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Giancarlo Prete
Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor. Biography After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Life He was born as Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, that moved to Genoa in 1913. ...'s acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner. In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the '' Space: 1999'' episode " The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo). He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor. Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumour at the age of 58. Filmography References 1943 births 2001 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Death
''The Price of Death'' () is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Lorenzo Gicca Palli and starring Klaus Kinski and Gianni Garko. Some DVD releases use the title ''Der Galgen wartet schon, Amigo!''. Plot Silver, who is elegantly dressed and lives in a hacienda with beautiful senoritas, is hired to find out if the accused Chester Conway, the black sheep of the town, really is guilty of the murder charge that he is to hang for. By investigating clues and arranging a trap, Silver discloses some respected citizens as the guilty parties. However, when Conway is released Silver shows that he had raped and killed a Mexican girl while the murder he was charged with took place, and he kills Conway in a duel. Cast * Gianni Garko as Silver * Klaus Kinski as Chester Conway * Gely Genka as Polly * Franco Abbiana as Jeff Plummer * Luciano Catenacci as Sheriff Tom Stanton * Laura Gianoli as Polly's sister * Giancarlo Prete as Reverend Adam Tiller * Luigi Casellato as Abacuc Randall * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loves And Times Of Scaramouche
''The Loves and Times of Scaramouche'' (Italian: ''Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche'') is a 1976 comedy film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Plot Along with his sidekick Whistle (Giancarlo Prete), Scaramouche (Michael Sarrazin) unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon - only to find himself the unlikely object of desire for Napoleon's lascivious new bride, the Empress Josephine (Ursula Andress). Cast * Michael Sarrazin as Scaramouche * Ursula Andress as Josephine De Beauharnais * Aldo Maccione as Napoleon Bonaparte * Giancarlo Prete as Whistle * Michael Forest as Danglar * Sal Borgese * Romano Puppo Release ''The Loves and Times of Scramouche'' was released on March 17, 1976. Reception Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and revealed that "I didn't stay for the whole movie, which is sort of unusual; I like to sit through even the worst films in the hopes of finding things more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Breaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level. The WHO's purpose is to achieve the highest possible level of health for all the world's people, defining health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The main functions of the World Health Organization include promoting the control of epidemic and endemic diseases; providing and improving the teaching and training in public health, the medical treatment of disease, and related matters; and promoting the establishment of international standards for biological products. The WHO was established on 7 April 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nottata
''La nottata'' () is a 1974 Italian film directed by Tonino Cervi. Plot The film is set in Milan, where Susy and Angela meet in a club bathroom. There, they take possession of a ring forgotten by a lady. After going to movie, they meet Vito, a taxi-driver who promises to help them selling the ring. The search for a buyer begins at a fence's house and continues until a party at the house of Destino, a travesti, where a jeweler buys the ring at a fraudulent price that the trio are forced to pay. But, after going out and loading a "''life boy''" (ragazzo di vita In Italy, the ''ragazzi di vita'' are unemployed boys who walk the sidewalks at night to wait for customers and who dream of a good life, but who most often end their lives sadly, in disease and drugs. See also the novel Ragazzi di vita by Pier Paolo Pasolini.) in the car, they realize that the money is gone. Despite this setback, the evening continues and, after a meeting with Marta and Davide, a rich vicious couple w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Law (film)
''Street Law'' (, lit. "The Citizen Rebels") is a 1974 in film, 1974 ''poliziotteschi'' film. It stars Franco Nero, Barbara Bach and was directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Plot Carlo Antonelli is an engineer from Genoa who is robbed, kidnapped and beaten during an armed bank robbery. After the police drop their investigation, he decides to find the gang and take justice into his own hands, with the help of a criminal who he blackmails to assist him. Cast * Franco Nero as Carlo Antonelli * Giancarlo Prete as Tommy * Barbara Bach as Barbara * Renzo Palmer as Inspector * Nazzareno Zamperla as Beard * Romano Puppo as Ringleader Production The film was shot at Incir-De Paolis in Rome and on location in Genoa. According to Castellari the producer, Mario Cecchi Gori, did not want him to shoot the opening sequence the way he wanted due to budget constraints. Castellari circumvented this by shooting a little every day without pay and without a shooting permit, by agreement with the stunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furto Di Sera Bel Colpo Si Spera
