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Claudio Gora
Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film Three Strangers in Rome in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by Claudia Cardinale. Some of his notable roles includes '' Adua e le compagne'', directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, ''Tutti a casa'' by Luigi Comencini, and Dino Risi's '' A Difficult Life'' and '' Il Sorpasso''. Selected filmography * ''Torna, caro ideal!'' (1939) - Francesco Paolo Tosti * '' Wealth Without a Future'' (1940) - Giovanni Di Cora * ' (1940) - Il fidanzato della segretaria * ''Il Bazar delle idee'' (1940) * '' Love Me, Alfredo!'' (1940) - Il compositore Giacomo Varni * ''Eternal Melodies'' (1940) - L'imperatore Giuseppe * ''Amore imperiale'' (1941) - Alessio Romowski * '' A Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Difficult Life
''A Difficult Life'' (Italian: ''Una vita difficile'') is a ''Commedia all'italiana'' or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961. The film was included on the 100 Italian Films To Be Saved (100 film italiani da salvare). Plot The film tells the story of Italian politics from 1944 to 1960, from the poverty of World War II to the end of fascism and the birth of the Italian Republic and the rise of the Italian Communist Party. It follows the life of Silvio, who strongly believes his political activism should be rewarded but eventually realizes that the Italy he once knew has changed and he must change with it. In 1944, Roman student Silvio Magnozzi (Alberto Sordi), is a second lieutenant in the Royal Army serving near Lake Como. After the Italian surrender on September 8, 1943, the Italian king abandons his army and flees south. Silvio joins a local partisan group to continue fighting the Nazis still occupying the Italian countryside. Looking for a safe place to sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Document Z-3
''Document Z-3'' (Italian:''Documento Z-3'') is a 1942 Italian spy film directed by Alfredo Guarini and starring Isa Miranda, Claudio Gora and Luis Hurtado. It was one of three Miranda films directed by Guarini that helped re-establish her in Italian cinema following her return from a largely unsuccessful spell in Hollywood. Many critics were not impressed with the film, feeling that Miranda had not recovered the spontaneity of her pre-Hollywood films. This is considered the first movie in which Federico Fellini has worked as a screenwriter. Cast * Isa Miranda as Sandra Morini * Claudio Gora as Paolo Sullich * Luis Hurtado as Soviet Commissioner Petrov * Guglielmo Barnabò as Kavelich * Tina Lattanzi as La Semenov * Amedeo Trilli as a Slavic official * Carlo Tamberlani * Aroldo Tieri * Nicola Timofeiev Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempest (1958 Film)
''La tempesta'' (internationally released as ''Tempest'') is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on ''A History of Pugachev'' (1834) and the 1836 novel '' The Captain's Daughter'', both by Alexander Pushkin. For this film Lattuada was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Director. Cast *Silvana Mangano as Masha * Van Heflin as Emelyan Pugachov *Viveca Lindfors as Caterine II * Geoffrey Horne as Piotr Grinov * Vittorio Gassman as Prosecutor *Agnes Moorehead Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning four decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television.Obituary '' Variety'', May 8, 1974, page 286. Moorehead was t ... as Vassilissa Mironova * Robert Keith as Capt. Miranov * Oskar Homolka as Savelic * Finlay Currie as Count Grinov * Laurence Naismith as Maj. Zurin * Helmut Dantine as Svabrin * Fulvia Franco as Palaska * Aldo Silvani as Pope Gerasim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goddess Of Love
''The Goddess of Love'' ( it, La Venere di Cheronea, french: Aphrodite, déesse de l'amour), also known as ''Aphrodite, Goddess of Love'', is a 1957 Italian-French epic adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and Viktor Tourjansky, and starring Belinda Lee, Massimo Girotti, and Jacques Sernas. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and is about the sculptor Praxiteles. Plot Athens and her allies are at war with king Philip II of Macedonia. Luciano, captain of the Macedonian Army, gets wounded in action and is rescued by Iride, a model of extraordinary beauty who poses for the sculptor Prassitele. Iride takes Luciano to the sculptor's home where he falls in love with her. Until that point, Prassitele had only considered Iride a model who he used for inspiration to create the statue of Aphrodite, but now he too feels passionately about the young woman. Iride decides to run away with Luciano and to try to return to the Athenian camp. Prassitele then decides to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette Queen Of France
''Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (french: Marie-Antoinette reine de France and also known as ''Shadow of the Guillotine'') is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Erlanger and Bernard Zimmer. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Richard Todd. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Jean Delannoy) at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast *Michèle Morgan as Marie-Antoinette *Richard Todd as le comte Axel de Fersen * Jacques Morel as Louis XVI *Aimé Clariond as Louis XV * Jeanne Boitel as Mme Campan * Guy Tréjan as La Fayette *Marina Berti as a comtesse de Polignac * Marcelle Arnold as Mme. Adélaïde * Jane Marken as Mme Victoire *Jacques Dufilho as Marat * Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet * Madeleine Rousset as Mme de Tourzel * Suzy Carrier as Mme Elisabeth * Paul Bonifas as Herman *Jacques Bergera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finishing School (1953 Film)
