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Arturo Dominici
Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo, Dominici became best known for his many villainous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for his performance as the monstrous Igor Javuto in Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960), the evil Eurysteus in the 1958 Steve Reeves epic '' Hercules'', and Mangani in '' Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion''. His filmography includes more than 80 titles, including Antonio Margheriti's '' Castle of Blood'' (1964), in which he appeared with ''Black Sunday'' star Barbara Steele. Dominici dubbed the voice of Salvatore Corsitto as Amerigo Buonasera in '' The Godfather'' (1972), Austrian actor Walter Ladengast in the Italian release version of Werner Herzog's '' Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (1979), and the animated character Papa Smurf in the 1981 cartoon '' The Smurfs''. Dominici's daughter, Germana, is an Italian stage actress; at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo, Italy
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in Isla Palermo 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Ancient Carthage, Carthage. Two ancient Greeks, Greek ancient Greek colonization, colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nosferatu The Vampyre
''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' () is a 1979 gothic horror film directed and written by Werner Herzog. The film serves as both a remake of the 1922 film ''Nosferatu'' and an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula''. Herzog’s film is set in 19th-century Wismar, Germany, and Transylvania. The picture stars Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula, Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker, Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Harker, and French artist-writer Roland Topor as Renfield. There are two different versions of the film, one in which the actors speak English, and one in which they speak German. Herzog's production of ''Nosferatu'' was very well received by critics and enjoyed a comfortable degree of commercial success. The film also marks the second of five collaborations between director Herzog and actor Kinski, following 1972's '' Aguirre, the Wrath of God''. The film had 1,000,000 admissions in West Germany and grossed ITL 53,870,000 in Italy. It was also a modest success in Adjani's home country, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trojan Horse (film)
''The Trojan Horse'' () is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and stars Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus. In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. Cast Production The battle scenes were shot in Yugoslavia. Release ''The Trojan Horse'' was released in Italy on 26 October 1961 with a 115-minute running time. It was released in July 1962 in the United States with a 105-minute running time. See also * List of historical drama films * Greek mythology in popular culture * Sword-and-sandal Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italy, Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Joseph And His Brethren
''The Story of Joseph and His Brethren'' (Italian: ''Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli'') is a 1961 Yugoslavian/Italian film directed by Irving Rapper and Luciano Ricci. The film is also known as ''Joseph Sold by His Brothers'', ''Joseph and His Brethren'' (American DVD box title) and ''Sold into Egypt'' in the United Kingdom. It was the last film of Belinda Lee. Plot summary Joseph lives in the land of Canaan, where he is the favorite of his father Jacob's 12 sons. Joseph's brothers envy his favored position in the family and his uncanny ability to interpret people's dreams. When Jacob assigns Joseph to take a flock of sheep to sell, the brothers see their opportunity to be rid of him forever. They beat him and sell him to a slave trader. They then return to Jacob and tell him Joseph has been killed by a wild animal. Joseph is bought by Potiphar, the pharaoh's superintendent of prisons. Potiphar's wife Henet is strongly attracted to Joseph and tries to seduce him. When he refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thief Of Baghdad (1961 Film)
''The Thief of Baghdad'' () is a 1961 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Steve Reeves. Plot In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad was ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad. Prince Osman is due to arrive at the palace to ask for the hand of Sultan Ali's daughter Amina in marriage. Karim sneaks into the palace, waylays Osman, and impersonates the prince, using the opportunity to steal jewels from all of the assembled courtiers. When this is discovered, Karim hides in Princess Amina's quarters. When her attendants leave, Karim reveals himself to her, and the two are immediately drawn to each other (she believes that he is Prince Osman). The following night, Karim secretly returns to the palace. He meets with Amina, and they declare their love for each other. Climbing down into a courtyard to escape the guards, he lands in the middle of a group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Barbarians
''Revenge of the Barbarians'' () is a 1960 film about the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Visigoths. This film was written by Gastone Ramazzotti and directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast Production Anthony Steel had moved to Rome following his divorce from Anita Ekberg and this was the first of several movies he made in that country. See also *List of historical drama films This is an index of lists of historical films. By country of origin * List of Estonian war films * List of Polish war films * List of Romanian historical films * List of Russian historical films * List of Vietnamese historical films By er ... References External links * * 1960 films Films set in ancient Rome Films set in 5th-century Roman Empire Films directed by Giuseppe Vari 1960s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1960s English-language films 1960 multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina (1960 Film)
