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Carlo Duse
Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse. With mention in margin of his date and place of death. was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1956. He was born in Udine, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Uragano'' (1918) * ''Il mistero della casa n. 30'' (1920) * ''Romola'' (1924) - Bargello (uncredited) * '' Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'' (1926) - Burbo * ''Cento di questi giorni'' (1933) - Vito's Duel Assistant * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1934) - Emisario borbonico * ''Teresa Confalonieri'' (1934) * '' The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934) * ''Aurora sul mare'' (1934) * ''Le scarpe al sole'' (1935) - Tenente degli Alpini * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) - Policeman * '' The Joker King'' (1936) - Captain Ciro Romoa * '' Music in the Square'' (1936) * ''Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936) - Uomo #3 * ''Campo di maggio'' (1936) - Marchand * ''Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with the urban area. Names and etymology Udine was first attested in medieval Latin records as ''Udene'' in 983 and as ''Utinum'' around the year 1000. The origin of the name ''Udine'' is unclear. It has been tentatively suggested that the name may be of pre-Roman origin, connected with the Indo-European root *''odh-'' 'udder' used in a figurative sense to mean 'hill'. The Slovene name ''Videm'' (with final -''m'') is a hypercorrection of the local Slovene name ''Vidan'' (with final -''n''), based on settlements named ''Videm'' in Slovenia. The Slovene linguist Pavle Merkù characterized the Slovene form ''Videm'' as an "idiotic 19th-century hypercorrection." History Udine is the historical capital of Friuli. The area has been inhabited s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Adventure Of Salvator Rosa
''An Adventure of Salvator Rosa'' (Italian: ''Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa'') is a 1939 Italian historical adventure film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida and Rina Morelli. It is set in seventeenth century Naples, then occupied by Spain, where a famous artist celebrated for his paintings of the rich leads a double life as a secret defender of the poor and oppressed. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. At the time of its release, the film was greeted with unanimous critical approval. Giuseppe Isani, on ''Cinema'', referred to it as "the best Italian film produced from 1930 onwards."Gianfranco Gori, ''Alessandro Blasetti'', La nuova Italia, 1984. . Plot Kingdom of Naples, 17th century. Spanish oppression becomes increasingly bloody after the popular uprising led by Masaniello. The famous painter Salvator Rosa is also a masked hero who fights against the arro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pazzo D'amore
''Pazzo d'amore'' (meaning "Madly in love") is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Renato Rascel. Plot Two unemployed vagrants, one of small stature and the other of greater height, one day find a bottle by the sea. Inside a map, with the indication of a treasure hidden in an island. After alternating situations, they arrive on the island, but, despite themselves, they discover that the story of the treasure is an advertising invention. The little tramp overcomes the disappointment for the lack of enrichment with the love for his girlfriend. Cast * Renato Rascel as Renato * Elena Grey as Milli * Pietro Tordi as Giovannone * Tino Scotti as Fegato * Tina De Mola as Elena * Augusto Di Giovanni as Fred * Enzo Biliotti as Il Guercio * Mario Siletti as Bombita * Lamberto Picasso as March * Claudio Ermelli as Signor Pignolo * Carlo Duse Carlo Duse (5 January 1898 – 9 September 1956) Birth name: Carlo Artemio e Vittorio Duse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Music
''Forbidden Music'' (Italian: ''Musica proibita'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Tito Gobbi, María Mercader and Giuseppe Rinaldi.Bayman p.138 An elderly composer recalls his youthful romance with a woman while a student in Florence. It was made at the Fert Studios in Turin. Cast * Tito Gobbi as Paolo Marini, detto Paolo Folchi * María Mercader as Claretta Melzi * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Giulio Folchi * Loredana as Elena Landi * Mario Casaleggio as Il maestro Bignami * Carlo Romano as Otello * Enzo Morisi as Arnaldo Rovere * Carlo Duse as Il marchese Melzi * Letizia Quaranta as La marchesa Beatrice Melzi * Giorgio Costantini as Mario Melzi * Mario Siletti as Il conte Landi, padre di Elena * Ilena Jurick * Valfrido Picardi as L'impresario Salvetti * Lori Randi * Giuseppe Zago Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cesare Di Bazan
''Don Cesare di Bazan'' is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig and Paolo Stoppa. The film is set during the Catalan Revolt of the Seventeenth century. It is based on a play by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery. It marked the directoral debut of Freda who went on to be a leading commercial Italian filmmaker.Moliterno p.136 Cast * Gino Cervi as Don Cesare di Bazan * Anneliese Uhlig as Renée Dumas * Paolo Stoppa as Sancho * Enrico Glori as Il visconte di Beaumont * Enzo Biliotti as Filippo IV * Giovanni Grasso as Don José di Nogueira * Carlo Duse as Il "Corvo", il messagero del visconte * Antonio Marietti as Il giovane conte, il finto attore * Alfredo Robert as Pasquale Cornalis, il capocomico * Sandrino Moreno as Il bambino * Anna Maria Dionisi as La cameriera di Renée * Ermanno Donati as Velasquez * Antonio Acqua as Il capitano Ribera * Armando Francioli as Un no ... [...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] |
