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Yvonne Sanson
Yvonne Sanson ( el, Υβόν Σανσόν; 29 August 1925 – 23 July 2003) was a Greek-Italian film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972, mainly working in Italy. Born in Thessaloniki, Sanson was a naturalised Italian citizen and was maternally of Greek origin and paternally of French-Russian origin. Partial filmography * ''The Black Eagle'' (1946) - Una ragazza alla festa * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) - Daisy * '' Flesh Will Surrender'' (1947) - Ginevra Canale * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1948) - L'imperatrice Caterina II di Russia * '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) - Australia * ''The Emperor of Capri'' (1949) - Sonia Bulgarov * ''Torment'' (1950) - Anna Ferrari * Cintura di castità (1950) * ''Chains'' (1950) - Rosa Carrisi * ''The Elusive Twelve'' (1950) - Herself * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) - Luisa Fanti / Sister Addolorata * ''The Overcoat'' (1952) - Caterina * ''Are We All Murderers?'' (1952) - Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne) * '' The Shameless Sex'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Ragazzo Che Sorride
''Il ragazzo che sorride'' (Italian for ''The boy who smiles'') is a 1969 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Al Bano and Susanna Martinková.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei musicarelli anni '60'', Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2012. . Cast * Al Bano as Giorgio * Susanna Martinková as Livia * Rocky Roberts as Himself * Nino Taranto as Filippo Leccisi former professor * Antonella Steni as Tilde, Filippo's wife * Yvonne Sanson as Livia's mother * Riccardo Garrone as Livia's father * Francesco Mulé as Undertaker's establishment owner * Franco Ressel as Mine owner * Fiorenzo Fiorentini as House-painter * Franco Scandurra as Scandini * Giacomo Furia as Barman * Umberto Raho as Dr. Scholler * Ignazio Balsamo as Assistant of engineer * Carlo Taranto as Hotel concierge * Nino Terzo as Male nurse Locations Entire shooting in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are We All Murderers?
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, trained by the French Resistance in World War II to kill Germans. He continues to kill long after the war has ended, as it is all he knows. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. Plot René Le Guen (Marcel Mouloudji) is a former resistance fighter trained as a young man as a professional killer. After World War II, he has no qualms in applying these skills and is arrested for murder. Convicted and condemned to death, he is held in a prison cell with other murderers sentenced to death. Men to be guillotined are taken out at night, so they wait in fear and only sleep after dawn. While Le Guen's lawyer (Claude Laydu) tries to achieve a pardon for his client, three of Le Guen's fellow inmates are exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape To The Dolomites
''Escape to the Dolomites'' (German: ''Flucht in die Dolomiten'', Italian: ''Il prigioniero della montagna'') is a 1955 Italian-West German drama film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. The cast also features Marianne Hold, Robert Freitag and Yvonne Sanson.Reimer p.64 It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location around Lake Garda and the Fiemme Valley in Trentino. Synopsis Giovanni Testa, a shipbuilder on Lake Garda is accused of murdering his brother, who refused to loan him some money in order to rescue his business. Cast * Luis Trenker as Giovanni Testa * Marianne Hold as Graziella * Robert Freitag as Sergio * Yvonne Sanson as Teresa * Enrico Glori as Bepo Ghezzi * 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 Teat ... as Padre di Graziell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
''The Miller's Beautiful Wife'' ( it, La bella mugnaia) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini, that stars Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren and Vittorio de Sica. A remake of the director's 1934 film, 'Il capello a tre punte”, it is based on the Spanish novel El sombrero de tres picos that came out in 1874. Plot In the south of Italy under Spanish rule, the young miller Luca lives with his wife Carmela. A good-looking and sociable couple, they host lunches at their mill for local dignatories, including the Spanish governor Don Teofilo. When the governor makes advances to Carmela, she asks him for favours in return. His inept administration of the province leads to an outbreak of popular anger at the annual celebration of the town's patron saint and among the many arrested and detained is Luca. Donna Dolores, the governor's neglected wife, realises that he has gone too far in his handling of the inhabitants and begs him to release them all, which he does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Angel (1955 Film)
''L'angelo bianco'' (internationally released as ''The White Angel'') is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is the sequel of '' Nobody's Children'' (1951). According to the author Louis Bayman, this couple of films "sealed director Raffaello Matarazzo's reputation as king of the Italian melodramatists". The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast *Amedeo Nazzari as Guido Carani *Yvonne Sanson as Lina Marcolin / Luisa Fanti *Enrico Olivieri as Bruno Carani *Enrica Dyrell as Elena Carani *Alberto Farnese as Poldo * Flora Lillo as Flora *Philippe Hersent as Mario La Torre *Nerio Bernardi as avvocato Rossi *Virgilio Riento as dottor Marini *Olga Solbelli as madre superiora *Ignazio Balsamo as poliziotto *Franca Parisi as cameriera *Emilio Cigoli as direttore della prigione *Rina Franchetti as prigioniera *Silvana Jachino as prigioniera *Paola Quattrini Paola Quattrini (born 9 March 1944) is an Italian actress. Career S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread, Love And Jealousy
''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' and followed by '' Scandal in Sorrento''. Plot Antonio (Vittorio De Sica) is in love with the midwife Annarella ( Marisa Merlini), knowing that she has a son. Both of them are in love with each other, until the father of the kid, who also serves in the military, appears and, with the help of the priest Don Emidio (Virgilio Riento), is reunited with his son. Having to spend the next twenty months far from the village, Pietro (Roberto Risso) asks the marshal to take care of Maria (Gina Lollobrigida). Despite not being happy to spend time with the captain, because of her poverty and her need to collect the dowry, she goes to serve at the marshal’s house, since his maid, Caramella (Tina Pica), is ill. The villagers start spreading gossips ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torna!
