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Fearless (1978 Film)
''Fearless'' () is a 1978 ''poliziottesco'' film directed by Stelvio Massi. Cast *Maurizio Merli: Walter "Wally" Spada *Joan Collins: Brigitte *Gastone Moschin: Karl *Werner Pochath: Strauss *Annarita Grapputo: Annalise von Straben *Alexander Trojan: Von Straben *Jasmine Maimone: Renata *Massimo Vanni: Benito *Luciana Turina: Adele *Franco Ressel: Dr. Zimmer *Andrea Scotti: Inspector Nardelli Production According to director Stelvio Massi, the film was inspired by the character of Philip Marlowe, who he tried to have Maurizio Merli imitate to make him "more human, less violent cop, somewhat different from those he had already successfully played." Merli stated that when the producer found out that Merli's character would only shoot his gun once in the film,he was told "Come on, he must be shooting like mad, or else nobody's going to watch this movie!" ''Fearless'' was shot at Incir - De Paolis studios in Rome and on location in Vienna. Release ''Fearless'' was distributed theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelvio Massi
Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer, best known for his "''poliziotteschi''" films. Career Born in Civitanova Marche, the son of a tobacconist and a housewife, Massi studied at the Macerata Art Institute, and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. He entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954, he became a cameraman. Ten years later, he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973, he debuted as film director with ''Macrò''. He obtained a great commercial success with the ''Mark il poliziotto'' film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli. Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series ''Due assi per un turbo''. His son Danilo is also a film director. Filmography :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. Notes References * * * * Further reading * Fulv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Turina
Luciana Turina (born 13 August 1946) is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. Life and career Born in the Malavicina ''frazione'' (borough) of Roverbella, Province of Mantua, Turina started her professional career as singer in 1965, participating at the Castrocaro Music Festival and winning the competition with the song "Come ti vorrei". One year later, she entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "Dipendesse da me". In 1969 she made her film debut in Pietro Germi's '' Serafino'' and from then she focused her career on acting, mainly playing comedic roles. Her variegated career also includes television variety shows, cabaret and several books. Discography LP * 1972 – ''Perché qualcuno un giorno mi ha dato la vita e... una voce'' (Cinevox, SC 1074) EP * 1966 – ''Dio come ti amo/Dependes de mi/La carta vincente/Nadia me puede juzgar'' ( Compagnia Generale del Disco, HG 77-40; with Gigliola Cinquetti, Gino Paoli and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Vienna
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliziotteschi Films
''Poliziotteschi'' (; : ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime film, crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''Italo-crime'', spaghetti crime films, or simply Italian crime films. Influenced primarily by both 1970s Gangster film#French gangster films, French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American Crime thriller, cop films and vigilante films (among other influences), ''poliziotteschi'' films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy known as Years of Lead (Italy), Years of Lead and amidst increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heist film, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Crime Drama Films
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria **Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France ** ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette with Ute Lemper * ''L'Autrichienn ... {{disambig Lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for '' The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Lire
The lira ( , ; : lire, , ) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually form the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. It was subdivided into 100 ''centesimi'' (: ''centesimo''), which means "hundredths" or "cents". The lira was also the currency of the Albanian Kingdom from 1941 to 1943. The term originates from ''libra'', the largest unit of the Carolingian monetary system used in Western Europe and elsewhere from the 8th to the 20th century. The Carolingian system is the origin of the French ''livre tournois'' (predecessor of the franc), the Italian lira, and the pound unit of sterling and related currencies. In 1999, the euro became Italy's unit of account and the lira became a national subunit of the euro at a rate of €1 = Lit 1,936.27, before being replaced as cash in 2002. History Etymology The Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe ( ) is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in '' Black Mask'' magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Marlowe first appeared under that name in '' The Big Sleep'', published in 1939. Chandler's early short stories, published in pulp magazines such as ''Black Mask'' and ''Dime Detective'', featured similar characters with names like "Carmady" and "John Dalmas", starting in 1933. Some of those short stories were later combined and expanded into novels featuring Marlowe, a process Chandler called " cannibalizing", which is more commonly known in publishing as a fix-up. When the original stories were republished years later in the short-story collection '' The Simple Art of Murder'', Chandler did not change the names of the protagonists to Philip Marlowe. His first two stories, "Blackmailers Don't Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Scotti
Andrea Scotti (27 August 1931 – 21 December 2003) was an Italian film and television actor. Background Born in Naples, Scotti attended at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1956. During his career he was mainly active in genre films, particularly peplum, Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ... and crime films, He was sometimes credited Andrew Scott. Scotti died in Nepi on 21 December 2003, at the age of 72. Selected filmography * '' Captain Falcon'' (1958) * '' Three Strangers in Rome'' (1958) * '' Death of a Friend'' (1959) * '' Attack of the Moors'' (1959) * '' Atom Age Vampire'' (1960) * '' The Huns'' (1960) * '' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' (1961) * '' Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (1962) * '' Samson and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Ressel
Franco Ressel (8 February 1925 – 30 April 1985) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1961 and 1985. Selected filmography * ''La cento chilometri'' (1959) – The Gay Race Walker (uncredited) * '' The Assassin'' (1961) – Dottore Francesconi * '' Rome 1585'' (1961) – Grillo * '' Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World'' (1961) – Captain of the Khan's Guards * ''The Wonders of Aladdin'' (1961) – Vizier's Lieutenant * '' Erik the Conqueror'' (1961) – King Lotar * ''Caccia all'uomo'' (1961) – Capo Cameriere (uncredited) * '' His Women'' (1961) – René * ''Marco Polo'' (1962) * ''Damon and Pythias'' (1962) * ''Lo smemorato di Collegno'' (1962) – Agente Pubblicitario * '' The Four Monks'' (1962) – Il Barone Cimino * '' The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' (1963) – Arresting Officer at Airport (uncredited) * '' The Monk of Monza'' (1963) – Ufficiale del balzello * '' Toto and Cleopatra'' (1963) – (uncredited) * ''Scandali nudi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Vanni
Massimo Vanni (born 8 July 1946) is an Italian stuntman and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Vanni started his career as a stuntman, and had his first roles of weight playing tough guys in several poliziotteschi films directed by his cousin, the director Enzo G. Castellari. He is mostly known for the role of Gargiulo, a comical sidekick of Tomas Milian in the "Inspector Girardi" film series directed by Bruno Corbucci. In the 1980s he also played several leading roles in a number of action and adventure films, often directed by Bruno Mattei and in which he was credited as Alex McBride. Filmography * '' Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (1970) * '' Street Law'' (1974) * '' Emanuelle's Revenge'' (1975) * '' Violent Rome'' (1975) * '' Rome: The Other Side of Violence'' (1976) * '' The Big Racket'' (1976) * '' A Special Cop in Action'' (1976) * '' The Heroin Busters'' (1977) * '' Destruction Force'' (1977) * '' Squadra antitruffa'' (1977) * '' Fearless'' (1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
