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The Haller Case
''The Haller Case'' (Italian: ''Il caso Haller'') is a 1933 Italian thriller film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marta Abba, Memo Benassi and Camillo Pilotto.Brizio-Skov p.54 The film is based on the 1893 play '' Der Andere'' by Paul Lindau. It marked the screen debut of Isa Miranda, who had her breakthrough role the following year in ''Everybody's Woman'' and emerged as the most international-renowned Italian actress of the decade. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Arnaldo Foresti and Alfredo Montori. Cast * Marta Abba as La Rossa * Memo Benassi as Judge Haller * Camillo Pilotto as Gang's leader * Vittorio Vaser as Gang member * Isa Miranda as Badwoman * Cele Abba * Ugo Ceseri * Vasco Creti * Natalia Murray Danesi * Egisto Olivieri * Umberto Sacripante Other film versions * ''The Other'' (January 1913, Germany, directed by Max Mack) * ''The Other'' (August 1930, Germany, directed by Robert Wien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. Early life Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died. After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point. In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini's ''Tortured Soul''. Director In 1929 Blasetti made his directorial debut with ''Sun (film), Sun'', a fictional story set against the ongoing draining of the Pontine Marshes. The film was well received at a time when there were few Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cines Studios
The Cines Studios were film production studios located in the Italian capital Rome. They were established on Via Veio in 1930 by Stefano Pittaluga, head of the Cines film company, at the beginning of the sound era. It produced Italy's first sound film ''The Song of Love'' the same year. For several years it was the leading studio complex in Italy, until September 1935 when it suffered a major fire and was largely destroyed. This became a spur for the Italian government of Benito Mussolini to invest in the construction of a new development Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ..., the largest studio in Europe which opened in 1937. The refurbished Cines studios continued to operate until 1956, but were often rented out for the use of other companies.Moliterno p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other (1930 Film)
''The Other'' (german: Der Andere) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy and Heinrich George. It was based on the 1893 play ''Der Andere'' by Paul Lindau. It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Jung & Schatzberg p. 153 A French-language version ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' was shot by Wiene immediately afterwards in the same Berlin studio, but with different actors. Cast * Fritz Kortner as Prosecutor Hallers * Käthe von Nagy as Analie Frieben * Heinrich George as Dickert * Hermine Sterler as Hallers Schwester * Ursula van Diemen as Marion * Eduard von Winterstein as Dr. Koehler * Oskar Sima as Gruenspecht * Julius Falkenstein as Sekretaer Bremer * Paul Bildt as Prof. Wertmann * Otto Stoessel as Medizinalrat Rienhofer * Emil Heyse as Polizeikommissar * Hans Ahrens as Wachtmeister See also * ''The Other (1913 film), The Other'' (1913) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933), an Italian remake References Bibliography * External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Mack
Max Mack (1884–1973) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director during the silent era. He is particularly known for his 1913 film ''The Other''. He directed, and co-starred in, an early film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' in 1914, called ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'', written by Richard Oswald. During the 1910s, he directed nearly a hundred films in a variety of different genres.Elsaesser & Wedel p.205 Born as Moritz Myrthenzweig in Halberstadt, the Jewish Mack was later forced to emigrate to escape Nazism, and settled in the United Kingdom. His final film was the 1935 quota quickie '' Be Careful, Mr. Smith''. Selected filmography Director * ''The Other'' (1913) * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * ''A World Without Men'' (1914) * ''Ein Seltsamer Fall'' (1914) A film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1915) * ''The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (1921) * ''Quaran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other (1913 Film)
''The Other'' (German: ''Der Andere'') is a 1913 German silent thriller film directed by Max Mack and starring Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus and Nelly Ridon. Plot When talking with friends, Dr. Hallers, a well-known lawyer in Berlin, said he was skeptical about fantasies on the split personality: he could never believe something like that. During a ride, however, he has an accident, after which he often falls into a deep sleep from which he awakens with the feeling of having a dual personality. Later, his double starts to rob his apartment with a thief. During the robbery, the police arrives and arrests the thief. Hallers, having fallen asleep, wakes up without remembering anything of what happened. Eventually, the lawyer recovers and marries his fiancée. Cast *Albert Bassermann as Dr. Hallers *Emmerich Hanus as Judge Arnoldy *Nelly Ridon as Agnes, Arnoldy's sister *Hanni Weisse as Amalie, a housemaid *Léon Resemann as Dickert, a burglar *Otto Colott as Dr. Feldmann, medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Sacripante
Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he became first actor in the theatrical company Teatro degli Indipendenti directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. He made his film debut in 1930, and in a short time he became one of the most active character actors of his time. Thanks to his good knowledge of German language, he was also often cast in German and Austrian productions. He also worked as general organizer for the production company Cines, and also was secretary of the National Syndicate of Film Actors. Personal life Sacripante was married to Assunta Lelli. Their sons Luciano and Mauro both worked in the cinema industry, respectively as film director and executive producer. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egisto Olivieri
Egisto Olivieri (1880–1962) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career including '' The Little School Mistress'' (1934).Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p.344. His final film appearance was in Vittorio De Sica's '' Miracle in Milan'' (1951) Selected filmography * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * '' The Little School Mistress'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' (1938) * ''The Silent Partner'' (1939) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) *''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (1941) * '' The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * '' Carmela'' (1942) * '' Love Story'' (1942) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''Resurrection'' (1944) * ''The Sun Still Rises'' (1946) * '' Departure at Seven'' (1946) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * ''Mistress of the Mountains'' (1950) * ''Songs in the Streets ''Songs in the Streets'' (Italian: ''Canzoni per le strade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Murray Danesi
Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 1988 French film * "Natalia", a 1981 song by Van Morrison * "Natalia", a Venezuelan Waltz by Antonio Lauro Places * Natalia Republic, a former republic in South Africa * Natalia, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Natalia, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Natalia, Texas Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of t ..., a city in Medina County, Texas, United States Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Creti
Vasco Creti (7 December 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1915 and 1944. He was married to actress Valeria Creti. Selected filmography * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * '' Il siluramento dell'Oceania'' (1917) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1922) * '' The Flight of Socrates'' (1923) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''Sun'' (1929) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * '' Mother Earth'' (1931) * ''Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (1932) * ''The Gift of the Morning'' (1932) * ''Pergolesi'' (1932) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''The Table of the Poor'' (1932) * ''Creatures of the Night'' (1934) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) * ''The Joker King'' (1935) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * '' La Damigella di Bard'' (1936) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * ''The House of Shame'' (1938) * '' The Widow'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Ceseri
Ugo Ceseri (30 June 1893 – 3 December 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in forty two films between 1931 and his death in 1940. In 1934 he appeared in the play '' 18 BL'', an attempt to create a mass theatre by the Fascist government of Italy. The play was directed by Alessandro Blasetti and featured 2,000 amateur actors.Balfour p.12-14 Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * ''Palio'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * '' One Night with You'' (1932) * ''Model Wanted'' (1933) * ''The Haller Case'' (1933) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * ''Unripe Fruit'' (1934) * '' Just Married'' (1934) * ''Red Passport'' (1935) * ''Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1935) * ''Aldebaran'' (1935) *''Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''The Dance of Time'' (1936) * '' But It's Nothing Serious'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) * ''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (1937) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cele Abba
Cele Abba (25 May 1906 – 1 January 1992) was an Italian actress, sister of actress Marta Abba. She was born in Milan, Italy. Biography Her career experienced some reflected light, conditioned by the great popularity obtained by her older sister, the famous Marta, muse of Luigi Pirandello. Second daughter of the merchant Pompeo Abba and Giuseppina Trabucchi, she made her debut on the theater stage next to her sister who wanted her by her side for the 1927–1928 season in the Pirandelliana Company directed by the famous writer and playwright Luigi Pirandello. In the 1929–1930 season, she had roles as the second woman in the Za-Bum Theater Company directed by Mario Mattoli and in the following one, 1930–1931, she performed in company with Renzo Ricci, Irma Gramatica and Luigi Carini. In the summer of 1931, she performed in the theatrical staging of Campo di Maggio, written and directed by Giovacchino Forzano. In the 1932–1933 season she acted with Ruggero Ruggeri and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Montori
Alfredo Montori (1893-1969) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films.Smith p.116 Selected filmography * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) * ''They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938) * '' The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * '' The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''The Hussar Captain'' (1940) * '' A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) * ''The Two Tigers'' (1941) * ''Music on the Run'' (1943) * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) * '' The Cliff of Sin'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * '' Without a Flag'' (1951) * '' Tragic Serenade'' (1951) * '' The Black Captain'' (1951) * ''Mamma Mia, What an Impression!'' (1951) * ''Abracadabra'' (1952) * ''Naples Sings'' (1953) * '' Tragic Ballad'' (1954) * ''Letter from Naples'' (1954) * '' It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (1954) * ''Goodbye Naples'' (1955) * ''The Knight of the Black Sword ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
