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Villafranca (film)
''Villafranca'' is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Corrado Racca, Annibale Betrone and Enzo Biliotti.Goble p. 1005 It was based on a play by Benito Mussolini, then Italian dictator, about the 1859 agreement between Napoleon III and Count Cavour which led to the Second Italian War of Independence. The film was made at the Fert Studios in Turin and on location in the city, which had been the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the time of the film's events. Cast * Corrado Racca as Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour * Annibale Betrone as Vittorio Emanuele II * Enzo Biliotti as Napoleone III * Pina Cei as principessa Clotilde di Savoia * Giulio Donadio as Castelli * Alberto Collo as Il canonico Gazzelli - confessore di casa Savoia * Giulio Oppi as il marchese Virago di Vische * Ernesto Marini as Margotti * Gustavo Conforti * Vasco Brambilla * Felice Minotti * Nino Bellini * Edoardo Biraghi * Cellio Bucchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovacchino Forzano
Giovacchino Forzano (; 19 November 1884 – 28 October 1970) was an Italian playwright, librettist, stage and film director. A resourceful writer, he authored numerous popular plays and produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century, including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini's ''Suor Angelica'' and ''Gianni Schicchi''.Julian Budden: "Giovacchino Forzano", ''Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Accessed 4 March 2009)(subscription access)/ref> Biography Forzano was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence. He studied medicine before embarking on a brief career as an operatic baritone. He then began studying law and, after finishing his diploma, became a freelance journalist, contributing regularly to several of Italy's major newspapers. In 1914 he met and befriended Puccini who asked him to write the librettos for his ''Il trittico'', a collection of three one-act operas. Forzano agreed to write the librettos for two of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the political and intellectual centre of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cellio Bucchi
Cellio Bucchi was an Italian film actor.Kinnard & Crnkovic p.49 He was active during the silent era, where he sometimes appeared in leading roles. Later he was a supporting actor in sound films of the 1930s and 1940s. Selected filmography * '' La congiura di San Marco'' (1924) * ''Hôtel Saint-Pol'' (1925) * ''Nostradamus'' (1925) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1926) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1927) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1930) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' The Woman Thief'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Woman of Monte Carlo ''The Woman of Monte Carlo'' (Italian: ''La signora di Montecarlo'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by André Berthomieu and Mario Soldati and starring Dita Parlo, Fosco Giachetti and Jules Berry.Amelio p.25 A separate ...'' (1938) * '' Don Cesare di Bazan'' (1942) * '' La casa senza tempo '' (1945) References Bibliography * Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian Sword an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Biraghi
Edoardo is the Italian form of the English male given name Edward. Notable people named Edoardo include: * Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist) (1892–1935), Italian industrialist * Edoardo Alfieri (1913–1998), Italian sculptor * Edoardo Amaldi (1908–1989), Italian physicist * Edoardo Ballerini (born 1970), Italian-American actor, writer and director * Edoardo Bassini (1844–1924), Italian surgeon * Edoardo Bennato (born 1949), Italian singer-songwriter * Edoardo Bosio (born 1864), Italian-Swiss footballing innovator * Edoardo Chiossone (1833–1898), Italian o-yatoi gaikokujin * Edoardo de Martin (21st century), Italian bobsledder * Edoardo Garzena (1900–1984), Italian featherweight professional boxer * Edoardo Gori (born 1990), Italian rugby union player * Edoardo Isella (born 1980), Mexican footballer * Edoardo Mangiarotti (1919–2012), Italian fencer * Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (born 1983), British property developer * Edoardo Molinari (born 1981), Italian golfer * Edoardo Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Bellini
Nino or Niño may refer to: *Nino (name) *Niño (name) * Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino" *El Niño, a climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean *NINO, an abbreviation for National Insurance number in the United Kingdom *Niño, the smallest conga drum * "Niño" (Belanova song), 2005 * "Niño" (Ed Maverick song), 2021 * ''Nino'' (novel), a 1938 children's novel by Valenti Angelo * ''Niño'' (TV series), a 2014 Philippine TV series *Philips Nino, a PDA-style device *The Netherlands Institute for the Near East See also *El Niño (other) *Santo Niño (other) *Ninos (other) *Niños (other) *Cyclonic Niño *Niño Jesús Niño Jesús is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 ... * Cave of Niño {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921) * '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921) * ''The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1927) * ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (1926) * ''The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * ''The Last Tsars'' (1928) * '' Judith and Holofernes'' (1929) * '' When Naples Sings'' (1930) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Don Bosco'' (1935) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * '' The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) * '' Blood Wedding'' (1941) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * ''A Yank in Rome'' (1946) * ''His Young Wife'' (1946) * ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * ''Sicilian Uprising'' (1949) * ''Anthony of Padua'' (1949) * ''Women and Brigands'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Brambilla
Vasco may refer to: * Basque language, called ''vasco'' in Spanish * ''Vasco'' (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos * Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer * Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco * Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, a Brazilian football club * Vasco SC, a Goan football club * × ''Vascostylis'' or Vasco, an orchid genus * Vasco Data Security International, a corporate security firm now known as OneSpan * Vietnam Air Services Company, a regional airline in southern Vietnam - subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines People with the name * André Vasco (born 1984), Brazilian actor and television presenter * Grão Vasco (Vasco Fernandes) (1475–1540), Portuguese painter * María Vasco (born 1975), Spanish race walker * Maurizio Vasco (born 1955), American television presenter * Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), Portuguese politician, Chairman of the Portuguese Parliament * Vasco Gonçalves, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1974 to 1975 * Vasco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Conforti
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, of Old Swedish origin, meaning “staff of the Gods/Goths” or “great royal staff” or "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff"). Other Swedish variants/derivatives: Gösta, Göstav, Gustafsson, Gustavsson. Such a name is also etymologically indicative of a Slavonic origin (through Swedish) from "Gostislav", a compound word from Old Slavic "Gost'" ("guest") and "slava" ("glory"). Other Slavonic variants/derivatives: Goslav, Gustaw, Gusti, Gustik, Gusty. Such a name in the United States also bears diminutive forms in English, which serve as nick names: Gus, Gussie, Gussy, Goose. To avoid confusion, note that these nick names are also commonly used for a different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Marini
Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel * Hurricane Ernesto (other), several hurricanes or People * Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer *Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter *Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer *Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer *Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect *Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician *Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer *Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer * Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer * Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara" *Ernesto Geisel (1908-1996), Brazilian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Oppi
Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman * Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian automobile engineer * Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian politician * Giulio Carlo Argan (1909–1992), Italian politician and art historian * Giulio Base (born 1964), Italian film director * Giulio Berruti (born 1984), Italian film and television actor * Giulio Bizzozero (1846–1901), Italian physician * Giulio Bosetti (1930–2009), Italian actor and director * Giulio Brogi (1935–2019), Italian actor * Giulio Caccini ( 1545–1618), Florentine composer, significant innovator of the early Baroque era * Giulio Calì (1895–1967), Italian actor * Giulio Camillo ( 1480–1544), Italian philosopher * Giulio Campagnola ( 1482–1515), Italian painter * Giulio Campi (1500–1572), Italian painter and architect * Giulio Cappelli (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Collo
Alberto Collo (6 May 1883 – 7 May 1955) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred and thirty films during his career, mostly during the silent era. During the 1910s he starred in several films directed by Baldassarre Negroni.Moliterno p.219 Selected filmography * ''Broken Idol'' (1913) * '' The Lady of the Camellias'' (1915) * '' The Shadow of Her Past'' (1915) * ''Tortured Soul'' (1919) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew ''Maciste's American Nephew'' (Italian: ''Maciste e il nipote d'America'') is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Diomira Jacobini and Alberto Collo. It was part of the long-runnin ...'' (1924) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * '' Maciste in the Lion's Cage'' (1926) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Shipwrecked'' (1939) * '' William Tell'' (1949) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Donadio
Giulio Donadio (5 July 1889 – 15 June 1951) was an Italian actor and film director. Donadio appeared in over forty films between 1912 and 1947, including the historical melodrama ''Red Passport'' (1935).Landy p.155 He also directed several films during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' The Danube Boatman'' (1914) * ''The Bandit of Port Avon'' (1914) * '' Full Speed'' (1934) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Red Passport'' (1935) * ''A Woman Between Two Worlds'' (1936) * ''The Anonymous Roylott'' (1936) * '' Manon Lescaut'' (1940) * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) * '' Inspector Vargas'' (1940) * '' The Happy Ghost'' (1941) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1941) * ''L'attore scomparso'' (1941) * '' The Prisoner of Santa Cruz'' (1941) * ''Labbra serrate ''Labbra serrate'' is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Annette Bach. Cast * Annette Bach - La contessa Lydia Lamsky * Andrea Checchi - Carlo Massani * Fosco Giachetti - Ruggero D'Anzi * Vera Carmi - An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
