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Aldo Tonti
Aldo Tonti (2 March 1910 – 2 July 1988) was an Italian cinematographer. Born in Rome, Tonti started his career as photographer, then entered the industry of cinema as assistant camera operator. He debuted as cinematographer in 1939, with ''Piccoli naufraghi'' by Flavio Calzavara; his first important work was ''Ossessione'' by Luchino Visconti. His works include films by Federico Fellini, King Vidor, Richard Fleischer, Roberto Rossellini, John Huston, Alberto Lattuada, Mario Monicelli, Sergio Sollima, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Marco Ferreri. In 1961 he won a Silver Ribbon for best cinematography for Nicholas Ray's ''The Savage Innocents''. Tonti retired in 1982. Selected filmography * '' Odette'' (1934) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * ''Cardinal Messias'' (1939) * ''Diamonds'' (1939) * ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939) * '' The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * '' Caravaggio'' (1941) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) *''Headlights in the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine ''L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The newspaper first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor best known for the 1955 film ''Rebel Without a Cause.'' He is appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963 including ''They Live By Night'', ''In A Lonely Place'', ''Johnny Guitar'', and ''Bigger Than Life'', as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled '' We Can't Go Home Again'', which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death. Ray's compositions within the CinemaScope frame and use of color are particularly well-regarded and he was an important influence on the French New Wave, with Jean-Luc Godard famously writing in a review of '' Bitter Victory'', "... there is cinema. And the cinema is Nicholas Ray."Godard, Jean-Luc (1958). "Au-dela des étoiles," ''Cahiers du cinéma'' 79 (January); translated as "Jean-Luc Godard: Beyond the Stars," in ''Cahiers du CInéma: The 1950s. Neo-realism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengasi (film)
''Bengasi '' is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work, designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in "Bengasi Italiana", such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers. It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added. Plot The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Filippo Colleoni, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Live As I Please
''I Live as I Please'' ( it, Voglio vivere così) is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Silvana Jachino and Luigi Almirante.Chiti & Poppi p.415 It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Stefano * Silvana Jachino as Maria * Luigi Almirante as L'impresario * Carlo Campanini as Oreste * Nino Crisman as Leone * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il commesso viaggiatore * Giovanni Grasso as Il dottore * Armando Migliari as Il padre di Stefano * Dora Bini as Claretta * Loris Gizzi as Il tenore * Piero Carnabuci Piero Carnabuci (6 September 1893 – 13 February 1958) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Messina, after the World War I Carnabuci decided to abandon his engineering studies at the University of ... as Il direttore d'orchestra References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headlights In The Fog
''Headlights in the Fog'' (Italian: ''Fari nella nebbia'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida and Antonio Centa. The film's art direction was by Camillo Del Signore. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in Piedmont and Liguria. The film follows the lives of a group of truck drivers. It is considered to be part of the development of Neorealism, which emerged around this time.Gundle p.204 Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Cesare * Luisa Ferida as Piera * Antonio Centa as Carlo detto "Brillantina" * Mariella Lotti as Anna * Mario Siletti as Gianni * Lauro Gazzolo as Egisto * Carlo Lombardi as Filippo * Nelly Corradi as Maria * Lia Orlandini as Evelina * Dhia Cristiani as Gemma * Arturo Bragaglia as Un ciabattino * Loris Gizzi as Rico * Massimo Turci Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Wedding (1941 Film)
''Blood Wedding'' (Italian: ''Nozze di sangue'') is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Beatrice Mancini, Fosco Giachetti and Luisa Ferida.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013, p. 215. It is set in 19th century South America, and features an arranged marriage. The film is based on the novel ''Immacolata'' by Lina Pietravalle. Cast * Beatrice Mancini as Immacolata * Fosco Giachetti as Gidda * Luisa Ferida as Nazaria * Nino Pavese as Pietro * Umberto Spadaro as Maso * Adele Garavaglia as Gliceria, la comare * Elio Marcuzzo as Angelo * Felice Romano as Matteo * Fedele Gentile as Raffaele * Claudia Marti as Lina * Giuseppe Bordonaro as Un boscaiolo * Vasco Creti as Il padrone * Achille Majeroni as L'affittuario della falegnameria * Felice Minotti as Un boscaiolo * Katiuscia Odinzova as La danzatrice * Emilio Petacci as Lo sposo per procura * Mirella Scriatto as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravaggio (1941 Film)
''Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto'' is a 1941 Italian historical film, historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso. Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius. It was one of his favourite screen roles. Main cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Michelangelo Merisi, il "Caravaggio" * Clara Calamai as Madonna Giaconella * Lamberto Picasso as Il cavalier d'Arpino * Nino Crisman as Alef di Wignacourt * Lauro Gazzolo as Zio Nello * Beatrice Mancini as Lena * Olinto Cristina as Il cardinale Dal Monte * Maria Dominiani as Alessandra * Achille Majeroni as Il cardinale Scipione Borghese * Renato Malavasi as Mauro Production Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and parter of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio. The budget of the film became higher and higher. It was shot in 1940 and was released the following year, making it the first fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirate's Dream
''The Pirate's Dream'' ( it, Il pirata sono io!) is a 1940 Italian film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario. Plot The setting is Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy, contrives to have the island assaulted from a mock pirate ship. The plan is to have a mock battle, defeat the aggressors and throw them back into the sea. The trouble is that the pirates really come... Cast * Erminio Macario as José * Juan de Landa as Bieco de la Muerte * Enzo Biliotti as Il governatore * Dora Bini as Olivia * Mario Siletti as Il viceré * Carmen Navasqués as La viceregina (as Carmen Navascues) * Agnese Dubbini as La nutrice * Katiuscia Odinzova as Lupita * Carlo Rizzo as Pedro * Tino Scotti Tino Scotti (16 November 1905 – 16 October 1984) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1940 and 1984. He was born in Milan, Italy, and died in Tarquinia, Italy. Partial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cavalier From Kruja
''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (Italian:'' Il cavaliere di Kruja'') is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria. The film portrays the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania.Liehm p.29 It was made as a propaganda work in support of the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. Cast * Antonio Centa as Stafano Andriani * Doris Duranti as Eliana Haidar * Leda Gloria as Alidjé * Guido Celano as Hasslan Haidar * Nico Pepe as Mario Marini * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Essad Haidar * Vasco Creti as Ilias Haidar * Arnaldo Arnaldi as Mirko * Oscar Andriani as Il capo della polizia * Dino Di Luca as Osman * Carlo Duse as Argiropulos * Katiuscia Odinzova as Miss Parker * Emilio Petacci as L'operaio italiano Ferrero * Walter Lazzaro as Magnani * Luigi Carini * Noëlle Norman Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane In The Tropics
''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (Italian:''Uragano ai tropici'') is a 1939 Italian adventure film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and Gino Talamo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Rubi D'Alma, and Osvaldo Valenti.Poppi p.396 The film is based on a novel by Anton Giulio Majano. The film was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin, with sets designed by Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Il capitano Moraes * Rubi D'Alma as Manoela Moraes * Osvaldo Valenti as Il tenente Reguero * Mino Doro as Nichols * Vinicio Sofia as Il radiotelegrafista * Danilo Calamai * Aristide Garbini Aristide Garbini (1890–1950) was an Italian film actor.Verdone p.83 Selected filmography * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * ''Messalina'' (1924) * '' Miryam'' (1929) * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Ragazzo'' (1934) * '' The Old Guard'' (1934) * ''Ald ... * Antimo Reyner References Bibliography * Poppi, Roberto ''Dizionario Del Cinema Italiano. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds (1939 Film)
''Diamonds'' (Italian: ''Diamanti'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Doris Duranti, Lamberto Picasso and Laura Nucci.Lancia p.436 It was made at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Salvo D'Angelo. Cast * Doris Duranti as Marta Aurasco * Lamberto Picasso as Il marajah principe Mohammed * Laura Nucci as Anna * Enrico Glori as Carlo Deremont * Guglielmo Sinaz as Riccardo Krauss * Gemma Bolognesi as Jeanne Deremont * Romolo Costa as Il barone Kapperdorf * Alberto Manfredini as Morino, il direttore della tipografia * Fausto Guerzoni as Sguerza, il capo tipografo * Olinto Cristina * Carlo Mariotti * Ori Monteverdi * Giuseppe Ricagno * Lia Rosa * Ernesto Torrini Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Messias
''Cardinal Messias'' (Italian: ''Abuna Messias'') is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori and Mario Ferrari.Moliterno p.313 The film was awarded the Mussolini Cup at the 1939 Venice film festival. It portrays the life of Guglielmo Massaia, a nineteenth-century Italian known for his missionary work in the Ethiopian Empire. Cast * Camillo Pilotto as il cardinale Guglielmo Massaia, detto Abuna Messias *Enrico Glori as il re Menelik *Mario Ferrari as Abuna Atanasio *Amedeo Trilli as Ghebrà Selassié, il consigliere di Alem *Berché Zaitù Taclè as la principessa Alem *Ippolito Silvestri as il re Johannes * Francesco Sala as il marchese Antinori *Roberto Pasetti as padre Leone *Abd-el-Uad as il capo indigeno Abu Beker * Oscar Andriani as padre Reginaldo Giuliani *Corrado Racca Corrado Racca (November 14, 1889 – May 12, 1950) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Corrado began his career on sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
