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Cesare Barbetti
Cesare Barbetti (29 September 1930 – 13 September 2006) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo to parents who were both actors, Barbetti started off his career as a child actor during the Fascist era in 1934 making an uncredited appearance in '' The Three-Cornered Hat''. After his career as a child actor ended, Barbetti became a very successful voice actor and dubber, dubbing foreign-language films for the Italian market. He was the official Italian voice of Robert Redford. Other actors Barbetti was known for dubbing also included Robert Duvall, Warren Beatty, Steve McQueen, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Rutger Hauer and Dick Van Dyke. He was recognised for voicing Ken Hutch in the Italian version of ''Starsky & Hutch''. In Barbetti's animated roles, he served as the Italian voice of Doc Hudson in the Pixar film ''Cars'', which was one of his final dubbing contributions. Despite being well known as a voice actor, he still did continue his career as a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagli Appennini Alle Ande (1943 Film)
''Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara, starring Cesare Barbetti, Leda Gloria, Nino Pavese, Margherita Del Plata and Cesco Baseggio. It tells the story of the young boy Marco who secretly embarks from Genoa to reach his mother in Argentina. The film is based on the story with the same title from Edmondo De Amicis's book ''Heart''. The story has been adapted for film multiple times both before and after. The film was released in Italian cinemas on 12 February 1943. Cast * Cesare Barbetti as Marco Ansaldi * Leda Gloria as Maria Ansaldi, his mother * Nino Pavese as Pegna * Cesco Baseggio as The Old Madman * Margherita Del Plata as The Dancer * Nino Marchesini as The Ship's Commander * Carlo Monteaux as Mr. Van Leiss * Gina Cinquini as Mrs. Van Leiss * Vira Silenti as The Little Girl * Mario Siletti as Bendano, a peasant * Pietro Tordi as Ulano, a peasant * Giulio Battiferri Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Hudson
''Cars'' is a media franchise including the 2006 film ''Cars'', the 2011 film ''Cars 2'', the 2017 film '' Cars 3'', the 2022 series '' Cars on the Road'', the 2013 film '' Planes'', and the 2014 film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue''. This page is a list of characters that have appeared in the franchise. Piston Cup Championship Lightning McQueen Lightning McQueen, known as Montgomery "Monty" McQueen before the events of the ''Cars'' films, (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films, '' Cars on the Road'', '' video game adaption'', '' Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure'', and '' Lego The Incredibles'', Ben Rausch in '' Cars 3: Driven to Win'', and Keith Ferguson in ''Cars Toons'' and most video games), is a custom-built race car who competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series, with 95 as his racing number. His design is a hybrid of Generation 4 NASCAR vehicles and Le Mans endurance racers. Lightning was initially arrogant and struggled with teamwork until becoming stranded in Radiator Sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War And Peace (1956 Film)
''War and Peace'' () is a 1956 epic historical drama film based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. It is directed and co-written by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti for Paramount Pictures. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Andrei, along with Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Anita Ekberg in one of her first breakthrough roles, Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale and Jeremy Brett. The musical score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Franco Ferrara. ''War and Peace'' opened on August 21, 1956, to a mixed reception, with some reviewers critical with the film truncating much of Tolstoy's novel, and the casting of 50-year-old Henry Fonda as the 20-year-old Pierre Bezukhov. It received Academy Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Cinematography (Color), and Best Costume Design (Color). It was also nominated for four Golden G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina (1951 Film)
Valeria Messalina (; ) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation may have resulted from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times. Early life Messalina was the daughter of Domitia Lepida and her first cousin Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus. Her mother was the youngest child of the consul Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major. Her mother's brother, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, had been the first husband of the future Empress Agrippina the Younger and the biological father of the future Emperor Nero, making Nero Messalina's first cousin despite a seventeen-year age difference. Messalina's grandmothers Claudia Marcella t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Faust
''The Legend of Faust'' (Italian: ''La leggenda di Faust'') is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Italo Tajo, Nelly Corradi and Gino Mattera. Cast * Italo Tajo as Mephistofele * Nelly Corradi as Margherita * Gino Mattera as Faust * Onelia Fineschi as Marguerite - Singing (singing voice) * Livia Venturini * Cesare Barbetti as Siebel * Gilles Quéant as Valentino * Thérèse Dorny as Marta * Guido Leoncini * Gualtiero Tumiati * Claudio Ermelli Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Giovanni, Gregory Peck's landlord in ''Roman Holiday ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1949 films 1949 drama films Italian drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Carmine Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Angel (1943 Film)
