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2002 In Italian Television
This is a list of Italian television-related events from 2002. Events *4 December – Bruno Cuomo wins the first season of ''Operazione Trionfo''. Debuts Rai * ''L'eredità'': A TV quiz based on the Argentine format ''El legado''. As of 2023, with more than 5000 episodes, it is the longest-running television game show in Italy. Television shows Rai Drama * Resurrection (2001 film), Resurrection, by the Taviani brothers, Taviani Brothers, with Silvia Rocca and Timothy Peach, based on Lev Tolstoj's Resurrection (Tolstoy novel), novel; 2 episodes. * Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano, Perlasca un eroe italiano ("An Italian hero") – by Alberto Negrin, with Luca Zingaretti in the Giorgio Perlasca, title role, Amanda Sandrelli and Giuliana Lojodice, music by Ennio Morricone; 2 episodes. * The Apocalypse (2000 film), The apocalypse – by Raffaele Mertes, with Richard Harris (John the Evangelist, St. John the Evangelist), Vittoria Belvedere, Vittoria Bevlvedere and Paolo Villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaele Mertes
Raffaele Mertes (born 1959) is an Italian film director. He began as a cinematographer, with his first work being on the 1982 film ''Un gusto molto particolare''. His first film as director was the made-for-TV biblical film ''Esther (1999 film), Ester'' in 1998. Filmography * ''Esther (1999 film), Esther'' (1999) * ''Joseph of Nazareth (film), Joseph of Nazareth'' (''Giuseppe di Nazareth'', 2000) * ''Mary Magdalene'' (''Maria Maddalena'', 2000) * ''The Apocalypse (2000 film), The Apocalypse'' (''San Giovanni - L'apocalisse'', 2000) * ''Judas (2001 film), Judas'' (''Giuda'', 2001) * ''Thomas'' (''Tommaso'', 2001) References Further reading * External links * Italian cinematographers Italian film directors 1959 births Living people {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmospheric pressure is a few thousandths of Earth's, atmospheric temperature ranges from and cosmic radiation is high. Mars retains some water, in the ground as well as thinly in the atmosphere, forming cirrus clouds, frost, larger polar regions of permafrost and ice caps (with seasonal snow), but no liquid surface water. Its surface gravity is roughly a third of Earth's or double that of the Moon. It is half as wide as Earth or twice the Moon, with a diameter of , and has a surface area the size of all the dry land of Earth. Fine dust is prevalent across the surface and the atmosphere, being picked up and spread at the low Martian gravity even by the weak wind of the tenuous atmosphere. The terrain of Mars roughly follows a north-south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Guzzanti
Caterina Guzzanti (born 5 June 1976) is an Italian satirist and actress. She is best known for her role in the celebrated television series "Boris". Biography She is the daughter of former Member of Parliament Paolo Guzzanti, and the sister of Sabina and Corrado Guzzanti, both also skilled satirists and occasional collaborators. Career She debuted in 1997 in the '' Pippo Chennedy Show'', created and hosted by her brother Corrado Guzzanti. From 2007 to 2010, she starred in the three seasons of the TV series '' Boris''. In 2012, she participated in the program ''Un due tre stella'', hosted by her sister Sabina Guzzanti, where she played for the first time the character of Vichi, a parody of a militant girl of the far-right movement CasaPound. In November 2013, she came back to work with Stefano Bollani in the final episode of the second season of the TV show ''Sostiene Bollani'', on the Sunday late night on RAI 3. Since March 2013, she led the MT show ''La prova dell'otto''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Marzocca
Marco Marzocca (born 14 September 1962) is an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome, Marzocca worked as a pharmacist until 1994, when he began working as a sidekick of the comedian Corrado Guzzanti in a series of stage and television shows. During the TV show ''Il caso Scrafoglia'' he created Ariel, a comic caricature of a bizarre Filipino domestic worker, a character he later reprised in a series of television variety shows including Rai 2's ''Bulldozer'' and Canale 5 Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a ...'s ''Zelig''. He is also well known for the role of the policeman Ugo Lombardi in the crime TV-series '' Distretto di Polizia'', of which he was in the main cast for all the 11 seasons. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrado Guzzanti
Corrado Guzzanti (born 17 May 1965) is an Italian satire, satirical actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and impersonator. He has become famous both for his impersonations of Italian personalities (politicians, journalists, entertainment and television celebrities), and for playing his own characters inspired by contemporary society. He is the director of the film ''Fascisti su Marte'' (''Fascists on Mars'', 2006 in film, 2006). In 2010 he received the "Forte dei Marmi Political Satire Award". He has been described as a genius of satirical comedy, "the most interesting satirical author and actor today", and "among the comedians best loved by the Italian public". Biography Early life and education Born in Rome, he is the son of journalist and Senator Paolo Guzzanti, great-nephew of former Minister of Health Elio Guzzanti, and brother of Sabina Guzzanti, Sabina and Caterina Guzzanti, Caterina, both also satirical actresses and occasional collaborators. He is an atheist. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto II Of Italy
