also appeared in the film, and Donald Sutherland played the role of the corpse of Schmied. Plot summary In 1948 Istanbul, a young Hans Bärlach accepts a bet from his associate Richard Gastmann that Gastmann can commit a crime in front of him Bärlach cannot prove. Shortly after, he witnesses the woman he loves ( Rita Calderoni) fall from a bridge into the bay. Convinced Gastmann had pushed her but indeed unable to prove it, Bärlach leaps into the water too late to save her as Gastmann disappears. Thirty years later, Bärlach (Martin Ritt) has become a Swiss police commissioner and is facin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nude For Satan
''Nude for Satan'' ( it, Nuda per Satana) is a 1974 Italian horror film directed by Luigi Batzella. Plot Late at night, Dr. Benson drives through the countryside and stumbles upon a car crash where he finds a wounded young woman named Susan. Dr. Benson gets Susan in his car and seeks shelter for the two in a nearby castle. He is greeted at the door by Evelyn, who looks exactly like Susan, and is invited to stay the night. Dr. Benson soon meets his own doppelgänger named Peter. When in the castle, Dr. Benson discovers that time and space do not follow ordinary logic in Satan's world. Style Film historian Roberto Curti described ''Nude for Satan'' as walking a thin edge between erotic horror and pornography as other films of the period did. Curti described the film as "tempted to jump to the other side of the fence but still retaining some prudish reservation". Production Rita Calderoni claimed that director Luigi Batzella had cast her in the film after seeing her in ''Black Magic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Trafficone
''Il trafficone'' is a 1974 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Carlo Giuffré. Plot A Neapolitan Vincenzo LoRusso that lives of expedients in Rome, as he tries to sell at an intersection a faux suede jacket, accidentally meets Laura, a beautiful woman who invites him to her house. Between the two it is now a passion, but the unexpected arrival of her husband will be the beginning for Vincenzo a new experience as it will be paid by it to have been caught in bed with his wife, and unlocked it from its psychological impotence. Well briefed by the modern couple of theories of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, though without real expertise will open a sexology center to solve the problems of couples and to earn as much without ever having to make do to support his family. Cast *Carlo Giuffré: Vincenzo LoRusso / Dr. Gaetano D'Angelo *Marilù Tolo: Rosalia *Tina Aumont: Laura Vitali *Adriana Asti: Virginia *Enzo Cannavale: G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Via Dei Babbuini
''La via dei babbuini'' is a 1974 Italian commedia all'italiana film written and directed by Luigi Magni.Franco Montini, Piero Spila, ''Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto''. Rai Eri, 2000. . Plot Fiorenza, a young bourgeois woman, lives in Rome with her husband Orazio. The marriage of the two is already quite saturated, even if not outwardly broken: this situation depends as much on the deliberate absence of children, as on psychological and social elements that the two spouses perceive unconsciously and differently. Fiorenza, who has rushed to Massawa to assist her father, an old colonialist she has never even known, sees him die and bury. Left alone, she does not return to her homeland but lets herself be guided by the extravagant Getulio to discover the African mystery. Horace, a cultured man but suffering from chronic infantilism, joins his wife and tries to tear her away from the continent that is almost plagiarizing her. But Fiorenza, after the tragi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno Uno
''Anno uno'' (internationally released as ''Year One'' and ''Italy: Year One'') is a 1974 Italian biographical film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film tells the story of the political reconstruction of post-fascist Italy between 1944 and 1954, seen through the career of Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954). Cast * Luigi Vannucchi : ''Alcide De Gasperi'' * Dominique Darel : ''Maria Romana De Gasperi'' * Corrado Olmi : ''Giuseppe Di Vittorio'' * Renato Montanari : ''Pietro Secchia'' * Tino Bianchi : ''Palmiro Togliatti'' * Ennio Balbo : ''Pietro Nenni'' * : ''Lucia De Gasperi'' * Valeria Sabel : ''Francesca De Gasperi'' * Paolo Bonacelli : ''Giovanni Amendola'' * Francesco Di Federico : ''Giuseppe Saragat'' * Omero Antonutti * Renato Scarpa Renato Scarpa (14 September 1939 – 30 December 2021) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 85 films from 1969 to 2019. Scarpa died on 30 December 2021, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' St. Michael Had a Rooster'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Goddess
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic Monotheism is the belief that there is only one deity, an all-supreme being that is universally referred to as God. Cross, F.L.; Livingstone, E.A., eds. (1974). "Monotheism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxfor ... and polytheism, polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion. (The intimate connection between "Religious war, holy war" and the "one true god" belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars, including Jonathan Kirsch in his book ''God Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism'' and Joseph Campbell in ''The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology''.) The following is a list of war deities: North Africa Egyptian *Anhur, go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number One (1973 Film)
''Number One'' is an Italian language film directed by Gianni Buffardi in 1973. It starred Renzo Montagnani, Luigi Pistilli, Claude Jade, Chris Avram, Guido Mannari, and Massimo Serato. The film is loosely based on a real story detailing crime and drugs in the Rome underground. After the film quickly disappeared from public view in 1973 due to political censorship, it was restored in 2021 and had its theatrical re-release and world premiere on television. It's distributed worldwide by Variety Distribution. Plot Welcome to "Number One". Benni (Chris Avram), the owner of a photo agency, arrives. He welcomes Leo (Venantino Venantini), the owner of the club, Sylvie Boisset (Claude Jade), a French actress and model, Mino Cattani (Massimo Serato), the editor of the newspaper, Commenda (Renato Turi) and the lawyer (Paolo di Tusco). There is a lot of murmuring, and the editor of the newspaper receives a phone call. He is nervous and whispers to Leo and makes another phone call. Sylvie obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
