Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also called ''Scarpelli'', was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous
Commedia all'italiana
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films with
Agenore Incrocci
Agenore Incrocci (4 July 1919 – 15 November 2005), best known as Age, was an Italian screenwriter, considered one of the fathers of the ''commedia all'italiana'' as one of the two members of the duo Age & Scarpelli, together with Furio Scarpell ...
, forming the duo
Age & Scarpelli
Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the script for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies.
The duo start ...
.Obituary ''
New York Times
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'', 1 May 2010; page D8.
He was the son of journalist Filiberto Scarpelli. During his childhood he devoted himself to writing and drawing. During
World War II
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, he started to work as an illustrator for satire magazines, together with Federico Fellini and Ettore Scola, and he met
Agenore Incrocci
Agenore Incrocci (4 July 1919 – 15 November 2005), best known as Age, was an Italian screenwriter, considered one of the fathers of the ''commedia all'italiana'' as one of the two members of the duo Age & Scarpelli, together with Furio Scarpell ...
, better known as "Age".
Furio was born and died in Rome, Italy.
In 1949, he started his famous collaboration with Age as the duo
Age & Scarpelli
Age & Scarpelli () is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci (1914–2005) and Furio Scarpelli (1919–2010). Together, they wrote the script for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies.
The duo start ...
, writing some of the first
Totò
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...
successes until 1952.
Together with Age, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such as Sergio Leone's ''
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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'' and Mario Monicelli's '' I soliti ignoti''. After closing his relationship with Age, he wrote several movies with Ettore Scola, and the first works of directors such as
Francesca Archibugi
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Life and career
Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started t ...
and
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...
. His third Nomination to Oscar was for '' Il Postino: The Postman'', written with his son Giacomo. He also taught at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
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The centre is the oldest film school in ...
. The film '' Tormenti'' (2011), adapted from his graphic novel, was released shortly after his death.
Awards
* Leone d’Oro per il film ''La grande guerra'' (1959)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''I soliti ignoti'' (1959)
* Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il film ''I Compagni'' (1964)
* Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il film ''Casanova '70'' (1965)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''Sedotta e abbandonata'' (1965)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''Signore e signori'' (1967)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''C'eravamo tanto amati'' (1975)
* David di Donatello per il film ''Romanzo popolare'' (1975)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''La Terrazza'' (1980)
* Premio Cannes per la sceneggiatura de ''La Terrazza'' (1980)
* Premio Flaiano - Pegaso d'Oro alla carriera (1980)
* Ciak d'Oro per il film ''La Famiglia'' (1986)
* Nastro d'Argento per il film ''La Famiglia'' (1987)
* David di Donatello per il film ''La Famiglia'' (1987)
* Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il film ''Il Postino'' (1995)
* Nomination della British Academy of Film and Television Arts per il film ''Il Postino'' (1995)
* David di Donatello per il film ''Celluloide'' (1996)
* Globo d'Oro per il film ''Celluloide'' (1996)
* Ciak d'Oro per il film ''Testimone a rischio'' (1997)
* Grolla d'Oro per il film ''La Cena'' (1999)
* Nomination della European Film Awards per il film "Concorrenza Sleale'' (2001)
* Premio Flaiano - Pegaso d'Oro per il film ''Concorrenza Sleale'' (2001)
* Premio Elsa Morante ragazzi per ''Opopomoz'' (2004)
* Grolla d'Oro per il film ''La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo'' (2006)
* Premio Flaiano - Pegaso d'Oro per il film ''La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo'' (2006)
Stefania Sandrelli
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Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...
Enzo D'Alò
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Life and career
Born in Naples, D'Alò moved to Turin in 1979 and there he started his career as animator working with the group "La Lanterna Magica". In 1983 he debuted ...
Maurizio Zaccaro
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Biography
Maurizio Zaccaro was born in Milan. After ending his study at the Milan Film School (1977) he took on wor ...
(1998) (TV)
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Ovosodo
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Cast
* Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...
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Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...
Porzûs
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Renzo Martinelli
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Selected filmography
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Italian film directors
People_from ...
Carlo Lizzani
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Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
(1995)
* ''
Il postino
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Michael Radford
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Paolo Poeti
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People with the given name Paolo
Art
* Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter
*Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...
Carlo Lizzani
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Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
Briganti
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Tempo di uccidere
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Giuliano Montaldo
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Biography
While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in the film '' Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951). ...
Soldati - 365 all'alba
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Marco Risi
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Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aband ...
Figlio mio infinitamente caro
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Plot
Cast
*Ben Gazzara as ...
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Valentino Orsini
Valentino Orsini (19 January 1927 in Pisa – 26 January 2001 in Cerveteri) was an Italian film director.
After his first interests to arts (he had been sculptor, stage designer, cinema critic, cineclub animator) in his hometown, in 1954 Va ...
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''.
Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
Marco Risi
Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer.
Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aband ...
(1984)
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Cuori nella tormenta
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Plot
Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook; they become great f ...
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Enrico Oldoini
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Born in La Spezia, in 1966 Enrico Oldoini started attending the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome, without graduating. From 1972, he then worked as a ...
Alberto Sordi
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Early life
Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...
Giulio Paradisi
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Paradisi enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and immediately after the graduation he made his acting debut w ...
(1982)
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Nudo di donna
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Nino Manfredi
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He was one of the most prominent Italian a ...
(1981)
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Camera d'albergo
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Cast
* Vitto ...
Bryan Forbes
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Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
,
Gene Wilder
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Mauro Bolognini
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Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...
,
Luciano Salce
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,
Alberto Sordi
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Early life
Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...
Basta che non si sappia in giro
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In a triptych of events (the first directed by Loy, the second ...
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Nanni Loy
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Biography
Lo ...
,
Luigi Magni
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with '' Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated w ...
,
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) ''The Guardian'' was an Italian
Luigi Comencini
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,
Nanni Loy
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Biography
Lo ...
,
Luigi Magni
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with '' Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated w ...
Luigi Comencini
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(1975)
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C'eravamo tanto amati
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Carlo Di Palma
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Early life
Carlo Di Palma ...
Vittorio Gassman
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He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...
(1972)
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In nome del popolo italiano
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Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''.
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FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
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Nanni Loy
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Biography
Lo ...
Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?
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Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
Mauro Bolognini
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Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Pino Zac
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Biography
Born in Trapani, Sicily, Zac spent his childhood in Pratola Peligna, Abruzzo and eventually moved to R ...
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''.
Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
(1967)
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Le streghe
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Mauro Bolognini
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Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...
,
Vittorio De Sica
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Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...
,
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Luchino Visconti
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Luigi Filippo D'Amico
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Sele ...
,
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 Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
,
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''.
Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
(1966)
* ''
L'armata Brancaleone
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Signore & signori
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The anthology film is a sex comedy that presents three storylin ...
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 Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
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Sele ...
(1964)
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Sedotta e abbandonata
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Plot
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent quarry owner Vinc ...
I mostri
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The film was a huge success in Italy. It was censored in Spain. ...
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Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
Elio Petri
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Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
Guy Hamilton
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Hamilton was born in Paris on 16 September 1922, w ...
Luigi Comencini
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(1960)
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Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
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It is the ...
'', regia di
Nanni Loy
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Biography
Lo ...
Dino Risi
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Biography
Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
(1960)
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Risate di gioia
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Plot
Two friends (Toto and Magnani) live by their wits working as comedians and cabaret at Cinecittà, ...
Mario Soldati
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Pietro Francisci
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Carmine Gallone
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Luciano Emmer
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He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Serg ...
Camillo Mastrocinque
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(1956)
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Peccato di castità
''Peccato di castità'' (Italian for "Sin of chastity") is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Plot
Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip. Because of a promise, Valentina has to resort to any t ...
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Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.
Life and career
Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came ...
Racconti romani
''Racconti romani'' (''Roman Tales'') is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author, Alberto Moravia. Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper, '' Il Corriere della Sera'', they were published as a collectio ...
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Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.
Life and career
Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came ...
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Luigi Filippo D'Amico (9 October 1924 – 28 April 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1974 film ''Il domestico'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Sele ...
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
(1955) (non accreditato)
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Le signorine dello 04
''Le signorine dello 04'' (''The ladies of the 04'') is a 1955 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Cast
*Antonella Lualdi: Maria Teresa Landolfi
* Antonio Cifariello: Amleto
*Giovanna Ralli: Bruna
*Roberto Risso ...
