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Laura Nucci
Laura Nucci (26 February 1913 – 30 January 1994) was an Italian film actress. Nucci was one of the stars of the Italian fascism, 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 actor, character actress. She also appeared in television, such as the 1957 series ''Pride and Prejudice (1957 TV series), Pride and Prejudice''. Selected filmography * ''La Leggenda di Wally'' (1930) * ''Palio (1932 film), Palio'' (1932) * ''Bad Subject'' (1933) * ''Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * ''Golden Arrow (1935 film), Golden Arrow'' (1935) * ''The Dance of Time'' (1936) * ''Condottieri (1937 film), Condottieri'' (1937) * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) * ''The Faceless Voice (1939 film), The Faceless Voice'' (1939) * ''Diamonds (1939 film), Diamonds'' (1939) * ''The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrara
Carrara ( ; ; , ) is a town and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey Carrara marble, marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some Boxing the compass, west-northwest of Florence. Its motto is Latin: '' "" ("My strength is in the wheel"), a reference firstly to the marble shipping industry from Roman times onwards. Toponymy The word ''Carrara'' likely comes from the pre-Roman (Celtic languages, Celtic or Ligurian language (ancient), 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 ancient Rome, Romans after their conquest of Liguria in the early second century BC. Carrara has been linked with the process of quarrying and ... [...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 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 – First Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrior Of The Lost World
''Warrior of the Lost World'' (also known as ''Mad Rider'') is a 1983 Italian-American post-apocalyptic science fiction film written and directed by David Worth and starring Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, and Donald Pleasence. It was created and first released in Italy under the title ''Il Giustiziere della terra perduta'' ("Vigilante of the Lost Earth") in 1983 during the wide popularity of the ''Mad Max'' films, and many subsequently created post-apocalyptic films of the 1980s. Later the film was given another Italian title for VHS and television markets, ''I predatori dell'anno Omega'' ("Raiders of the Omega year"). Plot The Rider arrives on his advanced motorcycle with its artificial intelligence computer Einstein. He crashes but manages to pass through the "wall of illusion" and is found and brought back to health by the Enlightened Elders. They have chosen him to lead their fight against the evil Omega, an Orwellian state run by the evil Prossor. The Elders are allied wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blow To The Heart
''Blow to the Heart'' () is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival. Fausto Rossi won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best new actor. The film also won the Silver Ribbon for best script. It was described as a "masterful psychological study investigating two profoundly different characters". A teenage son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and begins keeping his father under surveillance after one of his father's friends dies in a terrorist shoot-out. Plot Cast * Jean-Louis Trintignant as Dario * Fausto Rossi as Emilio * Laura Morante as Giulia * Sonia Gessner as Emilio's mother * Vanni Corbellini as Sandro Ferrari * Laura Nucci as Dario's mother * Matteo Cerami as Matteo See also * List of Italian films of 1982 A list of films produced in Italy in 1982 (see 1982 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1982at the ... [...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 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 work after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bloodstained Shadow
''The Blood Stained Shadow'' () Italian ''giallo'' film co-written and directed by Antonio Bido.The film follows a professor returning to his home of a coastline Italian village, where a woman is strangled like a young girl who was murdered years ago, before sinners in the town start dying as well. Plot An unseen figure strangles a young girl in a field, and the murder goes unsolved. Years later, college professor Stefano returns home from 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 pedophilic count, a fake medium, and an illegal abortionist. One night, the medium is strangled to death outside the church, with Paolo witnessing the murder but not seeing the killer's face. It resembles the strangulation murder from years before, and at the scene, Stefano has flashbacks from his childhood that give him dizzy spells, but the memories are incomplete. The medium's offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Still Kill The Old Way (1967 Film)
''We Still Kill the Old Way'' (; ) is a 1967 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri. 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 seriously until Manno, together with his friend Antonio Roscio, is killed while hunting one early morning. Suspicion falls on the father and two brothers of the Manno's underage servant Rosina, with whom Manno had an affair. Professor Laurana, who had seen one of the extortion letters, does not believe in the guilt of these illiterate men since the letters had been made with clippings from the Osservatore Romano, a Vatican newspaper with only two local subscribers. Laurana asks his lawyer friend Rosello to take care of the prisoners, and begins his own research, also motivated by his secret love for Luisa Roscio, the widow of Manno's murdered comp ... [...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 Italy 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 José Jaspe () (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in '' Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in '' The Man Called Noon'' (1973), the traitor in '' The C ... [...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 fils. Cast * Sara Montiel as Lola * Antonio Cifariello as Javier * Frank Villard as Gabriel * Luisa Mattioli Luisa Mattioli (23 March 1936 – October 2021) was an Italian actress. She was active in cinema and television during the 1950s and 1960s, and was notably the third wife of Roger Moore. Biography Mattioli worked as a cashier at Doney's, a caf ... as Ana * Germán Cobos as Federico * Laura Nucci as Madre de Javier * José María Caffarel as Empresario * Gustavo Re as Comisario * Roberto Martín as Teniente * Josep Maria Angelat * Fernando Ulloa as Doctor * Antonio de Armenteras * Jesús Puche * Vicente Vega * Luis Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Girls Of Rome
Call or Calls may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Call (poker), a bet matching an opponent's * Call, in the game of contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage Music and dance * Call (band), from Lahore, Pakistan * Call, a command in square dancing, delivered by a caller * " Call / I4U", a 2011 single by Japanese music group AAA * "Call", a 2002 song by Ashanti from her album '' Ashanti'' * "Call" (Stray Kids song), 2021 Film * ''Call'' (film), or ''The Call'', 2020 South Korean film * ''Calls'' (film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film Television * ''Calls'' (TV series), a mystery thriller TV series on Apple TV+ Finance * Call on shares, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital * Call option, a term in stock trading Places * Call, North Carolina, United States * Call, Texas, United States Science and technology Computing * Call, a shell command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
