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Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921) * '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921) * '' The House of Pulcini'' (1924) * '' Chief Saetta'' (1924) * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1927) * '' Maciste against the Sheik'' (1926) * '' The Giant of the Dolomites'' (1927) * '' Company and the Crazy'' (1928) * '' The Last Tsars'' (1928) * ''Judith and Holofernes'' (1929) * '' When Naples Sings'' (1930) * ''Villafranca'' (1934) * ''Don Bosco'' (1935) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * ''Pietro Micca'' (1938) * '' The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) * ''Blood Wedding'' (1941) * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * '' A Yank in Rome'' (1946) * '' His Young Wife'' (1946) * '' Eleven Men and a Ball'' (1948) * '' Sicilian Uprising'' (1949) * ''Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua ( it, Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Micca (film)
''Pietro Micca'' is a 1938 Italian historical war film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Guido Celano, Renato Cialente and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin. The film marked the screen debut of Clara Calamai, who went on to be a leading Italian star of the next decade.Moliterno p.57-58 The film portrays the life and death of Pietro Micca who was killed in 1706 at the Siege of Turin while fighting for the Duchy of Savoy against France in the War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phili .... Cast References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 1938 films Italian war films Italian historical films 1930s war films 1930s histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti- rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piece Of The Sky
''Piece of the Sky'' ( it, Un ettaro di cielo) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Aglauco Casadio. Plot Severino Balestra, a peddler who goes around the various village festivals of the Po delta selling trinkets, returns to Migliarino, where three elderly people live who make ends meet with a few barber jobs, or poaching eels. Marina also lives there, the young woman who had an affair with him the previous year and who now works in the village inn. Severino tells the three naive old unlikely stories about big cities and progress. In the evening, after unsuccessfully trying to spend the night with Marina in the inn, Severino stops by the three elderly people and here proposes them a deal: the sale of pieces of the sky, which will make them rich because they will be able to get the rent paid from the planes. that pass from there. Of course - he tells them - they will only be able to use the property when they are dead. The three naive elders accept the deal and give him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Children (1951 Film)
''Nobody's Children'' (Italian:''I figli di nessuno'') is a 1951 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Françoise Rosay.Moliterno p.292 It is one of a series of melodramas co-starring Nazzari and Sanson, which were very popular at the box office. The owner of a marble quarry falls in love with the daughter with one of his employees, and they have a baby together. However his mother attempts to sabotage the relationship with tragic consequences. It was followed by a 1955 sequel, '' The White Angel''. Cast * Amedeo Nazzari: Guido Canali * Yvonne Sanson: Luisa Fanti / Suor Addolorata * Françoise Rosay: Contessa Canali * Folco Lulli: Anselmo Vannini * Enrica Dyrell: Elena * Teresa Franchini: Marta * Gualtiero Tumiati: Padre Demetrio * Alberto Farnese: Poldo * Aristide Baghetti: Bernardo Fanti, padre di Luisa * Enrico Glori: Rinaldi * Olga Solbelli: Madre Superiora * Nino Marchesini: il dottore * Rit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women And Brigands
''Women and Brigands'' (Italian: ''Donne e briganti'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban and Jean Chevrier. It is based on the story of the legendary guerilla fighter Fra Diavolo, who led a major uprising against French forces in Naples during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1953 it was released in a dubbed version in the United States under the alternative title ''The King's Guerrillas''. The film was made at the Farnesina Studios in Rome with Location shooting taking place at the Royal Palace of Caserta. The films's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It earned around 206 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. p. 126. (in Italian) . Cast *Amedeo Nazzari as Michele Pezza/Fra Diavolo *Maria Mauban as Marietta *Jean Chevrier as General Hugo *Paolo Stoppa as Peppino Luciani * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Of Padua (film)
