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Pupo De Luca
Giovanni "Pupo" De Luca (18 December 1924 – 18 December 2006) was an Italian actor and jazz musician. Life and career Born in Milan, after the World War II De Luca started his career in the theaters of his hometown, performing in revues, dialect theatre, and dramas. He had his breakout in the late 1960s, with the role of Fritz in the RAI TV-series ''Nero Wolfe''. In films, he was mainly active as a character actor, except for a number of main roles in a few low budget comedies. De Luca was also well known as a jazz drummer, and his collaborations include Chet Baker, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Bud Shank, and Gianni Basso. With Intra and Gianni Buongiovanni he is considered a "founding father" of the cabaret Derby Club in his hometown. De Luca retired from showbusiness in the early 1990s and moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake Up And Die
''Wake Up and Die'' (Italian: ''Svegliati e uccidi''), also known as ''Wake Up and Kill'' and ''I Kill for Kicks'', is a 1966 Italian crime drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani, based on the real life of Luciano Lutring, an Italian criminal known as "the machine-gun soloist" ("il solista del mitra"). For this film Lisa Gastoni was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress. Cast *Robert Hoffmann as Luciano Lutring *Lisa Gastoni as Yvonne Lutring * Gian Maria Volonté as Inspector Moroni *Claudio Camaso as Franco Magni *Ottavio Fanfani as Inspector Julien *Corrado Olmi as Bobino References External links * Cultural depictions of Italian men Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.T ... 1966 films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films directed by Carlo Lizzani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anche Gli Angeli Tirano Di Destro
''Charleston'' (original title: ''Anche gli angeli tirano di destro'') is a 1974 Italian buddy comedy film written and directed by Enzo Barboni. The film is the sequel of ''Even Angels Eat Beans'', with Ricky Bruch (at his film debut) who replaced Bud Spencer as Giuliano Gemma's support. Cast *Giuliano Gemma: Sonny Abernati *Ricky Bruch: Rocky * Dominic Barto: Barabas Smith *Enzo Fiermonte: Joe Bendaggio * Edoardo Faieta: Maloney * Laura Becherelli: Virginia *Luigi Bonos: Boarding House Owner *Mario Brega: Barman *Riccardo Pizzuti Riccardo Pizzuti (born 28 May 1934) is an Italian actor and stuntman. He is known for playing the role of gunfighter Morton Clayton in the 1972 film ''Man of the East''. Pizzuti appeared in ''They Call Me Trinity'', and its sequel ''Trinity Is ...: Maloney's Henchman References External links * 1974 films 1970s buddy comedy films Films set in the 1920s Films set in the United States Mafia comedy films Films scored by Guido & Maurizio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Killers
''Special Killers'' (Italian title: ''La ragazza di via Condotti'', French title: ''Meurtres à Rome'' or ''Le crime de la via Condotti'', Spanish title: ''La chica de via Condotti'') is a 1973 Italian-French-Spanish crime-thriller film directed by Germán Lorente. The film stars are Frederick Stafford, Femi Benussi, Claude Jade and Michel Constantin. Plot An attractive brunette, Simone Mattei (Patty Shepard) is drunk and argues with her husband Sandro (Frederick Stafford). This visits his best friend Tiffany (Claude Jade) and complains her his suffering in the marriage crisis. While Sandro stays at Tiffany, Simone makes love with a lover. The tough guy penetrates her and starts at the same time to strangle her. He keeps on strangling the beauty until she is dead. An hour later, Sandro, who is a private investigator, finds his dead wife Simone. He comments the murder with "poor little bitch", but beside the victim he also discovers a photo showing a man on a motorcycle and a woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of The East
Man of the East ( it, E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico) is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Enzo Barboni starring Terence Hill. The film is set in the Wild West during the time of the railway construction. A recurring theme is the always progressing modernisation which some of the protagonists are trying to escape. Plot The young English nobleman Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore (Terence Hill) arrives in the West following the wish of his late father who years earlier had to leave England due to an affair. The trouble led to a conflict with "Vicci Windsor". In the West, the young man joins up with his father's former pals, the stagecoach robbers Monkey (Dominic Barto), Holy Joe ( Harry Carey Jr.) and Bull (Gregory Walcott). The characters are introduced as time moves on during Tom's journey, beginning with Bull who works at a stagecoach station disguised as a mute man. After Bull has listened in on the conversation of two headhunters and found out about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eroticist
''The Eroticist'' ( it, Nonostante le apparenze... e purchè la nazione non lo sappia... all'onorevole piacciono le donne, lit=Despite Appearances... and Provided the Nation Doesn't Know... The Senator Likes Women) is a 1972 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci. It had censorship problems and was banned shortly after its release. Later it was released in a heavily cut version and prohibited for persons under 18 years. Plot Sen. Gianni Puppis arrives at Rome's airport to greet the female president of the Republic of Urania. Puppis, a contender for the next Italian Chief (President) of State, is captured on film furtively groping her bottom as she greets the Italian press. No one notices the incident, and the victim is unsure who was responsible due to the crowd gathered around her. The TV film editor studies the film with a colleague and remarks, "but he's queer!" Still photos of the incident fall into the hands of a highly unorthodox p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Is Still My Name
