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Livio Lorenzon
Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s. Biography He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli. On the international stage, Lorenzon is best known for his small roles in Spaghetti Western films in the 1960s, appearing in ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', and ''The Secret Seven'' in 1966. Other genres he starred in were sword and sandal films and pirate films like ''Queen of the Pirates'' and ''Terror on the Seas''. He had a mature manliness in his demeanor, which made him believable in many disparate roles: clad in the sandals and Ancient Roman military clothing, lorica as a Roman centurion, donning a poncho and sombrero of a outlaw, desperado or even as a "tough as nails" sergeant in World War I in ''The Great War (1959 film), La Grande Guerra''. Seldom if ever cast as a protagonist, Lorenzon made up by working hecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, regional decentralization entity of Trieste. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies close, at approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. As of 2025, it has a population of 198,668. Trieste belonged, as Triest, to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, the monarchy was one of the Great Powers of Europe and Trieste was its most important seaport. As a prosperous trading hub in the Mediterranean region, Trieste grew to become the fourth largest city of the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poncho
A poncho (; ; ; "blanket", "woolen fabric") is a kind of plainly formed, loose outer garment originating in the Americas, traditionally and still usually made of fabric, and designed to keep the body warm. Ponchos have been used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American peoples of the Andes, Patagonia, and the Valley of Mexico since pre-Hispanic times, in places now under the territory of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and have also become familiar in parts of the United States, U.S. A rain poncho is made from a watertight material designed to keep the body dry from the rain. Types In its simplest form, the poncho is essentially a single large sheet of fabric with an opening in the center for the head. It often has an extra piece of fabric serving as a hood. Rainproof ponchos are normally fitted with fasteners to close the sides once the poncho is draped over the body, with openings provided for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Falcon (film)
''Captain Falcon'' () is a 1958 French-Italian adventure film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Lex Barker, Rossana Rory, and Massimo Serato. It has also been called a costume drama. The film is set in thirteenth century Italy where a tyrannical baron is confronted by a Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ...-style outlaw. Synopsis An action-packed story of two rival Italian Dukedoms and how they are brought together on peaceful terms by a rebel soldier who at the same time finds fame and romance. It was shot in Rome and received mixed to negative reviews, criticizing the depictions of intense action scenery and battles. Also in the United Kingdom and West Germany, It was also released by Loews, Inc. Cast References Bibliography * External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day The Sky Exploded
''The Day the Sky Exploded'' (), released in the United Kingdom as ''Death Comes From Outer Space'', is a 1958 French/Italian international co-production science fiction film. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the science fiction films of Antonio Margheriti. Plot From Cape Shark in the Australian desert, the United Nations launches an atomic rocket on a crewed Moon mission, but one of the engines malfunctions. The American pilot, John MacLaren, disengages the escape capsule and returns to Earth. However, the atomic booster continues, eventually exploding in the Delta asteroid cluster. When MacLaren insists on staying at Cape Shark to help, his homesick wife Mary takes their son and leaves for the U.S. without him. Engineer Peter Leduq, a boastful ladies' man, bets that he can thaw frigid co-worker Katie Dandridge with a kiss within six days, unaware she can hear him over the intercom. She rebuffs his initial efforts but allows him to kiss her w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Women Of Corinth
''Slave Women of Corinth'' (, aka ''Aphrodite, Goddess of Love'') is a 1958 Italian epic historical drama film written and directed by Mario Bonnard. Plot Antigonus, archon of Corinth, wants to build a magnificent temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, for which the people are oppressed by new and very high taxes. The sculptor Demetrius, asked to make the face of the goddess Diana, falls in love with a slave, the Christian Lerna. With the arrival of the plague the people are increasingly discontented and Antigonus has easy game accusing the Christians who are immediately arrested and sentenced to death. The Roman troops arrive to restore order, saving the two lovers Demetrius and Lerna. Cast * Isabelle Corey: Lerna * Anthony Steffen: Demetrius (credited as Antonio De Teffe) * Irène Tunc: Diala * Clara Calamai: Stenele * John Kitzmiller: Tomoro * Ivo Garrani: Antigonus * Massimo Serato: Quinto Rufo * Giulio Donnini: Erasto * Carlo Tamberlani: Matteo * Gianpaolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dragon's Blood
''The Dragon's Blood'' () is a 1957 Italian fantasy film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It is based on Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Plot The dying Siegland reaches the house of the dwarf Mime, begging him to raise her baby, called Sigfried, and giving him in custody the sword of Sigfried's father. Years later, the grown up Siegfried leaves in search of the , and kills a dragon thanks to his invincible sword. Bathing in its blood, the resulting almost invulnerability makes him the bravest fighter of his time. He discovers a magic ring and obtains Alberich's magic hat, which can make him invisible. He then goes to the court of the King Gunther of Burgund, where he wins the tournament for the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild, but finds an implacable opponent in Hagen von Tronje, who was defeated by him in a duel. Thanks to his magic hat, Siegfried helps Gunther to subjugate the beautiful Brunhild, the queen of Iceland, and to make her Gunth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince With The Red Mask
''The Prince with the Red Mask'' () is a 1955 Italian historical film, historical adventure film directed by Leopoldo Savona and starring Frank Latimore, Maria Fiore and Yvonne Furneaux.Curti p.172 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Frank Latimore as Masuccio, il principe dalla maschera rossa * Maria Fiore as Isabella * Yvonne Furneaux as Laura * Elio Steiner as Il capitano Alberino * Camillo Pilotto as Ser Gaspare * Livio Lorenzon as Monaldo * Maria Gambarelli as Giselda * Mario Sailer * Vincent Barbi * Sante Simeone * Tony Angeli * Loris Bazzocchi * Luciano Benetti * Sergio Fantoni References Bibliography * Curti, Roberto. ''Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker''. McFarland, 13 Mar 2017. External links * 1955 films Italian historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Leopoldo Savona Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Films sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Torpedoes (1954 Film)
''Siluri umani'' (internationally released as ''Human Torpedoes'') is a 1954 Italian war film credited to Antonio Leonviola, who abandoned production and was substituted by director Carlo Lizzani (uncredited). The movie depicts the successful WWII 1941 raid on Souda Bay in Crete by Italian Navy frogmen on the Royal Navy's heavy cruiser and a Norwegian oil tanker. One of the military advisors to the film was former admiral Marcantonio Bragadin. Plot Italy, probably at the end of 1940. Several officers and non-commissioned officers of the Italian Navy meet at a naval base at the invitation of the Italian Navy. Here they are told that a special operation against the Royal Navy is planned in Crete, which will require highly qualified personnel. All volunteer. In a specially prepared training area, the volunteers train in the use of small torpedo boats and speed boats of the explosive boat type M.T. against the British. The boats carry only one torpedo. The tactic is to sneak up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Over Trieste
''Shadows Over Trieste'' () is a 1952 Italian war drama film directed by Nerino Florio Bianchi and starring Giulio Donnini, Livio Lorenzon and Adriana Innocenti. It was part of a group of films made around the time that asserted Italy's unquestionable right to the disputed Free Territory of Trieste. It was funded by investors in Trieste and featured several local actors including Ketty Burba, a former Miss Trieste.Pizzi p.62 Cast * Felga Lauri as Lori * Filiberto Conti as Iuri * Giulio Donnini as Taiola * Livio Lorenzon as Carmine * Adriana Innocenti as Angela * Tino Giordani as Bertino * Grace Chiar as La baronessa * Ketty Burba as Elena * Raf Pindi The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ... as Don Mario References Bibliography * Pizzi, Katia. ''A City in Search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is a chronic condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue (fibrosis) and regenerative nodule (medicine), nodules as a result of chronic liver disease. Damage to the liver leads to repair of liver tissue and subsequent formation of scar tissue. Over time, scar tissue and nodules of regenerating hepatocytes can replace the parenchyma, causing increased resistance to blood flow in the liver's capillaries—the hepatic sinusoids—and consequently portal hypertension, as well as impairment in other aspects of liver function. The disease typically develops slowly over months or years. Stages include compensated cirrhosis and decompensated cirrhosis. Early symptoms may include Fatigue (medicine), tiredness, Asthenia, weakness, Anorexia (symptom), loss of appetite, weight loss, unexpla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and about 1,194,095 inhabitants as of 2025. A natural opening to the sea for many central European countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of Southern Europe. It encompasses the historical-geographical region of Friuli and a small portion of the historical region of —also known in English as the Julian March—each with its own distinct history, traditions and identity. Name ''Friuli'' comes from the Latin term (' Julius' forum'), a center for commerce in the Roman times, which today corresponds to the city of Cividale. The denomination ''Venezia Giulia'' ('Julian Venetia', not referring to the city of Venice but to the Roman province of Venetia et Histria) was proposed by the Italian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Turi
Renato Turi (12 May 1920 – 5 April 1991) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Renato Turi was born in Florence to Umberto Turi, from Naples and Giulia Ragni, from Rome. He was considered to be an important figure in Italian dubbing. At an early age, Turi visited theatres across Italy with his parents before moving to Rome. He felt a great desire to perform on stage during those visits. During the outbreak of World War II, Turi served at the airport in Elmas, Sardinia which was bombarded by American forces, seriously injuring Turi resulting in his leg amputation. As a result, he had to give up his dreams as a theatre actor. Nevertheless, Turi pursued an acting career in film, television and radio, acting in over six films and starring in many television productions. Despite his inability to make a stage appearance, he served as the voice of God in the 1973 musical comedy '' Aggiungi un posto a tavola''. His voice was then re-recorded for later performances even after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
