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The Centurion (1961 Film)
''Il conquistatore di Corinto'' (AKA: ''The Centurion'') is a French/Italian international co-production 1961 historical drama film set in 146 BC in Greece. Against the backdrop of the Battle of Corinth, this movie is centered on a love story between a Roman centurion named Caius Vinicius and Hebe, the daughter of a local governor with anti-Roman sentiments. This film was directed by Mario Costa. Cast *Jacques Sernas as Caius Vinicius *John Drew Barrymore as Diaeus * Geneviève Grad as Hebe *Gianna Maria Canale as Artemide *Gordon Mitchell as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus *Gianni Santuccio as Critolaus *Ivano Staccioli as Hippolytus *Nando Tamberlani as Callicrates *Gianni Solaro as Ambassadeur *Andrea Fantasia as Lucius Quintus *José Jaspe as The Traitor *Franco Fantasia as Anteo *Miranda Campa as Cinzia *Dina De Santis as Chimene *Adriano Micantoni as Kerone *Vassili Karis as Egeo *Adriana Vianello as Cleo * Milena Vukotic as Servant of Artemide *Igna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Costa (director)
Mario Costa (30 May 1904, in Rome – 22 October 1995, in Rome) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter, active from 1934 to 1971. Selected filmography * ''Stadium'' (1934) * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * ''Guest for One Night'' (1939) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1947) * '' Pagliacci'' (1948) * ''Mad About Opera'' (1948) * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) * '' Song of Spring'' (1951) * ''Trieste mia!'' (1952) * '' Melody of Love'' (1952) * ''I Always Loved You'' (1953) * ''Perdonami!'' (1953) * ''For You I Have Sinned'' (1953) * ''Pietà per chi cade'' (1954) * ''The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (1954) * ''Revelation'' (1955) * '' Arrivano i dollari!'' (1957) * ''Attack of the Moors'' (1959) * ''Cavalier in Devil's Castle'' (1959) * ''Queen of the Pirates'' (1960) * '' The Centurion'' (1961) * ''Kerim, Son of the Sheik'' (1962) * ''Gladiator of Rome'' (1962) * ''Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West ''Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West '' (''Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critolaos Of Megalopolis
Critolaos of Megalopolis ( grc, Κριτόλαος) was a general (''strategos'') of the Achaean League in ancient Greece. He served for less than one year, from 147 to 146 BC. Following his death at the Battle of Scarpheia The Battle of Scarpheia was a battle that took place in 146 BC between forces of the Roman Republic, led by the praetor Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, and an Achaean League force led by Critolaos of Megalopolis. The battle was a resound ..., he was replaced by Diaeus, the previous general of the Achaean League. Ancient Megalopolitans 2nd-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek generals Achaean League {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Marchetti
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Nerio Bernardi
Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * ''The Shepherd King'' (1923) * '' Full Speed'' (1934) * ''Port'' (1934) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) * '' God's Will Be Done'' (1936) * ''King of Diamonds'' (1936) * ''Bayonet'' (1936) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1937) * '' Abandonment'' (1940) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1940) * ''Antonio Meucci'' (1940) * '' The Last Dance'' (1941) * ''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * '' A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) * ''The Queen of Navarre'' (1942) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' In High Places'' (1943) * ''Special Correspondents'' (1943) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) * ''The Courier of the King'' (1947) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1947) * ''Mare Nostrum'' (1948) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''The Charterhouse of Parma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Pigozzi
Luciano Pigozzi, also known professionally as Alan Collins (10 January 1927 – 14 June 2008), was an Italian character actor. A long-time staple of Italian genre cinema, Pigozzi was noted for his resemblance to Peter Lorre and appeared in such films as '' Human Cobras'', ''Yor, the Hunter from the Future'', ''Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'', ''Blood and Black Lace'', ''Libido'' and perhaps his goriest role in ''Baron Blood''. Born in Novellara, province of Reggio Emilia, in Italy; he appeared in more than one hundred films between 1954 and 1989, including many 1960s Italian thrillers such as ''Terror-Creatures from the Grave'', ''Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory'' and ''The Whip and the Body''. Pigozzi died in 2008, at age 81. Selected filmography * ''Scuola elementare'' (1955) - Teacher (uncredited) * '' The Roof'' (1956) * '' General Della Rovere'' (1959) - Prisoner * ''Two Women'' (1960) - Scimmione, il capo miliziano * ''Gli incensurati'' (1961) - Carmelo Ruotolo * '' Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignazio Balsamo
Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 – 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies. Discovered by Pietro Germi, who offered him a role of weight in the film '' In the Name of the Law'', following the success of the film Balsamo moved to Rome where he had a long film career as a character actor, mainly cast in roles of Sicilian criminals and villains. He also worked as a production coordinator and a production runner for the companies Fortunia Film and Romana Film. Balsamo was also author of two plays in Sicilian language, ''Casa Cantoniera'' and ''Tila di ragnu''. Selected filmography * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949) - Francesco Messana * ''Outlaw Girl'' (1950) - Ciro Sollima * '' The Fighting Men'' (1950) - Antonio Schepisi * '' Il caimano del Piave'' (1951) - Sergente siciliano al fronte * '' Behind Closed Shutters'' (1951) - Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milena Vukotic