Umberto II (; 15 September 190418 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the ''de facto'' head of state since 1944. Due to his short reign, he was nicknamed the May King (). Umberto was the third child and only son among the five children of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As heir apparent to the throne, he received a customary military education and pursued a military career afterwards. In 1940, he commanded an army group during the brief Italian invasion of France shortly before the French capitulation. In 1942, he was promoted to Marshal of Italy but was otherwise inactive as an army commander during much of the Second World War. Umberto turned against the war following Italian defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein, and tacitly supported the ouster of Benito Mussolini. In 1944, Victor Emmanuel, compromised by his association with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Molinari
Alberto Molinari (born Rome, 14 April 1965) is an Italian actor, producer, and director, mainly of documentary films. He made his debut in the 1988 film '' Un bel dì vedremo''. Filmography As actor Films * '' Il cuore di mamma'', directed by Gioia Benelli (1988) * '' Un bel di' vedremo'', directed by Vito Zagarrio (1988) * '' Non è romantico?'', directed by Giovanna Sonnino (1991) * '' Volevamo essere gli U2'', directed by Andrea Barzini (1992) * '' Ritorno a Parigi'', directed by Maurizio Rasio (1994) * '' Cuore cattivo'', directed by Umberto Marino (1995) * '' Cronaca di un amore violato'', directed by Giacomo Battiato (1996) * '' Con rabbia e con amore'', directed by Alfredo Angeli (1997) * '' Il bagno turco'', directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (1997) * '' Simpatici & antipatici'', directed by Christian De Sica (1998) * '' L'appuntamento'', directed by Veronica Bilbao La Vieja (2001) * '' La verità vi prego sull'amore'', directed by Francesco Apolloni (2001) Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-José Of Belgium
Marie-José of Belgium (Marie-José Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle; 4 August 1906 – 27 January 2001) was the last List of Italian queens, Queen of Italy. Her 34-day tenure as queen consort earned her the nickname "the May Queen" (). Early life Princess Marie-José was born in Ostend, the youngest child of Albert I of Belgium, King Albert I of the Belgians and his consort, Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876–1965), Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. Through her mother she was a grandniece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and of Maria Sophie of Bavaria, last queen consort of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. During the First World War, she was evacuated to England where she was a boarding school, boarding pupil at the Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School in Brentwood, Essex. She later attended the Istituto Statale della Santissima Annunziata, Santissima Annunziata Boarding School in Florence, Italy, where she first met her future husband. In 1924, Marie-José attended her firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Bobuľová
Barbora Bobuľová (born 29 April 1974) is a Slovak-born Italian actress. She has lived and worked mainly in Italy since 1995. Life and work Born in Martin, Bobuľová trained at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995. She made her feature film debut in the Italian film '' The Prince von Homburg'', that was selected to represent Italy at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. For her work in the 2005 film '' Sacred Heart'', she won Best Actress Awards at the David di Donatello awards, the Ciak d'oro awards and Audience Award for Best Actress at the Flaiano Film Festival in Pescara. In 2006 she received the Nastro Europeo at the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) awards from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Bobuľová's additional film credits include '' The Vanity Serum'', ''Check and Mate'', '' Mirka'', ''Poor Liza'', '' That's It'' and ''Green Ashes''. American television audiences know Bobuľová from her starring role i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero'', Alberto Lattuada's '' The Mill on the Po'' (both 1948), and Giuseppe De Santis' '' Bitter Rice'' (1949), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story. After directing documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama '' Attention! Bandits!'' (1951). Respected for his awarded drama '' Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as '' The Violent Four'' (1968) and '' Crazy Joe'' (1974) or crime-comedy '' Roma Bene'' (1971). His film '' Gold of Rome '' (1961) examined events around the final deportation of the Jews of Rome and the Roman roundup, ''grande razzia'', of October 1943. For his 1968 film '' Bandits in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and writer. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi, perhaps the favourite character in Italian comedy. He wrote several books, usually of satirical character. He also acted in dramatic roles, and appeared in several movies. Early life Paolo Villaggio was born in Genoa, to Ettore Villaggio (1905–1992), a surveyor originally from Palermo, and Maria, originally from Venice, a German-language teacher. Paolo had a twin brother, Piero, who taught at the University of Pisa. From there, Villaggio was hired for the TV programme ''Quelli della domenica'' (The Sunday guys), in which Fantozzi made his first appearance, introduced his characters, the aggressive "Professor Kranz" and the hypocritical "Giandomenico Fracchia". Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
