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Duilio Del Prete
Duilio Del Prete (25 June 1938 – 2 February 1998) was an Italian actor and singer-songwriter. Del Prete was born in Cuneo, Piedmont. As a singer-songwriter, he wrote political songs and recorded an album of Jacques Brel's covers; he also wrote songs for several artists. As an actor, he participated to several films of the ''commedia all'italiana'', including ''Amici miei, My Friends'' and ''Alfredo, Alfredo'', both by Pietro Germi, and ''Sessomatto''. He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, ''Daisy Miller (film), Daisy Miller'' (1974) and ''At Long Last Love'' (1975). Del Prete died in Rome of cancer in 1998. Filmography * ''The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968) as Dante Castellucci * ''Commandos (film), Commandos'' (1968) as Bruno * ''Tribuna Padronale'' (1971) as palazzinaro immaginario * ''The Assassination of Trotsky'' (1972) as Felipe * ''Alfredo Alfredo'' (1972) as Oreste * ''Il caso Pisciotta'' (1972) as Agent Sciurti * ''D'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuneo
Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the rivers Stura di Demonte, Stura and Gesso (river), Gesso. Cuneo is bounded by the municipalities of Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Piedmont, Boves, Busca, Piedmont, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo. It is located near six mountain passes: *Colle della Maddalena at *Colle di Tenda at – Traforo stradale del Colle di Tenda, Tunnel of Tenda at , long *Colle del Melogno at *Colle San Bernardo at *Colle di Nava at *Bocchetta di Altare, Colle di Cadibona at . History Cuneo was founded in 1198 by the local population, who declared it an independent commune, freeing themselves from the authority of the bishops of Asti and the marquisate of Monferrat, marquisses of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'amore Si Muore
D'Amore may refer to: People * Angela D'Amore, Australian politician *Caroline D'Amore, an American model, and actress * Crescenzo D'Amore (1979–2024), Italian road cyclist * Hallie D'Amore (August 13, 1942 – December 14, 2006), American make-up artist * Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler * Jack D'Amore, Musician. * Danna D' Amore, Broadway National Tour Musical " CATS " Instruments *Oboe d'amore, woodwind instrument *Viola d'amore, string instrument * Flute d'amore, woodwind instrument * Clarinet d'amore, woodwind instrument See also *Amore (other) *De amore (other) ''De amore'' (Latin "On Love") may refer to: * ''De amore'' (Andreas Capellanus) (1186–1190) * ''De amore'' by Marsilio Ficino (1484) See also *D'Amore (other) * Amor (other) *Love Love is a feeling of strong attracti ... * D Amore * Damore {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Italia S'è Rotta
''L'Italia s'è rotta'' ("Italy is broken") is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot The two Sicilian Peppe Truzzoliti and Antonio Mancuso decide, after a misadventure with some mafia drug dealers, to leave the cold and racist Turin to return to their native land. With them there is Domenica, a beautiful girl from Veneto, who had arrived in Turin in search of work but, for a number of setbacks, had been forced into prostitution. Cast * Dalila Di Lazzaro: Domenica Chiaregato * Mario Scarpetta: Antonio Mancuso * Teo Teocoli: Peppe Truzzoliti * Enrico Montesano: Roman robber * Mario Carotenuto: Cavalier Amedeo Zerolli * Alberto Lionello: Domenica's uncle * Franca Valeri: Countess Giovanna * Duilio Del Prete: Censor *Orazio Orlando: Oronzo *Clelia Matania: Peppe's mother *Carla Calò: Antonio's mother * Sergio Di Pinto: Zerolli's son *Marisa Laurito Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sensuous Nurse
''L'Infermiera'' is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Nello Rossati and starring Ursula Andress and Duilio Del Prete. It features two Bond girls, Andress and Luciana Paluzzi. A sexually-provocative film, it regularly aired on late night cable television during the 1970s and 1980s. The film is also known by the English titles ''I Will If You Will'', ''The Nurse'', ''The Sensuous Nurse'', ''The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse'', and ''Nurse Anna''. Plot Leonida Bottacin is an aging widower who owns a successful winery in Italy. While having sex with another man's wife, Leonida has a heart attack and falls into a coma. His heirs go to stay at his villa. The heirs include Leonida's nephew Gustavo; Leonida's niece Italia and her husband Benito; and Leonida's niece Jole and her son Adone. Besides Adone, none of them like Leonida. Leonida has not been interested in selling the winery, but Benito wants to take over and sell it to American business interests for a lot of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divine Nymph
''The Divine Nymph'' () is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and starring Laura Antonelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Michele Placido and Terence Stamp. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. It was distributed in the U.S. by Analysis Film Releasing Corp. Plot During the Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman (Laura Antonelli) is engaged to one man, but has an affair with both a young nobleman (Terence Stamp) and later his cousin (Marcello Mastroianni), playing them against each other. Cast * Laura Antonelli - Manoela Roderighi * Terence Stamp - Dany di Bagnasco * Michele Placido - Martino Ghiondelli * Duilio Del Prete - Armellini * Ettore Manni - Marco Pisani * Carlo Tamberlani - Majordomo Pasqualino * Cecilia Polizzi - Dany's Maid * Piero Di Iorio - Cameriere di Stefano * Marina Berti - Manoela's Aunt * Doris Duranti - Signora Fones * Marcello Mastroianni - Michele Barra * Tina Aumont Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friends (film)
''My Friends'' () is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. The film project belonged to Pietro Germi, who had no chance to make it happen because of his untimely death. The opening credits of the film, in fact, paid tribute to the author with the words "a film by Pietro Germi", which is followed only later by "directed by Mario Monicelli". The film, which made it to number one on the Italian box-office in front of Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'', was followed by two sequels, '' Amici miei – Atto II'' (1982, also by Monicelli), '' Amici miei – Atto III'' (1985), directed by Nanni Loy. Plot Like in many other Monicelli movies, the main theme of ''Amici miei'' is friendship, seen from a rather bittersweet point of view. It tells the story of four middle-aged friends in Florence who organize together idle pranks (called ''zingarate'', "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life. Count Mascetti (Ugo Tognazzi) is an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Is A Woman (1974 Film)
''The Devil Is a Woman'' (, UK title: ''The Tempter'') is a 1974 drama film directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Glenda Jackson and Claudio Cassinelli. Plot Sister Geraldine is the head of a convent that has a hospital wing for troubled patients. She resorts to bullying and tormenting those who come to this place, but things change when Rodolfo, a writer editing the life story of a priest who collaborated with the Nazis, comes to stay. Cast * Glenda Jackson as Sister Geraldine * Claudio Cassinelli as Rodolfo Solina * Lisa Harrow as Emilia Contreras * Adolfo Celi as Father Borelli * Duilio Del Prete as Monsignor Salvi * Arnoldo Foà as Monsignor Badensky * Gabriele Lavia as Prince Ottavio Ranieri d'Aragona * Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abro ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Funny Can Sex Be?
''Sessomatto'' ("Sex Nut"), internationally released as ''How Funny Can Sex Be?'', is a 1973 Italian anthology erotic comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the segments have sex and sexual perversions as their main theme. The film was a commercial success grossing $5 million in Italy. Plot ;Madam, it's eight o'clock A waiter doesn't know how to wake up the hostess and takes advantage of the situation to sexually abuse her. ;Two hearts and a shack Two slum spouses suspect that they are cheating on each other and therefore, every time he comes home, they beat each other. Then in a short time they make peace and make love, excited by the quarrel and beatings. ;It's never too late Enrico, a lawyer married to a beautiful young woman, actually has a gerontophile passion for women over seventy and covets one in particular, Esperia. After a close courtship, Enrico manages to conquer her and make love to her; shortly after, however, Esperia notices that Enrico enters her house even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre In Rome
''Massacre in Rome'' () is a 1973 Italian war drama film directed by George Pan Cosmatos about the Ardeatine massacre which occurred at the Ardeatine caves in Rome, 24 March 1944, committed by the Germans as a reprisal for a partisan attack against the SS Police Regiment Bozen. The film was based on the 1967 book ''Death in Rome'' by Robert Katz. An Italian court gave producer Carlo Ponti and director Cosmatos a six-month suspended sentence for their film which claimed Pope Pius XII knew of and did nothing about the execution of Italian hostages by the Germans. The charges eventually were dropped on appeal. The names of the victims are shown in the closing credits, as opposed to the cast credits and crew members. Plot The film stars Richard Burton as the Rome Gestapo chief Herbert Kappler, who carries out the killings of 335 mostly randomly and hurriedly selected victims in revenge for partisans killing 33 Germans: using a ratio of ten Italian victims for every German. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Crime
''High Crime'' ( ) is a 1973 Italian-Spanish '' poliziottesco'' film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film stars Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo and Fernando Rey. ''High Crime'' was a large financial success at the time of its release and helped popularize the Italian cop thriller genre. Plot A Lebanese drug dealer arrives in Genoa and Vice-Commissioner Belli soon tracks him down. After a long car chase, Belli manages to arrest him. However, when the prisoner is being taken to the police station, the police car is bombed before it reaches its target. The Lebanese and four policemen die in the hit, but Belli survives. Belli then goes to Cafiero, an old-fashioned gangster who claims to have transformed into a peaceful gardener, to question about the bombing and it turns out that there is a new player in town. Cafiero decides to take care of the new gang before the police get to them. His task turns out to be more difficult when his trusted man, Rico ( Daniel Martí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number One (1973 Film)
''Number One'' is an Italian crime-thriller film directed by Gianni Buffardi in 1973. It starred Renzo Montagnani, Luigi Pistilli, Claude Jade, Chris Avram, Guido Mannari, and Massimo Serato. The film is loosely based on a real-life story detailing crime and drugs in the Rome underground. After the film quickly disappeared from public view in 1973 due to political censorship, it was restored in 2021 and had its theatrical re-release and world premiere on television. It was distributed internationally by Variety Distribution. Plot Benni ( Chris Avram), the owner of a photo agency, arrives. He welcomes Leo (Venantino Venantini), the owner of the club, Sylvie Boisset (Claude Jade), a French actress and model, Mino Cattani ( Massimo Serato), the editor of the newspaper, Commenda ( Renato Turi) and the lawyer (Paolo di Tusco). There is a lot of murmuring, and the editor of the newspaper receives a phone call. He is nervous and whispers to Leo and makes another phone call. Sylvie o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