''The White Angel'' () is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Giulio Antamoro, Federico Sinibaldi and Ettore Giannini and starring Emma Gramatica, Filippo Scelzo and Beatrice Mancini.Goble p.672 It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Angelo Zagame. It was adapted from the novel ''I figli di nessuno '' by Ruggero Rindi, previously made into a 1921 silent film and later into a 1951 film of the same title. Plot summary Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * Italian drama films 1943 films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Giulio Anta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess Of Castiglione
''The Countess of Castiglione'' () is a 1942 Italian historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi and Renato Cialente. The film portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Italian aristocrat Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, best known as the lover of Napoleon III of France. Cast * Doris Duranti as Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione * Andrea Checchi as Baldo Princivalli * Renato Cialente as Costantino Nigra * Enzo Biliotti as Napoleon III * Lamberto Picasso as marchese Oldoini * Clara Auteri as Martina * Annibale Betrone as l'urbanista barone Haussmann * Giacomo Moschini as Mocquart * Cesare Barbetti as il piccolo Peruzzi * Marisa Dianora as Marianna * Claudio Ermelli as il nobile sulla sedia a rotelle * Nino Marchesini as Connot * Alfredo Martinelli as un amico degli Oldoini * Armando Migliari as un amico degli Oldoini * Nico Pepe as un amico degli Oldoini * Emilio Petacci as un amico degli Oldoini * Vinici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Live As I Please
''I Live as I Please'' () is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Silvana Jachino and Luigi Almirante.Chiti & Poppi p.415 It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Stefano * Silvana Jachino as Maria * Luigi Almirante as L'impresario * Carlo Campanini as Oreste * Nino Crisman as Leone * Carlo Micheluzzi as Il commesso viaggiatore * Giovanni Grasso as Il dottore * Armando Migliari as Il padre di Stefano * Dora Bini as Claretta * Loris Gizzi as Il tenore * Piero Carnabuci Piero Carnabuci (6 September 1893 – 13 February 1958) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Messina, after the World War I Carnabuci decided to abandon his engineering studies at the University of ... as Il direttore d'orchestra References Bibliography * Roberto C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Betrothed (1941 Film)
''The Betrothed'' (Italian: ''I Promessi Sposi'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli and Ruggero Ruggeri. It is an adaptation of the 1827 novel '' The Betrothed'' by Alessandro Manzoni. The film's producers organised a competition to select the lead actress (eventually won by Sassoli) which was modelled on the hunt for Scarlett O'Hara by the American producer David O. Selznick for ''Gone With the Wind''.Forgacs & Gundle p.159-160 It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Como. The film's sets were created by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio while the costumes were designed by Gino Sensani. The novel was turned into a film again in 1964 and a television miniseries in 1989. Plot Part One In a small town on Lake Como, the peasants Renzo (short for Lorenzo) and Lucia love each other, but are hampered by the squir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Melodies
''Eternal Melodies'' () is a 1940 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Gino Cervi, Conchita Montenegro and Luisella Beghi. It was one of several musical biopics directed by Gallone.Moliterno p.152 The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. Synopsis The film is a heavily fictionalized account of the life of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Cast * Gino Cervi as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Conchita Montenegro as Aloisia Weber Lange * Luisella Beghi as Costanza Weber Mozart * Maria Jacobini as Anna Maria Mozart * Jone Salinas as Nannina Mozart * Luigi Pavese as Leopoldo Mozart * Paolo Stoppa as Haibl, clarinettista * Lauro Gazzolo as Il locandiere Deiner * Claudio Gora as L'imperatore Giuseppe * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as L'imperatrice Maria Teresa * Margherita Bagni as Signora Weber * Marisa Vernati as Sofia Weber * Armida Bonocore as Giuseppina Weber * Giulio Donadio as L'impresario Schikaneder * Augusto Marca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Give A Million (1935 Film)
''I'll Give a Million'' () is a 1935 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the first screenplay by Cesare Zavattini which tells the story of a disillusioned millionaire who, tired of the attempts of greedy friends and relatives to sponge off of him, becomes a bum in order to find a decent human being. It had an American remake in 1938, again titled ''I'll Give a Million (1938 film), I'll Give a Million'' and starring Warner Baxter as the millionaire. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Plot A millionaire is about to commit suicide by leaping off of his yacht into the sea. He is just about to go when he spies a bum attempting suicide himself. The rich man saves the bum and tells him of his frustration with his friends and relatives who are always seeking a handout. He then claims that he will give a million francs to the first person to treat him kindly without thinking about his wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