''Trinity Is Still My Name'' ( it, ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità, lit. "...they kept calling him Trinity") is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni. Starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, it is a sequel to ''They Call Me Trinity'' (1970). It was shot extensively in Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo. It was the highest-grossing Italian film to that point in time. In 1995 a sequel was made, Sons of Trinity as a continuation of the Trinity series. Plot In the opening sequence, Bambino (Bud Spencer) is walking through the desert carrying his saddle and finds four escaped convicts, from whom he steals their beans and horses. This scene is followed by the opening credits and the title song, after which we see Trinity (Terence Hill) on his travois. He too comes across the convicts frying more beans, and also tricks them. Trinity then continues to his family home and finds Bambino having a bath. Trinity smells so bad that he is told to bathe, too, befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Bene
''Roma Bene'' is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger. Plot The classic scene of the upper middle-class in Rome: a duchess, the industrial husband and the many apparently respectable characters. It is actually a parade of dingy types: the Baron is a jewel thief, among the others there are social climbers, unscrupulous nobles who staged fake kidnappings and extortion attempts, and even a wife who comes to commission the murder of the ship-owner husband. The fate of these people will be the same: death at sea, but their misdeeds instead will remain unaddressed and an overzealous police commissioner will be promoted and transferred. Cast *Nino Manfredi: Commissario Quintilio Tartamella * Philippe Leroy: Giorgio Santi *Virna Lisi: Duchessa Silvia Santi *Mario Feliciani: Teo Teopulos *Irene Papas: Elena Teopulos *Evi Maltagliati: La madre di Elena *Umberto Orsini: Principe Rubio Marescalli *Senta Berger: Principessa D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's How We Women Are
''Noi donne siamo fatte così'' (internationally released as ''That's How We Women Are'') is a 1971 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Dino Risi. The film consists of twelve segments, all starring Monica Vitti. Cast * Monica Vitti: la suonatrice di piatti, Zoe, Annunziata, Teresa, Alberta, Eliana, Katherine, Erika, Palmira, Agata, Laura, Fulvia * Carlo Giuffré: Ferdinando, marito di Alberta * Enrico Maria Salerno: Ivano, compagno di viaggio di Zoe * Ettore Manni: suonatore, compagno di Teresa * Greta Vayan * Renzo Marignano * Clara Colosimo Clara Colosimo (23 May 1922 – 15 June 1994) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1968 and 1991. Selected filmography * ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) * '' Sex Pot'' (1975) * '' Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Zanna Bianca e ... References External links * 1971 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Dino Risi Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Italian anthology films 1971 comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Double (1971 Film)
''The Double'' ( it, La controfigura / ''The Stand-in'') also known as ''Love Inferno'', is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Romolo Guerrieri. It stars Ewa Aulin (of '' Death Laid an Egg'' fame). The story was based on a novel called ''La controfigura'' by Libero Bigiaretti. Plot A wealthy young man named Frank (Jean Sorel), who lives off his father, is shot in a parking garage, and as he lays bleeding, he thinks back over recent past events in his life. While vacationing in Morocco with his beautiful 19-year-old girlfriend Lucia (Ewa Aulin), Frank became jealous of her interest in a young American traveler named Eddie (Sergio Doria). Frank later develops a fixation on the girl's pretty mother Nora, (Lucia Bose), and forces her physically into having sex with him. Later he follows Nora back to Rome, where he becomes convinced that now she is having relations with the young American Eddie. Frank later finds Eddie murdered in Nora's apartment, and thinking that she killed him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vacanza
''La vacanza'' ( Italian: ''The vacation'') is a 1971 Italian drama film by Tinto Brass. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 1971 where it was awarded the 'Best Italian Film' prize. This was followed by a theatrical release in Italy on 5 April 1972. A year earlier, Brass, Redgrave and Nero had worked together on the romantic drama, '' Dropout''. Plot Immacolata (Redgrave) is a peasant girl and mistress of the count, but when he turns his attentions back to his wife he has Immacolata committed to a mental asylum. 'La Vacanza' is her one-month experimental leave from the institution. She is rejected by her family and subsequently finds new friends in the form of gypsies and an Englishman. But their happiness is blighted by criminal actions and a fight for freedom. Tinto Brass collection. Retrieved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scalawag Bunch
''Long Live Robin Hood'' ( it, L'arciere di fuoco) is a 1971 swashbuckler film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is based on the Robin Hood legend. It also has been known under its translated Italian name ''Archer of Fire''. Cast * Giuliano Gemma as Robin Hood *Mark Damon as Allan * Luis Dávila as Sir Robert * Silvia Dionisio as Lady Marianne *Mario Adorf as Brother Tuck *Manuel Zarzo as Will Scarlet *Nello Pazzafini as Little John *Pierre Cressoy as Sir Guy *Daniele Dublino as Prince John *Helga Liné as Matilde * Neno Zamperla as one of Robin's men *Lars Bloch as King Richard Lionheart (as Lars Block) *Pupo De Luca as Wrong Priest (as Gianni De Luca) *Giulio Donnini as Priest at Wedding Ceremony *Furio Meniconi as Innkeeper Production ''Long Live Robin Hood'' was partially shot at Colegiata y Castillo de Cardona in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
