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Appassionatamente
''Appassionatamente'' (i.e. "Passionately") is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Myriam Bru. It is loosely based on the drama play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'' by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Adolphe d'Ennery. Cast *Amedeo Nazzari as Andrea Morandi *Myriam Bru as Elena D'Alberti * Andrea Checchi as Antonio * Umberto Melnati as Duprè * Vera Carmi as Paola * Isa Barzizza as Ortensia Duprè * Giorgio De Lullo as Carlo * Antonio Machì as Giacomo *Maria Zanoli as Maria * as Giorgio D'Alberti *Maria Pia Casilio Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in '' Umberto D.'' and '' Un americano a Roma''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 196 ... as Giannina * Enzo Biliotti as The Minister References External links * 1954 films 1954 drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Giacomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Gentilomo
Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter. Biography Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivor and an assistant director. Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with ''Il Carnevale di Venezia''. In 1945 his film ''O sole mio'' got critical acclaim, but later his career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to fulfill his passion for painting. Filmography * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (directed by Nunzio Malasomma, 1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1935) *'' Music in the Square'' (1936) * '' White Amazons'' (1936) * ''Sinfonia di Roma'' (1937, short) * ''Condottieri'' (directed by Luis Trenker, 1937) * '' The Carnival of Venice'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe D'Ennery
Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le fils d'un pair de France'' (1831), a drama which was the first of a series of some two hundred pieces written alone or in collaboration with other dramatists. He died in Paris in 1899. Works Among the best of his works is a play about ''Kaspar Hauser'' (1838) with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois; ''Les Bohémiens de Paris'' (1842) with Eugène Grangé; with Julien de Mallian the play ''Marie-Jeanne, ou la femme du peuple'' (1845), in which Marie Dorval obtained a great success; a drama based on ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1853) with Dumanoir; and '' The Two Orphans'' (1875), perhaps his best piece, with Eugène Cormon. The story was adapted in 1921 by D.W. Griffith as the film ''Orphans of the Storm.'' He wrote the libretto for Gounod's '' Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pia Casilio
Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in '' Umberto D.'' and '' Un americano a Roma''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, usually filling roles as a querulous and naive small-town girl. After her marriage with voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of '' Umberto D.'' Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films. Partial filmography * '' Umberto D.'' (1952) - Maria * '' Half a Century of Song'' (1952) * '' Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) - Una cameriera * ''Terminal Station'' (1953) - Young bride from Abruzzo (uncredited) * ''Il viale della speranza'' (1953) - Concettine * ''Therese Raquin'' (1953) - Georgette, la bonne * '' La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Mariannina * '' Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Paoletta * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) - The Young Girl * ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Zanoli
Maria Zanoli (26 October 1896 – 15 November 1977) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1961. Partial filmography * '' Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri * ''Incontri di notte'' (1943) * ''Zazà'' (1944) * ''Macario contro Zagomar'' (1944) * ''Circo equestre Za-bum'' (1944) - (segment "Galop finale al circo") * ''Giudicatemi!'' (1948) * ''Il sentiero dell'odio'' (1950) * '' Il nido di Falasco'' (1950) * '' Tragic Spell'' (1951) - Witch * ''Quo Vadis'' (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Amo un assassino'' (1951) * '' Barefoot Savage'' (1952) - Cameriera * '' Europa '51'' (1952) - Mrs. Galli * ''Inganno'' (1952) - La padrona della pensione * ''Girls Marked Danger'' (1952) - Fossati's Wife * '' Il romanzo della mia vita'' (1952) - Maddalena Tuttafuoco's Mother (uncredited) * ''Non ho paura di vivere'' (1952) * '' Non è vero... ma ci credo'' (1952) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''Carne inquieta'' (1952) - A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isa Barzizza
Isa Barzizza (born 22 November 1929) is an Italian actress who has appeared in 46 films since 1947. Life and career Early life Born in Sanremo, Barzizza is the daughter of the conductor and composer Pippo Barzizza. Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Isa Barzizza". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. She started working in amateur dramatics at very young age, and she made her professional debut while still being a high school student, notably working with the stage companies led by Ruggero Ruggeri, Elsa Merlini and by the brothers Eduardo, Peppino and Titina De Filippo. Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Isa Barzizza". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Breakout and success Barzizza had her breakout in 1946, when during a visit to her father she was noted by Erminio Macario who chose her for the revue ''Follie d'Amleto''. Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Isa Barzizza". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Diziona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Carmi