''Messalina'' () is a 1960 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. Plot After the death of the Emperor Caligula, Claudius is chosen to replace him. Claudius decides to take a new wife, the Vestal Virgin Messalina, the niece of Augustus Caesar. The night before the wedding Messalina murders a noble via poison. An assassin is sent to kill Messalina; she seduces him, has him killed and presents his severed head. Cast * Belinda Lee as Valeria Messalina * Spiros Focás as Lucius Maximus * Carlo Giustini as Lucius Geta (as Carlo Justini) * Giancarlo Sbragia as Aulo Celso (as Gian Carlo Sbragia) * Arturo Dominici as Gaius Lilius * Giulio Donnini as Narcissus * Ida Galli as Silvia * Mino Doro as Claudius * Giuliano Gemma as Marcellus * Annie Gorassini as Courtisan lover of Aulo Ceso * Lia Angeleri as Vipidia * Aroldo Tieri as Pirgo Pollinice * Vittorio Congia as Ortotrago * Paola Pitagora (as Paola Gargeloni) * Bruno Scipioni Production Belinda Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster
''Caltiki – The Immortal Monster'' () is a 1959 black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction-horror film with similarities to ''The Blob'' that was released in the previous year. The film's storyline concerns a team of archaeologists investigating Maya peoples, Mayan ruins, who come across a creature that is a shapeless, amorphous blob. They manage to defeat it using fire, while keeping a sample of the creature. Meanwhile, a comet, which previously passed near the Earth around the time of the collapse of the Mayan civilization, is due to return, raising the possibility of a connection between the creature and the comet. After the success of their film ''Hercules (1958 film), Hercules'' (1958), Galatea Film began production on films in other genres that they hoped would entice the international market, which led to Riccardo Freda being hired to direct ''Caltiki – The Immortal Monster''. Freda left the project during filming, later explaining that he wanted to give his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath And The Barbarians
''Goliath and the Barbarians'' () is a 1959 Italian sword-and-sandal, peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombards, Lombard Lombards#Invasion and conquest of the Italian peninsula, invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Cinema of Italy, Italian peplums of the time, the English language, English dubbed version renamed some of the characters (for example, "Emiliano" became "Goliath"). Plot Set in the 6th century, it follows the start of barbarian invasions and deals with one group that attacks a village and destroys anyone and anything that is there. One man, Emiliano, son of the village leader, is away at the time of attack. He swears revenge and wages a one-man war against the evil tribes. He also is helped by the survivors and his sister Lynda. He wears a lion head mask to instill fear into the hearts of the barbarians. Cast US Release American International Pictures released the film in the US with a new score by Les Baxter. The film had originally been a Hercules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red And Black (film)
''Red and Black'' (Italian:''Rosso e nero'') is a 1955 Italian film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Renato Rascel, Walter Chiari and Rosy Mazzacurati.Buffa p.120 Cast * Renato Rascel * Walter Chiari * Rosy Mazzacurati * Carlo Croccolo * Alba Arnova * Riccardo Billi * Carlo Ninchi * Paola Borboni * Arnoldo Foà * Andrea Checchi * Fulvia Mammi * Maria Bianconi * Mimmo Craig * Diana Dei * Patrizia Della Rovere * Arturo Dominici * Bianca Maria Fabbri * Franca Gandolfi * Fanny Landini * Patrizia Lari * Sonia Moser * Franca Rame Franca Rame (18 July 1929 – 29 May 2013) was an Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist. She was married to Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo and is the mother of writer Jacopo Fo. Fo dedicated his Nobel Prize to her. ... * Lilli Scaringi * Goffredo Spinedi * Enrico Urbini References Bibliography * Susanna Buffa. ''Un musicista per il cinema: Carlo Rustichelli, un profilo artistico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Race (1954 Film)
''The Last Race'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Piero Costa and starring Vera Bergman, Enzo Fiermonte and Checco Durante. Production began in 1949, but was not completed until 1953 with the film given its release the following year. It earned just under 30 million Italian lira, lire at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.380-81 Synopsis Two rowers are both in love with the same woman while training for a race on the River Tiber. Cast * Vera Bergman as Sandra * Enzo Fiermonte as Filippo * Checco Durante as Sor Giggi * Franco Silva as Marco * Franco Pesce as Piuma * Dante Serra as Carlo * Anna Maria Dionisi as Severina * Margherita Bossi as Madre di Severina * Arturo Dominici Doctor Magni * Mario Lodolini as Cristofari * Irene Quattrini as Nurse * Felice Romano (actor), Felice Romano as Padron Giulio References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * 1954 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalcade Of Heroes
''Cavalcade of Heroes'' () is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa (director), Mario Costa and starring Cesare Danova, Carla Del Poggio and Vittorio Sanipoli. It depicts the events around the founding of the short-lived Roman Republic (19th century), Roman Republic of 1849. Plot Love story of a patriot and a girl with a noble lineage, already linked to a Frenchman, against the backdrop of the second assault of the French troops in Rome which took place between June 3 and July 2, 1849. With the French entry and victory, who install a provisional government, the two lovers will decide, once the differences of a social nature have been overcome, to follow Garibaldi's troops in Northern Italy. Partial cast *Cesare Danova as Massimo Ruffo * Carla Del Poggio as Giulia Fabbri * Vittorio Sanipoli as Ottavio Monis * Otello Toso as Angelo Masina * Camillo Pilotto as Alessandro Fabbri * Paola Borboni as La marchesa Ferrari * Alfredo Varelli as Luciano Manara * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