''Finishing School'' ( it, Fanciulle di lusso) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero and Jacques Sernas.Feldner, Gorrara & Passmore p.231 It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Luxury Girls''. Plot After finishing her studies, an American, Susan Miller, spends a vacation period in Rome with her parents. His father, a wealthy man who led a dissipated life, sent him to complete his worldly education at the famous college of Mont-Fleuri, Switzerland. Cast * Susan Stephen as Lorna Whitmore * Anna Maria Ferrero as Valerie De Beranger * Jacques Sernas as Jean-Jacques * Steve Barclay as George Whitmore * Marina Vlady as Eljay * Brunella Bovo as Jeannie Gordon * Rossana Podestà as Pereira * Elisa Cegani as Madame Charpentier * Claudio Gora as Professor Charpentier * Estelle Brody as Mrs. Whitmore * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanting Enemy
''The Enchanting Enemy'' (Italian: ''L'incantevole nemica'') is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Claudio Gora and starring Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux and Carlo Campanini.Gundle p.275 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Oscar D'Amico. Plot A wealthy industrialist cheese manufacturer has a paranoid fear of communists and comes to believe that one of his employees is the head of a cell of agents. To keep an eye on him he invites him into his life, even to the extent that he becomes engaged to his attractive daughter. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Silvia * Robert Lamoureux as Roberto * Carlo Campanini as Albertini * Ugo Tognazzi as Direttore della fabbrica * Pina Renzi as Signora Albertini * Mita Dover * Giuseppe Porelli * Nando Bruno * Renato Chiantoni * Nerio Bernardi * Gianni Agus * Mario Siletti * Buster Keaton * Quartetto Cetra Quartetto Cetra (; ) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charterhouse Of Parma (film)
''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (french: La Chartreuse de Parme, it, La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Ottavio Scotti and the costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Italy around Milan and Lake Como. It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography. It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948. In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release.Chiti & Poppi p.94 Cast * Renée Faure as Clélia Conti * Gérard Philipe as Fabrice del Dongo * Maria Casarès as Duchess Gina de San Severina * Louis Salou as Prince Ernest IV * Louis Seig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatal Symphony
''Fatal Symphony'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia fatale'') is a 1947 Italian war-melodrama film directed by Victor Stoloff and starring Douglass Montgomery, Marina Berti and Sarah Churchill. It was screened and awarded a prize at the Lugano Festival.Lovell p.495 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ottavio Scotti and Vittorio Valentini. Synopsis Before the Second World War an American composer, separated from his wife, comes to live in Italy and falls in love with a country girl. Cast * Douglass Montgomery as John Savage * Marina Berti as Mirella * Sarah Churchill as Mrs. Savage * Tullio Carminati as Pedro Diaz * Victor Rietti as Beppo * Carlo Romano as Giorgio * John Blythe as pittore Pierre Robert * Cesare Fantoni as sacerdote * Pina Gallini as Nunziata, moglie di Beppo * Claudio Gora as Rodolfo Marini * Sergio Capogna as Rocco * Renzo Merusi as tenore d'Errico * Giuseppe Pierozzi as impiegato galleria d'arte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Models Of Margutta
''The Models of Margutta'' (Italian: ''Le modelle di via Margutta'') is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Liliana Laine, Claudio Gora and Carlo Campanini.Hischak p.251 The film is set amongst the artistic community who live on the Via Margutta Via Margutta is a narrow street in the centre of Rome, near Piazza del Popolo, accessible from Via del Babuino in the ancient Campo Marzio neighborhood also known as ''"the foreigner's quarter"''. Mount Pincio is nearby. Via Margutta orig ... in Rome. Several real artists appeared in the film as themselves. Cast References Bibliography * Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. External links 1946 films 1946 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Italian drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese Films scored by Giovanni Fusco Italian black-and-white films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Met You In Naples
''I Met You in Naples'' (Italian: ''Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli'') is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Anna Nievo, Leo Dale and Peppino De Filippo. The film takes its name from a popular song of the same title. It is part of the neorealist trend in post-Second World War Italian films.Cardullo p.217 Synopsis An American soldier and a young Italian aspiring actress meet in wartime Naples in 1944. They fall in love and eventually marry. At the end of the film she emigrates to the United States with him, hoping to be able to pursue her career there. Cast *Anna Nievo as Angela l'attrice * Leo Dale as ufficiale americano *Peppino De Filippo *Giuseppe Porelli *Claudio Gora *Paolo Stoppa * Lola Braccini * William Bye *Nino Pavese *Massimo Sallusti Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ten Commandments (1945 Film)
''The Ten Commandments'' (Italian: ''I dieci comandamenti'') is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Walter Chili. It features an ensemble of Italian actors in episodes based on the Ten Commandments. It was made during the German occupation of Rome, which brought a halt to all ongoing work at Italian film studios. Only two films made with Vatican support went into production at the time, providing employment for actors and technicians. The other film was Vittorio De Sica's ''The Gates of Heaven''. Their work on the films enabled them to refuse demands that they relocate north to work in the Venice-based film industry of the puppet Italian Social Republic.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. The lengthy production process meant that it wasn't released until long after Rome had been liberated by Allied forces. Cast * Marina Berti as (segment "Non desiderare la roba d'altri") * Carlo Campanini as (segment "Non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |