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Giuseppe Moccia
Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia (22 June 1933 – 20 August 2006) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-directed as a part of the Castellano & Pipolo duo. Their 1984 film '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He was born in Viterbo, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. His son, Federico, is a well-known writer and also a screenwriter and director. Selected filmography * ''My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) * ''Tipi da spiaggia'' (1959) * ''Guardatele ma non toccatele'' (1959) * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) * '' Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi'' (1960) * '' The Two Rivals'' (1960) * ''The Fascist'' (1961) * ''Toto's First Night'' (1962) * ''5 marines per 100 ragazze'' (1962) * ''Obiettivo ragazze'' (1963) * '' The Thursday'' (1963) * '' Slalom'' (1965) * ''The Man, ...
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Viterbo
Viterbo (; Central Italian, Viterbese: ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Lazio region of Italy, the Capital city, capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. It is approximately north of GRA (Rome) on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini. The historic center is surrounded by the medieval walls of Viterbo, which are still mainly intact, built during the 11th and 12th centuries. Entrance to the walled center of the city is through ancient gates. Apart from agriculture, Viterbo's main resources are pottery, peperino stone, and wood. The town is home to the Italian gold reserves, an important Academy of Fine Arts, the Tuscia University, University of Tuscia, and the Italian Army's Aviation Command headquarters and training centre. It is located in a wide thermal area, attracting many tourists from all over central Italy. History The first ...
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The Fascist
''The Fascist'' () is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luciano Salce. It was coproduced with France. It was also the first feature film scored by Ennio Morricone. Plot In 1944, Italy is divided between the fascist puppet state Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI), which retains control of the northern and central half of the country, and the Allied-occupied southern half. Fascist bosses gathered in Cremona pick militant Primo Arcovazzi to take into custody professor Bonafè, a noted anti-fascist philosopher and agreed upon new government leader among the opposition forces who prepare the new democratic government after the war. Primo is lured by the promise of a promotion. During a first raid at the professor's home, Primo does not recognize Bonafè, who escapes to his family residence in rural Abruzzo. Equipped with a motorcycle-sidecar combination, Primo captures Bonafè and must lead him to Rome, still controlled by the RSI. En route, they have an accident to av ...
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2006 Deaths
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1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ...
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I Nuovi Mostri
''I nuovi mostri'' ("the new monsters"), known as ''Viva l'Italia!'' in the English-language version, is a 1977 commedia all'italiana film composed by 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. It is a sequel of '' I mostri'', made in 1963. It is followed by '' I mostri oggi'' (2009). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. Episodes The original version is composed by 14 episodes. Plot The film, like the previous one, consists of short episodes that portray the evil and meanness of Italian middle-class society during the years of lead in the 70s. Editions The full version of the film runs about 115 minutes, but upon its release in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .. ...
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Tell Me You Do Everything For Me
''Tell Me You Do Everything for Me'' () is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Johnny Dorelli, Pamela Villoresi and Jacques Dufilho.Chiti, Poppi & Pecorari p.242 Cast * Johnny Dorelli as Francesco Salmarani * Pamela Villoresi as Mary Mancini * Jacques Dufilho as 'Dodo' Spinacroce * Maria Grazia Spina as Paola Signorini - Francesco's lover * Nanni Svampa as Bonomelli aka il Biondino * Enzo Robutti as Felegatti * Ferdinando Murolo as Roberto Mancuso aka Robbie * Stefano Amato as Mino Salmarani * Francesco D'Adda as Caputo - The Police Commissioner's Assistant * Andréa Ferréol as Miriam Spinacroce * Pino Caruso Giuseppe Caruso (12 October 1934 – 7 March 2019), best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality. Life and career Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as a dramatic stage actor in his home town i ... as The Police Commissioner References Bibliography * Roberto ...
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The Man, The Woman And The Money
''Kiss the Other Sheik'' (, also known as ''The Man, the Woman and the Money'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film in three segments, directed by Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, and Luciano Salce. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Catherine Spaak, Pamela Tiffin, and Luciano Salce.Tom Lisanti. ''Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961–1974''. McFarland. . Chapter: "Kiss the Other Sheik", pp. 147-151. The literal English translation of the Italian title is "Today, Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow". Cast * Marcello Mastroianni - Mario (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") / Michele (segment "L'ora di punta", "La moglie bionda") * Catherine Spaak - Giovanna (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") * Virna Lisi - Dorothea (segment "L'ora di punta") * Luciano Salce - Arturo Rossi (segment "L'ora di punta") * Pamela Tiffin - Pepita (segment "La moglie bionda") * Lelio Luttazzi - Michele's Friend (segment "La moglie bionda") * Raimondo Vianello - Police Commissioner (ep. "La moglie bion ...
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Slalom (1965 Film)
''Slalom'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Vittorio Gassman. Plot Lucio and Riccardo, a pair of married pals, take their wives on a ski vacation in Sestriere but get distracted by the beautiful and seductive Nadia and Helen, who lure them into unexpected adventure and danger where Lucio is forced to go to Egypt with another passport and identity. Cast * Vittorio Gassman as Lucio Ridolfi * Adolfo Celi as Riccardo * Daniela Bianchi as Nadia * Lobna Abdel Aziz as Fahra, Egyptian flight attendant (as Loubna A.Aziz) * Beba Lončar as Helen * Emma Danieli as Hilde, Lucio's wife * Bob Oliver as George * Nagwa Fouad as Nabila * Corrado Olmi as Italian Consulat Official * Isabella Biagini as Simonetta, Riccardo's wife * Piero Vida Piero Vida (5 August 1938 – 25 January 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1959 and 1987. He was born in Venice, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * '' Il racc ...
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The Thursday
''The Thursday'' () is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Walter Chiari as Dino Versini * Michèle Mercier as Elsa * Roberto Ciccolini as Robertino * Umberto D'Orsi as Rigoni * Alice Kessler as herself * Ellen Kessler as herself * Silvio Bagolini as Doctor * Emma Baron as Giulia * Edy Biagetti * Olimpia Cavalli as Olimpia * Consalvo Dell'Arti as Concierge * Margherita Horowitz as Kleptomaniac * Salvo Libassi * Liliana Maccalè Liliana is derived from the Latin word 'lilium' or 'lilion', both mean 'lily' in English. Due to this, the name means "pure" and "innocent". The name is generally found in North America, though it is more common in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ... (as Siliana Maccalè) References External links * 1963 films 1963 comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Dino Risi ...
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Obiettivo Ragazze
''Obiettivo ragazze'' is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Four ex-soldiers meet and reminisce about the times they were in the military: a parachutist mistaking his sergeant's home for a brothel, a hypnotized sailor that believes he changed his sex, and two soldiers captured by an African tribe. Cast * Franco Franchi * Ciccio Ingrassia as Franco * Alighiero Noschese * Walter Chiari Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Biography Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originall ... as Alberto * Vittorio Congia * Diletta D'Andrea * Renzo Palmer * Elio Pandolfi as Aurelio * Antonella Steni * Carlo Campanini as Roberto * Marisa Del Frate as Gina * Tony Renis as himself References External links * 1963 films 1963 comedy films Italian comedy fi ...
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