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Alessandro Fersen
Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1913. A student under Giuseppe Rensi, in 1934 he graduated in philosophy from the University of Genoa with a thesis later published under the title ''L'Universo come giuoco'' ("The Universe as a game"). Due to the racial laws of 1938 he moved to Paris (where he attended the Collège de France) and then in Eastern Europe.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese, 2006. . Back in Italy in 1943, he participated in the resistance in Liguria, in a partisan group linked to the Italian Socialist Party, before working in Switzerland, where he became friends with Emanuele Luzzati and Giorgio Colli."Un maestro in palcoscenico (Alessandro Fersen)", ''Sorgente di vita''. Rai 2. 5 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting, as it depicts a boat ( in Polish), which alludes to the city's name. As of 2022, Łódź has a population of 670,642 making it the country's fourth largest city. Łódź was once a small settlement that first appeared in 14th-century records. It was granted town rights in 1423 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and it remained a private town of the Kuyavian bishops and clergy until the late 18th century. In the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Łódź was annexed to Prussia before becoming part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw; the city joined Congress Poland, a Russian client state, at the 1815 Congress of Vienna. The Second Industrial Revolution (from 1870) brought rapid growth in textile manufacturing and in popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Nazionale Di Genova
Teatro may refer to: * Theatre * Teatro (band) Teatro, Italian for "theatre", is a vocal group signed to the Sony BMG music label. The members of Teatro are Jeremiah James, Andrew Alexander, Simon Bailey and Stephen Rahman-Hughes. Band members Jeremiah James Jeremiah James was born in ups ..., musical act signed to Sony BMG * ''Teatro'' (Willie Nelson album), 1998 * ''Teatro'' (Draco Rosa album), 2008 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora, Slave Empress
''Theodora, Slave Empress'' ( it, Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio) is a 1954 film about Theodora, a former slave who married Justinian I, emperor of Byzantium in AD 527–565. It was directed by Riccardo Freda. Cast *Gianna Maria Canale as " Theodora" * Georges Marchal as "Justinian I" * Renato Baldini as "Arcal", Theodora's would-be lover *Henri Guisol as " Giovanni di Cappadocia" * Irene Papas as "Faida", Theodora's step-sister * Olga Solbelli as "Egina", Theodora's step-mother *Roger Pigaut as "Captain Andres" * Nerio Bernardi as "General Belisarius" *Carletto Sposito as "Scarpios" *Alessandro Fersen as "The Metropolitan" Release ''Theodora, Slave Empress'' was distributed theatrically in Italy on 29 September 1954 by Lux Film. It grossed a total of 592 million Italian lire on this domestic release. It was also distributed in France by Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France as ''Théodora, impératrice de Byzance''. The film was the first of director Riccardo Freda's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musoduro
''Musoduro'' is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Bennati and starring Fausto Tozzi, Marina Vlady and Cosetta Greco.Goble p.469 Cast * Fausto Tozzi as Marco / Musoduro * Marina Vlady as Lucia Giardano * Cosetta Greco as Anita * Gérard Landry as Romolo * Odoardo Spadaro as Pinzi, venditore ambulante * Giulio Calì as Rospo * José Jaspe as Carabinieri * Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1 ... as Dott. Biondi * Gianni Cavalieri as Il sacerdote * Dante Nello Carapelli as Giordono References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1953 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1953 films 1950s Italian-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (1953 Italian Film)
''Jealousy'' (Italian: ''Gelosia'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Erno Crisa, Marisa Belli and Vincenzo Musolino. It is based on the 1901 novel ''Il Marchese di Roccaverdina'' by Luigi Capuana. It was shot on location around Belmonte Mezzagno in Sicily. The story had previously been made into a 1942 film of the same title. Plot At the church, Rocco, steward on the lands of a landowner, the Marquis of Roccaverdina, marries the beautiful peasant girl Agrippina. But he was shot twice. Justice arrests and condemns a certain Neli. In truth, the assassin is the marquis himself who had contracted a sham marriage with the young woman so that she would remain his mistress... Cast *Erno Crisa as Baron Antonio * Marisa Belli as Agrippina * Alessandro Fersen as Don Silvio * Liliana Gerace as Countess Zosima * Vincenzo Musolino as Farmer Rocco * Grazia Spadaro as Mamma Grazia * Gustavo De Nardo as Neli Casaccio * Maresa Gallo as Santa * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condemned To Hang
