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A Common Sense Of Modesty
''A Common Sense of Modesty'' (Italian: ''Il comune senso del pudore'') is a 1976 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Alberto Sordi and starring Sordi, Claudia Cardinale and Philippe Noiret. Plot The film consists of four segments. The plot centers on the changes in morality that involved Italian society in the 1970s, mainly focusing on the widespread circulation of erotic movies and magazines. First segment A mature worker, Giacinto, decides to celebrate his silver wedding anniversary bringing his wife Erminia to the cinema after a long time. Wandering around Rome, they innocently fall into a number of erotic movies. The couple is initially shocked, but soon start to be somehow fascinated by the sexual content. Second segment Ottavio Caramessa, a small-town teacher and writer, is hired as a director by a pornographic magazine, jumping suddenly from rags to riches with the help of his extrovert typist, Loredana. He is soon arrested but has no regrets, being certain to fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter. Sordi is considered one of the most important actors in the history of Italian cinema and one of the best in commedia all'italiana. Together with Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi he formed a quartet that starred in the most popular movies of this genre. His trio with Aldo Fabrizi and Anna Magnani was one of the most prominent in the Rome, Roman cinema. Sordi established himself as an icon from a career that spanned seven decades of Italian cinema with his skills in comedy and light drama. He started as a voice actor and a theater actor, but eventually grew to fame as a comedian. In the 1960s, he started interpreting complex dramatic characters, as well as directing his own films: his credits as a director include 19 movies. Sordi won five Nastro d'argento, ten David di Donatello, a Golden Globe, a Golden Lion for Lifetime A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franca Scagnetti
Franca Scagnetti (17 May 1924 – 1 November 1999) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1969 and 1999. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Ehi amigo, sei morto!'' (1970) - Nathaniel's Wife (uncredited) * ''Trastevere'' (1971) - Andrea's wife * '' I due assi del guantone'' (1971) - Mother of a Boxer (uncredited) * '' In the Name of the Italian People'' (1971) - Porter * ''Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria'' (1971) - Woman Looking for Judge Stammati (uncredited) * ''Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto'' (1972) - Woman in Hospital (uncredited) * '' Il sindacalista'' (1972) - Worker (uncredited) * ''Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino'' (1972) - Villager (uncredited) * ''Crime Boss'' (1972) - Don Faiena's Maid (uncredited) * ''Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma'' (1972) - (uncredited) * '' Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972) - Maid (uncredited) * '' The Scientific Cardplayer'' (1972) - Pasqualina * ''Meo Patacca'' (1972) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Il Fenomeno
Luigi Origene Soffrano, better known by his stage name Jimmy il Fenomeno (22 April 1932 – 6 August 2018) was an Italian actor who played supporting roles within the Italian cinema. Biography Born in Lucera, Jimmy il Fenomeno began his acting career in 1957 starring in the film '' Legs of Gold'' starring Totò which was released a year later. He landed the role after an audition with the film production company Titanus. An actor spanning nearly 50 years, Jimmy il Fenomeno participated in over 150 films usually playing minor or supporting roles in a commedia sexy all'italiana. He suffered from strabismus, which contributed greatly to his comedic roles as well as his odd laugh exposure. In the 1980s, Jimmy il Fenomeno explored a career in television, He appeared in the successful Italian television program '' Drive In'' directed by Giancarlo Nicotra and Beppe Ricchia. By the 1990s, there was a decline in his career due to serious health issues. He eventually needed to use a wheelc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Cicogna
''Contessa'' Marina Cicogna Mozzoni Volpi di Misurata (29 May 1934 – 4 November 2023) was an Italian film producer and photographer. She produced the film '' Belle de Jour'', which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1967. Early life and education Marina Cicogna was born in 1934 in Rome, and grew up in Milan, Venice, and Cortina. She was the daughter of Countess Annamaria Volpi di Misurata and Count Cesare Cicogna Mozzoni, a banker. Her mother owned Euro International Films, which she later handed control over to Marina and her brother Bino Cicogna. Cicogna's maternal grandfather was Giuseppe Volpi, an influential figure in Italy's history; one of the country's richest men, he held many government posts through his Fascist party connections and was Italy’s minister of finance in Mussolini's government. He founded the Venice Film Festival. Cicogna attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, staying less than a year. While there, she befriended Barbar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Gregoretti
Ugo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019) was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career. Biography Born in Rome, Gregoretti entered RAI in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director. In 1960 he won the Premio Italia Award for tv documentary ''La Sicilia del Gattopardo''. In 1962 he made his first movie: the comedy-drama ''I nuovi angeli''. Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and opera representations. His activity as director was mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire. He was president of Teatro Stabile di Torino, the Turin Permanent Theatre, 1980 thru 1989, and in 1995 he was appointed president of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In 2010 he was awarded with a special Lifetime Nastro d'Argento for his career. Filmography * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Brancia
Armando Brancia (9 September 1917 – 20 June 1997) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Brancia started his acting career at a mature age playing some minor roles in several RAI TV-series. His breakout came in 1973, with the role of Aurelio Biondi in Federico Fellini's '' Amarcord''. Following the critical and commercial success of the film, he started an intense career as a character actor working for notable directors including Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian people, Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solin ... and Franco Brusati. He retired in the second half of the 1980s. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brancia, Armando 1917 births 1997 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male television actors M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Furia
Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998. Life and career Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career thanks to Eduardo De Filippo, he had met through an after-school summer job; he made his professional debut on stage in 1945, in De Filippo's "Napoli milionaria". He made his film debut three years later, in Mario Mattoli's '' Assunta Spina''; mainly cast in character roles, he was often a sidekick of Totò, notably landing a major role in '' The Band of Honest Men''. His credits include films directed by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini and Francesco Rosi. In 1997 Furia released an autobiography written in collaboration with Michele Avitabile, ''Le maggiorate, il principe e l'ultimo degli onesti''. He died on 5 June 2015, aged 90. Selected filmography * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) – Tittariello * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Marignano
Renzo Marignano (26 March 1923 – 25 November 1987), sometimes credited as Renzo Marignani, was an Italian actor and film director. Born in Genoa, after World War II Marignano was one of the founders of ''Cimofilm'', a production company specialized in documentaries, some of which he also directed. In 1958 he moved to Rome where he started a career as character actor, appearing in a large number of films. He also was assistant director for several films by Pietro Germi and Mario Monicelli. Selected filmography * '' Divorce Italian Style'' (1961) as politician * '' La vita agra'' (1964) as Swiss man (uncredited) * ''Countersex'' (1964) as Corrado Fracassi (segment "Cocaina di domenica"; uncredited) * '' Made in Italy'' (1965) as the snob (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1") * '' Pleasant Nights'' (1966) as friend of Luca * '' Fantabulous Inc.'' (1967) as the director of commercial * '' Caprice Italian Style'' (1968) as the car driver (segment "Perche") / principe consorte ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Warbeck
David Warbeck (born David Mitchell; 17 November 1941 – 23 July 1997) was a New Zealand actor and model best known for his roles in European exploitation and horror films. A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Warbeck became involved in local theatre there, which led to him receiving a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1965. After attending for four terms, Warbeck dropped out and began working as a model. He made his feature film debut in John Hough's '' Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood'' (1969), reuniting with the director again for 1971's '' Twins of Evil''. Throughout the 1970s, Warbeck appeared in numerous international exploitation films, including '' A Fistful of Dynamite'' (1971) and '' Black Snake'' (1974), which established him as a niche action film star. In 1981, Warbeck starred in two films for Italian horror director Lucio Fulci: '' The Black Cat'' and '' The Beyond''. He went on to appear in several independent and exploita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmar Lassander
Dagmar Lassander (born as Dagmar Regine Hager on 16 June 1943) is a German actress. The character of Lassander Dagmar in the Italian-influenced 2015 horror film '' We Are Still Here'' is named after her. Early life and career She was born in Prague to a French father and Chilean-German mother, and began her career as a costume designer in the Berlin Opera. Her first role was in 1966 in '' Sperrbezirk'' by Will Tremper. Starting from 1969, she began to work regularly, especially in Italian crime, horror, and erotic movies. Her first non-erotic film was '' Hatchet for the Honeymoon''. Her experience making the film was unpleasant: the producers required her to lose 25 pounds before filming, script revisions sidelined her character in order to give a larger role to co-star Laura Betti (who Lassander has said was "extremely rude" to her on the set), and because she only spoke German and a little English at the time, communication with the director was difficult. Lassander later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino Colizzi
Giuseppe "Pino" Colizzi (born 12 November 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome, Colizzi started his career on stage at 17 years old, then he graduated at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and in 1960 he got his first major role, playing the title character in an Italian TV adaptation of ''Tom Jones''. His career became more intense between the 1970s and the early 1980s, when he starred in a number of successful TV-series and genre films. In 1977 he was cast as Jobab in Franco Zeffirelli's TV series ''Jesus of Nazareth'', also dubbing the main character, portrayed by Robert Powell, in the Italian version. Since the 1980s, Colizzi focused on his activities as a voice actor and dubbing director.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . He became a successful voice dubbing artist, having regularly dubbed over the voices of Jack Nicholson, James Caan, Richard Dreyfuss, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giò Stajano
Countess Maria Gioacchina Stajano Starace Briganti di Panico, known simply as Giò Stajano (1931–2011), was an Italian socialite, writer, journalist, actress, and painter. In the 1960s, before her transition and gender reassignment surgery (1983), she was known as one of the first publicly out gay men in Italy. It is said that her night swim in the Barcaccia Fountain inspired Federico Fellini's scene featuring Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain in ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960). Life Early life Giò Stajano was born 11 December 1931 in a small village in Salento, Sannicola, in the Kingdom of Italy under Fascism. Her father was Count Riccardo Stajano Briganti di Panico, and her mother was Fanny Starace, the only daughter of a fascist gerarca (high official), Achille Starace. At birth her gender was assigned male, and her parents named her Gioacchino Stajano Starace Briganti di Panico, abbreviated to Giò Stajano. As Stajano herself told the story, her grandfather Achille once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