''Anthony of Padua'' (Italian: ''Antonio di Padova'') is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Aldo Fiorelli, Silvana Pampanini and Carlo Giustini. The film portrays the life of Anthony of Padua (1195–1231).Moliterno p.136 Cast * Aldo Fiorelli as Fernando - poi Antonio di Padova * Silvana Pampanini as Anita - madre di Fernando * Carlo Giustini as Padre di Fernando * Alberto Pomerani as Il piccolo Fernando * as Conte Vincenzo * Luigi Pavese as Don Luigi * Ugo Sasso as Il contadino * Lola Braccini as Sua madre * Nino Pavese as Achille Sartori * Piero Pastore as Giano * Mario Ferrari as Il giudice Don Alicante * as Isabella * Dianora Veiga as La lussuriosa * Cesare Fantoni as Sultano * Guido Notari as Avvocato difensore * Valerio Tordi as Don Alvaro * Riccardo Mangano as Don Diego * Carlo Duse as Capitano delle guardie di Ezzelina * as Avvocato accusatore * as Il buffone di Ezzelino * as Frate Bernardo * Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicilian Uprising
''Sicilian Uprising'' or ''Sicilian Vespers'' (Italian: ''Vespro siciliano'') is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gesù p.315 The film is set in 1282, showing the events leading up to the War of the Sicilian Vespers. It is based on the libretto of the Verdi opera ''I vespri siciliani'', which was itself based on an earlier play written by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier. Cast * Marina Berti as Laura * Clara Calamai as Elena Di Caltabellotta * Roldano Lupi as Giovanni Da Procida * Steve Barclay as Capitaine Drouet * Paul Muller as Duke de Saint-Rémy, Governor of Palermo * Ermanno Randi as Ruggero * Aldo Silvani as Abbot of Santo Spirito * Carlo Tamberlani as Tommaso * Aroldo Tieri as Folco * Gabriele Ferzetti * Gianni Glori * Felice Minotti Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleven Men And A Ball
''Eleven Men and a Ball'' (Italian: ''11 uomini e un pallone'') is a 1948 Italian sports comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Carlo Dapporto, Carlo Campanini and Clelia Matania.Chiti & Poppi p.385 The film's sets were designed by the art director Saverio D'Eugenio. Synopsis To prevent a gifted player performing for his team in a decisive match, the opposing club go to greatlengths to try to avoid him making it to the game. Cast * Carlo Dapporto as Romeo * Carlo Campanini as Achille * Clelia Matania as Clelia * Ernesto Almirante as Il professore * Adriana Serra as Cassiera bar * Enrico Luzi as Un barista * Ferruccio Amendola * Giorgio Baraghi * Fiorella Betti * Arturo Bragaglia * Bruno Cantalamessa * Andrea De Pino * Maria Dominiani * Georges Flamant * Fedele Gentile * Greta Gonda * Fausto Guerzoni * Felice Minotti * Piero Pastore * Giovanni Petrucci * Paolo Reale * Agostino Salvietti Agostino Salvietti (28 August 1882 - 2 December 1967) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Young Wife
''His Young Wife'' ( it, Le miserie del signor Travet) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Carlo Campanini - Monsù Ignazio Travet * Vera Carmi - Madama Rosa Travet * Paola Veneroni - Marianin Travet * Pierluigi Veraldo - Carluccio Travet (as Pier Luigi Verando) * Laura Gore - Brigida * Gino Cervi - Il commandatore Francesco Battilocchio * Luigi Pavese - Il capo sezione * Mario Siletti - Môtôn * Michele Malaspina - Rusca * Gianni Agus - Velan * Domenico Gambino - Monsù Giachetta * Enrico Effernelli - Paôlin * Alberto Sordi - Camillo Barbarotti * Carlo Mazzarella - Paglieri, il notaio * Felice Minotti Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921) * '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921) * '' The House of Pulc ... - Giuan, il primo usciere References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Yank In Rome
''A Yank in Rome'' ( it, Un americano in vacanza) is a 1946 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Valentina Cortese. Cast * Valentina Cortese as Maria, La maestrina * Andrea Checchi as Roberto * Leo Dale as Dick * Adolfo Celi as Tom * Paolo Stoppa as Sor Augusto * Elli Parvo as Elena * Giovanni Dolfini as Don Giuseppe * Felice Minotti as Il padre di Roberto * Gino Baghetti as Monsignor Caligaris * Anna Maria Padoan as La signorina Paolina * Arturo Bragaglia as Il sacrestano * Oreste Fares as Il portiere di casa Caligaris * Luciano Salce Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, tv host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''Le pillole di Ercole'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Ve ... as L'ufficiale americano * Elettra Druscovich as La contessina Arcieri * Achille Ponzi as Pietro, il cameriere References External links * 1946 films 1946 comedy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Hearts (film)
''Two Hearts'' (Italian: ''Due cuori'') is a 1943 Italian romance film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erzsi Simor, Károly Kovács and Osvaldo Genazzani.Poppi p.430 It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guglielmo Borzone. Cast * Erzsi Simor as Anna Serrati * Károly Kovács as Andrea Dalmonte * Osvaldo Genazzani as Gianni Serrati * Nino Crisman as Ruggero Berti, il fidanzato di Anna * Guglielmo Sinaz as De Marchis * Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Zia Gertrude * Ela Franceschetti as La cameriera * Ernesto Conte as L'avvocato * Domenico Grossetto * Tania Lante * Diana Mauri * Tina Santi Tina may refer to: People *Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina'' Places *Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia *Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ... * Felice Minotti References Bibliography * Poppi, Roberto. ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
