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Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born in
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Turin
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, Italy and died in Milan
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, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Cardinal Lambertini
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'' (1934)
* ''The Ancestor
''The Ancestor'' (Italian: ''L'antenato'') is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Paola Barbara and Mercedes Brignone.Moliterno p.280 It is an adaptation of a play by Carlo Veneziani, and was mad ...
'' (1936)
* '' The Three Wishes'' (1937)
* ''The King of England Will Not Pay
''The King of England Will Not Pay'' (Italian: ''Il re d'Inghilterra non paga'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Andrea Checchi, Silvana Jachino and Osvaldo Valenti.Gundle p.181
It was shot at ...
'' (1941)
* '' Carmela'' (1942)
* '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942)
* '' The Two Orphans'' (1942)
* ''Four Steps in the Clouds
''Four Steps in the Clouds'' () is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has ...
'' (1942)
* ''Lively Teresa
''Lively Teresa'' (Italian: ''La vispa Teresa'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Lilia Silvi, Roberto Villa and Carlo Ninchi. It was produced in the style of the White Telephone comedie ...
'' (1943)
* ''Anything for a Song
''Anything for a Song'' ( it, Ho tanta voglia di cantare) is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" musical film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Vera Carmi and Luisa Rossi.Chiti & Poppi p.176 It was shot at the Palati ...
'' (1943)
* ''Maria Malibran
Maria Felicia Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality ...
'' (1943)
* '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943)
* '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945)
* ''L'abito nero da sposa
''L'abito nero da sposa'' () is a 1945 Italian historical drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Fosco Giachetti. It is based on the play ''The Cardinal'' by Louis N. Parker.
Cast
* Fosco Giachetti as Il cardinale Giovanni de Medici
* ...
'' (1945)
* ''The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments ( Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
'' (1945)
* ''Life Begins Anew
''Life Begins Anew'' ( it, La vita ricomincia) is a 1945 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Eduardo De Filippo. It was the second most popular Italian film during 1945-46 after Roberto ...
'' (1945)
* ''The Ways of Sin
''The Ways of Sin'' (Italian: ''Le vie del peccato'') is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Leonardo Cortese and Carlo Ninchi. The film is a melodrama set in Sardinia at the begi ...
'' (1946)
* ''The Courier of the King
''The Courier of the King'' (Italian: ''Il corriere del re'') is a 1947 Italian historical film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Valentina Cortese.Moliterno p.208 It is an adaptation of the 1830 novel '' ...
'' (1947)
* ''To Live in Peace
''To Live in Peace'' (Italian: ''Vivere in pace'') is a 1947 Italian neorealist comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, John Kitzmiller and Ave Ninchi.Gundle p.138
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome a ...
'' (1947)
* ''The Captain's Daughter
''The Captain's Daughter'' (russian: «Капитанская дочка», Kapitanskaya dochka) is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal '' Sovrem ...
'' (1947)
* ''Difficult Years
''Difficult Years'' ( it, Anni difficili) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Umberto Spadaro, adapted from the 1946 short story ''Vecchio con gli stivali'' (''Old Man in Boots''), by the Sicilian author Vitaliano B ...
'' (1948)
* ''Mad About Opera
''Mad About Opera'' (Italian: ''Follie per l'opera'') is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gino Bechi, Gina Lollobrigida, and Carlo Campanini.
It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets w ...
'' (1948)
* ''Little Lady
''Little Lady'' ( it, Signorinella) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Gino Bechi, Antonella Lualdi and Aroldo Tieri. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location around Introdacqua in L'Aquila ...
'' (1949)
* ''A Night of Fame
''A Night of Fame'' ( it, Al diavolo la celebrità) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.
Cast
* Marcel Cerdan as Maurice Cardan
* Ferruccio Tagliavini as Gino Marini
* Mischa Auer as Bernard Stork
* Marilyn B ...
'' (1949)
* '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949)
* ''Chains
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'' (1949)
* ''Paolo e Francesca
''Paolo e Francesca'' (''Paolo and Francesca''), also known as ''Legend of Love'', is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Odile Versois and Armando Francioli. It is loosely based on real life event ...
'' (1950)
* ''L' Amore di Norma
''L' Amore di Norma'' is a 1951 Italian musical film drama directed and written by Giuseppe De Martino. The film stars Lori Landi and Gino Mattera.
Cast
*Lori Landi as Norma Randi
*Gino Mattera as Stefano Silva
*Jacqueline Pierreux as Jeannet ...
'' (1950)
* '' The Merry Widower'' (1950)
* '' Song of Spring'' (1951)
* '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951)
* ''The Mad Marechiaro
''The Mad Marechiaro'' (Italian: ''Il Folle di Marechiaro'') is a 1952 Italian film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Aldo Silvani, Polidor and Diana Dei. The film had a difficult production history and was the director's last film. It was ...
'' (1952)
* ''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 ...
'' (1953)
* ''La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi
''La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi'' (i. e. "The Patrol of Amba Alagi") is a 1953 Italian war melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Milly Vitale.Anonimo. "La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi". ''Segnalazio ...
'' (1953)
* ''For You I Have Sinned
''For You I Have Sinned'' ( it, Per salvarti ho peccato) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Pierre Cressoy, Milly Vitale and Frank Latimore.Parish & Canham p.63
Cast
* Pierre Cressoy as Guido
* Milly Vitale ...
'' (1953)
* '' Beat the Devil'' (1953) as Charles, restaurant owner
* '' Casta Diva'' (1954)
* '' On Trial'' (1954)
* ''The Lovers of Manon Lescaut
''The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (Italian: ''Gli amori di Manon Lescaut'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Myriam Bru, Franco Interlenghi and Roger Pigaut.Goble p.375 It is based on the 1731 ...
'' (1954)
* ''La Strada
''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman ( Giulietta Masina) bought from her mothe ...
'' (1954)
* ''House of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastr ...
'' (1954)
* ''Desperate Farewell
''Desperate Farewell'' ( it, Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi.
...
'' (1955)
* '' Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956)
* ''Nights of Cabiria
''Nights of Cabiria'' ( it, Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. It stars Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a prostitute living in Rome. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. ...
'' (1957)
* '' Ben Hur'' (1959) as Man in Nazareth (uncredited)
* ''Carthage in Flames
''Carthage in Flames'' ( it, Cartagine in fiamme) is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The ...
'' (1960)
* ''Damon and Pythias
The story of Damon (; grc-gre, Δάμων, gen. Δάμωνος) and Pythias (;
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; or Phintias, ) is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against ...
'' (1962)
References
External links
* 1891 births 1964 deaths Italian male film actors Actors from Turin 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub