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Ruggero Maccari
Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', '' Brutti sporchi e cattivi, ''or ''Adua e le compagne''. Awards He was nominated to the Academy Award for Dino Risi's ''Profumo di donna''. He won a David di Donatello for Ettore Scola's ''La famiglia''; and he was a 4 time Nastro d'Argento winner for ''La famiglia'', Scola's ''Passione d'amore'' and ''A Special Day'', and Antonio Pietrangeli's ''Io la conoscevo bene''. Selected filmography * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''The Transporter'' (1950) * ''Rome-Paris-Rome'' (1951) * ''The Passaguai Family'' (1951) * ''I, Hamlet'' (1952) * ''The Dream of Zorro'' (1952) * '' The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (1952) * ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) * ''Beauties in Capri'' (1952) * ''The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) * ''Toto Seeks Peace'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Eleven Men And A Ball
''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (Italian: ''11 uomini e un pallone'') is a 1948 Italian sports comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Carlo Dapporto, Carlo Campanini and Clelia Matania.Chiti & Poppi p.385 The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Synopsis To prevent a gifted player performing for his team in a decisive match, the opposing club go to greatlengths to try to avoid him making it to the game. Cast * Carlo Dapporto as Romeo * Carlo Campanini as Achille * Clelia Matania as Clelia * Ernesto Almirante as Il professore * Adriana Serra as Cassiera bar * Enrico Luzi as Un barista * Ferruccio Amendola * Giorgio Baraghi * Fiorella Betti * Arturo Bragaglia * Bruno Cantalamessa * Andrea De Pino Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Friends
''The Two Friends'' (Italian: ''I due compari'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo and Giulia Rubini.Pintaldi p.69 The film's sets were designed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Giovanni Bellini * Peppino De Filippo as Ciccillo * Giulia Rubini as Giulietta Bellini * Carlo Ninchi as Pietro Carletti * Germana Paolieri as Signora Carletti * Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo, il sarto * Ilse Peterson as Figlia di Carletti * Loris Gizzi as Un invitato * Leonardo Botta as Enrico Carletti * Vincenzo Talarico as Lorenzucci * Mario Siletti * Lidia Martora * Rosita Pisano * Lia Reiner * Pietro Carloni * Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ... References Bibliography * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripoli, Beautiful Land Of Love
''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' (Italian: ''Tripoli, bel suol d'amore'') is a 1954 Italian comedy war film directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Alberto Sordi, Lyla Rocco and Fulvia Franco.Chiti & Poppi p.376 It takes its title from a traditional song of the same name which features prominently on the soundtrack. The plot draws some inspiration from that of ''The Three Musketeers''. It was shot in Ferraniacolor, and took around 248 million lire at the Italian box office. It is set against the backdrop of the Libyan War between Italy and the Ottoman Empire in 1911. A young man from the countryside volunteers to join the Bersaglieri, but quickly clashes with three overbearing comrades. They resent the newcomer because Maria the daughter of the marshal, who they are all in love with, has shown attention to the young man. However all eventually become close friends. When war breaks out they travel to Tripoli to fight, accompanied by Maria who has enlisted in the Red Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened At The Police Station
''It Happened at the Police Station'' (Italian: ''Accadde al commissariato'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Walter Chiari.Lanzoni p.18 Cast * Nino Taranto as Police Commissioner * Alberto Sordi as Alberto Tadini * Walter Chiari as Luigi Giovetti * Lucia Bosè as Stefania Rocca, wife of Luigi * Riccardo Billi as Riccardo, 1st tram driver * Mario Riva as 2nd tram driver * Carlo Dapporto as Antonio Badimenti * Lauretta Masiero as Silvana Moretti * Mara Berni as Arnalda Bazzini * Turi Pandolfini as Cannizzaro, the old man * Mario Abbate as Lucio Davila, the singer * Bruna Corrà as Street walker * Natale Cirino as Marshal (Italy), Marshal Cannavò * Andreina Paul as The maid * Carlo Romano as Thief's victim * Anna Campori as The woman protesting against the strike * Alberto Sorrentino as Comic actor * Ignazio Balsamo as Taxi driver * Teresa Werlen as Enrichetta Biagioli * Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto Seeks Peace
''Toto Seeks Peace'' ( it, Totò cerca pace) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101 Plot Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who are just interested in their inheritance. Cast * Totò as Gennaro Piselli * Ave Ninchi as Gemma Torresi Piselli * Enzo Turco as Pasquale * Paolo Ferrari as Cousin Celestino * Isa Barzizza as Cousin Nella Caporali *Nino Vingelli as the waiter *Vincenzo Talarico as the lawyer *Gina Amendola: Adele *Ughetto Bertucci as a witness *Mario Castellani Mario Castellani (24 November 190625 April 1978) was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre pro ... as a witness References Bibliography * Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doctor Of The Mad