''Condemned to Hang'' or ''Flesh for the Gallows'' (Spanish: ''Carne de horca'', Italian: ''Il terrore dell'Andalusia'') is a 1953 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Rossano Brazzi, Fosco Giachetti and Emma Penella.Mira p.237 The film portrays the bandits of nineteenth century Andalucía. The film's art direction was by Alberto Boccianti. Synopsis The life of the rebel and vicious Juan Pablo de Osuna changes when his father, a rich cattleman, is murdered by Lucero, a cruel bandit of The Sierra Morena. Looking for revenge Juan Pablo is wrongfully accused and everybody believes that he is a murderer, even Lucero's gang. He becomes member of the gang and Lucero confides him. Juan Pablo discovers that a rich man from the city of Ronda gives information about the stagecoach to the bandits, in exchange of a part of the bounty. Chasing the messenger Juan Pablo finds the traitor: he is the father of his former girlfriend. Cast * Ross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puccini (film)
''Puccini '' is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini. Plot The film narrates the composer's life full of loves and recklessness, starting from the youthful period in which, after falling in love with Cristina who had helped him achieve success, he convinces Elvira, a mild-mannered girl from the provinces, to follow him to Milan. Elvira soon gives him a son and remains close to him despite her betrayals. Cristina, who has now become a famous soprano, reappears again in the life of the master and tries to distance him from her partner but, after the triumph of La bohème, driven by her gratitude towards Elvira, Giacomo decides to marry her. This does not mean that her infidelities end and Elvira, increasingly alone, decides to separate from her husband. The episode of the suicide of a young maid madly in love with him and the sensational failure of Madama Butterfly upset Pucc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Viale Della Speranza
''Il viale della speranza'' (English: ''The street of hope'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Dino Risi. It grossed over 100 million lire at the Italian box office. Cast *Cosetta Greco as Luisa Guglielmi *Liliana Bonfatti as Giuditta Robotti * Piera Simoni as Franca Albani *Marcello Mastroianni as Mario Montesi *Pietro De Vico as Tonino *Nerio Bernardi as Franzi * Gisella Monaldi as Titina *Maria Pia Casilio as Concettina *Achille Majeroni as Acting teacher *Bianca Maria Fusari as Stefania * Odoardo Girotti as Giorgio *Franco Migliacci *Silvio Bagolini *Corrado Pani *Carlo Hintermann *Alessandro Fersen *Nino Marchetti *Giulio Calì Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966. Life and career Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Roman dialect thea ... References External links * 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films 1953 drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Of The Red Sea
''Woman of the Red Sea'' or ''Africa Under the Seas'' (Italian: ''Africa sotto i mari'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Giovanni Roccardi and starring Sophia Loren, Steve Barclay and Umberto Melnati. For the release of the film Loren, who had up to this point acted as Sofia Lazzaro, adopted her new screen name by which she became famous. This was partly in imitation of the then better-known Swedish actress Märta Torén. Loren learned to swim for the role, and spent much of her screen time in a bathing suit. This led one critic to worry that she was being turned into an Italian Esther Williams.Fischer & Landy p.81 The film's sets were designed by Ottavio Scotti. Synopsis The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain. Cast * Sophia Loren as Barbara Lama * Steve Barclay as Paolo * Umberto Melnati as Sebastiano Lama * Alessandro Fersen as Prof. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdonami!
''Perdonami!'' (i. e. "Forgive me!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Mario Costa and starring Raf Vallone and Antonella Lualdi.Arturo Lanocita. "Pietà per chi cade" (review). '' Corriere della Sera''. 30 March 1954. Plot Cast *Raf Vallone as Marco Gerace *Antonella Lualdi as Anna Boetto *Tamara Lees as Vera *Aldo Bufi Landi as Nicola Boetto * Patrizia Remiddi as Carletta * Augusto Pennella as Luigino *Dante Maggio as Michele *Emma Baron as Maria Boetto * Celeste Almieri as Miss Parodi *Zoe Incrocci as Adele *Carlo D'Angelo as Commissioner *Attilio Dottesio as Brigadiere * Alessandro Fersen as Raul * Rino Genovese as Ernesto References External links *''Perdonami''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzaccio (film)
''Lorenzaccio'' is a 1951 Italian historical drama film directed by Raffaello Pacini and starring Giorgio Albertazzi, Folco Lulli and Anna Maria Ferrero.Farassino p.221 It is an adaptation of the 1834 play '' Lorenzaccio'' by Alfred de Musset about the life of Lorenzino de' Medici. Cast * Giorgio Albertazzi as Lorenzo de' Medici, nicknamed Lorenzaccio * Folco Lulli as Scoronconcalo * Anna Maria Ferrero as Luisa Strozzi * Franca Marzi as Clarice * Lia Di Leo as Courtesan * Arnoldo Foà as Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence * Marcello Giorda * Carlo D'Angelo * Natale Cirino * Silvio Bagolini * Franco Balducci * Fedele Gentile * Alessandro Fersen * Dolores Palumbo * Mario Billi * Piero Pastore * Mercedes Brignone Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sentiero Dell'odio
''Il sentiero dell'odio'' (translation: The Pathway of Hate) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Grieco in his directoral debut. Cast * Marina Berti * Andrea Checchi * Carla Del Poggio * Vittorio Duse * Checco Rissone * Alessandro Fersen * Piero Lulli * Renato Malavasi Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ' ... * Ermanno Randi External links * 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Sergio Grieco 1950 directorial debut films 1950 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