Vera Carmi (23 November 1914 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1940 and 1956. She was born in Turin, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Life and career Carmi was born Virginia Doglioli in Turin. After being spotted by the director Ferdinando Maria Poggioli in a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1940, in a supporting role in Poggioli's '' Goodbye Youth'' and in a short time she became one of the most requested actresses in the Telefoni Bianchi genre. After the war she got critical acclaim for a number of dramatic performances, notably Mario Soldati's ''His Young Wife'' and Luciano Emmer's ''Sunday in August''. She was also very active on stage. Gradually cast in less important roles, she eventually retired in the second half of the 1950s. Carmi was the first wife of the football player Aldo Giuseppe Borel. Partial filmography * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1940) - La fidanzata di Giovanni * ''A Husband for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor. Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Moved to Rome, he attended the acting course held by Alessandro Blasetti who gave him a small role in ''1860''. After graduating at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he had his first role of weight in the 1940 historical drama film ''L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' by Augusto Genina. He later appeared in Mario Camerini's '' Due lettere anonime'' (for which he received a Silver Ribbon as best actor), Giuseppe De Santis's '' Tragic Hunt'' (1947), Michelangelo Antonioni's '' La signora senza camelie'' (1953), Vittorio De Sica's ''Two Women'' (1960), and Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960), among many other films. In 1958, he won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Melnati
Umberto Melnati (17 June 1897 – 30 March 1979) was an Italian film actor He appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1962. He starred in films such as the Mario Mattoli 1936 film ''L'uomo che sorride'' and ''Il signor Max'' (1937). He made many apperanaces alongside Vittorio De Sica when he was a younger actor. Selected filmography * ''Two Happy Hearts'' (1932) * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * ''The Song of the Sun'' (1934) * ''Just Married'' (1934) * ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (1936) * ''The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * ''L'uomo che sorride'' (1936) * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) *'' The House of Shame'' (1938) * ''A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' Red Roses'' (1940) * ''Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' The Sinner'' (1940) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''Without a Woman'' (1943) * ''Martin Toccaferro'' (1953) * ''Woman of the Red Sea'' (1953) * ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) *''Appassionatamente'' (1954) * ''Madame du Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liana Ferri
Liana Ferri was an Italian screenwriter, script supervisor and occasional film actress.Brunette p.415 Selected filmography * '' Women Without Names'' (1950) * '' The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) * '' The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1952) * '' The Blind Woman of Sorrento'' (1952) * '' Immortal Melodies'' (1952) * '' The Machine That Kills Bad People'' (1952) * ''Villa Borghese'' (1953) * '' Symphony of Love'' (1954) * ''Appassionatamente'' (1954) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1956) * ''Love and Troubles ''Love and Troubles'' ( it, Amore e guai) is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Angelo Dorigo. Plot A Don Juan named Roberto woos a young actress of photo novels on the day she is expected to be engaged to the woman he loves, despite the ...'' (1958) * '' The Love Specialist'' (1958) * '' The Assassin'' (1961) References Bibliography * Peter Brunette. ''Roberto Rossellini''. University of California Press, 1996. External links * Italian screenwriters Italian film actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Bru
Myriam Bru (born 20 April 1932, Paris)Some sources cite 1930 as Bru's year of birth. is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor Horst Buchholz, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films between 1952 and her marriage in 1958, when she retired from acting to raise her two children, one of whom is German actor Christopher Buchholz. After a small uncredited role in Jacques Becker's '' Rendezvous in July'' (1949), she had her first credited role in Richard Pottier's crime story ''Ouvert contre X'' (''The Case Against X'') (1952). Later the same year, she made her first Italian film, Gian Paolo Callegari's debut film as director: ''Eran trecento… '' (''They Were 300''). The following years, she appeared in a number of Italian films, including two of Carmine Gallone's films about famous composers, ''Puccini'' (1953) and '' Casa Ricordi'' (1954), and Mario Camerini's '' Vacanze a Ischia'' (1957), where she played opposite di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Although he emerged as a star during the Fascist era, Nazzari's popularity continued well into the post-war years. Early career Amedeo Nazzari was born as Amedeo Carlo Leone Buffa in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1907 and he later adopted as his professional name the name of his maternal grandfather, Amedeo Nazzari, a magistrate who had been the president of the Court of Appeal of Vicenza in Veneto and later took the same position in Cagliari. Although Amedeo eventually moved to Rome, he always retained a slight trace of his native Sardinian accent. While Nazzari was keen on gaining film contracts much of his early experience was in the theatre. He entered a contest organised by Twentieth Century Fox to find an Italian actor to fill the boots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Biliotti
Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Livorno, Italy and died in Bologna, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' I Love You Only'' (1935) * '' Bayonet'' (1936) * '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''I Want to Live with Letizia'' (1938) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1939) * ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * ''Backstage'' (1939) * '' Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei?'' (1939) * ''Big Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * ''Non me lo dire!'' (1940) * ''Two on a Vacation'' (1940) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941) * ''Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) * '' Don Cesare di Bazan'' (1942) * '' The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * '' Malombra'' (1942) * ''Short Circuit'' (1943) * ''Two Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
