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Laura Nucci
Laura Nucci (1913–1994) was an Italian film actress. Nucci was one of the stars of the Fascist era, emerging after she won a competition.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. p.56 Her career was setback by the downfall of Benito Mussolini's regime, but from 1950 she began appearing in films again as a character actress. She also appeared in television, such as the 1957 series ''Pride and Prejudice''. Selected filmography * ''La Leggenda di Wally'' (1930) * ''Palio'' (1932) * '' Bad Subject'' (1933) * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * ''The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''Condottieri'' (1937) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''Diamonds'' (1939) * ''The Knight of San Marco'' (1939) * '' La signorina'' (1942) * '' The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * ''Rita of Cascia'' (1943) * ''Disowned'' (1954) * ''Call Girls of Rome'' (1960) * ''The Lovely Lola'' (1962) * ''Devi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence. Its motto is ''Fortitudo mea in rota'' (Latin: "My strength is in the wheel"). Toponymy The word ''Carrara'' likely comes from the pre-Roman (Celtic or Ligurian) element ''kar'' (stone), through Latin ''carrariae'' meaning 'quarries'. History There were known settlements in the area as early as the ninth century BC, when the Apuan Ligures lived in the region. The current town originated from the borough built to house workers in the marble quarries created by the Romans after their conquest of Liguria in the early second century BC. Carrara has been linked with the process of quarrying and carving marble since the Roman Age. Marble was exported from the nearby harbour of Luni at the mouth of the river Magra. In the early Middle Ages it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Were Seven Widows
''We Were Seven Widows'' ( it, Eravamo sette vedove) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio - L'avvocato Ruggero Mauri * Nino Taranto - Orlando, il cameriere di bordo * Laura Nucci - Vera * Silvana Jachino - Barbara * Laura Solari - Anna Calcini * Greta Gonda - Maria * Anna Maria Dossena - Ada * Maria Dominiani - Liliana * Amelia Chellini - Gioconda Zappi Torriani * Oscar Andriani - Il marito di Liliana * Gino Bianchi - Francesco, il marito di Anna * Adolfo Geri - Il marito di Ada * Mario Siletti - Popi, il marito geloso di Vera * Carlo Micheluzzi - Matteo * Ori Monteverdi - L'infermiera * Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ... - Il medico External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Nun
''Killer Nun'' ( Italian: ''Suor Omicidi'', ''Sister Murders'') is a 1979 Italian nunsploitation horror film directed and co-written by Giulio Berruti, co-written by Alberto Tarallo, and starring Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro, Lou Castel, and Alida Valli. Its plot follows a nun who, after recovering from brain surgery, grows increasingly paranoid that her health is again declining; she begins indulging in opioids from the hospital in which she works, and spirals into addiction and madness with violent consequences. The film is loosely based on the true story of a Cécile Bombeek, a middle-aged nun who committed a series of murders in a geriatric hospital in Wetteren, Belgium in 1977. The film was originally banned in Britain as a " video nasty" and released with cuts in 1993, but was finally released uncut on DVD in the UK during 2006, after changes in British censorship policy. Plot Sister Gertrude, a nun who works in a Catholic hospital for the elderly, returns to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bloodstained Shadow
''Solamente nero'' (''Only Blackness''), internationally released as ''The Bloodstained Shadow'', is a 1978 Italian giallo film co-written and directed by Antonio Bido. The film was referred to as "a fine example of a competent giallo, as it contains all of the requisite elements". Paul Simpson wrote about the film: "The pacing goes awry, but Bido uses the unusual setting well and the murders are memorably gory." Plot A mysterious stranger strangles a young girl in a field, and the murder goes unsolved. Years later, young Stefano (a college professor) returns home to Venice to visit his brother Don Paolo, a priest who has been ranting against the immoral people in his village...a group of ne'er-do-wells including a gambler, a pedophile/ Count, a fake medium, and an illegal abortionist. One by one, the sinners begin to get murdered, and Stefano tries to uncover the killer before he and his brother become victims themselves.Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). ''Blood and Black Lace: The De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Still Kill The Old Way
''We Still Kill the Old Way'' ( it, A ciascuno il suo; ) is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay. It is based on the novel '' To Each His Own'' by Leonardo Sciascia. Plot The death threats against the local pharmacist Arturo Manno do not surprise any of his friends because he is a known womanizer in his small town. They do not take his reports of the threats seriously until Manno, together with his friend Dr. Antonio Roscio, are killed while hunting one early morning. Suspicion falls on the father and two brothers of a 16-year-old girl who supposedly had relations with Manno. But Professor Laurana, who had seen one of the extortion letters, does not believe in the guilt of these illiterates from a rundown neighborhood since the letters of the anonymous notes have been made with clippings from the Osservatore Romano - a Vatican newspaper with few local subscribers. He asks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Of The Desert Against The Son Of Hercules
''Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' is a 1964 international co-production filmed in Algeria and directed by Anthony Dawson. Plot summary An evil and ambitious usurper named Ganor seizes a kingdom by assassinating the Sultan and imprisoning his son Prince Daikor and daughter Princess Soraya to prevent revolt. Princess Soraya is defiant and escapes by leaping out the palace window into a river. She is discovered by a pair of peasants Anthar and the mute Aimu who become her protectors, and later rescuers and avengers against Ganor. The film concludes in a showdown in a hall of mirrors. Cast *Kirk Morris as Anthar *Michèle Girardon as Princess Soraya *Renato Baldini as Kamal *Mario Feliciani as Ganor *José Jaspe as Akrim *Manuel Gallardo as Prince Daikor * Nadine Verdier as Slave Girl Release ''Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' was released on June 27, 1964 in Italy. The film grossed 140,300,000 Italian lire at domestically in Italy. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lovely Lola
''The Lovely Lola'' (Spanish:''La bella Lola'') is a 1962 historical musical film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Sara Montiel, Antonio Cifariello and Frank Villard.Powrie p.218 It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It is based on the 1848 novel ''The Lady of the Camellias'' by Alexandre Dumas. Cast * Sara Montiel as Lola * Antonio Cifariello as Javier * Frank Villard as Gabriel * Luisa Mattioli as Ana * Germán Cobos as Federico * Laura Nucci as Madre de Javier * José María Caffarel as Empresario * Gustavo Re Gustavo Re (7 April 1908 – 5 June 1979) was a Spanish television presenter and actor. Biography On 10 October 1961 it was aired on TVE ''Amigos del martes'', hosted by Artur Kaps, Franz Johan and Gustavo Re. They found a theater company named ... as Comisario * Roberto Martín as Teniente * Josep Maria Angelat * Fernando Ulloa as Doctor * Antonio de Armenteras * Jesús Puche * Vicente Vega * Luis Ciges as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Girls Of Rome
''Call Girls of Rome'' ( it, I piaceri del sabato notte, lit=The pleasures of Saturday night) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Daniele D'Anza and starring Andreina Pagnani, Jeanne Valérie, Scilla Gabel, and Elsa Martinelli. Jean Murat also appears. Plot Behind the facade of a fashion house in Milan, run by Arabella, lies an efficient high-class prostitution ring. Cast *Andreina Pagnani as Arabella * Jeanne Valérie as Paola Masetti * Maria Perschy as Claudia *Scilla Gabel as Patrizia *Elsa Martinelli as Marisa, model * Pierre Brice as Aldo, lawyer *Jean Murat as General Masetti, father of Paola and Silvana *Romolo Valli as Commissioner * Roberto Risso as Carlo Malpighi *Corrado Pani as Young Blackmailer *Renato Speziale as Luigi, Arabella's lover *Giuseppe Porelli as Commendator Paolo Iavecchia *Luigi Pavese as Baldoni * Maria Grazia Spina as Silvana *Marilù Tolo as Luigi's mistress * Carlo Pisacane as Neapolitan old man * Paola Barbara as Mrs. Masetti, mother of Paola and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disowned (film)
''Disowned'' (Italian: ''Ripudiata'') is a 1955 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Walter Chili and starring Alberto Farnese, Hélène Rémy and Laura Nucci.Chiti & Poppi p.309 Cast * Alberto Farnese as barone Giulio Colizzi * Hélène Rémy as contessina Bianca Maria Sulliotti * Laura Nucci as Laura Elisa, sorella di Giulio * John Douglas as Franz Von Klaus * Vittorio Duse as Filippo * Augusto Pennella as piccolo Guglielmo * Amedeo Trilli as padre di Bianca Maria * Gianni Rizzo * Renato Malavasi * Emma Baron * Giulio Donnini * Cesare Fantoni * Oscar Andriani * Memmo Carotenuto * Augusto Di Giovanni * Girolamo Favara * Pietro Fumelli * Loris Gizzi * Lia Lena * Virna Lisi * Paolo Pacetti * Giovanni Petrucci * Diego Pozzetto * Paolo Reale * Ugo Sasso * Eugenio Valenti * Henri Vidon References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * ''Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Of Cascia (film)
''Rita of Cascia'' (Italian: ''Rita da Cascia'') is a 1943 Italian historical film directed by Antonio Leonviola and starring Elena Zareschi, Ugo Sasso and Beatrice Mancini.Nerenberg p. 85 It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film portrays the life of the Catholic saint Rita of Cascia. Cast * Elena Zareschi as Rita da Cascia * Ugo Sasso as Paolo di Ferdinando * Beatrice Mancini as Ada * Marcello Giorda as Antonio, il padre di Rita * Laura Nucci as Jacoviella * Augusto Marcacci as Il barone di Collegiacone * Elodia Maresca as Amata * Teresa Franchini as La madre superiore * Stefano Sciaccaluga as Il pellegrino * Giulio Battiferri as Lampo, il servo spia del barone * Gian Paolo Rosmino as Frate Remigio * Luigi Garrone as Il taverniere * Umberto Spadaro as Il delatore nella taverna * Giovanni Onorato as Un cliente nella taverna * Amina Pirani Maggi as Una suora * Nera Bruni as Un'altra suora * Vittoria Mongardi as Una conversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Fra Diavolo
''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' ( it, Fra' Diavolo) is a 1942 Italian adventure film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Enzo Fiermonte. Cast * Enzo Fiermonte - Michele Pezza detto " Fra' Diavolo" * Elsa De Giorgi - Fortunata Consiglio * Laura Nucci - Gabriella Del Prà * Cesare Bettarini - Carlo Consiglio * Agostino Salvietti - Ciccio La Rosa, il capo della polizia * Carlo Romano - Tiburzio * Loris Gizzi - Il prefetto * Marcello Giorda - Il generale * Renato Chiantoni - Sputafuoco See also * ''Donne e briganti ''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 fi ...'' (1950) External links * 1942 films 1942 adventure films Italian adventure films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Luigi Zampa Napoleonic Wars films Films set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Signorina
''La signorina'' (i.e. "The young lady") is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" romantic drama film directed by and starring Loredana and Nino Besozzi. It is based on a novel by Gerolamo Rovetta. Plot The young daughter of a libertine is placed in the care of a novelist, who agrees to be her father. The novelist also finds a boy suitable for her as a husband but later discovers that he is his woman's lover. Despite these and other twists, the happy ending sees love blossom between the pupil and his guardian. Cast * Loredana as Lulù *Nino Besozzi as Francesco Roero *Laura Nucci as Fani *Alberto Sordi as Nino *Paolo Stoppa as Fani's lover *Leda Gloria *Maria Jacobini *Giacomo Moschini * Giovanni Varni *Nino Marchesini * Lydia Johnson *Liana Del Balzo Liana Del Balzo (4 March 1899 – 26 March 1982) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
