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The Flower With The Petals Of Steel
''The Flower with the Petals of Steel'' ( it, Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio, also known as ''The Flower with the Deadly Sting'') is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Gianfranco Piccioli, starring Gianni Garko. Plot A wealthy physician accidentally kills his mistress and ends up being blackmailed with photos of the crime. Cast * Gianni Garko: Andrea * Carroll Baker: Evelyn *Paola Senatore: Daniela * Ivano Staccioli: Inspector *Umberto Raho: Director *Pilar Velázquez Pilar Velázquez (born 13 February 1946) is a Spanish actress. Born as María del Pilar Velázquez Llorente in Madrid, she made her debut in 1964 at the Teatro Español, with the drama ''Caminos de Damasco''. Between 1966 and 1977 she starred in ...: Lena References External links * 1973 films 1970s crime thriller films Giallo films Films scored by Marcello Giombini 1970s Italian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Piccioli
Gianfranco Piccioli (26 February 1944 – 27 November 2022) was an Italian film director, film producer and screenwriter best known for such films as '' The Flower with the Petals of Steel'', ''Beach House'', ''Bix'', and ''The Pool Hustlers''. Career Born in Viareggio, Piccioli graduated in arts, music and entertainment disciplines at the University of Bologna. He entered the film industry serving as script supervisor in Maurizio Arena's ''Gli altri, gli altri... e noi''. After directing some shorts and some TV reports, he made his feature film debut in 1972, with ''Doppio a metà''. After directing a giallo ('' The Flower with the Petals of Steel'') and a prison-heist film (''Puttana galera''), starting from Sergio Citti's ''Beach House'' Piccioli devoted himself to production. As a producer, he was often interested in risky, unconventional ideas (such as Davide Ferrario's '' We All Fall Down'') and in passion projects of established auteurs which had proved to be difficult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Martucci
Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (industrialist) * Gianni Alemanno (politician) * Gianni Amelio (film director) * Gianni Baget Bozzo (Roman Catholic priest and political expert) * Gianni Bellocchi (scientist) * Gianni Brera (journalist) * Gianni Bugno (cyclist) * Gianni Danzi (Roman Catholic bishop) * Gianni Davito (high jumper) * Gianni De Biasi (Italian football coach) * Gianni De Fraja (economics professor) * Gianni De Michelis (politician) * Gianni Garko (actor, born Giovanni Garcovich) * Gianni Ghidini (cyclist) * Gianni Infantino (President of FIFA) * Gianni Letta (politician) * Gianni Mina (tennis player) * Gianni Minà (journalist) * Gianni Morandi (singer) * Gianni Morbidelli (Formula One driver) * Gianni Motta (cyclist) * Gianni Pettenati (singer) * Gianni Riotta ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American former actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the adaptation of two Tennessee Williams plays into the film ''Baby Doll'' in 1956. Her role in the film as a coquettish but sexually naïve Southern bride earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Baker had other early film roles in ''Giant'' (1956) and the romantic comedy '' But Not for Me'' (1959). In 1961, she appeared in the controversial independent film '' Something Wild'', directed by her then husband Jack Garfein, playing a traumatized rape victim. She went on to star in several critically acclaimed Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s such as ''The Big Country'' (1958), '' How the West Was Won'' (1962), and '' Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964). In the mid-1960s, as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, Baker became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Giombini
Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in Rome, Italy – 12 December 2003 in Assisi, Italy) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror and giallo movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for his score to the original '' Sabata'' (1969), which starred Lee Van Cleef. His son Pierluigi Giombini is also an accomplished musician and composer. Additional biographical information, compositions, filmography, and discography may be found (in Italian) at Marcello Giombini. Music Selected filmography *''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962) *''March on Rome'' (1962) *'' I sette gladiatori'' (1962) *''The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba'' (1962) *''The Magnificent Gladiator'' (1964) *'' James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' (1965) *''Our Man in Jamaica'' (1965) *'' The Relentless Four'' (1965) *''For a Few Dollars Less'' (1966) *'' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) *''Ballad of a Gunman'' (1967) *''Mission Stardust'' (1967) *'' Garringo'' (1969) *''Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Italian Films Of 1973
A list of films produced in Italy in 1973 (see 1973 in film): Notes References * * * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1973at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1973 1973 Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... Lists of 1973 films by country or language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Italy
The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film has been the most important factor in the history of Italian film. As of 2018, Italian films have won 14 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (the most of any country) as well as 12 Palmes d'Or (the second-most of any country), one Academy Award for Best Picture and many Golden Lions and Golden Bears. The history of Italian cinema began a few months after the Lumière brothers began motion picture exhibitions. The first Italian director is considered to be Vittorio Calcina, a collaborator of the Lumière Brothers, who filmed Pope Leo XIII in 1896. The first films date back to 1896 and were made in the main cities of the Italian peninsula. These brief experiments immediately met the curiosity of the popular class, encouraging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giallo Film
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements. This particular style of Italian-produced murder mystery horror-thriller film usually blends the atmosphere and suspense of thriller fiction with elements of horror fiction (such as slasher violence) and eroticism (similar to the French ''fantastique'' genre), and often involves a mysterious killer whose identity is not revealed until the final act of the film. The genre developed in the mid-to-late 1960s, peaked in popularity during the 1970s, and subsequently declined in commercial mainstream filmmaking over the next few decades, though examples continue to be produced. It was a predecessor to, and had significant influence on, the later American slasher film genre. Literature In the Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Garko
Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; 15 July 1935), often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson, is an Italian actor who found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Sartana, starting with the first official film ''If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' and starring in three sequels as this character, the role played by George Hilton in the third film in the series. Early life and career Garko was born in Zara, he moved from Zara to Trieste, and later Rome to attend University and Drama School. His first prominent film role was a small but important part in the Oscar nominated Kapò (1959). He continued to play parts in several Italian productions including sword and sandal epics such as ' (1961) and ''Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules'' (1961). His big break came when he had a role in '' Il Compagno Don Camillo'' (1965). Spaghetti Western era and Sartana Garko became a star in Europe in the 1966 Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Senatore
Paola Senatore (born 9 November 1949) is an Italian retired film actress. Biography Born in Rome, Paola Senatore worked in Italian genre films during the 1970s, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films. These included cult films such as '' Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973), ''Story of a Cloistered Nun'' (1973), '' The Flower with the Petals of Steel'' (1973), '' The Killer Reserved Nine Seats'' (1974), ''Salon Kitty'' (1976), ''Emanuelle in America'' (1977), '' Images in a Convent'' (1979) and Umberto Lenzi's cannibal film ''Eaten Alive!'' (1980). In the mid-1980s, after two soft-core erotic films directed by Joe D'Amato and because of drug problems and pregnancy, she accepted starring in pornographic magazines and in a hard-core film, ''Non stop... sempre buio in sala''. Her film career ended in September 1985 when she was arrested for possession and trafficking of drugs. Partial filmography *''Robin Hood: the Invincible Archer'' (1970) *''A.A.A. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivano Staccioli
Ivano Staccioli (3 January 1927 – 15 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. Staccioli made 70 appearances between 1960 and 1991, mostly in film. He is best known for his appearances in historical adventures and action or western films in the 1960s. Particularly in the early 1960s he appeared in many gladiatorial films or ancient epics. In 1965 he starred in the western ''30 Winchester per El Diablo'' and '' A 008, operazione Sterminio'', a spoof of the James Bond genre. In the mid to late 1960s he was often credited as John Heston for Italian films dubbed for the American audience, particularly his westerns. He also appeared in a number of Italian giallo films, such as ''La morte accarezza a mezzanotte'' and '' The Flower with the Petals of Steel''. Two of his last films before retiring were controversial Nazi death camp films, ''KZ9" and ''SS Girls'', both directed by Bruno Mattei. Selected filmography * ''Pia de' Tolomei'' (1958) * ''Knight Without a Country'' (1959) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Raho
Umberto Raho (4 June 1922 – 9 January 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Bari, the son of an Italian father and a Bulgarian mother, Raho graduated in philosophy and then, immediately after the war, he debuted on stage. While theater was his main activity, Raho was also a very prolific film character actor, with over one hundred credits starting from 1948. He was also active in television films and series. Death Raho died on 9 January 2016 in Anzio, Italy, at the age of 93. Selected filmography * ''Fantasmi del mare'' (1948) - Sottocapo Luigi Serra * ''Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile'' (1961) - Zeton, Priest * ''Duel of Champions'' (1961) - Grand Priest * ''Gold of Rome'' (1961) - Rabbi Beniamino * ''A Difficult Life'' (1961) - (uncredited) * ''Charge of the Black Lancers'' (1962) - Un Altro Membro del Consiglio * ''Seven Seas to Calais'' (1962) - King Philip of Spain * '' Imperial Venus'' (1962) - Kerversau * ''Il processo di Verona' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Velázquez
Pilar Velázquez (born 13 February 1946) is a Spanish actress. Born as María del Pilar Velázquez Llorente in Madrid, she made her debut in 1964 at the Teatro Español, with the drama ''Caminos de Damasco''. Between 1966 and 1977 she starred in about 50 films and television roles; she was active in Italian genre cinema, especially in Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...s. In 1979 Velázquez married the Spanish singer and actor Miguel Gallardo. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velazquez, Pilar Spanish film actresses 1946 births Actresses from Madrid Living people Spaghetti Western actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