Milena Vukotic (, ; born 23 April 1935) is an Italian former ballerina and a stage, television, and film actress. Biography Vukotic was born in Rome, to a Serb Montenegrin comedy playwright father and an Italian pianist/composer mother. As a child she studied acting and classical dance, in Italy and France. A brilliant character actress, Vukotic became well known for her role of Pina Fantozzi in the ''Fantozzi'' series of comedy films (winning a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Fantozzi in paradiso'') and, later in her life, for the role of Grandma Enrica in the TV series ''Un medico in famiglia''. She worked with Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel and Andrei Tarkovsky. On stage, she became one of Rina Morelli's favourite actresses and worked in other prestigious theatrical productions with directors like Franco Zeffirelli, Giorgio Strehler, Paolo Poli and Jean Cocteau. She had a recurring role on the French television series ''Une famille fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassili Karis
Vassili Karis (born Vassilis Karamesinis on 22 September 1938) is a Greek-born Italian actor, mainly active in the Spaghetti Western film genre. Life and career Born in Patras, Karis was first active in the peplum genre, in which he was credited with his birth name or with the stage name Marco Vassilli.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, . Adopted his definitive stage name, he got his first role of weight in 1966, in the Spaghetti Western film ''Five Giants from Texas''. His breakout came in the early 1970s with the role of Holy Ghost ("Spirito Santo" in Italian) in a series of western comedy films. The decline of the western genre happened and he slowed his activities, retiring in the mid-1990s. Selected filmography * '' 3 Avengers'' (1964) * '' I criminali della metropoli'' (1965) * ''An Angel for Satan'' (1966) * ''A Stranger in Paso Bravo'' (1968) * ''Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'' (1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina De Santis
Dina De Santis (born 21 December 1943) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Carlotta Provin in Vicenza, as a child De Santis won a beauty contest and at young age she started working for the advertising industry and on stage. She made her film debut in 1954 in the melodrama ''Lacrime d'amore'' directed by Pino Mercanti, who suggested her stage name. She was very active in adventure films, Spaghetti Westerns, peplum and Eurospy films, sometimes credited as Dina De Saint. She retired from acting in the late 1960s. Selected filmography * ''Tears of Love'' (1954) * ''Vendicata!'' (1955) * ''The Knight of the Black Sword'' (1956) * ''Venice, the Moon and You'' (1958) * '' Knight of 100 Faces'' (1960) * ''Queen of the Seas'' (1961) * '' The Secret of the Black Falcon'' (1961) * '' The Black Duke'' (1963) * ''Hercules and the Masked Rider'' (1963) * '' Gentlemen of the Night'' (1964) * ''Hercules Against Rome'' (1964) * '' 008: Operation Exterminate'' (1965) * ''Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Campa
Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the nephew of actors Pio Campa and Wanda Capodaglio, Campa studied acting at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1938. Mainly active on stage, she was part, among others, of the theatrical companies of Vittorio Gassman, Andreina Pagnani and Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. She made her film debut at mature age, in 1949, usually cast in character role A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to ...s, often playing religious figures. Campa was also very active as a voice actress and as a dubber. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campa, Miranda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Fantasia
Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and Death September 29, 2002 Fantasia announced he had been diagnosed with Lung Cancer Fantasia passed away of a Heart Attack on November 10, 2002 at Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... at the age of 78 Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fantasia, Franco 1924 births 2002 deaths People from Rhodes Italian male film actors Greek people of Italian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Jaspe
José Jaspe ( gl, Xosé Jaspe Rivas) (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in ''Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in ''The Man Called Noon'' (1973), the traitor in '' The Centurion'' (1961), Sabrath in '' The Golden Arrow'' (1962), Spanish POW in ''Submarine Attack'' (1954), José in '' Black Jack'' (1950), and Enrique in ''El pobre rico'' (1942), by Ignacio F. Iquino. He appeared in the Spaghetti Western film ''Jesse James' Kid'' (1965), starring Mercedes Alonso, Roberto Camardiel and Luis Induni. He died in Becerril de la Sierra in 1974. Selected filmography * ''El sobre lacrado'' (1941) * '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1942) - Pelirrojo * ''El pobre rico'' (1942) * ''La culpa del otro'' (1942) - Patrón * ''Boda accidentada'' (1943) - Mario * ''Un enredo de familia'' (1943) - Niceto * ''El abanderado'' (1943) - Malasaña * ''Mi fantástica esposa'' (1944) * ''Paraíso sin Eva'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |