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Giorgio Pastina
Giorgio Pastina (1905–1956) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He directed '' Henry IV'', a 1943 film version of Luigi Pirandello's '' Henry IV''.Anile, Alberto, '' Orson Welles in Italy'' (Indiana University Press, 2013), p. 94 Selected filmography Director * '' Henry IV'' (1943) * '' The Ways of Sin'' (1946) * ''Vanity'' (1947) * ''William Tell'' (1949) * '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949) * '' Alina'' (1950) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1953) * ''Cardinal Lambertini'' (1954) * '' Of Life and Love'' (1954) * '' Letter from Naples'' (1954) Screenwriter * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' A Living Statue'' (1943) * ''Farewell Love! ''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by ...'' (1943) References External links * 1905 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Italian scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andria
Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Foggia) and the largest municipality of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It is known for the 13th-century Castel del Monte. Geography The city is located in the area of the Murgia and lies at a distance of from Barletta and the Adriatic coast. Its municipality, the 16th per area in Italy, borders with Barletta, Canosa di Puglia, Corato, Minervino Murge, Ruvo di Puglia, Spinazzola and Trani. History Different theories exist about the origins of Andria. In 915 it is mentioned as a " casale" ("hamlet") depending from Trani; it acquired the status of city around 1046, when the Norman count Peter enlarged and fortified the settlements in the area (including also Barletta, Corato and Bisceglie). In the 14th century, under the An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrimonial Agency (1953 Film)
''Matrimonial Agency'' (Italian: ''Agenzia matrimoniale'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Delia Scala, Aroldo Tieri and Erminio Macario. It was based on a play by Eduardo Scarpetta.Goble p.665 Plot Ms. Elena runs a marriage agency in a big city. The most diverse people come to her: Mrs. Amalia doesn't stop complaining about the betrothed chosen for her nephew, Donato has dragged her friend Peppino, a passionate cyclist, there, so that he can finally find a wife. Elena believes that the ideal woman could be her client, Mara, who has a great passion for sport. When she learns that the rich industrialist who was to marry Mitzi, another client of hers, has died, Elena sends her collaborator Mario, so that he can inform Mitzi as tactfully as possible and propose another suitor. There is also great anticipation for the arrival of Lodolini and the bride found by Elena. Finally, the right time may have come for Mrs. Elena too. Cast * Delia Sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Directors
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Italian Male Screenwriters
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1956 Deaths
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1905 Births
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Farewell Love!
''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by Matilde Serao. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast * Jacqueline Laurent as Anna Acquaviva * Clara Calamai as Laura Acquaviva * Roldano Lupi as Cesare Dias * Leonardo Cortese as Luigi Caracciolo * Renato Cialente as Carafa * Giuseppe Rinaldi as Giustino Morelli * Evelina Paoli as La signora Stella Martini * Dhia Cristiani as Sofia * Nando Tamberlani as Il maggiordomo di casa Caracciolo * Riccardo Fellini as Un amico di Luigi * Olinto Cristina as Il dottore Montechiaro * Peppino Spadaro as Il cameriere di casa Acquaviva * Vanni Torrigiani as Il cameriere di casa Dias * Cosetta Greco Cosetta Greco (8 October 1930 – 14 July 2002) was an Italian film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Living Statue
''A Living Statue'' (Italian: ''La statua vivente'') is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Laura Solari, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto.Gundle p.215 The film's sets were designed by the art director Cesare Pavani. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. Cast * Laura Solari as Luisa / Rita * Fosco Giachetti as Paolo Vieri * Camillo Pilotto as Cesare Parodi * Lauro Gazzolo as Raffaele * Dhia Cristiani as Irma * Amina Pirani Maggi as Madre di Irma * Olga Solbelli as La padrona della taverna * Guido Celano as L'amante di Rita * Renato Malavasi as Un invitato alla festa * Pina Renzi * Checco Rissone * Lora Silvani * Ciro Berardi * Pietro Bigerna * Angelo Cecchelin * Carlo Dale * Enrico Luzi Enrico Luzi (27 September 1919 – 18 October 2011) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1941 to 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1919 births 2011 deaths Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedora (1942 Film)
''Fedora'' is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.Chiti & Poppi p.138 It is based on the 1882 play of the same title by Victorien Sardou. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Synopsis In the Russian Empire during the 1870s, after her prospective groom is assassinated on her wedding day Princess Fedora vows revenge on the killer. In Paris she meets and falls in love with an artist, before realising that he is the assassin. After reporting him to the Russian secret police, she comes to understand his reasons for doing what he did. Cast * Luisa Ferida as Fedora * Amedeo Nazzari as Loris Ipanov / Ivan Petrovic * Osvaldo Valenti as Vladimiro Yariskine * Memo Benassi as Il principe Yariskine * Rina Morelli as Olga Soukarev * Sandro Ruffini as De Sirieux * Annibale Betrone as Boroff * Augusto Marcacci as Gretc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter From Naples
''Letter from Naples'' (Italian: ''Lettera napoletana'') is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Giacomo Rondinella, Virna Lisi and Otello Toso. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was shot on location in Naples. Plot In Naples, Don Gaetano's company has Alvaro Ramirez as a partner, who is secretly in love with his secretary Laura. Among the various employees is Franco, in love, also secretly, with the boss's daughter, Anna. Only Carluccio, a nice worker, knows of the affair between Franco and Don Gaetano's daughter. At a party the two boys kiss, but Alvaro suspects something and tells his lover that the marriage between the two does not want it at all, because this would mean that Franco, a former delivery boy, would become the master. To make money, he convinces his lover to take some money to give for a shady turnover, but the motorcycle with the money is captured off the coast of Salerno. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Life And Love
''Of Life and Love'' ( it, Questa è la vita) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati and Luigi Zampa. Plot The film tells four episodes from stories written by Luigi Pirandello (from the work: ''Novelle per un anno''). The jar A landowner ignorant and arrogant he is afraid that his big jar is broken because of a storm that is coming and he entrusts it to one of its employees silly that the rocks. The owner angrily dismisses the man and called Zi 'Dima, the master repairman to fix the jar, but they get stuck in there. Ventaglino A woman spends all his possessions for a fan and starts to play the role of a prostitute. The license Rosario chiarchiaro she won the enmity of his countrymen because he wants to settle the "license Evil Eye" so that his family can live in more favorable conditions. To do this, disguises herself as a true bearer of bad luck (think that Toto had a great fear for jettatori) finally getting his job Tight Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
