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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] |
Ante Up (film)
''Ante Up'' () is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Nuzzi. It is based on a novel by Piero Chiara. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot During the Mussolini era some young people meet frequently. They exchange stories about recent events while playing cards. Between their meetings they have different kinds of adventures. Cast * Aldo Maccione - Camola * Agostina Belli - Ines * Andréa Ferréol - Lirica, the singer * Erminio Macario - Brovelli, the fool (as Macario) * - Rimediotti * Franco Diogene - Peppino, the barber * Claudio Gora - the doctor * Guido Leontini - Spreafico * Armando Brancia - Giuseppe Migliavacca * Daniele Vargas - the lawyer * Maria Antonietta Beluzzi - Mamma Rosa * Alessandra Cardini - (as Sandra Cardini) * Nazzareno Natale - Bertinelli, the groom * Giuseppe Maffioli - Venezia * Bernard Blier - the priest * - the photographer References External links *''Ante Up''at Variety Distribution Variety Distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt 38 Special Squad
''Colt 38 Special Squad'' () is a 1976 Italian ''poliziottesco'' film. This film, by Massimo Dallamano, stars Ivan Rassimov and Marcel Bozzuffi. Plot Turin, Italy mid-1970s. When his wife becomes the latest innocent victim of a merciless Marseilles crime lord (Ivan Rassimov), police captain Vanni ( Marcel Bozzuffi) goes beyond the law to form a secret squad of rogue cops, each armed with an unlicensed .38 Colt Diamondback revolver. As Vanni and his vigilante crew take back the night bullet by bullet, the Marseillaise joins the game by instigating a wave of violent crime that turns the city into a war zone. Cast * Marcel Bozzuffi as Inspector Vanni *Carole André as Sandra *Ivan Rassimov as Il Marsigliese / Black Angel *Riccardo Salvino as Nicola Silvestri *Fabrizio Capucci as Ciro *Armando Brancia as Prosecutor * Grace Jones as The Club Singer Production ''Colt 38 Special Squad'' was filmed at Cinestudi Dear in Rome and on location in Turin. The film would be director Massimo Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Television Actors
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1997 Deaths
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1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party are rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million (equivalent to $ million in ). * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 – WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. * January 26 – The se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Hotel Excelsior
''Grand Hotel Excelsior'' is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. The film was a commercial success, being the best grossing film in the season 1982/83 at the Italian box office. Plot Four funny characters are working in a luxurious Grand Hotel. Mr. Thaddeus is the hotel manager, lover of beautiful music and womanizer; Egisto Costanzi is a waiter who has lost his wife and who is in search of the ideal woman; Segrate is the magician illusionist entertainer evenings at Hotel. He is a vainglorious and bungler man, who never has managed to levitate. Finally in the hotel there is a bungler boxer: Pericles, who organizes the end of the story a great evening concert, where they play all four star protagonists of the film. Cast * Adriano Celentano: Taddeus * Enrico Montesano: Egisto Costanzi * Carlo Verdone: Pericle Coccia * Diego Abatantuono: Nicolino, Il mago di Segrate * Eleonora Giorgi: Ilde Vivaldi * Aldina Martano: Ginevra * Tiberio Murgia: imbianchino * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornetti Alla Crema
''Cornetti alla crema'' a.k.a. ''Cream Horn'' and ''Creampuffs'' is a 1981 Italian sex comedy film, directed by Sergio Martino. Edwige Fenech, Lino Banfi and Milena Vukotic are featured in a comedic tale about a couple attempting to elude the woman's jealous boyfriend, a professional football player, as well as the man's wife. Plot Italy, 1980s. Domenico (Lino Banfi), a tailor who tailors clothes to fit priests and prelates, married and a father, meets the glamorous and prosperous Marianna (Edwige Fenech), an aspiring opera singer. Attracted by the beauty of the girl, he tries to seduce her. Cast * Lino Banfi: Domenico Petruzzelli * Edwige Fenech: Marianna Tribalzi * Gianni Cavina: Gabriele Arcangeli * Milena Vukotic: Elena * Marisa Merlini: Marianna's mother * Armando Brancia: Eminenza * Maurizio Tocchi: Ulrico * Luigi Leoni: Don Giacinto * Michela Miti: Una Squillo Release The film was released in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocktail Molotov
''Cocktail Molotov'' is a 1980 French drama film written and directed by Diane Kurys. It is her second feature after '' Peppermint Soda''. A female coming of age story set during the spring and summer of 1968, the film is not a sequel but can be considered a companion piece to its predecessor. It has been called a female take on the male-dominated road movie genre. Plot Seventeen-year-old middle-class Anne (Elise Caron), runs away with her working-class boyfriend Frederic (Philippe Lebas) and his friend Bruno (Francois Cluzet) after a violent fight with her mother. Anne convinces the others to drive to Venice, where she plans to take a ship to Israel in order to join a kibbutz. On the road, Anne grapples with experiences of love, sex, abortion, and "existential wandering". Upon reaching Venice, they learn of the social uprising back in Paris. With their money running out and their car stolen, they hitchhike back to find they have missed the excitement. Cast * Elise Caron as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Forget Venice
''To Forget Venice'' () is a 1979 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Brusati. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. Plot For three years, Nicky has resided in Milan with his partner Picchio, away from his sister Marta, a charismatic former opera singer who lives in their parents' villa in Veneto with the elderly governess Caterina. Also sharing the villa are Anna, a distant relative, and Claudia, a timid teacher seeking solace with Marta. During a visit to the villa, Nicky finds himself immersed in memories of his youth. Upon Picchio's arrival, they discreetly maintain their relationship. The group enjoys a delightful evening at the local trattoria, where Nicky reconnects with a childhood friend, and Marta is invited to sing, despite the strain it puts on her due to her heart condition, which she conceals. They plan a trip to Venice for the following day, but tragedy strikes when Marta suffers a fatal heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voglia Di Donna
''Voglia di donna'' (i.e. "Desire of a woman") is a 1978 commedia sexy all'italiana film written and directed by Franco Bottari. It consists of three segments starring Laura Gemser, Rena Niehaus, and Ilona Staller. Plot Bruno and his young African wife have fun recording their lovemaking on camera and then watching it afterwards. However, for some mysterious technical reason, their recording is broadcast to their entire building and their neighbors become their spectators. Luisa cheats on her husband with a mature lawyer for which she is working as a secretary and tries to evade his attempts to expose her affair. The wife and her husband are arguing while they are driving and also while they are having coffee in a shop. He is accusing her of cheating with her boss while she is denying it. When he drops her off at her boss' office (which is also his home so he has a bed in there), she takes her clothes off immediately right after entering the door, joins her boss in his bed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat (1977 Film)
''The Cat'' (, also known as ''Who Killed the Cat?'') is a 1977 Italian giallo- comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. For this film, Mariangela Melato was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. Plot Amedeo Pegoraro and his sister Ofelia are the greedy dual landlords of a run-down apartment building with few tenants left. The siblings are constantly fighting. Due to a real estate company offering one billion lira for the building on the condition that it has no tenants, Amedeo and Ofelia harass and spy on their tenants to goad them into leaving, or find justification to evict them. Amedeo is drawn to, but refuses the advances of, Wanda Yukovich, a young and attractive secretary who works for Legrand, a corrupt businessman. Amedeo and Ofelia find their pet cat dead, which was disliked by many tenants for its mischief. The siblings begin to investigate the death of the cat, hoping to evict the culprit; meanwhile, Police Commissioner Francisci becomes more and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
