''Salvo D'Acquisto'' is a 1974 Italian

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Romolo Guerrieri Romolo Guerrieri, aka ''Romolo Girolami'' (born 5 December 1931) is an Italian film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass m ...

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Salvo D'Acquisto Salvo Rosario Antonio D'Acquisto (15 October 1920 – 23 September 1943) was a member of the Italian ''Carabinieri'' during the Second World War. After Italy surrendered in September 1943 to the Allies of World War II, Allies of World War II ...

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occupation of Rome saved 22 civilians from being executed by German soldiers.

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Massimo Ranieri Giovanni Calone (born 3 May 1951), known professionally as Massimo Ranieri, is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, the fifth of eight children ...

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Enrico Maria Salerno Enrico Maria Salerno (18 September 1926 – 28 February 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Chris ...

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Massimo Serato Massimo Serato (born Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Biography Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading ...

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Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Early life Danieli's mother Rosa Moretti (stage name of Maria Santoro, widow of Amatucci, 1904-1959) was one of the voices of Radio Napoli ...

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Ivan Rassimov Ivan Đerasimović ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Ђерасимовић; 7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003), known professionally as Ivan Rassimov, was an Italian actor of Serb descent who appeared in many horror and exploitation films. Biography Born in Tr ...

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Giustino Durano Giustino Durano (5 May 1923 – 18 February 2002) was an Italian actor best known for his work as Eliseo Orefice in the 1997 film '' Life Is Beautiful.'' For his role, he was nominated in part for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Pe ...

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Mario Colli Mario Delli Colli (7 July 1915 – 29 November 1989) was an Italian actor and voice actor.Pitts p.131 He also worked as a voice actor Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's ...

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Carla Calò Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialec ...

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Jole Fierro Jole Fierro (22 November 1926 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Salerno, Italy, Fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the Neapolitan dialect theater, and shortly later she made her first appearances in films. In June 1954 ...

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Lucretia Love According to Roman tradition, Lucretia ( /luːˈkriːʃə/ ''loo-KREE-shə'', Classical Latin: �ʊˈkreːtia died ), anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome. Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) raped her. Her subsequent suicide precipi ...

Lorenzo Piani Lorenzo Piattoni (27 September 1955 – 14 August 2016), known professionally as Lorenzo Piani, was an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography After studying classical piano at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, he released a single. As a musi ...

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* 1974 films 1970s biographical drama films Italian biographical drama films Italian Campaign of World War II films Films set in Rome Films set in 1943 Films directed by Romolo Guerrieri Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1974 drama films 1970s Italian films Cultural depictions of Italian people Films with screenplays by Giuseppe Berto 1970s Italian-language films Italian-language biographical drama films {{1970s-drama-film-stub

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