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Sergio Amidei
Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement. Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for ''Rome, Open City'', in 1947 for '' Shoeshine'', in 1949 for ''Paisà'' and in 1961 for '' Il generale della Rovere''. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. The city of Gorizia has established an international recognition dedicated to him, which rewards the best film screenwriters annually. He died in Rome. Selected filmography * ''Don Bosco'' (1935) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * ''The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provinces. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. The city has a subtropical climate, unusual in relation to its relatively high latitude, due to marine breezes. In 2022, it had a population of about 204,302. Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and previously capital of the Province of Trieste, until its abolition on 1 October 2017. Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Brechard
''The Count of Brechard'' (Italian: ''Il conte di Brechard'') is a 1938 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, and Ugo Ceseri.Klossner p.83 It was adapted from the Giovacchino Forzano play. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Francesco di Bréchard * Luisa Ferida as Maria * Ugo Ceseri as Pérault * Camillo Pilotto as Licurgo * Mario Ferrari as Socrate * Maria Donati as Euterpe * Romano Calò as Gastel * Carlo Tamberlani as Carlo, Visconte di Bréchard * Armando Migliari as Roberto * Franco Coop as Matteo * Tina Lattanzi as Queen Marie Antoinette * Febo Mari as Richard * Giorgio Capecchi as Gerly * Aristide Garbini Aristide Garbini (1890–1950) was an Italian film actor.Verdone p.83 Selected filmography * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * ''Messalina'' (1924) * '' Miryam'' (1929) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Ragazzo'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priest's Hat
''The Priest's Hat'' (Italian: ''Il cappello da prete'') is a 1944 Italian historical thriller drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová and Luigi Almirante. It is based on the 1888 novel of the same title by Emilio De Marchi.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.54 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Simonetti. It was shot in the summer of 1943, but its release was delayed to ongoing war events and it only premiered in Rome after the city's liberation by the Allies. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo Calligrafismo (, "caligraphism") is an Italian style of filmmaking relating to some films made in Italy in the first half of the 1940s and endowed with an expressive complexity that isolates them from the general context. Calligrafismo is in a sh ... style. Cast References Bibliography * Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. ''A History of Italian Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sad Loves
''Sad Loves'' (Italian: ''Tristi amori'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jules Berry, Gino Cervi and Andrea Checchi.Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57 It was based on the play of the same title by Giuseppe Giacosa. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. It is set in the 1880s. Cast * Jules Berry as Il conte Ettore Arcieri * Gino Cervi as Giulio Scarli * Andrea Checchi as Fabrizio Arcieri * Luisa Ferida as Emma Scarli * Giuseppe Varni as Il cavaliere Rublo * Enrico Viarisio as Adriano Rainetti * Luigi Allodoli as Giustino, il commesso dello studio Scarli * Antonio Anselmo as Il tenente Rovi * Amelia Bissi as Marta * Gemma Bolognesi as La cassiera del Caffè 'Doria' * Margherita Bossi as La signora Rublo * Ruggero Capodaglio as Il dottore Brusio * Ernesto Collo as Il socio palermitano * Enzo Gainotti as Un socio del Circolo * Toscano Giuntini as Un' ufficiale * Luciano Manara as Un' ufficiale di Stato Maggio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Son Of The Red Corsair (1943 Film)
''The Son of the Red Corsair'' (Italian: ''Il figlio del corsaro rosso'') is a 1943 Italian historical adventure film directed by Marco Elter and starring Vittorio Sanipoli, Luisa Ferida and Memo Benassi. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' by Emilio Salgari.Goble p.405 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Morici. Cast * Vittorio Sanipoli as Enrico di Ventimiglia * Luisa Ferida as Carmen * Memo Benassi as Il marchese di Montelimar * Loredana as Neala * Pina Renzi Pina Renzi (16 December 1901 – 13 July 1984) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1959. She also directed one film, ''Cercasi bionda bella presenza'', in 1942. She was born in Morciano di Romagna ... as Panchita * Aldo Silvani as Don Barrejo de la Tuelva * Idolo Tancredi as Un corsaro * Domenico Viglione Borghese as Un corsaro * Felice Minotti as Un cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem (film)
''Harlem'' is a 1943 Italian sports crime film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari and Vivi Gioi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera appears in a small role. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Knock Out''. It is noted for its anti-Americanism at a time when the two countries were at war. In postwar re-releases, Amedeo's final line was redubbed with a more positive view on life in the United States.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.52 Synopsis Tommaso Rossi, a young Italian goes to America to visit his elder brother Amedeo who has a business in the construction industry. He is discovered as a talented boxer after getting into a fight with a champion in a restaurant and flooring him. However his elder brother's business is wrecked and he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Forced to fight in order to raise eno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell Love!
''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by Matilde Serao. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Jacqueline Laurent as Anna Acquaviva * Clara Calamai as Laura Acquaviva * Roldano Lupi as Cesare Dias * Leonardo Cortese as Luigi Caracciolo * Renato Cialente as Carafa * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Giustino Morelli * Evelina Paoli as La signora Stella Martini * Dhia Cristiani as Sofia * Nando Tamberlani as Il maggiordomo di casa Caracciolo * Riccardo Fellini as Un amico di Luigi * Olinto Cristina as Il dottore Montechiaro * Peppino Spadaro as Il cameriere di casa Acquaviva * Vanni Torrigiani as Il cameriere di casa Dias * Cosetta Greco Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of Navarre
''The Queen of Navarre'' (Italian: ''La regina di Navarra'') is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" historical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Elsa Merlini, Gino Cervi and Renato Cialente.Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57 It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, based on a play by Eugène Scribe. The film portrays a series of intrigues at the Madrid court of Charles V in the Sixteenth century. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Margherita di Valois * Gino Cervi as Carlo Vº * Renato Cialente as Francesco Iº * Leonardo Cortese as Enrico D'albret * Clara Calamai as Isabella del Portogallo * Paolo Stoppa as Il corriere Babieca * Valentina Cortese as Eleonora d'Austria * Nerio Bernardi as Il marchese di Gattinara * Greta Gonda as Conchita Babieca * Margherita Bagni as La duchessa di Ossuna * Wanda Capodaglio as Una dama di corte * Oreste Fares as Il sacerdote * Enzo Musumeci Greco as Il maestro di scherma * Adriano Vitale Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cesare Di Bazan
''Don Cesare di Bazan'' is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig and Paolo Stoppa. The film is set during the Catalan Revolt of the Seventeenth century. It is based on a play by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery. It marked the directoral debut of Freda who went on to be a leading commercial Italian filmmaker.Moliterno p.136 Cast * Gino Cervi as Don Cesare di Bazan * Anneliese Uhlig as Renée Dumas * Paolo Stoppa as Sancho * Enrico Glori as Il visconte di Beaumont * Enzo Biliotti as Filippo IV * Giovanni Grasso as Don José di Nogueira * Carlo Duse as Il "Corvo", il messagero del visconte * Antonio Marietti as Il giovane conte, il finto attore * Alfredo Robert as Pasquale Cornalis, il capocomico * Sandrino Moreno as Il bambino * Anna Maria Dionisi as La cameriera di Renée * Ermanno Donati as Velasquez * Antonio Acqua as Il capitano Ribera * Armando Francioli as Un nobile ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taming Of The Shrew (1942 Film)
''The Taming of the Shrew'' (Italian: ''La bisbetica domata'') is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lilia Silvi and Lauro Gazzolo.Gundle p.75 It is based on William Shakespeare's play ''The Taming of the Shrew'', with the setting updated to modern-day Rome. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin and Mario Rappini. Cast References Bibliography * Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. External links * 1942 films Italian comedy films 1942 comedy films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (1942 Film)
''Jealousy'' (Italian: ''Gelosia'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Luisa Ferida, Roldano Lupi and Ruggero Ruggeri.Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. ''Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943''. Indiana University Press, 2002. p.100. The film was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by the art director Gastone Simonetti. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. It is based on the 1901 novel ''Il Marchese di Roccaverdina'' by Luigi Capuana, which was later made into a 1953 film ''Jealousy''. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Agrippina Solmo * Roldano Lupi as Il marchese Antonio di Roccaverdina * Ruggero Ruggeri as Il parocco don Silvio * Elena Zareschi as Zosima Munoz * Elvira Betrone as Carmelina Munoz, sua madre * Wanda Capodaglio as La baronessa Santina di Lagomorto * Franco Coop as L'avvocato don Aquilante Guzardi * Bella Starace Sainati as Mamma Grazia * Angelo Dessy as Neli Casaccio * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Dance (1941 Film)
''The Last Dance'' (Italian: ''L'ultimo ballo'') is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari and Renato Cialente. It is considered to be in the tradition of White Telephone films, popular during the Fascist era.Moliterno p.10 It is based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg and features Merlini in a dual role as mother and daughter. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Elsa Merlini as La baronessa Titta Marcus & la baronessina Giuditta Marcus * Amedeo Nazzari as Il professore Stefano Boronkay * Renato Cialente as Andrea Marcus * Paolo Stoppa as Felix * Margherita Bagni as La vedova Jurika * Nerio Bernardi as Il pittore Blanche * Armando Migliari as Il capo cameriere Vittorio * Carlo Minello as Marcello * Luisa Garella as La Zelinger, l'amica pettegola * Nando Tamberlani as Il rettore de l'Universita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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