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Lino Toffolo
Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, author, and television presenter. Life and career Born in Murano, shortly after his debut Toffolo moved to Milan where he obtained his first successes at the Derby Club, performing the character of the drunkard who sang his songs in Venetian dialect. Toffolo made his film debut in 1968, in ''Chimera (1968 film), Chimera''. He appeared in 24 titles between 1968 and 1978, including films by Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, then focused his works on stage and on television. His variegated career includes three music albums and several singles, of which the most successful was "Johnny Bassotto", that in 1972 ranked second on the Italian Hit Parade. Toffolo even wrote two books, ''A Ramengo'' and ''A Gratis'', and is the author of two theatrical plays, ''Gelati caldi'' and ''Fisimat''. Selected filmography * ''I Vitelloni'' (1953) - Un ragazzo al car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuppi Du
''Yuppi du'' is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Adriano Celentano. It is the second film directed by Celentano following ''Super rapina a Milano'' in 1964. The film premiered at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and won the Nastro d'Argento award for Best Film Score in 1976. Background The film can be described as a cross between a musical theatre, musical and a fairytale for adults. Plot The story revolves around Felice Pietà, a man of modest means who resides with his second wife, Adelaide. Together, they raise Monica, Felice's daughter from his first wife, Silvia, who tragically took her own life years ago under mysterious circumstances. Haunted by Silvia's absence, Felice decides to visit the place where she ended her life one final time. To his astonishment, Silvia reappears and reveals that she faked her suicide because she grew weary of living in poverty with Felice in Venice. Silvia discloses her intention to return since she missed her life with him. Consequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cause Of Divorce
''Cause of Divorce'' () is a 1972 comedy film directed by Marcello Fondato and starring Enrico Montesano, Senta Berger, and Catherine Spaak.Moliterno p.135 It was made as a co-production between Italy and West Germany. Cast * Enrico Montesano as Silvestro Parolini * Senta Berger as Enrica Sebastiani * Catherine Spaak as Ernesta Maini * Gastone Moschin as Lawyer * Lino Toffolo as Vladimiro Pellegrini * Gabriella Giorgelli as Gasoline pump attendant * Arnoldo Foà as Maini - father of Ernesta * Francesco Mulé as Judge * Lino Banfi Lino Banfi (born Pasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Since 1960 he has appeared in more than 100 films. Biography Banfi was born in the Apulian city of Andria, and at the age of three he moved to Canosa di P ... as Foreman * Bruno Boschetti as Doctor References Bibliography * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1972 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Film Actors
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2016 Deaths
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Day More (film)
''One Day More'' () is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Massimo Venier. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Fabio Volo, star of the film alongside Isabella Ragonese. However, the film plot is quite different from the book, radically changing the concepts and development of it. Cast *Fabio Volo: Giacomo Pasetti * Isabella Ragonese: Michela * Pietro Ragusa: Dante * Stefania Sandrelli: Mother of Giacomo *Roberto Citran: Ricardi * Hassani Shapi: Chandry * Camilla Filippi: Silvia * Irene Ferri: Alice * Luciana Littizzetto: Boldrini *Lino Toffolo Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, author, and television presenter. Life and career Born in Murano, shortly after his debut Toffolo moved to Milan where he obtained his first successes a ...: Fausto * Valeria Bilello: Alessia See also * List of Italian films of 2011 References External links * Films directed by Massimo Venier 2011 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messalina, Messalina!
