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Gábor Pogány
Gábor Pogány (1915–1999) was a Hungarian-born Italian cinematographer. Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, mainly Italian films as well as some international productions. He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as ''Two Women'' (1960).Small, Pauline. ''Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star'', p.77. Intellect Books, 2009. In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's '' European Nights''. Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer, who was born in 1947, Rome, Lazio, Italy and died on 18 February 1999, aged 52, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Selected filmography * ''First Love'' (1941) * '' Carmela'' (1942) * ''The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942) * '' Document Z-3'' (1942) * ''Calafuria'' (1943) * ''Resurrection'' (1944) * '' Farewell, My Beautiful Naples'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946 Film)
''Farewell, My Beautiful Naples'' () is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Fosco Giachetti, Vera Carmi and Clelia Matania.Brunetta p.111 It is based on a 1910 play which had previously been made into a 1917 silent film of the same title. Location shooting took place around Naples, including at Pompeii, Amalfi and Capri. Synopsis In Naples, a local composer falls in love with an American tourist. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Carlo Sanna, composer * Vera Carmi as Roberta Sullivan * Clelia Matania as Yvonne de Fleurette * Paolo Stoppa as Ruocco * Bella Starace Sainati * Lidia Drutskoy * Franco Pesce Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer. Life and career Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of ... References Bibliography * Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm (1954 Film)
''Storm'' (French: ''Orage'', Italian: ''Delirio'') is a 1954 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Pierre Billon and Giorgio Capitani and starring Raf Vallone, Françoise Arnoul and Elena Varzi. Gili & Tassone p.246 The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari. It is based on the play ''Le Venin'' by Henri Bernstein, which had previously been made into the 1938 film '' Orage''. Synopsis The engineer André goes to see his brother-in-law's lover Françoise to try and warn her off. However, despite being in love with his wife Elena, he finds himself falling for Françoise Cast * Raf Vallone as André * Françoise Arnoul as Françoise * Elena Varzi as Elena * Ave Ninchi as Cecilia * Giorgio Albertazzi as Il coloniale * Aldo Silvani Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian stage, film and voice actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Cardinal Lambertini (1934 film), Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla (1954 Film)
''Camilla'' is a 1954 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luciano Emmer. Plot Camilla Busin, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, consisting of Mario, a health care physician, his wife Giovanna and their children Andrea and Cristina. The economic conditions of the Rossetti are not prosperous and this causes tensions and disagreements. Furthermore, the Rossettis hang out with Gianni, an intrusive, rude family friend who is often involved in unclear affairs, who lives without being married with the succubus Donatella. Mario tries to advance his career by preparing an exam to obtain a more remunerative qualification, but his studies are listless and are made difficult by family tensions, caused by the difficulty of maintaining the desired standard of living. Camilla, with her discreet but sure presence, also made up of popular wisdom, is an element of cohesion for the family and manages to give serenity especially to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Slice Of Life (1954 Film)
''A Slice of Life'' (, , also known as ''The Anatomy of Love'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Paul Paviot. Plot Mara From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author. Vasco and Mara get to know in a restaurant, go to the cinema, and spent the evening intimately, fall in love. She tells him that, being short of money, will try to work the next morning in a brothel, but he convinces her to desist from this connection, to begin to live with him, who has a job as a teacher, even if their economic situation may be difficult. The baby Written by Alberto Moravia. Young couple the suburbs of Rome are in financial trouble. She would like to work, but must take care of the child who has recently given birth. The two then set out, reluctantly, to leave the baby in a church, but the mother can not decide on the right place and finally the father has second thoughts. Outdoor scene From a story of Marino Moretti, written by Ennio Flaiano. A man a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of Those
''One of Those'' (, also known as ''Totò, Peppino e... una di quelle'') is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film produced, written, directed and starred by Aldo Fabrizi. Plot Maria is a widow with a dependent child, in debt with her landlord, and she tries to get by on small tailoring jobs. One day she receives a visit from a neighbor, a prostitute. Praising the beauty of Maria, and understanding her economic difficulties, the prostitute suggests her to attempt the same profession, in her view the only way for a single woman to find the money to live. Desperate by the personal and economic situation, Maria reluctantly accepts the advice and the next day she went to a nightclub, where she encounter two wealthy country men, the brothers Martino and Rocco. Cast *Lea Padovani as Maria Rossetti *Peppino De Filippo as Martino Bardelli *Totò as Rocco Bardelli *Aldo Fabrizi as Dr. Ubaldo Mancini *Mara Landi as L'entraineuse *Giulio Calì as Guardamacchine *Nando Bruno as Il tass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sins Of Rome
''Sins of Rome'' () is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus. The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film ''Spartacus'', as to prevent eventual new releases of the film that could have damaged the commercial outcome of Kubrick’s film; this resulted in ''Sins of Romes withdrawal from market for about thirty years. Plot summary In 74 B.C., Spartacus, a Roman soldier of Thracian origins, is enslaved by Crassus after coming to the rescue of the beautiful slave Amytis. Enlisted into Lentulus's gladiators, he attempts repeatedly to escape. When the gladiators begin a revolt, Spartacus becomes their leader and leaves Rome with them. Wounded by Rufus's soldiers during a patrol, he takes refuge with Crassus's young daughter Sabina, who has fallen in love with him. After recovering, Spartacus returns to his men and leads them in a victorious assault on Rufus's fortifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altri Tempi
''In Olden Days'' () is a 1952 Italian comedy drama anthology film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and featuring an ensemble cast that included Gina Lollobrigida, Amedeo Nazzari, Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani, Barbara Florian, Aldo Fabrizi, Andrea Checchi and Alba Arnova.Diffrient p.7 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dario Cecchi and Veniero Colasanti. It is also known as ''Times Gone By'' and ''Infidelity''. Plot The cart of old books A good-natured peddler of old books shows his customers some works from the past and is pranked by the rowdy son of a newsagent. Excelsior dance Filmed reconstruction of the Excelsior Ball, an allegorical late-century dance by the composer Romualdo Marenco performed for the first time at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 11 January 1881. Less than a day Two lovers, for contingent reasons, manage to see each other in a hotel room once a year, for a few hours, but due to some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forbidden Christ
''The Forbidden Christ'' () is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Curzio Malaparte. Plot Bruno is a veteran of the Russian campaign who returned on foot to his Montepulciano. Unlike the other veterans, his happiness at returning home is clouded by the death of his brother, a partisan shot by the Germans because of the betrayal of a fellow villager. Determined to avenge his brother, he tries to get the name of the informer told, but the villagers, tired of the violence and the blood of the war, refused to reveal it. Mastro Antonio, a modest carpenter friend of Bruno, for fear that an innocent person might be killed, makes him believe that the man he is looking for is him. At that confession Bruno takes a file and throws it at his heart. Before passing away, the carpenter admits that he lied and sacrificed himself in place of the culprit. Having found the real culprit, he offers himself to Bruno's machine gun shots, but the latter, mindful of his friend's words, does not have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Pirates
''Revenge of the Pirates'' () is a 1951 Italian adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio. It was the last movie of Maria Montez. It is also known as ''The Pirates Revenge'' and ''Duel Before the Mast''. Plot In 1675, Enrico di Roccabruna turns pirate to avenge his father's death. Cast * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Enrico di Roccabruna * Maria Montez as Consuelo * Milly Vitale as Luana * Roberto Risso as Miguel * Paul Muller as Espinosa * Franca Tamantini as Conchita * Saro Urzì as Aguirre * Mimì Aylmer as Isabella * Mario Castellani as Armagnac * Sidney Gordon as Van Hiess * Enrico Glori as Governor * Franca Marzi Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977. Life and career Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ... Production The film was shot in Rome. Jean Pierre Aumont says he and Montez celebrated their eighth wedd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See Naples And Die
''See Naples and Die'' () is a 1952 Italian crime-melodrama film directed by Riccardo Freda. Plot Drug dealer Sanesi is trying to get her old friend Marisa to have her husband, a senior bank official, sing. But the official becomes convinced that Marisa is cheating on him with Sanesi and throws his wife out of the house. In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating, Marisa decides to assassinate Sanesi. A murder trial then opens against Marisa. Her acquittal in self-defense will lead Marisa and her husband to reconciliation. Cast * Gianna Maria Canale: Marisa * Renato Baldini: Giacomo Marini * Vittorio Sanipoli: Roberto Sanesi * Franca Marzi: Lover of Senesi * Carletto Sposito * Claudio Villa Production Following the success of his previous film '' La vendetta di Aquila Nera'', Riccardo Freda directed his next film produced by Umberto Momi and Carlo Caiano through their company Associati Produttori Indipendenti (A.P.I.). Freda claimed he shot the film within 15 days, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