Giarabub (film)
''Giarabub'' is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Carlo Ninchi, Mario Ferrari and Doris Duranti.Gundle p.237 The film was a propaganda work which portrayed the Siege of Giarabub (1940–41) during the Second World War, in which Italian troops defended Jaghbub, Libya for nine months against British forces. Partial Cast * Carlo Ninchi as Il maggiore Castagna * Mario Ferrari as Il capitano Del Grande * Doris Duranti as Dolores * Carlo Romano as Il maresciallo Romano * Annibale Betrone as Il dottor Alberti * Elio Steiner as Il tenente Negri * Erminio Spalla as Il meccanico "Mago Bakù" Brambilla * Corrado De Cenzo as Il capitano De Cenzo * Guido Notari as Il maggiore Squillace * Mario Liberati as Il telegrafista Liberati * Nico Pepe as Il tenente Corsi * Emilio Cigoli Emilio Cardi Cigoli (18 November 1909 – 7 November 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Cigoli was born in Livorno to actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Of The Golden West (film)
''Girl of the Golden West'' (Italian: ''Una signora dell'ovest'') is a 1942 Italian western film directed by Carl Koch and starring Michel Simon, Isa Pola and Rossano Brazzi. It is based on the novel, ''La Dame de l'Ouest'', by Pierre Benoit. It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome, and on location in Lazio countryside. The film's title alludes to the opera '' The Girl of the Golden West'' by Giacomo Puccini, but is not an adaptation of it. It was one of only a handful of Westerns to be made during the silent and Fascist eras, in a genre in which Italy later became famous. Synopsis Arianna, an Italian actress, joins a caravan heading into the American West with her companion Diego. Diego is eventually killed by a local villain. Arianna falls in love with the villain without realising that he is the murderer. Cast * Michel Simon as Butler * Isa Pola as Arianna * Rossano Brazzi as William * Valentina Cortese as Madge * as Diego * Carlo Duse as un dipendente di Butler * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Betrothed (1941 Film)
''The Betrothed'' (Italian: ''I Promessi Sposi'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli and Ruggero Ruggeri. It is an adaptation of the 1827 novel '' The Betrothed'' by Alessandro Manzoni. The film's producers organised a competition to select the lead actress (eventually won by Sassoli) which was modelled on the hunt for Scarlett O'Hara by the American producer David O. Selznick for '' Gone With the Wind''.Forgacs & Gundle p.159-160 It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Como. The film's sets were created by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio while the costumes were designed by Gino Sensani. The novel was turned into a film again in 1964 and a television miniseries in 1989. Plot Part One In a small town on Lake Como, the peasants Renzo (short for Lorenzo) and Lucia love each other, but are hampered by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hero Of Venice
''The Hero of Venice'' (Italian: ''Il bravo di Venezia'') is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Gustav Diessl, Paola Barbara, Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese.Damiani p.256-257 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Amleto Bonetti. Synopsis Marco Fuser, an outlaw. returns to Venice after many years. His son who works in the studio of a celebrated painter is unaware of his father's history. Arrested by the Doge's men, Marco agrees to become a bravo Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels *Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984 *Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing company ... in the service of the city's ruler and kill his enemies. He enjoys some success at this, until he finds he has been tasked with killing his son. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Cenci (1941 Film)
''Beatrice Cenci'' is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carola Höhn, Giulio Donadio and Tina Lattanzi. It is one of several films portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.Waters p.40 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The costume design was by Gino Sensani. Cast * Carola Höhn as Beatrice Cenci * Giulio Donadio as Francesco Cenci * Tina Lattanzi as Lucrezia Cenci * Osvaldo Valenti as Giacomo Cenci * Elli Parvo as Angela * Enzo Fiermonte as Olimpio Calvetti * Sandro Ruffini as Il giudice Moscato * Luigi Pavese as Catalano * Marcello Giorda as Il presidente del tribunale * Arturo Bragaglia as Don Lorenzo * Iginia Armilli * Franco Cuppini * Aulo D'Anzio as Il segretario del giudice * Giovanni Dal Cortivo as Il brigante nella grotta * Gualtiero De Angelis as Curzio * Angelo Dessy * Carlo Duse as Il capitano dei gendarmi * Pina G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Melodies
''Eternal Melodies'' (Italian: ''Melodie eterne'') is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moliterno p.152 The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis A heavily fictionalized account of the life of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Cast * Gino Cervi as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Conchita Montenegro as Aloisia Weber Lange * Luisella Beghi as Costanza Weber Mozart * Maria Jacobini as Anna Maria Mozart * Jone Salinas as Nannina Mozart * Luigi Pavese as Leopoldo Mozart * Paolo Stoppa as Haibl, clarinettista * Lauro Gazzolo as Il locandiere Deiner * Claudio Gora as L'imperatore Giuseppe * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as L'imperatrice Maria Teresa * Margherita Bagni as Signora Weber * Marisa Vernati as Sofia Weber * Armida Bonocore as Giuseppina Weber * Giulio Donadio as L'impresario Schikanede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
