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Maria Pia Casilio
Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, usually filling roles as a querulous and naive small-town girl. After her marriage with voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of ''Umberto D.'' Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films. Partial filmography * ''Umberto D.'' (1952) - Maria * ''Half a Century of Song'' (1952) * ''Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) - Una cameriera * ''Terminal Station (film), Terminal Station'' (1953) - Young bride from Abruzzo (uncredited) * ''Il viale della speranza'' (1953) - Concettine * ''Thérèse Raquin (1953 film), Therese Raquin'' (1953) - Georgette, la bonne * ''La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) - Mariannina * ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' (1953) - Paoletta * ''Angels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Century Loves
''Mid-Century Loves'' () is a 1954 Italian Anthology film, anthology historical melodrama film consisting of five segments directed by Glauco Pellegrini, Pietro Germi, Mario Chiari, Roberto Rossellini and Antonio Pietrangeli. Plot Episode # 01: "Romantic love", directed by: Glauco Pellegrini In 1900 Elena, a young man from a rich bourgeois family, falls in love with the musician Mario. Her father and her aunt Matilde, however, would like the girl to marry a rich count. When Mario leaves for his tour, Matilde promises both young people to foster their feelings, while she actually destroys the letters they send each other, and persuades Elena that Mario has forgotten her. Elena ends up marrying the count. Episode # 02: "War 1915-18", directed by: Pietro Germi During the First World War, in a small Abruzzo village the very young lovers Antonio and Carmela get married and are expecting a child. Antonio is called to the front between the draft of 1900: Carmela and all friends a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels Of Darkness
''Angels of Darkness'' () is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Anthony Quinn and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Plot A brothel is suddenly closed as a prostitute, Tamara, attempts suicide by throwing herself out of the window; she is admitted to the hospital in serious condition. Three of her colleagues, Vally, Franca and Lola, are forced to ask for hospitality from Rosa, who has long since abandoned the profession and now has a nice apartment. Vally wants to change her life and meets Francesco from Abruzzo. They decide to get married, but since the man has to emigrate, they resort to a marriage by proxy. When the young man discovers his troubled past about him, he reproaches it; the woman escapes from despair and goes to meet a tragic death. Tamara, physically damaged, after her hospitalization, has a mystical crisis and will be welcomed in an institute of nuns; Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi Uomini Duri
''Noi uomini duri'' (i.e. "We tough men") is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Plot Mario (Enrico Montesano), a tram-driver, and Silvio (Renato Pozzetto), a banker, make friends in the group of participants in a survival training course. Among evidence of daring, unusual gimmicks to learn and little food, it's a terrible life. But at least there is, for Silvio, the spasm to Cora, the wife of a sort of Rambo, who wins all the various tests of the course. Cast * Enrico Montesano: Mario Fortini * Renato Pozzetto: Silvio * Isabel Russinova: Cora * Alessandra Mussolini: Adua * Novello Novelli: Berno Berni, Sr. * Mariangela Giordano: Teresa * Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ...: Ines See also * List of Italian fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Chiameremo Andrea
''Lo chiameremo Andrea'' (also known as ''We'll Call Him Andrew'') is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Plot The story is of Nino Manfredi as Paolo Antonazzi and Mariangela Melato as Maria Antonazzi, teachers at the same school who although they love each other, are childless. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Paolo Antonazzi * Mariangela Melato as Maria Antonazzi * Antonino Faà di Bruno as Schoolmaster (as Antonino Di Bruno) * Herbert Tiede as Sexologist * Solveig D'Assunta as Nino's mother * Isa Miranda as Teacher * Esmeralda Ruspoli as Teacher * Giulio Baraghini as Mariani * Sandro Dori as Mr. Parini * Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ... as Bruna Parini * Guido Cerniglia as Arturo Soriani * Violetta Chiarini as Mafald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuore Matto
"Cuore matto" () is a song composed by Armando Ambrosino and Totò Savio, and performed by Little Tony. The song premiered at the seventeenth Sanremo Music Festival, in which Little Tony presented the song in couple with Mario Zelinotti. The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade. It sold in excess of a million copies and was awarded a gold disc in May 1967. The song also named a film, '' Cuore matto... matto da legare '', directed by Mario Amendola and starred by the same Little Tony and by Eleonora Brown. The song was later covered by several artists, including Dalida, Gianni Morandi, Teruhiko Saigō, Fausto Leali and Kati Kovács. It was also used in several films, notably Bernardo Bertolucci's '' Besieged'' and Pedro Almodóvar's '' Bad Education''. Track listing *7" single – Ld A 7500 # "Cuore matto" (Armando Ambrosino, Totò Savio) # "Gente che mi parla di te" (Little Tony, Mario Capuano, Tony Cucchiara) Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Judgment (1961 Film)
