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Gegè Bellavita
''Gegè Bellavita'' is a 1978 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Cast * Flavio Bucci as Gennarino Amato * Lina Polito as Agatina * Enzo Cannavale as Gennarino's Friend * Marisa Laurito as Carmen * Pino Caruso as Duke Attanasi * Maria Pia Conte Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, Italy, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ball ... as Mercedes * Miranda Martino as Rosa * Marina Hedman as Chantal, Attanasi's wife * Maria Baxa as Signora Sciscioni References External links * 1978 films Italian comedy films 1978 comedy films Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile Films scored by Riz Ortolani 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the ''commedia all'italiana'' genre. Life and career Born at Melfi, in the province of Potenza, he moved to Rome at young age. He started as a writer and literary critic. ''La nonna Sabella'', one of his novels, was later adapted by Dino Risi into the movie of the same name, internationally known as ''Oh! Sabella'' (1957). He began his cinema career as a screenwriter with ''Faddija – La legge della vendetta'' (1949) by Roberto Bianchi Montero and later co-produced masterpieces of Italian cinema such as (1957) by Risi and ''Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960) and ''The Leopard (1963 film), The Leopard'' (1963) by Luchino Visconti. His first film as a director was ''A Sentimental Attempt'' (1963), along with Massimo Franciosa. Subsequently he made many films of the commedia all'italiana genre, including ''The Libertine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pia Conte
Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, Italy, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a '' fotoromanzi'' model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...'s short film ''La colpa e la pena'', then she appeared in a number of films and TV series, often in secondary roles, being sometimes credited as Mary P. Count. She was also occasionally active as a voice actress and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Pasquale Festa Campanile
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Comedy Films
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Italian Comedy Films
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1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for '' The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Baxa
María Baxa (born Marija Baksa, sr-Cyrl, Марија Бакса, translit=; 15 April 1946 – 14 November 2019) was an Italian-Serbian film actress, mainly active in Italian cinema. Born in Osijek, Baxa made her film debut in Branko Čelović's ''Bokseri idu u raj'', then moved to Italy where she became a popular starlet in Italian genre cinema, especially in ''commedia sexy all'italiana The ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as ''commedia scollacciata'' ("low-cut comedy") or ''commedia erotica all'italiana'', is a subgenre of the Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style '' ...'' (sex comedies). In the late 1980s, Baxa left showbusiness to be an architect. Filmography References External links * 1946 births 2019 deaths Serbian film actresses Italian film actresses Actors from Osijek Yugoslav expatriates in Italy Serbs of Croatia Italian people of Serbian descent {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Hedman
Bellis Marina Hedman, also known as Marina Frajese, Marina Lotar and Marina Lothar (born 29 September 1944 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a retired Swedish pornographic and mainstream actress. Life and career Hedman, who had been a well-known model, arrived in Italy as wife of an Italian journalist, Paolo Frajese, who in 1965 had gone to Sweden for a number of television reports. In 1976 she made her film debut with a small uncredited role in Lucio Fulci's sex comedy '' La pretora'' (''My Sister In Law''), starring Edwige Fenech. Later in 1976, she played a minor role in ''Emanuelle in America'', appearing in her first hardcore scene. Then Hedman also appeared in the RAI show ''Carosello'' and posed for the Italian issue of ''Playboy Magazine''. In 1979 she played a major role in Joe D'Amato's '' Immagini di un convento'' ("Images in a Convent"), an adaptation of '' La Religieuse''. Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hedman had supporting roles in mainstream films such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Martino
Miranda Martino (born 29 October 1933) is an Italian singer and actress. Life and career Born in Moggio Udinese from Neapolitan parents, Martino started her career as singer in 1956. In 1957, she debuted at the :it:Festival di Napoli, Festival di Napoli and in 1959 she made her first appearance at the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "La vita mi ha dato solo te". In the same year she obtained her first commercial success with the song "Stasera tornerò", which ranked 11 in the Italian Hit Parade. Then she entered the two following editions of the Festival di Sanremo and in 1961 three of her songs entered the Top Ten ("Erano nuvole", "Frenesia" and "Serenatella c'o sì e c'o no"). In 1963 she obtained a critical and commercial success with the album ''Napoli'', in which she covered twelve Canzone Napoletana, canzoni napoletane re-arranged by Ennio Morricone. In 1965, she made her theatrical debut and from then she focused her career on stage acting and, less prolifically, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino Caruso
Giuseppe Caruso (12 October 1934 – 7 March 2019), best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality. Life and career Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as a dramatic stage actor in his home town in 1957. In 1965 he moved to Rome and entered the theatre company " Il Bagaglino". He gained great popularity taking part in several RAI variety shows such as ''Che domenica amici'' (1968), ''Gli amici della domenica'' (1970), ''Teatro 10'' (1971),''Dove sta Zazà'' (1973), ''Mazzabubù'' (1975), ''Due come noi'' (1979). Caruso was the president of the Italian Actors Union from 1979 to 1989. From 1995 to 1997, upon appointment by Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando, Caruso planned and directed ''Palermo in scena'', a two-month artistic and theatrical Festival (held from 14 July to 14 September). In 2001, the Extraordinary Commissioner of the city Ettore Serio called Caruso to repeat the experience. Since 1976 Caruso also collaborated regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riz Ortolani
Riziero Ortolani (; 25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty years. Internationally, he is best known for his genre scores, notably his music for mondo, giallo, horror, and Spaghetti Western films. His most famous composition is " More," which he wrote for the infamous film ''Mondo Cane''. It won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards. The song was later covered by Frank Sinatra, Kai Winding, Andy Williams, Roy Orbison, and others. Ortolani received many other accolades, including four David di Donatello Awards, three Nastro d'Argento Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, he received a Lifetime Achievement from the World Soundtrack Academy. Early life Ortolani was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Laurito
Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ..., Italy, Laurito debuted at a very young age entering the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo. She obtained large popularity with Renzo Arbore's variety show '' Quelli della notte'', and then went on to host several TV-programs, including two editions of the RAI Saturday night show '' Fantastico''. In 1989, she entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il babà è una cosa seria", ranking twelfth. Laurito is also author of several cookbooks. She believes in one God but she does not follow any religion. Selected filmography * '' Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe'' (1976) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
