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Sissignore
''Sissignore'', internationally released as ''Dismissed on His Wedding Night'' and ''Yes Sir'', is a 1968 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Ugo Tognazzi. Plot Oscar (Ugo Tognazzi) is a driver whom to stay in the good graces of his master, a well-known businessman known as the "Lawyer" (Gastone Moschin), assumes the responsibility of a serious car accident, with 15 deaths, caused by the "Lawyer". After three years in prison, Oscar comes out but is promptly brought to the church to marry a beautiful young woman ( Maria Grazia Buccella) whom he has never seen before and that is actually the lover of the "Lawyer". Cast *Ugo Tognazzi as Oscar Pettini * Maria Grazia Buccella as Maria Tommaso *Gastone Moschin as the "Lawyer" *Franco Fabrizi as Ottavio, the butler * Ferruccio De Ceresa as Calandra *Franco Giacobini as Facchetti References External links *''Sissignore''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Grazia Buccella
Maria Grazia Buccella (born August 15, 1940) is an Italian glamour model and film actress, who was Miss Italy 1959. Career Buccella won the Miss Trento, Miss Venice, and Miss Italy beauty pageants, and placed third in the Miss Europe 1959 competition. She represented Italy in the 1959 Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach, California. When she failed to make the cut from the initial 81 contestants to the final 15, the voluptuous Buccella was quoted as saying, "The judges and I obviously disagree. Back home, the men would wait for most of these girls to gain some more weight. But I am not bitter. They are nice girls." She was busy throughout the 1960s in numerous Italian and European films. She screen tested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film '' Thunderball''. (The role, originally an Italian woman named Dominetta Petacchi, went to French actress Claudine Auger). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk for an insurance company. After his return to his native city in 1936, he worked in a cured meats production plant where he achieved the position of accountant. During World War II, he was inducted into the Army and returned home after the Armistice of 8 September 1943, and joined the Brigate Nere for a while. His passion for theater and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he organized shows for his fellow soldiers. In 1945, he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris. A few years later, he formed his own successful musical revue company. Career In 1950, Tognazzi made his cinematic debut in ''I cadetti di Guascogna'' directed by Mario Mattoli. The following year, he me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastone Moschin
Gastone Moschin (8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began his career in the 1950s as a theatre actor, first with the Teatro Stabile in Genoa and then with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. In the same period Moschin also began to appear in feature films and on television.Enrico Lancia. "Moschin, Gastone". ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli Attori''. Gremese, 2003. . In his film career Moschin alternated character roles and, more rarely, leading roles, such as in ''Seven Times Seven'' and ''Caliber 9''. His most famous role is that of Rambaldo Melandri in the '' Amici miei'' film series (1975–1985). He won two Nastro d'Argento Awards for Best Supporting Actor, in 1967 for Pietro Germi's ''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians'' and in 1986 for Nanni Loy's '' Amici miei – Atto III.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Giacobini
Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comedy plays, dramas and revues. Giacobini also appeared in numerous films and TV-works, usually in comedic roles. He was married to actress Angela Goodwin. Selected filmography * ''Papà diventa mamma'' (1952) - Il passeggero sul Tram * ''Le marchand de Venise'' (1953) * ''Ci troviamo in galleria'' (1953) - Funzionario RAI * ''Via Padova 46'' (1953) - The Journalist (uncredited) * ''Caporale di giornata'' (1958) - The Sailor on the Telephone (uncredited) * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) - The Race Walker without His Underpants * ''Uncle Was a Vampire'' (1959) - Il secondo play boy * ''The Employee'' (1960) - Rotondi * ''Run with the Devil'' (1960) - The TV Interviewer (uncredited) * ''The Fascist'' (1961) - Militare a Rocca Sabina * '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Fabrizi
Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor. Life and career Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several revues and stage works, then he debuted on the big screen with a supporting role in '' Chronicle of a Love'' (''Cronaca di un amore'') (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut. The role that made him known was as Fausto in Federico Fellini's ''I vitelloni''; from then he was inextricably linked to the character of a full-time seducer, a young wastrel, a young not-so-young man who refuses to grow up, a character that he reprised, with different facets, in a great number of films. Past the 1950s, Fabrizi was mainly relegated to character roles in Italian, French and Spanish minor productions; he still appeared on several major works of Italian cinema, and one of his last great roles was in Luchino Visconti's ''Death in Venice''. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Giuseppe Ruzzolini (21 May 1930 - 16 April 2007) was an Italian cinematographer. Career Ruzzolini is known for lensing such films as Stephen King's '' Firestarter'', ''Oedipus Rex'', Sergio Leone's ''Duck, You Sucker!'', and ''My Name is Nobody ''My Name Is Nobody'' ( it, Il mio nome è Nessuno) is a 1973 Italian/French/German international co-production comedy Spaghetti Western starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda. The film was directed by Tonino Valerii and based on an idea by Sergi ...''. Filmography References External links * Italian cinematographers 1930 births 2007 deaths Film people from Rome {{Italy-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berto Pisano
Berto Pisano (13 October 1928 – 29 January 2002) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and jazz musician. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Pisano started his career as a contrabassist in the jazz groups Quartetto Astor and Asternovas. He is best known as composer of pop songs, for, among others, Mina, and a composer of musical scores for films and TV-series; his major hit was "A blue shadow", the theme song of the RAI TV-series ''Ho incontrato un'ombra'', which ranked first at the Italian hit parade in 1974. Selected filmography References External links * * Berto Pisanoat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ... 1928 births 2002 deaths Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers People from Cagliari Italian male condu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cecchi Gori
Mario Cecchi Gori (; 21 March 1920, in Florence – 5 November 1993, in Rome) was an Italian film producer and owner of companies. He produced over 200 films, notably with Damiano Damiani, Dino Risi (''The Easy Life'', ''I Mostri'') and Ettore Scola. Gabriele Salvatores' film ''Mediterraneo'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. With ''Lamerica'', directed by Gianni Amelio, he received the Best Film Award at European Film Awards in 1994. '' Il Postino: The Postman'' (1995, directed by Michael Radford) was the first Italian film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Film. From 1990 to his death, he was the president of Fiorentina. His son Vittorio Cecchi Gori is also a film producer. Selected filmography * ''Vacation with a Gangster ''Vacation with a Gangster'' (Italian: ''Vacanze col gangster'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Marc Lawrence, Giovanna Pala and Terence Hill. The film's art direction was by Flavio Mogherini. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film production and distribution business worldwide since 1945. The company manages the rights for all types of exploitation, including on digital platforms, of an extensive library of titles in a variety of genres, while also dealing with restoration and long-term digital preservation of audiovisual products in partnership with an international network of companies and professionals specializing in the film, audiovisual and multimedia industries. Activities The company participates in major film festivals and markets, including MIPTV, MIPCOM and the Cannes Film Festival, EFM European Film Market during the Berlin International Film Festival, DISCOP in Budapest. At the Cannes Film Festival 2022, it participated by premiering the film "Back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino Guerra
Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world. Life and work Guerra was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. According to his obituary in ''The Guardian'', Guerra first started writing poetry when interned in a prison camp in Germany, after being rounded up at the age of 22 with other antifascists from Santarcangelo. At 30 he moved to Rome and worked as a schoolteacher. During this time he met Elio Petri, the future director of ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970), who worked as assistant to Giuseppe De Santis. Guerra was able to get his first screenwriting credit after he and Petri went to the Abruzzi mountains to find out about wolf-hunting; "Though they discovered that wolf hunters no longer existed, De Santis went ahead anyway with the film, ''Uomini e Lupi'' (Men and Wolves, 1957)". Although a follower of Cesare Zavattini, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferruccio De Ceresa
This is a list of male actors from Italy, which generally includes those who have resided in Italy or have largely appeared in Italian film productions. This list includes all actors from :Italian male actors. Persons are listed alphabetically by surname. A * Michele Abruzzo (1904–1996) *Stefano Accorsi (born 1971) *Antonio Acqua *Giuseppe Addobbati *Gianni Agus *Antonio Albanese *Giorgio Albertazzi *Gigio Alberti *Guido Alberti *Giampiero Albertini *Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo *Antonio Allocca *Ernesto Almirante *Luigi Almirante *Roberto Alpi *Tullio Altamura *Gerardo Amato *Claudio Amendola *Ferruccio Amendola * Pino Ammendola * Giuseppe Anatrelli *Felice Andreasi *Oscar Andriani * Enzo Andronico *Nando Angelini *Franco Angrisano * Corrado Annicelli *Gabriele Antonini *Omero Antonutti *Renzo Arbore *Giorgio Ardisson *Lello Arena *Maurizio Arena Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
