''Un giorno da leoni'' (internationally released as ''A Day for Lionhearts'') is a
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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war
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drama film
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directed by
Nanni Loy
Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas.
Biography
Lo ...
. The film describes the gradual evolution towards
anti-fascism of Italian people during the
Second World War
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Cast
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Renato Salvatori
Renato Salvatori (20 March 1933 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actor.
Born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca, Salvatori began his career in his teens playing juvenile, romantic roles. After working with directors such as Luchino Visconti, Ro ...
: Orlando
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Tomas Milian
Tomas Milian (born Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa; 3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor and singer with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and ...
: Gino Migliacci
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Nino Castelnuovo: Danilo
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Romolo Valli
Romolo Valli (7 February 1925 – 1 February 1980) was an Italian actor.
Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked for both the stage and the silver screen. Among the ...
: Edoardo
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Leopoldo Trieste: Michele
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Carla Gravina
Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in '' La terrazza'' (1980). Her other notable roles were in ''Love and Chatter'' (1957), '' Esterina ...
: Mariuccia
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Anna Maria Ferrero
Anna Maria Ferrero (18 February 1935 – 21 May 2018) was an Italian actress.
Early life and career
Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at the age of 15 in '' ...
: Ida
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Valeria Moriconi
Valeria Moriconi (''née'' Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage.
Biography
Valeria was born in Iesi, in Marche, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. ...
: Orlando's wife
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Saro Urzì
Rosario "Saro" Urzì (24 February 1913 – 1 November 1979) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In the Name of the Law'' (1949), '' The Railroad Man'' (1956), '' Seduced and Abandoned'' (1964), which earned him ...
: the sergeant
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Corrado Pani
Corrado Pani (4 March 1936 – 2 March 2005) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Pani began his career playing the role of Jesus as a child in a Radio Vaticana radio drama. He made his film debut in 1953, with ...
: Mortati
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Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo (February 2, 1919 – June 9, 1973) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Milan, the son of a Neapolitan father and a Florentine mother, at 9 years old D'Angelo was part of the Voci Bianche choir at La Scala. ...
: the priest
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Tino Bianchi
Tino Bianchi (21 June 1905 – 4 January 1996) was an Italian actor. He performed in more than fifty films between 1933 and 1995.
Filmography
External links
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1905 births
1996 deaths
Italian male film actors
People from São Paulo
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: the father of Danilo
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Gigi Ballista
Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980.
Life and career
Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consulta ...
: the friar
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Enzo Turco
Enzo Turco (1902 – 7 July 1983) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 39 films between 1939 and 1972. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Departure at Seven'' (1946)
* ''Fear and Sand'' (1948 ...
: Commissioner of Police
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Regina Bianchi
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia of foreign cultures to change he ...
: Edoardo's wife
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Rina Franchetti
Rina Franchetti (23 December 1907 – 18 August 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990.
Selected filmography
* '' Two Happy Hearts'' (1932)
* '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933)
* ''The Peddler and ...
: the plebeian
References
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1961 films
1960s war drama films
Italian war drama films
Films directed by Nanni Loy
Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
Films set in Rome
Films set in 1943
Films about Italian resistance movement
Italian Campaign of World War II films
1961 drama films
Italian World War II films
1960s Italian-language films
1960s Italian films
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