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Checco Rissone
Francesco "Checco" Rissone (7 July 1909 – 26 September 1985) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Rissone was born in Turin, the younger brother of the more famous Giuditta Rissone, Giuditta. He debuted on stage at a young age and often worked in the same companies as his sister. Graduating in economics, in the post-war years Rissone specialized in character roles, in films, television and particularly on stage, often working at the Piccolo Teatro (Milan), Piccolo Teatro in Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler. At the Piccolo Teatro, he also worked as assistant director and later as teacher at the drama school of the theatre. Partial filmography * ''Everybody's Secretary'' (1933) * ''Full Speed (1934 film), Full Speed'' (1934) – Un ciclista (uncredited) * ''Il signore desidera?'' (1934) * ''These Children'' (1937) * ''The Cuckoo Clock (film), The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938) – Narciso * ''Departure (1938 film), Departure'' (1938) – Il fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracolo A Milano
''Miracle in Milan'' () is a 1951 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on Zavattini's 1943 novel ''Totò il Buono''. Told as a neorealism (art), neo-realist fable, the film depicts the lives of a poverty-stricken group in Italian economic miracle, post-WWII Milan, Italy, led by Totò, a kind and cheerful orphan. The film stars Francesco Golisano as Totò, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Emma Gramatica, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, and Brunella Bovo. In 2008, ''Miracle in Milan'' was included on the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's list of A hundred Italian films to be saved, 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot Lolotta, a kind old woman, Child abandonment, discovers a baby in her cabbage patch and adopts the boy, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady In White
''The Lady in White'' (Italian: ''La dama bianca'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Enrico Viarisio.Clarke & Doel p.37 The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. Cast * Elsa Merlini as Marina Gualandi * Nino Besozzi as Giulio Gualandi * Enrico Viarisio as Savelli * Vincenzo Scarpetta as Virgilio Ottolano * Arnaldo Martelli as Francesco * Paolo Stoppa as Il direttore dell'hotel a Cervinia * Ada Cristina Almirante as Isabella Schetti Marazzani * Giuliana Gianni as Ginevra * Ivana Claar as Corinna * Aristide Baghetti as Il medico * Fanny Marchio as La signora al vagone ristorante * Giovanna Galletti as Un'amica di Ginevra * Lisl Ander as Gianna * Checco Rissone Francesco "Checco" Rissone (7 July 1909 – 26 September 1985) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Rissone w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity (1947 Film)
''Vanity'' () is a 1947 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Walter Chiari, Liliana Laine and Dina Galli. The film is based on a play by Carlo Bertolazzi. Chiari was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for best debut performance.Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. p.78. It was made at the Icet Studios in Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea .... The film is set in nineteenth century Milan. Cast References External links * 1947 films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Giorgio Pastina Italian films based on plays Italian black-and-white films 1940s historical drama films Italian historical drama films 1947 drama films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Still Rises
''The Sun Still Rises'' () also known as ''Outcry'' is a 1946 Italian neorealist war-drama film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Elli Parvo, Massimo Serato and Lea Padovani. It was one of two films produced by the ANPI movement along with Giuseppe De Santis's '' Tragic Hunt'' (1947). The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival. For his performance Massimo Serato won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won a special Nastro d'Argento for outstanding formal merits. Synopsis Following the Armistice of 1943, Cesare and his comrades leave the army and return to their homes. For Cesare this is a village in the Lombardy countryside outside Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea .... There he beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Turning Back (film)
''No Turning Back'' () is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring an ensemble cast including Elisa Cegani, Valentina Cortese, Maria Denis, Doris Duranti, Mariella Lotti, María Mercader, Dina Sassoli and Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Alba De Cespedes.Goble p.113 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guido Fiorini and Carlo Egidi. Made in 1943 during the Second World, due to disruption caused by the fighting in Italy, it did not go on release until January 1945. Synopsis In the 1930s, a group of female students from very different backgrounds boarding together at university each deal with their own life challenges. one of them, Vinca, falls in love with a Spaniard who returns to fight in his country's civil war. Cast * Elisa Cegani as Silvia Custo * Valentina Cortese as Valentina * Maria Denis as Anna Bortone * Doris Duranti as Emanuela Andar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priest's Hat (film)