''Furto di sera bel colpo si spera'' (i.e. "Theft in the evening, a big coup hopefully") is a 1973 Italian heist-comedy film written and directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Pippo Franco. Plot Cast * Pippo Franco as Quinto * Giancarlo Prete as Armando Ciccarelli * Laura Troschel as Lidia (credited as Costanza Spada) * Thomas Rudy as Euforia * Piero Vida as Marcello * Monica Monet as Nicoletta * Aldo Giuffrè as Count Nuvolucci * Memmo Carotenuto as Quinto's father * Umberto D'Orsi as Commendatore * Andrea Aureli as Receiver of stolen goods * Ignazio Leone See also * List of Italian films of 1973 A list of films produced in Italy in 1973 (see 1973 in film): Notes References * * * * * * * External linksItalian films of 1973at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1973 1973 Films A film, als ... References External links * 1973 comedy films 1973 films Italian comedy films Films directed by Mariano Laur ... [...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] |
The Three Musketeers Of The West
''Tutti per uno... botte per tutti'', internationally released as ''The Three Musketeers of the West'', is a 1973 Cinema of Italy, Italian spaghetti Western-comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is a western-comedy version of Alexandre Dumas' novel ''The Three Musketeers''. It has been described as "one of the craziest Spaghetti Westerns ever made" and "an over the top comedy vehicle from start to finish".Lee Broughton, "The Three Musketeers of the West", ''Westerns… all'Italiana!'', Issue 74, 2009, p.24 Cast *Giancarlo Prete, Timothy Brent as d'Artagnan, Dart Coldwater Jr. *George Eastman (actor), George Eastman as Athos (character), Mc Athos *Chris Huerta as Porthos, Portland *Leo Anchóriz as Aramis, Aramirez *Karin Schubert as Alice *Eduardo Fajardo as The Banker * Max Turilli as Baron Von Horn * Vittorio Congia as Cheese Valley village chief * Pietro Tordi as Dart's father * José Canalejas (actor), José Canalejas as Mendoza * Eleonora Giorgi as Dart's girlfriend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Family
''The Big Family'' () is a 1973 Italian mafia film written and directed by Tonino Ricci and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Simonetta Stefanelli and Richard Conte. Plot Cast *Raymond Pellegrin as Don Peppino Scalise *Simonetta Stefanelli as Signora Vitale *Giancarlo Prete as Inspector La Manna *Richard Conte as Don Antonio Marchesi *Maria Fiore as Miss Federici *Edmund Purdom as Giovanni Lutture * Aldo Barberito as Federici * Pino Ferrara as Fiorito *Sal Borgese as Turi *Stelio Candelli as Johnny DeSalvo *Umberto Spadaro as Carabinieri Marshall *Franco Fantasia as Chief of Police * Empedocle Buzzanca as Alfio Sorge References External links *''The Big Family''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... Italian crime films 1973 crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sting Of The West
''Tedeum'' (internationally released as ''Sting of the West'', ''Father Jackleg'' and ''Con Men'') is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The title role was initially offered to Tomas Milian, who eventually refused. Plot Tedeum and his parents and granddad are all con men travelling around in a sailboat on wheels. When he inherits a mine from another well-known con man he assumes that it is false and tries to sell it. His first attempts turns out to be at the Texas’ sheriff convention and he has to escape together with another con man who is disguised as a monk. However, the mine does in fact exist, and the big boss Grant is out for it, though his confrontations with Tedeum usually ends in him losing his pants. Two female con men, the strong Betty and the beautiful Wendy, also get involved. In the end we find Grant, Tedeum, the monk and Tedeum's father as inmates of Laredo prison – because the mine lies right under it! Cast * Jack Palance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winged Devils
''Winged Devils'' (Italian: ''Forza "G"'', literally ''"G" Force'') is a 1972 Italian adventure-comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. Cast *Riccardo Salvino: Lt. Gianni Orlando *Pino Colizzi: Cpt. Bergamini *Mico Cundari: Lt. Muschin * Ernesto Colli: Lt. Ernesto Del Prete *Barbara Bouchet: Karin *Miranda Campa: Ernesto's Mother *Anita Strindberg: Gianni's Friend * Magda Konopka: Gianni's Friend *Giancarlo Prete : Lt. Pettarin *Duccio Tessari : De Santis *Dori Ghezzi Dori Ghezzi (born 30 March 1946) is an Italian singer who was active as a recording artist between 1966 and 1989. In the 1970s, Ghezzi worked mainly in a duo with American singer Wess, and the couple represented Italy in the 1975 Eurovision Song ... References External links * 1972 films Italian adventure films 1970s adventure films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Duccio Tessari Films scored by Ennio Morricone Italian aviation films 1970s Italian films Italian-language adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
