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Ugo Pirro
Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. Biography Born Ugo Mattone in Battipaglia, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director Carlo Lizzani (''Achtung! Banditi!'', 1951, and '' Il gobbo'', 1960). His screenplays of the 1970s include films ''Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto'' and '' Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini'', which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film. Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works being ''Le soldatesse'' (1956), set in the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II, and '' Celluloide'', adapted for cinema by Lizzani in 1996. Pirro died in Rome in 2008. Works Films *''Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951) *'' Il sole negli occhi'' (1953) * ''Songs of Italy'' (1955) *'' Uomini e lupi'' (1956) *'' L'amore più bello'' (1957) *'' Il momento più bello'' (1957) *''Cerasella'' (1959) *'' Il gobbo'' (1960) *'' La garçonnière'' (1960) *'' 5 Branded Women'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celluloide
''Celluloide'' is a 1996 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani from a screenplay by Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro and Lizzani, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pirro. It stars Giancarlo Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Anna Falchi, and Lina Sastri. Plot The story revolves around the difficult production of Roberto Rossellini's film ''Rome, Open City'' (1945). Cast *Giancarlo Giannini as Sergio Amidei *Massimo Ghini as Roberto Rossellini *Anna Falchi as Maria Michi *Lina Sastri as Anna Magnani *Massimo Dapporto as Giuseppe Amato *Antonello Fassari as Aldo Fabrizi *Milva as The Countess *Christopher Walken as US Officer Rod E. Geiger *Massimo Ciavarro as Massimo Serato *Francesca Ventura as Jone Tuzi, the script supervisor *Francesco Siciliano as Federico Fellini Giuliano Montaldo has an uncredited cameo as Civalleri, one of the film's early financers. Production The film was a passion project of Lizzani's, who tried to get it financed since 1983. Sabrina Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto
''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' ( it, Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian crime drama film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, black-humored satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his mistress, and then tests whether the police would charge him for this crime. He begins manipulating the investigation by planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not. The film was released in Italy by Euro International Pictures on 9 February 1970, to widespread acclaim from critics. It won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, and the David di Donatello Awards for Best Film for Best Actor (Gian Maria Volonté). In the United States, it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Petri and his co-writer Ugo Pirro were nominated for Best Original Screenplay. In 2008, ''Inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Guerra Continua
''Warriors Five'' ( it, La guerra continua, french: La dernière attaque) is a 1962 black and white Italian-French-Yugoslavian international co-production war film directed by Leopoldo Savona and starring Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, and Serge Reggiani. It is set during World War II. It was released in the US by American International Pictures as a double feature with '' Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World''. Plot summary In German-occupied Italy during World War II, American paratrooper Jack (Jack Palance) lands behind enemy lines and begins an espionage assignment. He ends up captured and imprisoned. With four Italian POWs, he manages to escape. He then talks them into helping him blow up a strategically important bridge. Mayhem ensues until the only people left are the hero and Italia (Giovanna Ralli), a lovely Italian hooker. Cast * Jack Palance as Jack * Giovanna Ralli as Italia * Serge Reggiani as Libero * Folco Lulli as Marzi * Venantino Venantini as Alberto * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Branded Women
''Five Branded Women'' is a 1960 Italian-American film directed by Martin Ritt (his only war film) and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It features an international cast including Silvana Mangano, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau and Vera Miles. The film is set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia and was shot in Italy and Klagenfurt, Austria.` Plot Five Yugoslavian women are accused of consorting with the Nazis who have taken over their town. The women are banished from the town and meet up with guerillas in the mountains. Cast See also * List of American films of 1960 A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References External links * 1960 films Italian war drama films Films about capital punishment Films directed by Martin Ritt Paramount Pictures fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Garçonnière
''La garçonnière'' ("The bachelor apartment") is a 1960 Italian romance-drama film written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Plot A building constructor repeatedly betrays his wife in an apartment he rented in a popular neighborhood. She pawns him, finds out the truth and leaves him. The couple will recover together, but things will never be the same again. Cast *Raf Vallone as Alberto Fiorini *Eleonora Rossi Drago as Giulia Fiorini * Marisa Merlini as Pupa * Gordana Miletic as Laura * Nino Castelnuovo as Vincenzo *Maria Fiore as Clementina *Clelia Matania as Angelina *Ennio Girolami as Alvaro *Renato Baldini as Father *Franca Marzi as Mother *Miranda Campa References External links * *La garçonnière' at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerasella
''Cerasella'' is a 1959 Italian teen comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is loosely inspired by the lyrics of the song " Cerasella". Cast *Claudia Mori: Cerasella *Mario Girotti: Bruno *Luigi De Filippo: Alfredo *Alessandra Panaro: Nora * Carlo Croccolo: Giuseppe Marzano * Piera Farfarella: Nannina *Fausto Cigliano: The Singer *Mario Carotenuto: Father of Bruno * Lia Zoppelli: Mother of Nora *Luigi Pavese Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ...: General Bruno Coscia References External links * 1959 films 1959 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro Films set in Naples 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Momento Più Bello
''The Most Wonderful Moment'' ( it, Il momento più bello) is a 1957 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Emmer. This drama deals with natural childbirth, and was described as "clinically pure, informative, edifying and, on occasion, tenderly dramatic". Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that marriage will affect his career, she prepares for the upcoming childbirth. Plot In the maternity ward of a large Roman hospital, we witness the secret love between the young doctor Pietro Valeri and the nurse Luisa Morelli. Pietro has difficulty in making a career and hesitates to marry Luisa as he does not know what future he could offer her. The situation seems to get worse when Luisa realizes she is expecting a baby. Pietro, always irresolute, seems to be in favor of a clandestine abortion, a solution that the girl refuses to consider. Luisa leaves the hospital and moves to her former colleague Margherita, who has set up on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'amore Più Bello
''L'amore più bello'' (''The most beautiful love'', also known as ''L'uomo dai calzoni corti'') is a 1958 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Glauco Pellegrini. Plot Salvatore escapes from the orphanage of Caltanissetta to find the mother he never knew. Before finding her in Venice he will live several adventures in Naples, Rome and Milan. Cast * : Salvatore D'Esposito * Eduardo De Filippo: Gennaro * Memmo Carotenuto: Nando * Francisco Rabal: Mario * Julia Martínez: Gina * Irene Cefaro: Estella * Alida Valli Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...: Carolina References External links * 1958 films 1950s road comedy-drama films Films directed by Glauco Pellegrini Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro Italian road comedy-dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uomini E Lupi
''The Wolves'' ( it, Uomini e lupi) is a 1956 Italian neorealistic drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Plot In a small mountain village in Abruzzo, near L'Aquila, two young wolf hunters—Ricuccio and Giovanni—arrive in hopes to collect 20,000 lire prizes for every wolf they can kill. Ricuccio finds himself charmed and entranced by the beautiful commoner, Teresa. She happens to be the wife of Giovanni and the two share a young son. The hunters risk their lives daily in the snow during the wolf hunts, only making it riskier because they are in constant conflict over Ricuccio's obvious attraction to Teresa. After Giovanni is killed by a wolf pack while insisting on trying to capture a wolf by himself in order to collect a potential 60,000 lire selling price from a zoo, Ricuccio accompanies Teresa while they attempt to collect the bounties owed to the hunters. While the two bond, Teresa nevertheless rejects Ricuccio's marriage proposal. Afterward, Ricuccio becomes amorou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Italy
''Songs of Italy'' (Italian: ''Canzoni di tutta Italia'') is a 1955 Italian musical film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà and Silvana Pampanini.Torriglia p.208 It was shot in Ferraniacolor. It was one of several musicarello directed by Paolella. Cast * Marco Vicario * Rossana Podestà * Silvana Pampanini * Fausto Tozzi * Anna Maria Ferrero * Tamara Lees * Giorgio De Lullo * Dante Maggio * Irène Galter * Lyla Rocco * Roberto Risso * Carlo Sposito * Armida De Pasquali * Italia Dini * Sandra Francis * Gisella Monaldi * Mercedes Mozart Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile m ... References Bibliography * Anna Maria Torriglia. ''Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Postwar Italy''. University of Toronto P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sole Negli Occhi
''Il sole negli occhi'' (internationally released as ''Empty Eyes'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It stars Gabriele Ferzetti. Plot Celestina, a young country girl from Castelluccio di Norcia, naive, inexperienced, ignorant, after having lost both parents goes to Rome to work as a maid at the house of a middle-class couple who are moving to a newly built neighborhood. Here she makes the acquaintance of Fernando, a plumber who courts her insistently. Sometime after her, her brothers visit her to tell her that they have sold her house and that they are emigrating to Australia in search of work. Celestina finds herself completely alone in a world unknown to her. She fired, she is hired by a retired couple where Fernando tracks her down, but she rejects him. Here she meets a police officer with whom she becomes engaged. The two elders treat her as her daughter and plan to appoint her as their heir, but this decision triggers grievances from her rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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