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Rita Of Cascia (film)
''Rita of Cascia'' (Italian: ''Rita da Cascia'') is a 1943 Italian historical film directed by Antonio Leonviola and starring Elena Zareschi, Ugo Sasso and Beatrice Mancini.Nerenberg p. 85 It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film portrays the life of the Catholic saint Rita of Cascia. Cast * Elena Zareschi as Rita da Cascia * Ugo Sasso as Paolo di Ferdinando * Beatrice Mancini as Ada * Marcello Giorda as Antonio, il padre di Rita * Laura Nucci as Jacoviella * Augusto Marcacci as Il barone di Collegiacone * Elodia Maresca as Amata * Teresa Franchini as La madre superiore * Stefano Sciaccaluga as Il pellegrino * Giulio Battiferri as Lampo, il servo spia del barone * Gian Paolo Rosmino as Frate Remigio * Luigi Garrone as Il taverniere * Umberto Spadaro as Il delatore nella taverna * Giovanni Onorato as Un cliente nella taverna * Amina Pirani Maggi as Una suora * Nera Bruni as Un'altra suora * Vittoria Mongardi as Una conversa * Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Leonviola
Antonio Leonviola, sometimes Leon Viola (1913–1995), was an Italian screenwriter and film director and co-founder of the "Libera Università del Cinema di Roma". Life and career Leonviola was born in 1913 in Montagnana as Antonio Leone Viola. In 1934, he won a gold medal at the Venice Film Festival for his silent film ''Fiera di tipi'', which he shot at a fair in Padua. He worked as war photographer during World War II, an experience that he reflected in a few short films including ''La battaglia dell'Amba Alagi'' and ''La marcia degli eroi''. After the war, Leonviola worked as a screenwriter in a number of adventure films and in 1942 directed his first feature film, ''Rita da Cascia''. After a long break, he returned as director in 1951 with a crime film, ''The Temptress (1952 film), The Temptress'', which was celebrated by critics. The success did not hold, and his next films were all more or less battered by the critics. There followed the costume film ''Sul ponte dei so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elodia Maresca )
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__NOTOC__ Elodia may refer to: People *Elodia Kāne, Hawaiian musician with Raymond Kāne *Disappearance and alleged murder of Elodia Ghinescu Biology * ''Elodea'', a genus of aquatic plants * ''Elodia'' (fly), a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. **''Elodia parafacialis'', a Chinese fly *''Eulima elodia'', a species of sea snail Music *''Elodia di Herstall'', an opera by Alessandro Curmi (1842) * ''Elodia'' (album), by German duo Lacrimosa See also * Alodia, a medieval Nubian kingdom in modern-day Sudan * Alodia, saint and child martyr from Huesca (see Nunilo and Alodia Saints Nunilo and Alodia (died ''c''. 842/51) were a pair of child martyrs from Huesca. Born of a mixed marriage, they eschewed the Islam of their father in favour of their mother's Christianity. They were executed by the Muslim authorities of Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Leurini
Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include: * King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900) * King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983) * Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918) * Umberto I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048) * Umberto II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103) * Umberto III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189) * Umberto Bassignani (1878–1944), Italian sculptor * Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), Italian artist and sculptor * Umberto Calzolari (1938–2018), Italian baseball player * Umberto Colombo (1927–2006), Italian scientist * Umberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Italian tennis player * Umberto Eco (1932–2016), Italian writer * Umberto Giordano (1867–1948), Italian composer * Umberto Meoli (1920–2002), Italian economic historian * Umberto Merlin (1885–1964), Italian lawyer and politician * Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), Italian pilot and explorer * Umberto Panerai (born 1953), Italian water polo player * Umb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elio Marcuzzo
Elio is an Italian male given name. Origin A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of it, Elio, label=none ( Helios), the Greek god of the Sun. it, Elio, label=none derives, through the Latin ''Helius'', from the Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (''Hélios''), which is taken from the noun of the same and means "Sun". It shares the same meaning as the Italian feminine name it, Sole, label=none, the Romanian masculine name ro, Sorin, label=none and the Lithuanian feminine name lt, Saulė, label=none. Elio is also believed to originate from the Roman ''cognomen'' ''Aelius'' (feminine ''Aelia''), which was held by the emperor Hadrian and thus dates back to the 2nd century. The origin is uncertain, perhaps Etruscan or perhaps from the Latin ''alius'', " nother". Some sources trace its origin to the Greek Ἥλιος (''Hélios''), a connection categorically rejected by others. The patronymic name Eliano is similarly derived from the Roman ''cognomen''. Elio may also b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittoria Mongardi
Vittoria Mongardi (26 February 1926 – 26 November 1975) was an Italian singer and actress, mainly successful between the second half of the 1940s and the 1950s. Life and career Born in Bologna, after starting out as a model and appearing in minor roles in a few films, Mongardi made her debut as a singer performing for a group of American soldiers in a military officers' club in Trieste with the orchestra led by Guido Cergoli.Enzo Giannelli. "Mongardi, Vittoria". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.1122-3. After an intense activity in dance halls, she worked for , gaining an almost immediate popularity and launching popular songs such as "Perchè non sognar" and "Sapevi di mentire". In the 1950s Mongardi became the vocalist in the Armando Fragna orchestra and was one of the main protagonists of the fourth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, performing four songs, notably the successful "Aveva un bavero" she performed tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nera Bruni
Nera may refer to: People * Nera Smajic (born 1984), Bosnian-born Swedish footballer * Nera Stipičević (born 1983), Croatian actress * Nera White (1935–2016), American basketball player * André António Ribeiro Novais (born 1988), Portuguese footballer known as Nera * Nera Quinn Hardy (born 2015), Daughter of professional wrestler Jeff Hardy * Nera Bošković, Great granddaughter of Roger Joseph Boscovich Places * Nera Plateau, Russian Far East * Nera Gorge-Beușnița National Park, Romania Rivers * Néra River, a river of New Caledonia * Nera (Danube), a tributary of the Danube, flowing through Romania and Serbia * Nera (Tiber), a tributary of the Tiber in Italy * Nera (Indigirka), a tributary of the Indigirka in Russia Other uses * ''Hesperocharis nera'', a butterfly of the family Pieridae * Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, a military advocacy group located in Falls Church, Virginia, USA * NERA (armour), types of tank armour * Nera (mythology), a character from Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Pirani Maggi
Amina Pirani Maggi (January 15, 1892 – November 10, 1979) was an Italian stage and film actress.Waldman p.162 Selected filmography * ''Television'' (1931) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''Department Store'' (1939) * '' Guest for One Night'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' Beyond Love'' (1940) * '' Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1940) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * '' Girl of the Golden West'' (1942) * '' Love Story'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * '' A Living Statue'' (1943) * '' The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * '' Ring Around the Clock'' (1950) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * '' Who Is Without Sin'' (1952) * '' If You Won a Hundred Million'' (1953) * ''The Knight of the Black Sword ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (Italian: ''Il cavaliere dalla spada '') is a 1956 Italian historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Onorato
Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960) was an Italian film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.85 He was the father of the actor Glauco Onorato and the cinematographer Marco Onorato. Selected filmography * '' La stella del cinema'' (1931) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' Ettore Fieramosca'' (1938) * '' It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * '' The Two Tigers'' (1941) * ''The Gorgon'' (1942) * '' Captain Tempest'' (1942) * '' Bengasi'' (1942) * '' Rossini'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * '' Il fanciullo del West'' (1943) * '' Macario Against Fantomas'' (1944) * '' The Adulteress'' (1946) * '' Anthony of Padua'' (1949) * '' Margaret of Cortona'' (1950) * '' The Force of Destiny'' (1950) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1952) * ''I, Hamlet'' (1952) * ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' (1952) * ''Barrier of the Law'' (1954) * ''Don Camillo's Last Round ''Don Camillo's Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Spadaro
Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – Saltimbanco (uncredited) * ''Senza cielo'' (1940) * ''Caravaggio'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) – Maso * ''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) * ''Catene invisibili'' (1942) – Un amico di Enrico al biliardo * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) – Il custode della stazione * '' Wedding Day'' (1942) – Un cameriere (uncredited) * ''Jealousy'' (1942) – Il testimone Sante di Mauro * ''L'usuraio'' (1943) * ''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (1943) – Lo stregone * ''Sempre più difficile'' (1943) – Mucugno * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) – Il delatore nella taverna * ''Vietato ai minorenni'' (1944) * ''Macario Against Zagomar'' (1944) – Touzille, il cenciaiolo * ''Mist on the Sea'' (1944) – Il fuochista * ''La Fornarina'' (1944) – Un clie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Garrone
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's mascot. Luigi appears in many games throughout the Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise, oftentimes accompanying his brother. Luigi first appeared in the 1983 Game & Watch game ''List of LCD games featuring Mario#Mario Bros., Mario Bros.'', where he is the character controlled by the second player. He would retain this role in many future games, including ''Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Super Mario World'', among other titles. He was first available as a primary character in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. In more recent appearances, Luigi's role became increasingly restricted to spinoffs, such as the ''Mario Party'' and ''Mario Kart'' series; however, he has been featured in a starring role in ''Nelsonic Industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gian Paolo Rosmino
Gianpaolo Rosmino (2 July 1888 – 20 July 1982) was an Italian actor and film director. Rosmino enjoyed a lengthy screen career. After making his debut in the silent era in 1913 he appeared in more than 80 films and television series up to 1965. He played a prominent role in the 1913 silent '' Love Everlasting'', one of the two most famous Italian early silent films.Moliterno (2008), p. 185. He is sometimes credited as Gian Paolo Rosmino. He played the title role in the 1935 film ''Don Bosco''. Selected filmography Actor *'' Love Everlasting'' (1913) *''Don Bosco'' (1935) *''Aldebaran'' (1935) * '' The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''Marcella'' (1937) *''Guest for One Night'' (1939) *''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) *'' The Young Caruso'' (1951) * ''Frine, Courtesan of Orient'' (1953) * ''Mata Hari's Daughter'' (1954) *''Hercules'' (1958) *'' Afrodite, dea dell'amore'' (1958) *''The Giant of Marathon'' (1959) *''Hercules Unchained'' (1959) *''Fury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
