Roaring Years
''Roaring Years'' () is a 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ... Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, set in the 1930s during the Fascist period of Benito Mussolini. It stars Nino Manfredi and Gino Cervi, and was inspired by the satirical comedy "The Government Inspector” by Nikolai Gogol. It won Best Feature at the 1962 Locarno International Film Festival. Plot summary The film portrays the corrupt administration of an Apulia town during the Fascist Regime of 1937, after it has learned, in a roundabout way, of a pending anonymous visit of a government inspector from Rome. The inspector will determine if the administration adhered to the government's strict guidelines for economic and social planning. The threat of the inspection creates terror ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school in Rome. He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940s. In 1949 he filmed ''Alarm Bells'' on Ischia, and also shot a separate British version under the title ''Children of Chance (1949 film), Children of Chance''. During the 1950s and 1960s, he became a director of several successful films belonging to the Commedia all'italiana genre, some starring Alberto Sordi. Filmography as director *1933 Risveglio di una città *1941 *1942 C'è sempre un ma! *1942 The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (''Fra' Diavolo'') *1942 Signorinette *1945 L'abito nero da sposa *1946 A Yank in Rome (''Un Americano in vacanza'') *1947 To Live in Peace (''Vivere in pace'') *1947 L'onorevole Angelina *1948 Difficult Years (''Anni difficili'') *1949 ''Alarm Bells (film), Alarm Bells'' (Campane a martello) *1949 Childre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), The Nose", "Viy (story), Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt (story), Nevsky Prospekt". These stories, and others such as "Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol), Diary of a Madman", have also been noted for their Proto-Surrealism, proto-surrealist qualities. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol used the technique of defamiliarization when a writer presents common things in an unfamiliar or strange way so that the reader can gain new perspectives and see the world differently. His early works, such as ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'', were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian folklore, folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in contemporary Russian Empire, Russia (''The Government I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linda Sini
Linda Sini (13 February 1924 – 5 February 1999) was an Italian actress. She made 75 appearances between 1950 and 1979 and several appearances after this, mostly in film. Debuting in '' Sigillo rosso'' in 1950, she went on to star in films such as Luigi Zampa's comedy '' Anni ruggenti'' (1962), and the James Bond spy spoofs ''002 operazione Luna'' and '' A 001, operazione Giamaica'' (1965). Although primarily a film actress, she did appear in '' Joe Petrosino'' (1972) and in '' Il 90'' in 1979. In 1986 she appeared in ''Anemia''. Selected filmography * '' Red Seal'' (1950) * '' Bellissima'' (1951) - Mimmetta * ''Salvate mia figlia'' (1951) * '' Stranger on the Prowl'' (1952) - Signora Raffetto * '' A Mother Returns'' (1952) - Elena * ''Rimorso'' (1952) * ''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (1952) - Franca * ''Cronaca di un delitto'' (1953) - Elena * ''La prigioniera di Amalfi'' (1954) * ''Bella non piangere'' (1955) - Stelle d'oro * ''Accadde tra le sbarre'' (1955) - Marion * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rosalia Maggio
Rosalia Maggio (1 May 1921 – 25 July 1995) was an Italian actress, dancer, singer and showgirl. She was the youngest of the Maggio siblings. Biography Born in Palermo, she was the daughter of two comedian actors and sister of actors Enzo, Dante, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio. She debuted at 5 years old as a child actress. Maggio appeared widely in films, theatrical plays, radio dramas, revues, sceneggiate, and operetta. She died of cancer in Naples at 75. Selected filmography Film *1936: '' The Two Sergeants'' – (uncredited) *1954: ''Desiderio 'e sole'' – Aunt Clara Di Capua *1954: ''Letter from Naples'' – Concetta *1955: '' Tragic Ballad'' – cameriera casa Accardi *1956: ''Te stò aspettanno'' *1958: ''Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics'' – Anita *1958: ''Carosello di canzoni'' – Signora Concetta Apicella *1959: ''Fantasmi e ladri'' *1961: '' Revenge of the Conquered'' *1961: ''Day by Day, Desperately'' – Adele *1962: '' Roaring Years'' – Donna Nunzia Acqua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angela Luce
Angela Luce (born 3 December 1937) is an Italian film actress and singer of '' canzone napoletana''. She has appeared in 80 films since 1958. Partial filmography * '' La sposa'' (1958) - Margherita * ''Avventura a Capri'' (1959) - Francesca * ''Il vedovo'' (1959) - Margherita * ''Le sorprese dell'amore'' (1959) - Gaspare Florio's Girlfriend * '' Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) - Cook in the royal Palace (uncredited) * '' Gastone'' (1960) - Ivonne * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) - Prassede * ''A noi piace freddo'' (1960) - Franca * '' Letto a tre piazze'' (1960) - Jeannette * '' Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' (1960) * ''La contessa azzurra'' (1960) - Donna Zenobia * ''Anonima cocottes'' (1960) * ''Caravan petrol'' (1960) * ''Some Like It Cold'' (1961) * ''Pastasciutta nel deserto'' (1961) - Jolanda * ''Che femmina!! E... che dollari!'' (1961) * '' Roaring Years'' (''Anni ruggenti'', 1962) - Rosa De Bellis * ''Odio mortale'' (1962) - Conchita * ''March on Rome'' ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anti-fascism
Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were opposed by many countries forming the Allies of World War II and dozens of resistance movements worldwide. Anti-fascism has been an element of movements across the political spectrum and holding many different political positions such as anarchism, communism, pacifism, republicanism, social democracy, socialism and syndicalism as well as centrist, conservative, liberal and nationalist viewpoints. Fascism, a far-right ultra-nationalistic ideology best known for its use by the Italian Fascists and the German Nazis, became prominent beginning in the 1910s. Organization against fascism began around 1920. Fascism became the state ideology of Italy in 1922 and of Germany in 1933, spurring a large increase in anti-fascist action, including ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salvo Randone
Salvatore Randone, known professionally as Salvo Randone (25 September 1906 – 6 March 1991), was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Biography Born in Syracuse, Sicily, to state official Pasquale Randone and his wife Maria, Randone debuted on stage in his early 20s. During the 1930s and World War II, he acted in productions by Gualtiero Tumiati, Sergio Tofano, Anton Giulio Bragaglia and others. After the war, he appeared in stage productions by Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Guido Salvini and Luigi Squarzina, becoming one of Italy's most noted stage thespians. His most productive period was in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on stage, in films, on television and on the radio. He worked with film directors such as Federico Fellini, Francesco Rosi, Valerio Zurlini, Luigi Zampa and Carlo Lizzani, but is most noted for his collaborations with Elio Petri, appearing in almost all of the director's films between '' The Assassin'' (1961) and '' Property Is No Longe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gastone Moschin
Gastone Moschin (; 8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began his career in the 1950s as a theatre actor, first with the Teatro Nazionale di Genova, Teatro Stabile in Genoa and then with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. In the same period Moschin also began to appear in feature films and on television.Enrico Lancia. "Moschin, Gastone". ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli Attori''. Gremese, 2003. . In his film career Moschin alternated character roles and, more rarely, leading roles, such as in ''Seven Times Seven'' and ''Caliber 9''. His most famous role is that of Rambaldo Melandri in the ''Amici miei'' film series (1975–1985). He won two Nastro d'Argento Awards for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, in 1967 for Pietro Germi's ''The Birds, the Bees and the I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michèle Mercier
Michèle Mercier (born 1 January 1939 as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier) is a French actress. at the In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like , , , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alberobello
Alberobello (; literally "beautiful tree"; Bari dialect, Barese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has 10,237 inhabitants (2022) and is famous for its unique ''trullo'' buildings. The ''trulli'' of Alberobello have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Alberobello is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History A first occupation of the area started only in the early sixteenth century on the impulse of the Count of Conversano Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Andrea Matteo III Acquaviva d'Aragona. He allowed about forty peasant families from Noci to settle here and cultivate the land, with the obligation to give him a tenth of the crops. In 1635 his successor, Count Giangirolamo II (1600–1665) erected an inn with a tavern and an oratory and started the urbanization of the forest with the construction of few small houses. The expansion of the urban area was helped ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ostuni
Ostuni (; ) is a city and ''comune'', located about 8 km from the coast, in the province of Brindisi, region of Apulia, Italy. The town has a population of about 32,000 during the winter, but can swell to 200,000 inhabitants during summer, being among the main towns attracting tourists in Apulia. It also has a continuous British and German immigrant community and an industrial zone. The region is a producer of high quality olive oil and wine. History The region around Ostuni has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The town is reputed to have been originally established by the Messapii, a pre-classic tribe, and was nearly completely destroyed by Hannibal during the Punic Wars. Later it was re-built by the Romans. Little is also known about the etymology of the name Ostuni. According to one theory, the name could derive from Messapic. Others think it derives from the Greek ''Astu néon'' ("new town"). It could derive from the Latin ''Hostium Unio'', which indicates "a gr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |