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A Noose For Django
''A Noose for Django'' (, also known as ''No Room to Die'' and ''Hanging for Django'') is a 1969 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Westerns at the 64th Venice International Film Festival The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra .... Plot summary A pair of bounty hunters team up to hunt down an outlaw gang that has been sneaking illegal immigrants over the border to sell as slaves. Cast References External links * * 1969 films 1960s Italian-language films Spaghetti Western films 1969 Western (genre) films Cockfighting in film 1960s Italian films Django films {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Garrone
Sergio Garrone (15 April 1925 – 12 July 2023) was an Italian director, screenwriter and film producer. Life and career Born in Rome, the brother of the actor Riccardo, Garrone began his career in 1948 working as assistant director, documentary filmmaker, and production assistant. In 1953, he abandoned the cinema industry, but in 1965 he resurfaced as a producer of low-budget genre films. Starting from 1968, Garrone was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in the Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ... genre. He was usually credited as Willy S. Regan. Garrone died in July 2023, at the age of 98. Selected filmography ;Director and screenwriter * '' A Noose for Django'' (1969) * '' Django the Bastard'' (1969) *'' La colomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Steffen
Anthony Steffen, born Antonio Luiz de Teffé von Hoonholtz (July 21, 1930 – June 4, 2004), was an Italian-Brazilian character actor, screenwriter and film producer. Steffen achieved fame as a leading man in Spaghetti Western features. He was also known as Antonio Luigi de Teffe. Biography Born Antonio Luiz de Teffé von Hoonholtz at the Brazilian embassy in Rome, in the Pamphilj Palace, his family had noble blood of a long lineage of Count (von Hoonholtz) originally from Prussia; his great grandfather was the Great Baron of Teffé. Steffen was the first born among Manoel de Teffe' von Hoonholtz's children (followed by Federico de Teffe' and Melissa de Teffe'), who was a Formula One racing champion and later a Brazilian Ambassador. Steffen's great-aunt was Nair de Teffé von Hoonholtz, the first female caricaturist of Brazil, wife of Brazilian President Hermes Fonseca and daughter of the Admiral Antonio Luis von Hoonholtz. While still a teenager Steffen, then known as Antoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaghetti Western
The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were Cinema of Italy, produced and directed by Italians. The majority of the films in the spaghetti Western genre were international Co-production (media), co-productions by Italy and Spain, and sometimes France, West Germany, Britain, Portugal, Greece, Yugoslavia, and the United States. Over six hundred European Westerns were made between 1960 and 1978, including nearly five hundred in Italy, which dominated the market. Most spaghetti Westerns filmed between 1964 and 1978 were made on low budgets, and shot at Cinecittà, Cinecittà Studios and various locations around southern Italy and Spain. Leone's films and other core spaghetti Westerns are often described as having eschewed, criticized or even "demythologized" many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64th Venice International Film Festival
The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra Angiolini was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Lust, Caution, ''Lust, Caution'' by Ang Lee, marking his second win after Brokeback Mountain, ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005). American filmmaker Tim Burton received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the festival. Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War. The festival opened with ''Atonement (2007 film), Atonement'' by Joe Wright, and the closed with ''Blood Brothers (2007 Chinese film), Blood Brothers'' by Alexi Tan. Juries Main Competition (''Venezia 64'') *Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker, producer and actor - J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Piccolo
is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original ''small'' format. History and profile was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881. He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the paper. Mayer and other people who were instrumental in the establishment of the paper were right-wing pro-Italians. Mayer supported the idea that Trieste was part of Italy. One of its contributors was Carolina Luzzatto who was a supporter of this view. ceased publication at the beginning of World War I and was relaunched in 1919. Following the beginning of the Fascist rule in Italy the paper declared its adherence to the Fascist ideology in 1923. Until the end of World War II the paper was edited by those with fascist political leaning. is based in Trieste and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA which has been a subsidiary of Gruppo Espresso since 1998. Local editions for the towns of Monfalcone and Gorizia and for the region of Istria Istria ( ; Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berger (actor)
William Berger, also known as Bill Berger and Wilhelm Berger, born Wilhelm Thomas Berger (June 20, 1928 – October 2, 1993) was an American actor, mostly associated with Euro and spaghetti Westerns. Biography Career A former roommate of Keith Richards, his earliest work was in Broadway theatre, but while visiting Italy, he was cast in his first Western, ''Break Up'', in 1965. A series of Westerns followed, including '' Faccia a faccia'' (1967), '' Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!'' (1968), '' If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (1968), '' Sabata'' (1969), and '' Keoma'' (1975). He also starred in the horror films '' Five Dolls for an August Moon'', '' My Dear Killer'', '' Monster Shark'', and ''The Murder Clinic''. Berger was heavily into drug experimentation, which frequent co-star Brett Halsey said sometimes interfered with filming, recounting one incident where they were shooting a scene on horseback and without warning Berger leant forwards and slid off his horse. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli. Life and career The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the political philosopher and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'', she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years. Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in '' A Question of Honour'', and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's '' Navajo Joe''. Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Brega
Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at and well over at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. Biography Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western movies: ''A Fistful of Dollars'', as Chico; ''For a Few Dollars More'', as Niño; ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' as Corporal Wallace; and also as a gangster in ''Once Upon a Time in America''. He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns, including ''Death Rides a Horse'', '' The Great Silence'', and '' My Name is Nobody''. Later in his career he had comical roles w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Garrone (actor)
Riccardo Garrone (1 November 1926 – 14 March 2016) was an Italian actor and dubber. Biography Garrone began his acting career in 1949 and attended the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1949 until his retirement in 2014. He made his debut in the film ''Adam and Eve (1949 film), Adam and Eve'' directed by Mario Mattoli. He also worked in several theatre productions alongside other actors such as Vittorio Gassman, Diana Torrieri and Elena Zareschi. Garrone often portrayed characters with persuasive, polite personalities in a variety of B movie comedies, spaghetti-westerns and horrors. In the 1980s, he made frequent stage collaborations with Antonella Steni and he made more appearances on television. One of his most popular television roles was on ''Un medico in famiglia'' in which he portrayed Nicola Solari. He also had a recurring role on ''Amico mio'' starring Massimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariangela Giordano
Mariangela Giordano (2 August 1937 – 16 July 2011) was an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Dolcedo, Italy as Maria Angela Giordano, the daughter of a journalist, Giordano was elected Miss Liguria in 1954. Then she almost immediately started an intense film career, mainly appearing in genre films in which she was sometimes credited as Mary Jordan. She is known to cult horror movie fans for her starring roles in ''Giallo in Venice'', ''Patrick Lives Again'', ''The Devil's Daughter'', ''Satan's Baby Doll'', ''Burial Ground'' and ''Killer Barbys''. Since the 1980s, Giordano focused her career on television, appearing in the TV series ''Skipper'' and '' I ragazzi del muretto'', among others. She died in Dolcedo on 16 July 2011. Selected filmography * ''Il falco d'oro'' (1955) - Seconda domestica * ''Cortile'' (1955) - The Girl asking Gargiulo for a Lift (uncredited) * ''Dramma nel porto'' (1955) * ''Da qui all'eredità'' (1955) * ''La banda degli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Films
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''Midnight Cowboy'', a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. United Artists will celebrated their 50th anniversary. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer *February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36. * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London. * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut ('' Me, Natalie''). * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Italian-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