''The Doctor of the Mad'' ( it, Il medico dei pazzi) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè.Bìspuri p.147 It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta. Plot summary Felice Sciosciammocca is the mayor of Roccasecca, who sent in Naples the nephew Ciccillo, so that he will become a good doctor. But Ciccillo does anything but study, and makes a debt with a loan shark. Also receives a letter that his uncle is going to come to Naples with his family to find him. Ciccillo, who lives in the "Stella Hotel", a full house of "eccentric" people, pretends that Felice believes that the pension is the clinic, and the customers the fools. Felice Sciosciammocca admires everything, but Ciccillo, to heal his debt, must move away. So Felice is left alone in the guest house, doesn't know how to get himself out of trouble... Cast * Totò as Felice Sciosciammocca * Franca Marzi as La moglie di Crist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauties In Capri
''Beauties in Capri'' (Italian: ''Bellezze a Capri'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Adelchi Bianchi and starring Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi and Tamara Lees.Miccichè p. 107 Cast * Nando Bruno as Don Violante * Ave Ninchi as Cornelia * Anna Bianchi as Clelia * Armando Francioli as Gennaro * Tamara Lees as Concetta * Lauro Gazzolo as Don Camillo * Aroldo Tieri as Zalasky * Alberto Sorrentino as Pasquale * Anna Arena as Assunta * Carlo Delle Piane as Peppino * Mario Carotenuto as Il direttore del 'Dancing' * Virgilio Riento as Il maresciallo * Michele Malaspina as Procolo * Pamela Palma as La danzatrice * Augusto Gamucci as Ballerino * Carlo Romano as Vittorio * Marco Tulli as Il maestro di tuffi * Oscar Andriani as Il vescovo * Roberta Bianchi as La bambina * Guido Riccioli * Vanda Carr * Giovanna Mazzotti * Rita Andreana * Giorgio Consolini Giorgio Consolini (28 August 1920, Bologna – 28 April 2012, Bologna) was an Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived
''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (Italian: ''È arrivato l'accordatore'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Virgilio Riento.Segrave & Martin p.52 The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Nino Taranto as Achille Scozzella * Alberto Sordi as Avvocato Adolfo * Virgilio Riento as Bartolomeo Porretti * Tamara Lees as Adelina Porretti * Antonella Lualdi as Giulietta Narducci * Ave Ninchi as Signora Narducci * Alberto Sorrentino as Signor Narducci * Fanfulla as Adetto militare di Limonia * Lia Di Leo as Cameriera * Sophia Loren as Amica di Giulietta * Galeazzo Benti Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991. Life and career Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which ru ... as Un giornalista * Armando Migliari as Commissario Filippini * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich
''The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (Italian: ''La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film ''The Passaguai Family''. It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and reunited many of the cast and crew from the previous film. It earned around 192 million lira at the domestic box office.Chiti & Poppi p.1949 Synopsis At the end of the previous film the family patriarch Giuseppe lost his job. Now after a chance meeting with an old comrade he goes into business with him, each pretending to the other that they are a millionaire. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe "Beppe" Passaguai *Erminio Macario as Giocondo Diotallevi *Ave Ninchi as Margherita, Giuseppe's wife *Luigi Pavese as the landlord *Virgilio Riento as Cosimo Pelacoccie *Marisa Merlini as the countess *Giovanna Ralli as Marcella, Giuseppe's daughter *Carlo Delle Pia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Zorro
''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film. The film's sets were designed by Guido Fiorini. Plot A direct descendant of the legendary Zorro, an elderly gentleman has an only son named Raimondo (Walter Chiari), in whom there is no trace of the original pride of his ancestors. Raimondo is a shy and fearful young man, who has become this way since he was a child, following a terrible fall, in which he hit his head. When the father invites a friend with his daughter to his farm, whom he intends to marry Raimondo, the latter has such a childish and foolish demeanor that everything is upset. Chased out of the house he decides to enter the convent, but on the way he meets a powerful gentleman who conspires against the Governor and, involved in the melee between them and his opponents, Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Hamlet
''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial success led the newly formed production company Macario Film to a rapid bankruptcy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arrigo Breschi and Saverio D'Eugenio. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. Cast * Erminio Macario as Hamlet * Franca Marzi as Valchiria * Rossana Podestà as Ophelia * Adriano Rimoldi as Laertes * Luigi Pavese as King Claudius * Marisa Merlini as Queen Gertrude * Giuseppe Porelli as Polonius * Virgilio Riento as Anturius * Carlo Rizzo as Horatio * Silvio Noto as Rosadorno * Sergio Bergonzelli as Fencing Master * Guido Riccioli as Jorik il buffone * Manlio Busoni as Ambasciatore d'Inghilterra * Giancarla Vessio as Ausonia * Giovanni Onorato Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
