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Mario Sequi
Mario Sequi (30 June 1913 – 1992) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Bayman p.59 A Sardinian by birth, he was married to the actress Lia Franca. He began his career in the 1930s as a Unit production manager, production manager in the 1930s before becoming a director after the Second World War. Selected filmography Production manager * ''I Met You Too Late'' (1940) * ''Il vetturale del San Gottardo'' (1941) * ''C'è un fantasma nel castello'' (1942) * ''Orizzonte di sangue'' (1942) * ''The White Angel (1943 film), The White Angel'' (1943) Assistant director * ''O sole mio (film), O sole mio'' (1946) * ''Peddlin' in Society'' (1946) Director * ''L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) * ''The Monastery of Santa Chiara'' (1949) * ''Altura (film), Altura'' (1949) * ''Tragic Spell'' (1951) * ''Gli uomini dal passo pesante'' (1965) * ''The Cobra (film), The Cobra'' (1967) * ''The Tigers of Mompracem (film), The Tigers of Mompracem'' (1970) * ''The Silkworm (film), The Silkworm'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagliari
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,627 inhabitants, while its Metropolitan City of Cagliari, metropolitan city, 16 other nearby municipalities, has about 417,079 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the Functional urban area, functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia. An ancient city with a long history, Cagliari has seen the rule of several civilisations. Under the buildings of the modern city there is a continuous stratification attesting to human settlement over the course of some five thousand years, from the Neolithic to today. Historical sites include the prehistoric Domus de Janas, partly damaged by cave activity, a large Ancient Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monastery Of Santa Chiara
''The Monastery of Santa Chiara'' () is a 1949 Italian war melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Edda Albertini, Massimo Serato and Nyta Dover.Klein p.227 The film's sets were designed by the art director Angelo Zagame. Synopsis During the Second World War Ester a Jewish nightclub singer in Naples has to flee the city to escape persecution and deportation from the occupying German forces. She is helped by her SS officer lover who takes her to safety in a monastery. He then commits suicide. While she survives a bombing raid, she is persecuted by Greta the dead man's discarded German lover. Cast * Edda Albertini as Ester di Veroli * Massimo Serato as Rudolf, ufficiale delle SS * Nyta Dover as Greta * Lamberto Picasso as Il tedesco condannato * Nino Manfredi as Enrico * John Kitzmiller as Il negro * Paolo Reale as Ciccillo * Mario Corte as Il prete * Fausto Guerzoni as Un pensionante * Italia Marchesini as Donna Filomena, madre di Enrico * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 – First Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silkworm (film)
''The Silkworm'' () is a 1973 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Nadja Tiller, George Hilton and Riccardo Garrone.Zagarrio p.149 It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios and on location in Livorno and Florence. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Elio Balletti. Cast * Nadja Tiller as Smeralda Amadier * George Hilton as Didier * Riccardo Garrone as Commissario Guarnieri * Guy Madison as Robert * Evi Marandi as Yvonne * Evi Rigano as Marcelle * Mario Feliciani as Avv. Planget * Osvaldo Ruggieri as Raffaele * Carlos de Castro as Anastasios Kuskas * Vivi Gioi as Costa's ex lover * Max Morris as the janitor References Bibliography * Vito Zagarrio. ''Argento vivo: il cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tigers Of Mompracem (film)
''The Tigers of Mompracem'' () is a 1970 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Ivan Rassimov, Claudia Gravy and Andrea Bosic. It is an adaptation of the 1900 novel of the same name by Emilio Salgari featuring his hero, the Malayan pirate Sandokan.Goble p.405 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...s José Luis Galicia and Jaime Pérez Cubero. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1970 films Italian historical adventure films 1970s historical adventure films Spanish historical adventure films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Sequi Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cobra (film)
''The Cobra'' (, , also known as ''Cobra'' and ''Female Cobra'') is a 1967 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Mario Sequi. Plot US intelligence comes in action to discover powerful organization in drug trafficking active in the Mediterranean. Cast * Dana Andrews: Capt. Kelly * Peter Martell: Mike Rand * Elisa Montés: Corinne * Anita Ekberg: Lou * Jesús Puente: Stiarkos * Peter Dane: Hullinger * Luciana Vincenzi: Ulla * George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he ...: Crane * Omar Zolficar: Sadek * Giovanni Petrucci: King * Guido Lollobrigida: Killer * Conrado San Martín References External links * 1967 films Italian crime films Spanish crime films 1967 crime films Films set in Lebanon Films set in Istanbul Films about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gli Uomini Dal Passo Pesante
''The Tramplers'' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Albert Band and Mario Sequi based on the novel ''Guns of North Texas'' by Will Cook. Plot When Lon Cordeen, an ex-Civil War soldier, returns home to his father Temple he finds his father can't accept the loss of the Confederacy. When Temple tries to help the South rise again serious conflicts develop which split the family. Cast * Gordon Scott as Lon Cordeen * Joseph Cotten as Temple Cordeen * Muriel Franklin as Alice Cordeen * James Mitchum as Hoby Cordeen * Ilaria Occhini as Edith Wickett * Frank Nero as Charley Garvey * Emil Jordan as Fred Wickett *Franco Balducci as Pete Wiley * Silla Bettini as Hogan * Caroll Brown as Mrs. Temple Cordeen * Aldo Cecconi as Jim Hennessy * Georges Lycan as Longfellow Wiley * Dario Michaelis as Bert Cordeen * Edith Peters as Emma * Romano Puppo as Payne Cordeen * Ivan Scratuglia as Adrian Cordeen * Emma Valloni as Bess Cordeen * Ken Wlaschin as Saloon Owner *Lino Desmond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Spell
''Tragic Spell'' () is a 1951 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Massimo Serato.Darby p.449 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Cast * María Félix as Oliva * Rossano Brazzi as Pietro * Massimo Serato as Berto * Charles Vanel as Bastiano * Irma Gramatica as Grandmother * Giulio Donnini as L'orafo Golia * Italia Marchesini as Adele * Fiorella Betti as Cleofe * Fausto Guerzoni as Girasole * Wanda Carpentieri as Berto's Girlfriend * Franco Coop Franco Coop (27 September 1891 – 27 March 1962), was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1931 and 1960. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) * '' Moth ... as Cavaliere * Maria Zanoli as Witch * Ada Dondini as Gesuina * Giovanni Barrella * Paola Quattrini as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altura (film)
''Altura'' is a 1949 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Massimo Girotti, Roldano Lupi and Eleonora Rossi Drago. It is set in Sardinia and portrays a struggle between large landowners and a co-operative of shepherds. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Stanis Archena * Roldano Lupi as Efisio Barra * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Grazia * Anna Maria Bottini as Zia Alena * Fausto Guerzoni as Napoleone * Vittorio Duse * Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ... * Gianni De Montero * Paolo Scampuddu * Nanni Peru Plot In Sardinia, Stanis, who had left the village years ago, returns and finds it in the hands of Barra, an evil man who dominates the milk market unchallenged. Joined in a cooperative with other shepherds, one day, Barra's henc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peddlin' In Society
''Peddlin' in Society'' or ''Down With Riches!'' () is a 1946 Italian romance-drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli. it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film '' Down with Misery'' by the same director and also starring Magnani. Cast *Anna Magnani as Gioconda Perfetti *Vittorio De Sica as il conte Ghirani * Virgilio Riento as Don Nicola * Laura Gore as Anna * Zora Piazza as Lucia Perfetti * John Garson as Lucky Brandy * Lauro Gazzolo as Commendator Bardacò * Giuseppe Porelli as Bonifazio * Vittorio Mottini as Nino *Galeazzo Benti as Rorò di Torretia * Vito Annichiarico as Little Tranquillo * Domenico Gambino as Tranquillo's Uncle *Checco Durante Francesco "Checco" Durante (19 November 1893 – 5 January 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 59 films between 1931 and 1973. Selected filmography * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * '' The Amnesiac'' (1936) - L'all ... as Greengrocer * Anita Durante as Caterina * Dina Romano as Marquise of Mendo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
