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The Good Pope
''The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' ( it, Il Papa Buono, also known with the shorten titles ''The Good Pope'' and ''The Good Pope: John XXIII'') is a 2003 Italian television film written and directed by Ricky Tognazzi. The film is based on real life events of Pope John XXIII. Plot It is about the life of Pope John XXIII Bob Hoskins stars as, Pope John XXIII, a man, humble origin who became one of the most influential Popes of the last century. Born Angelo Roncalli, in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, he was known for his profound spirituality as well as his extraordinary goodness from a young age. He was a farmer's son who influenced the world politics of the time; a man of modest character who revolutionised the church. He was pope during the most extraordinary chapter in history: the Cold War, the Berlin Wall and early space travel ( Yuri Gagarin as the first such traveler in 1961). In his short time as pope, John XXIII touched the hearts of every creed and color. He was christene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Tognazzi
Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film ''Ultra''. Five years later, his film '' Strangled Lives'' won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "''Tutti Frutti''" by English rock band New Order. He's an outspoken atheist, even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope Francis. Selected filmography Director * ''Little Misunderstandings'' (1989) * ''Ultra'' (1991) * '' The Escort'' (1993) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiara Caselli
Chiara Caselli (born 22 December 1967) is an Italian actress. In 1994, Caselli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress award as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress award. Caselli has appeared in American films including ''My Own Private Idaho'' opposite River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. In 2002 she also appeared opposite John Malkovich in ''Ripley's Game''. Filmography * ''Traces of an Amorous Life'' (1990) * '' The Secret'' (1990) * ''My Own Private Idaho'' (1991) * '' Especially on Sunday'' (1991) * ''Nero'' (1992) * ''Sabato italiano'' (1992) * '' The Little Apocalypse'' (1993) * ''Fiorile'' (1993) * '' Where Are You? I'm Here'' (1993) * '' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994) * '' Beyond the Clouds'' (1995) * ''Love Story with Cramps'' (1995) * '' Oui'' (1996) * '' The Return of El Coyote'' (1998) * '' The Vivero Letter'' (1999) * ''Olympic Garage'' (1999) * '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000) * '' Sleepless'' (2001) * ''Ripley's Game'' (2002) * '' The Good Pope: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Television Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Robutti
Enzo Robutti (24 October 1933 – 13 February 2022) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, playwright, and writer. Life and career Born in Bologna, Robutti attended the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and debuted on stage in the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman in ''Irma la dolce''. He got his early successes as a stand-up comedian and a cabaret author at the "Derby Club" in Milan. Robutti was also very active as a character film actor, often cast in comedies in roles of hysterical, chorelical characters. He often worked with Pasquale Festa Campanile. Selected filmography * ''Outlaws of Love'' (1963) * '' Il profeta'' (1968) - Alberto * ''Sardinia Kidnapped'' (1968) * ''Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere!'' (1970) - Martora * ''La torta in cielo'' (1970) * ''Il merlo maschio'' (1971) * ''Without Family'' (1972) - Malato * '' The Hassled Hooker'' (1972) - Manca - Turrisi assistant in Rome * ''Decameron nº 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Carnelutti (actor)
Francesco Carnelutti (8 April 1936 - 26 November 2015) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1969 to 2014. Filmography References External links * 1936 births 2015 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando Ravello
Rolando Ravello (born 4 June 1969) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, at young age Ravello founded a comedy ensemble with Manuela Morabito e Renato Giordano, and in 1988 the trio co-hosted the RAI children variety show ''Big''. Later, he attended some acting courses and performed in several small theaters in his hometown. Ravello had his breakout in 1995, with the main role of Vincenzo in Ettore Scola's ''Romanzo di un giovane povero''. Also active on television, in 2001 he made his directorial debut with the short film ''La Colla''. His 2013 film ''Tutti contro tutti'' was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for best comedy film. Selected filmography * ''Romanzo di un giovane povero'' (1995) * '' Viol@'' (1998) * '' The Dinner'' (1998) * ''Almost Blue'' (2000) * ''Unfair Competition'' (2001) * '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003) * ''Inferno Below'' (2003) * ''City Limits'' (2004) * '' Il Pirata: Marco Pantani'' (2007) * ''Less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Light (actor)