''Messalina, Messalina!'', also known as ''Caligula II: Messalina, Messalina'' and ''Caligula: Sins of Rome'', is a 1977 Italian sex comedy and sword-and-sandal spoof. Background The film is not in fact a sequel nor a prequel to Tinto Brass's 1979 film ''Caligula''. During the time that ''Caligula'' spent in post-production, the film's co-producer Franco Rossellini wanted to get usage from the $20,000,000 of sets and costumes used in ''Caligula'', fearing that the film would never be released. The sets and costumes, as noted in the film's opening credits, were those from ''Caligula'', designed by Danilo Donati and used without his consent. Anneka Di Lorenzo, who plays the title role of Messalina, had played the same role in ''Caligula''. Lori Wagner, who played Agrippina in Tinto Brass's film, also reprises her role. Synopsis The film begins with Messalina (Anneka Di Lorenzo), the wife of Claudius (Vittorio Caprioli), who is now Emperor succeeding Caligula. Most of the film re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Career Of A Chambermaid
''Telefoni bianchi'' (''White Telephones'', internationally released as ''The Career of a Chambermaid'') is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. For this film Agostina Belli was awarded with a Special David di Donatello for her performance. The title refers to the White Telephone comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The film is a comic portrayal of the Italian film industry during the Fascist era in which an ambitious young woman briefly rises to become a film star. Cast * Agostina Belli: Marcella Valmarín * Cochi Ponzoni: Roberto Trevisan * Maurizio Arena: Luciani * William Berger: Franz * Lino Toffolo: Gondrano * Vittorio Gassman: Franco D’Enza * Ugo Tognazzi: Adelmo * Renato Pozzetto: Lt. Bruni * Dino Baldazzi: Benito Mussolini * Paolo Baroni: Gabriellino * Alvaro Vitali Alvaro Vitali (; born 3 February 1950) is an Italian actor. He was an electrician until he was discovered by Federico Fellini and played a small part in ''Satyricon'' (1969), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturmtruppen (film)
''Sturmtruppen'' is a 1976 comedy film directed by Salvatore Samperi. It is based on the homonymous ''Sturmtruppen'' comic books created by Bonvi. Cast * Renato Pozzetto as Rookie *Lino Toffolo as Rookie * Cochi Ponzoni as General * Teo Teocoli as Captain *Felice Andreasi as Sergeant / The Pope * Massimo Boldi as Rookie * Corinne Cléry as The Actress, The Wife, The Woman at the Villa *Jean-Pierre Marielle as The Unknown Soldier * Umberto Smaila as The Cook *Bonvi as The Prisoner Production ''Strumtruppen'' is a film based on a comic book series written by Bonvi about the conflict in the trenches of World War II from the point of view of the German army. The comic series originally appeared in 1968. The idea to adapt Bonvi's scripts to a film came from producers Ermanno Donati and Luigi Carpentieri who had recently produced another popular Italian production set in World War II, ''Salon Kitty''. The two got in touch with Bonvi through screenwriter Vittorio Vighi. Filming wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunatics And Lovers
''Lunatics and Lovers'' () is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * Marcello Mastroianni as Marquis Luca Maria * Lino Toffolo as Agostino * Claudia Mori as Luca Maria's wife * Adriano Celentano as Sprint Boss * Flora Carabella as Aunt Luisa * Anna Miserocchi as Helga * Olga Bisera as Ivana, the Barman * Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating i ... as The Deputy See also * List of Italian films of 1976 References External links * 1976 films Italian comedy films 1970s Italian-language films 1976 comedy films Films directed by Flavio Mogherini 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sensuous Nurse
''L'Infermiera'' is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Nello Rossati and starring Ursula Andress and Duilio Del Prete. It features two Bond girls, Andress and Luciana Paluzzi. A sexually-provocative film, it regularly aired on late night cable television during the 1970s and 1980s. The film is also known by the English titles ''I Will If You Will'', ''The Nurse'', ''The Sensuous Nurse'', ''The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse'', and ''Nurse Anna''. Plot Leonida Bottacin is an aging widower who owns a successful winery in Italy. While having sex with another man's wife, Leonida has a heart attack and falls into a coma. His heirs go to stay at his villa. The heirs include Leonida's nephew Gustavo; Leonida's niece Italia and her husband Benito; and Leonida's niece Jole and her son Adone. Besides Adone, none of them like Leonida. Leonida has not been interested in selling the winery, but Benito wants to take over and sell it to American business interests for a lot of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bellissima Estate
''The Beautiful Summer'' () is a 1974 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Martino. It stars Alessandro Cocco, Senta Berger and John Richardson. The film is part of the genre of melodramatic films known as "lacrima movies" or "tearjerker movies". It has been best remembered for the soundtrack piece "Il barone rosso" by Luciano Michelini, which would eventually become the theme song of the comedy show, ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. It was originally released in the United States as ''Summer to Remember'', with other titles such as ''Smile of Love'' and ''Never Ending Love''. Plot Gianluca, son of Emanuela and Vittorio Bennati, is in Versilia for the summer holiday. His father, to whom he is very attached, often stays away both for business (he is an engineer and owner of an industry) and because he has a hobby of car racing as an amateur, secretly from his wife. Consequently, when his mother announces that they will not return to Milan in the autumn, Gianluca suspects that it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
