Rocambole (1948 Film)

	Rocambole (1948 Film) ''Rocambole'' is a 1948 French-Italian historical thriller film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Pierre Brasseur, Sophie Desmarets and Lucien Nat.The A to Z of French Cinema p.39 It portrays the adventures of the popular character Rocambole. It was followed by a sequel ''The Revenge of Baccarat''. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors René Moulaert and Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Pierre Brasseur as Joseph Flippart dit 'Rocambole' * Sophie Desmarets as La comtesse Artoff dite 'Baccarat' * Lucien Nat as Andrea * Robert Arnoux as Ventura * Loredana as Carmen de Montevecchio * Roland Armontel as Le comte Artoff * Marcel Delaître as Doctor Blanche * Carla Candiani as Fanny * Vittorio Sanipoli as Arnaud, comte de Chamery * Ernesto Sabbatini as Marquis de Montevecchio * Attilio Dottesio * Luisa Rossi * Ginette Roy as Cerise * Marcello Giorda * Gualtiero Isnenghi * Silvia Manto * Nino Marches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacques De Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscany, Tuscan origin and part of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquis of Javon, Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal (dialect), Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel ''La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rocambole (character) Rocambole () is a fictional adventurer created by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, a 19th-century French writer. The word ''rocambolesque'' has become common in French and other languages to label any kind of fantastic adventure. Overview The series introduces Rocambole as a highly resourceful adolescent, an orphan adopted by the wily crone Maman Fipart. He first assists the evil Andrea de Felipone, a.k.a. Sir Williams, in his fight against Andrea's half-brother, the Comte de Kergaz. A major protagonist in the battle is a courtesan with a heart of gold and a fearless temper, Louise Charmet, a.k.a. Baccarat. In the third novel of the series, Rocambole takes over and kills Sir Williams. But Baccarat again thwarts his evil schemes, and he ends up imprisoned in the hard labor camp of Toulon (like Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel ''Les Misérables''.) In the fourth novel, an older and wiser Rocambole, who has been pardoned, has become a do-gooder; however, the feuilleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ernesto Sabbatini Ernesto Sabbatini (8 September 1878 – 5 October 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. Sabbatini emerged as a star in the Fascist era, appearing in films such as the drama '' Like the Leaves'' (1935).Landy p.252 Selected filmography * '' Anna Karenine'' (1917) * ''The Prince of the Impossible'' (1918) * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * '' Grattacieli'' (1943) * ''A Little Wife'' (1943) * ''Maria Malibran Maria Felicia Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality ...'' (1943) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) References Bibliography * Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998. External links * 1878 births 1954 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Actors from Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vittorio Sanipoli Vittorio Sanipoli (1915–1992) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980. Life and career Born Luciano Sanipoli in Genoa, he made his acting debut in 1939 in the Roman Calò's stage company Society of Mystery Shows. Quite soon he was cast in leading roles in dramas, achieving popularity and critical appreciation after World War II for his performances in ''Detective Story'' and ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (both represented in 1951) and winning a San Genesio Award in 1957, for his performance in Virginio Puecher's ''Il Revisore''. Sanipoli made his film debut in 1942, starring in two adventure films based on Emilio Salgari's novels, ''Il figlio del Corsaro Rosso'' and ''Gli ultimi filibustieri'', under the stage name Vittorio Sanni. After war, he continued his film career with dozens of roles, even if mainly consisting of supporting or character roles. While most of his performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Carla Candiani Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abellana, Filipina actress and commercial model * Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux * Carla Barbarino, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler * Carla Beck, Canadian politician * Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator * Carla Berube, American college basketball coach * Carla Beurskens, prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands * Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor * Carla Bley, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader * Carla Bonner, Australian actress * Carla Borrego, Jamaican basketball and netball player * Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer * Carla Boyd, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals * Carla Bozulich, lead singer, lyricist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marcel Delaître Marcel Delaître (1888–1963) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.94 Selected filmography * '' Happy Hearts'' (1932) * '' Poliche'' (1934) * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1936) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''The Puritan'' (1938) * '' J'accuse!'' (1938) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Paradise Lost'' (1940) * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) * '' Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Du Guesclin'' (1948) * ''The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * '' Rocambole'' (1948) * ''The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * '' The King'' (1949) * ''God Needs Men ''God Needs Men'' (French: ''Dieu a besoin des hommes'') is a 1950 French historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Roland Armontel Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor. Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) * ''Les Misérables'' (1934) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Royalists'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''The Lovers of Verona'' (1949) * ''The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''The Dancer of Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Without Trumpet or Drum'' (1950) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' (1952) * ''The Adventures of Mandrin'' (1952) * ''The Fighting Drummer'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Loredana (actress) Loredana Padoan (19 March 1924 – 18 January 2016), best known just as Loredana, was an Italian film and stage actress. Life and career Born in Venice, after completing her scuola magistrale studies, Loredana enrolled at several acting schools, determined to pursue a career as an actress. Following several secondary roles, she had her breakout in 1942, with the lead role in the drama film ''La signorina''. She later specialized in adventure films and melodramas. She significantly slowed her activities after the war, until her marriage to a Roman antique dealer and her subsequent retirement in the late 1940s. Selected filmography * ''Department Store'' (1939) * ''The King's Jester'' (1941) * '' Idyll in Budapest'' (1941) * ''La signorina'' (1942) * '' Forbidden Music'' (1942) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Measure for Measure'' (1943) * '' La Fornarina'' (1944) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * ''Immigrants Immigration is the international movemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Robert Arnoux Robert Raymond Arnoux (23 October 1899, in Lille – 13 March 1964, in Paris) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Hantise'' (1922) * ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' (1927) - Un conventionnel (uncredited) * ''Rive gauche'' (1931) - Alfred * ''Le congrès s'amuse'' (1931) - Pépi * ''Tumultes'' (1932) - Willi * ''Côte d'Azur'' (1932) - Anselme Duval * ''La perle'' (1932) - Jacques Surville * ''Ma femme... homme d'affaires'' (1962) - Pierre * ''Le truc du Brésilien'' (1932) * ''La pouponnière'' (1933) - Jean Moreau * ''Madame ne veut pas d'enfants'' (1933) - Félix Le Barrois * ''Je te confie ma femme'' (1933) - Berger * ''Une femme au volant'' (1933) - Le baron d'Arcole * ''Liliom (1934 film), Liliom'' (1934) - Le tourneur (the Lathe Turner) * ''Youth (1933 film), Youth'' (1934) - Jean * ''Antonia (1935 film), Antonia'' (1935) - Pali * ''Le Contrôleur des wagons-lits'' (1935) - Le collègue d'Albert * ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (1935) - Pierre * ''Gangster malgré l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ottavio Scotti Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in Croatia. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including Orson Welles's ''Black Magic'' which was shot at Cinecittà in Rome.Richards p.70 Selected filmography * ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * '' I, His Father'' (1939) * ''Red Tavern'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * ''A Little Wife'' (1943) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * ''Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) * ''Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''Chains'' (1949) * ''Black Magic'' (1949) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (1950) * '' The Thief of Venice'' (1950) * ''Women and Brigands'' (1950) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) * ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) * '' A Woman Has Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	René Moulaert René Moulaert (1901–1965) was a Belgian art director who worked on designing stage and film sets.Thys p.316 Selected filmography * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' Night Shift'' (1944) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * '' Patrie'' (1946) * '' Sybille's Night'' (1947) * '' Counter Investigation'' (1947) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Thirst of Men'' (1950) * '' Julie de Carneilhan'' (1950) * ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * ''My Seal and Them'' (1951) * ''My Friend Oscar'' (1951) * '' Great Man'' (1951) * ''Wolves Hunt at Night'' (1952) * '' Stain in the Snow'' (1954) * ''It Happened in Aden'' (1956) * '' Sergeant X'' (1960) * ''Women Are Like That'' (1960) * ''Your Turn, Darling'' (1963) * ''Shadow of Evil'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique ''Marvelous Angelique'' (French: ''Merveilleuse Angélique'') is a 1965 historical romantic adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie. It is the second film in the Ang� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]