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The White Devil (1947 Film)
''The White Devil'' (Italian: ''Il diavolo bianco'') is a 1947 Italian historical adventure film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Rossano Brazzi, Annette Bach and Roldano Lupi. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1912 novella '' Hadji Murat''. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. It earned around 272 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.116 Synopsis In the Caucasus a rebel fighter battles against the rule of an oppressive Russian Governor, although he is in real life a prince who pretends to be a supporter of the Governor. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Prince André Mdwani - Il diavolo bianco * Annette Bach as Countess Olga Kutezoff * Roldano Lupi as Gov. Alexis Ignatieff * Lea Padovani as Katiousha * Harry Feist as Col. Stanikow *Mario Ferrari as Prof. Ilya * Armando Francioli as Wassili * Vittorio Sanipoli as John * Vittorina Benvenuti as Elena * Angelo Calabrese as Michailoff * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunzio Malasomma
Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Mister Radio'' (1924) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' (1925) * '' One Minute to Twelve'' (1925) * '' The King and the Girl'' (1925) * '' Hunted People'' (1926) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * '' The Call of the North'' (1929) * ''The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930) * ''The Man with the Claw'' (1931) * ''The Opera Singer'' (1932) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1932) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1934) * ''Territorial Militia'' (1935) * '' I Don't Know You Anymore'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * '' The Night of Decision'' (1938) *''The Secret Lie'' (1938) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1939) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * ''Scampolo'' (1941) * '' Torrents of Spring'' (1942) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) * ''The Devil in the Convent ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrigo Equini
Arrigo Equini was an Italian art director who designed the sets of around eighty films during his career.Palmer & Riley p.164 Selected filmography * '' The Black Eagle'' (1946) * '' The White Devil'' (1947) * '' Ring Around the Clock'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * ''I'm the Capataz'' (1951) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1956) * ''Cleopatra's Daughter'' (1960) * ''The Pharaohs' Woman'' (1960) * ''The 300 Spartans'' (1962) * ''War of the Trojans'' (1962) * ''Cast a Giant Shadow'' (1966) * ''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' (1968) * ''Hornets' Nest'' (1970) * '' The Assassination of Trotsky'' (1972) * ''Massacre in Rome ''Massacre in Rome'' ( it, Rappresaglia) is a 1973 Italian war drama film directed by George Pan Cosmatos about the Ardeatine massacre which occurred at the Ardeatine caves in Rome, 24 March 1944, committed by the Germans as a reprisal for a ...'' (1973) References Bibliography * James Palmer, Michael Riley. ''The Films of Joseph Losey''. Cambridge Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Marchetti
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Cesare Lancia
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Mario Gallina
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Angelo Calabrese
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Vittorio Sanipoli
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Armando Francioli
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Mario Ferrari
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Harry Feist
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