''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast *Amedeo Nazzari as Roberto Varesi *Yvonne Sanson as Susanna *Franco Fabrizi as Giacomo Marini * Enrica Dyrell as Viviana * Giovanna Scotto as Antonia * Liliana Gerace as Luisa * Maria Grazia Sandri as Lidia *Teresa Franchini as Reverend Mother *Olinto Cristina as Attorney *Rita Livesi as Governess * Giulio Tomasini as Vittorio * Giorgio Capecchi as Lawyer Antonio Mezzara *Nino Marchesini Nino Marchesini (1895 – 13 January 1961) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1961. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1961 deaths Italian male film actors {{Italy-film- ... as Notary References External links * Italian drama films 1953 drama films 1953 films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Of India (film)
''Star of India'' (Italian: ''Stella Dell'India'') is a 1954 British-Italian swashbuckling adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom, and Walter Rilla. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in London and on location in Aosta. The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. It was released in the United States in April 1956 by United Artists. Plot In seventeenth century France, Pierre St. Laurent, a young nobleman, returns home from the war to discover his lands and chateau have been confiscated by Narbonne, the governor of the province, and sold to Katrina, a Dutch widow. Katrina agrees to return Pierre's land if he will help her recover the "Star of India," a sapphire that Narbonne stole from the Dutch. Pierre goes to Narbonne's castle while King Louis XIV is visiting, and befriends the King's mistress, Mme. de Montespan. She tells him that Narbonne keeps the Star of India in the hilt of his sword. Pierre pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Musketeers (1953 Film)
''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a 1953 French-Italian historical adventure film based on the 1844 French ''The Three Musketeers''. This adaptation is one of five films director André Hunebelle and screen writer Michel Audiard achieved together. Georges Marchal portrayed d'Artagnan. Plot Young d'Artagnan leaves his parents and travels from his native Gascony to the capital of France because he wants to prove himself an excellent fencer and to become a musketeer. He is told by his father he must not avoid any duel. On his way to Paris, d'Artagnan feels that his honour is besmirched because he overhears how his horse is derided by a sinister nobleman. He can't help but demand immediate satisfaction. Unfortunately, of all men he finds he has challenged the Count de Rochefort, a shifty character to whom Cardinal Richelieu frequently entrusts covert operations. Rochefort's henchmen take care of d'Artagnan and steal from him. The enraged d'Artagnan is dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nero And The Burning Of Rome
''Nero and the Burning of Rome'' ( it, Nerone e Messalina) is a 1953 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Primo Zeglio and loosely based on real life events of Roman emperor Nero. It was based on the novel ''Nerone e Messalina'' (c.1949) by Harry Bluhmen. Plot Although Valeria Messalina makes a brief appearance in the film, the Messalina of the film's Italian title is Nero's third wife, Statilia Messalina, who appears towards the end. The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations of his mother Julia Agrippina, whom he later murders. Among his other prominent victims are his tutor Seneca the Younger and his first two wives, Claudia Octavia and Poppea Sabina. One of his mistresses, the slave girl Claudia Acte, is portrayed in the film as a Christian who introduces the emperor to their teachings and flees on learning her lover's identity. During this upheaval, Nero overturns a lamp, which leads to the burning of Rome. This he blames on the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You Read This Letter
''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location filming also take place on the coast of Southern France where the film is set. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The film was a commercial success and permitted Melville to acquire his own studios to make his future productions.Crisp p.282 Synopsis After their parents die in a road accident, a strongly moral young woman named Thérèse Voise leaves a convent shortly before taking her vows in order to care for her younger sister Denise and run the family stationery shop with her. Thérèse is very protective of Denise and becomes concerned when her sister strikes up an acquaintance with Max, a young amateur boxer and garage mechanic. Max is a self-centered, amoral drifter who is conducting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi Peccatori
''Noi peccatori'' (i.e. "We, sinners") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast *Yvonne Sanson as Lucia * Steve Barclay as Stefano *Tamara Lees as Fausta *Carletto Sposito as Francesco *Marc Lawrence as Camillo *Evi Maltagliati as Lucia's Mother * Bella Starace Sainati as Donna Assunta *Gualtiero Tumiati as Don Quirino *Aldo Silvani as Don Antonio *Mario Ferrari as Rinaldi *Turi Pandolfini as Collega *Teresa Franchini as First Nun *Anita Durante as Second Nun * Nino Marchesini as Hospital Director *Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ... as Doctor * Sandro Bianchi as Police Commissioner References External links * Italian drama films 1953 drama films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