John Andrew Light (born 30 September 1973) is an English television, theatre, and film actor. He has received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his supporting performance in the play ''Taken at Midnight'' (2014). Career Light appeared as Henry Lennox (with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe) in the BBC production ''North and South'' from the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. He played the title character (the son of Rudyard Kipling) in the original Hampstead Theatre production of David Haig's '' My Boy Jack'' (1997). An early screen role came in ''Cider with Rosie'' (1998). He portrayed British pilot Robert Newman in the German film ''Dresden'', in which he spoke German; and played Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany in the 2003 film ''The Lion in Winter'' alongside Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. He played Satan in two films released in 2005 which were titled '' The Prophecy: Uprising'' and '' The Prophecy: Forsaken''. He also appeared in the title role of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Venditti
Francesco Saverio Venditti (born 27 August 1976) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome to singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti and actress Simona Izzo, Venditti made his acting debut on television as a child in 1985 and made his first film appearance in the 1995 film '' Strangled Lives'' directed by his stepfather Ricky Tognazzi. He then appeared in a 1995 TV film directed by Paolo Poeti. Venditti generally made appearances in fiction stories on television, such as '' Caro maestro'' as well as '' Una donna per amico'' and ''Lo zio d'America''. He also starred as the young Nicola Catania in the television movie '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII''. As a voice actor, Venditti performed the Italian voice of Ryan Reynolds and Nicholas Hoult as Deadpool and Beast respectively in the ''X-Men'' film franchise. Other actors he occasionally dubs includes Michael Peña, Giovanni Ribisi, Justin Long, Diego Luna and David Dastmalchian. In his animated roles, he voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Von Papen
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (; 29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German conservative politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer. He served as the chancellor of Germany in 1932, and then as the vice-chancellor under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1934. Born into a wealthy family of Westphalian Catholic aristocrats, Papen served in the Prussian Army from 1898 onward and was trained as a German General Staff officer. He served as military attaché in Mexico and the United States from 1913 to 1915, organising acts of sabotage in the United States and financing Mexican forces in the Mexican Revolution. After being expelled from the United States in 1915, he served as a battalion commander on the Western Front of World War I and finished his war service in the Middle Eastern theatre as a lieutenant colonel. Appointed chancellor in 1932 by President Paul von Hindenburg, Papen ruled by presidential decree. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson (; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Life and career Josephson was born on the island of Kungsholmen, in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of Maud Ellen Gabrielle (née Boheman) and Gunnar August Josephson, a bookseller of Jewish descent, in 1923. His uncle (mother's brother) was diplomat Erik Boheman, and his maternal great-grandfather was entomologist Carl Henrik Boheman. Josephson was the leader of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1966 to 1975. He also published novels, short stories, poetry and drama, and was the director of several films. In 1980, he directed and starred in the film ''Marmalade Revolution'', which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1986, he starred in '' The Sacrifice'' and won the award for Best Actor at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Garrani
Ivo Garrani (6 February 1924 – 25 March 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960). Biography Born in Introdacqua, Garrani was a student at the Faculty of Engineering in Rome when started his theatrical career, at first as amateur, then entering the stage company of Carlo Tamberlani in 1943. Aside from his work on stage, including works with Giorgio Strehler, in the fifties he started a parallel activity in cinema, starring in a great number of films, even if usually in secondary roles. Garranidied on 25 March 2015, at the age of 91. Selected filmography *'' Ragazze da marito'' (1952) - Tommaso Spadoni *''Orient Express'' (1954) *''Eighteen Year Olds'' (1955) - Il medico *'' The Rival'' (1956) - Secondo ufficiale inquirente *''Roland the Mighty'' (1956) - Carlo Magno *'' Terrore sulla città'' (1957) *''Hercules'' (1958) - Pelias, King of Iolcus *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