''The Priest's Hat'' () is a 1944 Italian historical thriller drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová and Luigi Almirante. It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by Emilio De Marchi.Bondanella & Pacchioni p.54 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Simonetti. It was shot in the summer of 1943, but its release was delayed to ongoing war events and it only premiered in Rome after the city's liberation by the Allies An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are calle .... It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style. Cast References Bibliography * Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. ''A History of Italian Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Always Love You (1943 Film)
''I'll Always Love You'' () is a 1943 Italian romantic drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Alida Valli, Gino Cervi, Antonio Centa and Jules Berry. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same title.Landy p.105 Cast * Alida Valli as Adriana * Gino Cervi as Mario Fabbrini * Antonio Centa as Diego * Jules Berry as Oscar, il parrucchiere * Adriana Serra as Clelia, sorella di Mario * Giuseppe Porelli as Alessandro, l'inquilino curioso * Loris Gizzi as Meregalli * Renato Cialente as L'avvocato Pini * Tina Lattanzi as La signora Clerici * Lily Danesi as Jeanette * Ernesto Calindri as Lucio * Pina Piovani as Emma, una partoriente * Maria Teresa Le Beau as Sonia * Guido Morisi as Enrico * Gilda Marchiò as La madre di una degente * Mario Siletti as Il signore che richiede un impiego * Egisto Olivieri as Il tutore di Adriana * Vittorio Duse as Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peddler And The Lady
''The Peddler and the Lady'' (Italian title: ''Campo de' fiori'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Caterina Boratto and Anna Magnani.Reich & Garofalo p.101 Much of the film is set on the Campo de' Fiori in Rome where Elide a greengrocer is in love with a fishmonger who works nearby, but he is more interested in another woman. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi as Peppino Corradini * Caterina Boratto as Elsa Bianchini * Anna Magnani as Elide * Peppino De Filippo as Aurelio * Cristiano Cristiani as Il piccolo Carletto * Olga Solbelli as Olga * Rina Franchetti as Rosa, la domestica di Olga * Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signore grasso sul treno * Ciro Berardi as Sor Eugenio * Giulio Calì as L'uomo che chiede le alicette * Lia Campomori as La suora del carcere * Olga Capri as Peppa, la portiera * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Leila, la giocatrice al tavolo di baccarat * Gorella Gori as La balia * Luana Lori as La domesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Living Statue
''A Living Statue'' () is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Laura Solari, Fosco Giachetti and Camillo Pilotto.Gundle p.215 The film's sets were designed by the art director Cesare Pavani. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. Cast * Laura Solari as Luisa / Rita * Fosco Giachetti as Paolo Vieri * Camillo Pilotto as Cesare Parodi * Lauro Gazzolo as Raffaele * Dhia Cristiani as Irma * Amina Pirani Maggi as Madre di Irma * Olga Solbelli as La padrona della taverna * Guido Celano as L'amante di Rita * Renato Malavasi as Un invitato alla festa * Pina Renzi * Checco Rissone * Lora Silvani * Ciro Berardi * Pietro Bigerna * Angelo Cecchelin * Carlo Dale * Enrico Luzi Enrico Luzi (27 September 1919 – 18 October 2011) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1941 to 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1919 births 2011 deaths Italian male film actors M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa In Flames
''Odessa in Flames'' (, ) is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo. The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an operation that was primarily conducted by Romanian forces and elements of the German Army's 11th Army. It is an anti-communist propaganda work focusing on a family trapped in Soviet-occupied Bessarabia and its eventual liberation by Axis forces during Operation Barbarossa. It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival.Reich & Garofalo p.298 It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Location shooting took place in Axis-occupied Odessa and Moldova as well as Romania. Plot Maria Cebotari played the role of Maria Teodorescu, an opera singer from Bessarabia, who is in Chișinău with her 8-year-old son at the time of the invasion. The boy is taken somewhere in Odessa. The moth ... [...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] |
Inspector Vargas
''Inspector Vargas'' (Italian: ''L'ispettore Vargas'', Spanish: ''El inspector Vargas'') is a 1940 Italian-Spanish crime film directed by Gianni Franciolini and Félix Aguilera and starring Giulio Donadio, Olga Solbelli and Mariella Lotti.Hochkofler p.37 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome, and released in separate Italian and Spanish versions. The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvo D'Angelo. Cast * Giulio Donadio as Ispettore Vargas * Olga Solbelli as Signora Douwe, sua ex moglie * Mariella Lotti as Irene, sua figlia * Lauro Gazzolo as Dedè, il landrucolo * Checco Rissone as Roulis * Luis Hurtado as L'industriale Donald * Massimo Serato * Maria Dominiani * Miguel del Castillo * Armando Migliari * Lina Bacci * Bella Starace Sainati * Fernando Aguirre * Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