''The Last Judgment'' () is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance and Ernest Borgnine, Greek Melina Mercouri, and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color. Plot At the morning of a normal day of a Naples that begins to hear complex and not always positive effects of the economic boom, a stentorian voice (Nicola Rossi-Lemeni) which seems to come down from heaven announces that "At 18 begins the Last Judgement!". The announcement is repeated with increasing insistence, first treated with disdain and then more and more frightening. The plot is fragmented into a series of scenarios and stories intertwined: the preparation of the great ball of the Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogli Pericolose
''Mogli pericolose'' ("Dangerous wives") is a 1958 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Comencini. Cast * Sylva Koscina: Tosca, Pirro's wife * Dorian Gray: Ornella, Bruno's wife * Renato Salvatori: Dr. Federico Carpi * Nino Taranto: Pirro * Franco Fabrizi: Bruno * Mario Carotenuto: Benito "Benny" Bertuetti * Giorgia Moll: Claudina Carpi * Pupella Maggio: Aurelia "Lolita" Bertuetti * Bruno Carotenuto: Tato * Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ...: Elisa * Rosalba Neri: Angelina * Pina Gallini: Mrs. Zamparini * Pina Renzi: Ornella's mother * Nando Bruno: Taxi driver * Yvette Masson: Corinne * Vittoria Crispo: Caterina * Ciccio Barbi: Ciccio References External links * 1958 comedy films Italian comedy films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto, Peppino And The Outlaws
''Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws'' () is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. For this film Peppino De Filippo was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best supporting actor. Plot Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa, who does not allow him in any way to have fun, as Antonio would like. One day Antonio and Peppino take advantage of the fact that the bandit "Il Torchio" has returned to terrorizing the country, pretending to be kidnapped by the band. The two astutely send a message with threats to Teresa, asking for money for the payment of the ransom, with which they go to spend a night of joy. Teresa, however, learns the truth and is furious, and does not believe the stories of Antonio, even when he is really kidnapped by the "Torchio". Cast * Totò: Antonio * Peppino De Filippo: Peppino * Titina De Filippo: Teresa * Dorian Gray: Valeria * Franco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Pappagalli
''I pappagalli'' (''The Parrots'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Paolinelli. Cast * Aldo Fabrizi: Antonio * Alberto Sordi: Alberto Tanzi * Maria Fiore: Caterina *Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ...: Fulvia * Peppino De Filippo: Beppi * Titina De Filippo: wife of Antonio * Elsa Merlini: Antonietta * Cosetta Greco: Giulietta * Madeleine Fischer: Liliana, Alberto's wife * Gianrico Tedeschi: The painter * Carlo Delle Piane: The corporal * Laura Gore * Marco Tulli * Raffaele Pisu * Maria Grazia Francia References External links * 1955 films Italian comedy films 1955 comedy films Films directed by Bruno Paolinelli Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Films scored by Carlo Innocenzi {{1950s-Italy-come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Turning
''Dangerous Turning'' (French: ''Le tournant dangereux'') is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Viviane Romance, Philippe Lemaire and Armand Mestral.Chiti & Poppi p.70 Cast * Viviane Romance as Lucienne Courtois * Philippe Lemaire as Freddy * Armand Mestral as Daniel Courtois * Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ... as Paquita Simoni * Enrico Glori as Simoni, le brigadier * Guy Decomble as Monsieur Léon * Georges Aminel * Charles Blavette * Dany Caron * Robert Berri * Huguette Doriane * Henri Arius * Antonin Berval References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * 1954 films Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread, Love And Jealousy
''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' (), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by '' Bread, Love and Dreams'' and followed by '' Scandal in Sorrento''. Plot Antonio ( Vittorio De Sica) is in love with the midwife Annarella ( Marisa Merlini), knowing that she has a son. Both of them are in love with each other, until the father of the kid, who also serves in the military, appears and, with the help of the priest Don Emidio ( Virgilio Riento), is reunited with his son. Having to spend the next twenty months far from the village, Pietro ( Roberto Risso) asks the marshal to take care of Maria ( Gina Lollobrigida). Despite not being happy to spend time with the captain, because of her poverty and her need to collect the dowry, she goes to serve at the marshal’s house, since his maid, Caramella ( Tina Pica), is ill. The villagers start spreading gossips about the marshal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doctor Of The Mad
''The Doctor of the Mad'' () is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè.Bìspuri p.147 It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta. Plot summary Felice Sciosciammocca is the mayor of Roccasecca, who sent in Naples the nephew Ciccillo, so that he will become a good doctor. But Ciccillo does anything but study, and makes a debt with a loan shark. Also receives a letter that his uncle is going to come to Naples with his family to find him. Ciccillo, who lives in the "Stella Hotel", a full house of "eccentric" people, pretends that Felice believes that the pension is the clinic, and the customers the fools. Felice Sciosciammocca admires everything, but Ciccillo, to heal his debt, must move away. So Felice is left alone in the guest house, doesn't know how to get himself out of trouble... Cast * Totò as Felice Sciosciammocca * Franca Marzi as La moglie di Cristaldi * Aldo Giuffr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |