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Alberto Capozzi
Alberto Capozzi (8 July 1886 – 27 June 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1908 and 1945. Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1913) * ''The Open Door'' ( 1914 film) (La porta aperta) * '' The Sea of Naples'' (1919) * '' The Mysterious Princess'' (1920) * '' A Vanished World'' (1922) * ''Under the Snow'' (1922) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) * ''The Woman of Sin ''The Woman of Sin'' () is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in Second World War, wartime Italy. It was shot at the ...'' (1942) * '' No Turning Back'' (1945) References External links * 1886 births 1945 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Male actors from Genoa 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is the busiest city in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the history of commerce and trade in Europe, becoming one of the largest naval powers of the continent and considered among the wealthiest cities in the world. It was also nicknamed ''la S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Jester's Supper (film)
''The Jester's Supper'' () is a 1942 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Osvaldo Valenti and Clara Calamai. It was based on a play of the same title by Sem Benelli, which had later been turned into an opera by Umberto Giordano. Like the play, the film is set in the 15th century Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent and portrays a rivalry that leads to a series of increasingly violent practical jokes. Production and reception It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome partly using sets that had been constructed for Blasetti's earlier ''The Iron Crown'' which was set in the same era. Amedeo Nazzari, the leading Italian star of the decade, was cast strongly against type. Usually Nazzari played romantic heroes or action men, but in the film he plays a loutish character and appeared without his trademark moustache. A popular catchphrase associated with Nazzari originated in the film: "a plague on anyone who refuses to drink with me!" The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Italian Male Silent Film Actors
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1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1886 Births
Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
No Turning Back (film)
''No Turning Back'' () is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring an ensemble cast including Elisa Cegani, Valentina Cortese, Maria Denis, Doris Duranti, Mariella Lotti, María Mercader, Dina Sassoli and Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Alba De Cespedes.Goble p.113 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guido Fiorini and Carlo Egidi. Made in 1943 during the Second World, due to disruption caused by the fighting in Italy, it did not go on release until January 1945. Synopsis In the 1930s, a group of female students from very different backgrounds boarding together at university each deal with their own life challenges. one of them, Vinca, falls in love with a Spaniard who returns to fight in his country's civil war. Cast * Elisa Cegani as Silvia Custo * Valentina Cortese as Valentina * Maria Denis as Anna Bortone * Doris Duranti as Emanuela Andar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Woman Of Sin
''The Woman of Sin'' () is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in Second World War, wartime Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.Chiti & Poppi p.110 Synopsis A shady adventurer persuades his wife to steal an important invention from an engineer she has encountered on a train. However, they quickly fall in love with each other and he asks her to marry him. Tormented by her dilemma she attempts to commit suicide, but is rescued in time. Cast * Viveca Lindfors as La giovane donna * Otello Toso as Suo marito * Gustav Diessl as L'ingegnere * Alberto Capozzi * Nino Marchesini * Tatiana Farnese * Giulio Panicali * Vasco Creti * Giuseppe Varni * Leo Garavaglia * Amelia Bissi * Carlo Monteaux * Ruggero Capodaglio * Giovanni Petrucci (actor), Giovanni Petrucci * Renato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marco Visconti (1941 Film)
''Marco Visconti'' is a 1941 Italian historical film, historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Carlo Ninchi, Roberto Villa (actor), Roberto Villa and Mariella Lotti. It is based on the Marco Visconti (novel), novel of the same name by Tommaso Grossi which had previously been made into a Marco Visconti (1925 film), 1925 silent film.Goble p.858 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Vittorio Nino Novarese. Main cast * Carlo Ninchi as Marco Visconti * Roberto Villa (actor), Roberto Villa as Ottorino Visconti * Mariella Lotti as Bice Del Balzo * Alberto Capozzi as Lodrisio Visconti * Guglielmo Barnabò as Oldrado Del Balzo * Ernesto Almirante as Tremacoldo * Alfredo De Antoni as Il conte Rusconi * Mario Gallina as Pelagrua * Augusto Di Giovanni as Lupo * Nini Dinelli as Lauretta References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Under The Snow
''Under the Snow'' () is a 1922 Italian silent drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Maria Jacobini, Alberto Capozzi and Ignazio Lupi.Lancia p.113 Cast * Maria Jacobini as Maria * Alberto Capozzi as Dr. Giorgio Salviati * Ignazio Lupi Ignazio Lupi (1867–1942) was an Italian actor and film director. Lupi appeared in more than eighty films including several historical epics such as ''Cabiria'' (1914).Cowie p.38 Selected filmography * ''Quo Vadis'' (1913) * ''Antony and Cleopa ... as Duca Roberto Rovere * Enrico Kanti as Peter Norton * Marcella Sabbatini as Grazia Rovere References Bibliography * Lancia, Enrico. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano : testi e strumenti per la scuola e l'università. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri : T. 1. A - L, Volume 1''. Gremese Editore, 2003. External links * 1922 films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Gennaro Righelli Italian silent feature films Italian black-and-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Vanished World
''A Vanished World'' () is a 1922 Austrian silent adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Alberto Capozzi, Victor Varconi, María Corda and Olga Lewinsky. It was based on the novel ''Serpoletto'' by Lajos Bíró. A Habsburg archduke enlists as an ordinary seamen. The film won the gold medal for Best Dramatic Film at the Milan International Cinema Concourse.Kulik p.341 Cast * Alberto Capozzi - Herzog Peter * Victor Varconi - Matrose Vannoni * María Corda - Anny Lind (as Maria Palma) * Olga Lewinsky - Herzogin Mutter * Karl Baumgartner - Großherzog * Harry De Loon - Adjutant Ridarsky * Max Devrient - Kammerdiener Bartel * Gyula Szőreghy * Paul Lukacs * Tibor Lubinszky * Ernst Arndt See also * ''The Secret of Satana Magarita'' (1921) * ''The Secret of Johann Orth ''The Secret of Johann Orth'' (German: ) is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ellen Richter and Paul Wegener.Grange p.398 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