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Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.
Life and career
Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came ...
Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a publisher of primarily classical music and opera. Its classical repertoire represents one of the important sources in the world through its publishing of the work of the major 19th-century Italian composers such as Gioachino Ro ...
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Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
Edoardo Anton
Edoardo Anton (7 January 1910 - 11 May 1986) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Background
Born in Rome as Edoardo Antonelli, Anton was the son of the playwright and journalist Luigi Antonelli. He entered the cinema industry in mid ...
(1954)
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Symphony of Love
''Symphony of Love'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia d'amore'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama musical film directed by Glauco Pellegrini and starring Claude Laydu, Marina Vlady and Lucia Bosé. It is a biopic portraying the life of the compos ...
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese or Villa Borghese Pinciana ('Borghese family{{!Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill') is the villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio (and, after his death, finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio), developing sketches by Scip ...
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Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...
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Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.
Life and career
Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came ...
Guido Brignone
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone.
Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian ...
Napoletani a Milano
''Napoletani a Milano'' (internationally released as ''Neapolitans in Milan'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It entered the competition at the 14th Venice International Film Festival. In 2008 the film was selected to ...
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Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...
(1953)
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Saluti e baci
''Saluti e baci'' is a Franco-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwrit ...
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business stud ...
(1953)
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The Enchanting Enemy
''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275
The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...
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Claudio Gora
Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director.
He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s ...
(1953)
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What Scoundrels Men Are!
''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' ( it, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!) is a 1932 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini.
The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song ''Parlami d'amore Mari ...
I tre corsari
''The Three Pirates'' (Italian: ''I tre corsari'') is a 1952 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Soldati. It is based on a novel by Emilio Salgari.
Cast
* Ettore Manni: Il Corsaro Nero - Enrico di Ventimiglia
* Marc Lawrence: Van Gould ...
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Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, su ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...
(1952)
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Totò a colori
''Toto in Color'' (Italian: ''Totò a colori'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film, and was the first Italian color film shot with the Ferraniacolor system. The film was directed by Steno and starred the comic actor Totò.
Plot
Antonio Scannagatti is ...
Totò e le donne
''Toto and the Women'' ( it, Totò e le donne) is a 1952 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.
Plot
The cloth retailer Philip (Totò) is no longer able to stand his possessive and tyrannical wife (Ave Ninchi) who claims a higher ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, su ...
Giorgio Pastina
Giorgio Pastina (1905–1956) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He directed '' Henry IV'', a 1943 film version of Luigi Pirandello's '' Henry IV''.Anile, Alberto, '' Orson Welles in Italy'' (Indiana University Press, 2013), p. 94
S ...
(1951)
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Totò terzo uomo
''Toto the Third Man'' ( it, Totò terzo uomo) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.
Plot
In a small village Peter and Paul (both starring Toto), twin brothers of opposite characters, Peter, mayor of the ...
Marino Girolami
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.
Biography
Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. ...
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Marcello Marchesi
Marcello Marchesi (; 4 April 1912 – 19 July 1978) was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 60 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in ...
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Vittorio Metz
Vittorio Metz (18 July 1904 – 1 March 1984) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1939 and 1977.
Selected filmography
* '' Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939)
* '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi ...
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business stud ...
Vittorio Metz
Vittorio Metz (18 July 1904 – 1 March 1984) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 110 films between 1939 and 1977.
Selected filmography
* '' Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939)
* '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi ...
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Marcello Marchesi
Marcello Marchesi (; 4 April 1912 – 19 July 1978) was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 60 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in ...
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 Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
(1951)
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Toto the Sheik
''Toto the Sheik'' ( it, Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Curti p.145 It is a parody of desert films such as '' The Son of the Sheik'' and ''Siren of Atlantis''.
Plot
Antonio is the hum ...
Totò Tarzan
''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
47 morto che parla
''47 morto che parla'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The film stars Totò and Silvana Pampanini.
Plot
The story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy and cruel ...
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Toto Looks for a Wife
''Toto Looks for a Wife'' (Italian: ''Totò cerca moglie'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Ave Ninchi and Marisa Merlini.Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 20 ...
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
Giorgio Ferroni
Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 1981) was an Italian film director.
Life and career
Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908. Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II
World War ...