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Olga Villi
Olga Villi (20 January 1922 – 12 August 1989), was an Italian model and actress. Life and career Born in Suzzara, Mantua as Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the Milanese fashion house Biki. A few years later her employer hired her as a model; noted by Macario, she was hired by him in 1942 for the rivista-operetta ''Il grillo al castello'', where she had to act, sing and dance. Thanks to the success of the show Villi became one of the most quoted soubrettes of the period, working with Anna Magnani, Nino Taranto and Alberto Sordi, and in mid-1940s she also starred in several drama plays, working among others with Luchino Visconti, Alessandro Blasetti and Giorgio Strehler. Also active in films and on television, in 1967 Villi won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress thanks to her performance in Pietro Germi's ''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians''. After having announced her retirement in 1972, she c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter At Dawn
''Letter at Dawn'' () is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. Cast *Fosco Giachetti as Carlo Marini *Jacques Sernas as Mario Maggi *Lea Padovani as Anna Maggi *Olga Villi as Renata * Tatiana Pavlova as Countess Koloshky *Vittorio Sanipoli as Enrico Verri *Franca Marzi as Lilly *Margherita Bagni as Sister Maria della Carità *Nerio Bernardi as Augusto * Paolo Ferrari as Augusto's son *Salvo Randone as Donati *Ernesto Calindri Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. He is often remembered in Italy for a series of TV commercials for a well-known brand of Italian articho ... as the public prosecutor References External links * 1948 films Italian drama films Films directed by Giorgio Bianch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento For Best Supporting Actress
The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award presented annually since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics. This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Supporting Actress. Virna Lisi and Stefania Sandrelli are the most awarded actresses in this category, with 4 awards each. 1940s *1946 – Anna Magnani – ''Rome, Open City'' *1947 – Ave Ninchi – '' To Live in Peace'' *1948 – Vivi Gioi – '' Tragic Hunt'' *1949 – Giulietta Masina – '' Without Pity'' 1950s *1950 – not awarded *1951 – Giulietta Masina – ''Variety Lights'' *1952 – not awarded *1953 – not awarded *1954 – not awarded *1955 – Tina Pica – ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' *1956 – Valentina Cortese – '' Le amiche'' *1957 – Marisa Merlini – '' Time of Vacation'' *1958 – Franca Marzi – '' Nights of Cabiria'' *1959 – Dorian Gray – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Actresses
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The Seventh Floor (1967 Film)
''The Seventh Floor'' () is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Ugo Tognazzi. It is based on the short story "Sette piani" by Dino Buzzati, featured in the 1942 short story collection '' The Seven Messengers''. The film was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Ugo Tognazzi as Giuseppe Inzerna * Tina Louise as Dr. Immer Mehr * Olga Villi as Anita, Inzerna wife * Franca Bettoia as Giovanna, Inzerna's lover * Alicia Brandet as Gloria, Inzerna's daughter * Gildo Tognazzi as Gerolamo, Inzerna's father * Alessandro Quasimodo * Gigi Ballista as Dr. Claretta * Riccardo Garrone as Barbiere * Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ... as Dr. Salamoia References External links * 1967 films 1967 comedy films Italian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Quartet
''Sex Quartet'' (US title: ''The Queens'', , ) is a 1966 Italian-French comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce. It starred Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti and Raquel Welch. Plot Four unrelated shorts by four different directors. "Queen Sabina" chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-serving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. The third episode, "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. The last vignette, "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust. Cast * Monica Vitti as Sabina (segment "Fata Sabina") * Enrico Maria Salerno as Gianni (segment "Fata Sabina") * Claudia Cardinale as Armenia (segment "Fata Armenia") * Gastone Moschin as Dr. Aldini (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Lecouvreur (film)
''Adriana Lecouvreur'' is a 1955 Italian biographical film about 18th-century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Valentina Cortese: Adriana Lecouvreur * Gabriele Ferzetti: Maurizio di Sassonia * Olga Villi: Principessa di Bouillon * Annibale Ninchi: Principe di Bouillon * Memo Benassi: Michonnet * Leonardo Cortese: Conte di Chazeul * Valeria Valeri: La Duclos * Monica Vitti * Carlo Tamberlani * Renato Malavasi * Silvano Tranquilli * Luciana Paluzzi * Pietro Tordi References External links *''Adriana Lecouvreur''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ... 1955 films Italian biographical drama films Italian historical films 1950s biographical drama films 1950s Italian-language films Italian films bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Century Of Song
''Half a Century of Song'' () is a 1952 Italian anthology comedy film by Domenico Paolella. Plot Through a series of scenes inspired by various songs, the main stages of Italian history of the early twentieth century are traced. The songs on which the episodes of the film are based are: Romantic Love, Ninì Tirabusciò, Scettico blu, Biondo Corsaro, Yvonne, Ziki-Paki, Ziki-Pu, Lodovico, Biagio Adagio, Stramilano, Vivere, Fccetto Nera, Tornerai and Munasterio ' and Santa Clara. Cast * Marco Vicario * Cosetta Greco * Anna Maria Ferrero * Franco Interlenghi * Maria Fiore * Flora Mariel * Olga Villi * Carlo Dapporto * Silvana Pampanini * Galeazzo Benti * Erno Crisa * Carlo Hinterman * Pina Gallini * Achille Millo * Lauretta Masiero * Renato Malavasi * Renato Rascel * Nico Pepe * Mario Siletti * 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 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Red Roses
''Four Red Roses'' () is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Olga Villi, Jean-Claude Pascal and Fosco Giachetti. A melodrama, it is set during the early years of the twentieth century. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini. It earned around 136 million lira at the box office. Plot In the early years of the twentieth century, during horse racing, a banker fails to conquer a model spotted by an already engaged boy and, in revenge, he makes the latter believe that he has conquered her and warns his girlfriend of her betrayal. The young man is challenged to a duel by her brother, but before the fight he manages to obtain evidence (which will later prove to be bogus) of the woman's betrayal. Several years later, the protagonists will meet again; when all things seem to be smoothed out, the banker's sudden jealousy sets off tragedy. Main cast * Olga Villi as Luisa * Jean-Claude Pascal as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Of The Night
''Yvonne of the Night'' () is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Totò, Olga Villi, and Frank Latimore. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Synopsis The son of a count engages in a romantic relationship with a popular entertainer much to the disgust of his father. While the son is apparently killed fighting for Italy during the First World War, his pregnant lover gives birth to a child. Cast * Totò as Nino, il fantasista * Olga Villi as Nerina Comi * Frank Latimore as Lt. Carlo Rutelli * Giulio Stival as Count Rutelli * Eduardo De Filippo as Lawyer Rubini * Gino Cervi as Colonel Baretti * Arnoldo Foà as Senator * John Strange as Major Tremiti * Ave Ninchi as Sora Rudegarda * Paola Veneroni as Rosetta * Mario Riva as Ragazzo delle sigarette * Arturo Dominici Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas At Camp 119
''Christmas at Camp 119'' () is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Vittorio De Sica and Peppino De Filippo. A group of Italian prisoners of war being held captive in California dream of life back home as they await their release.Moliterno p.136 It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in Naples, Milan, Florence and Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe Mancini *Vittorio De Sica as Don Vincenzino *Peppino De Filippo as Gennarino Capece *Carlo Campanini as Scapizzono *Massimo Girotti as Nane *Alberto Rabagliati as Alberto *Carlo Mazzarella as Ignazio *Aldo Fiorelli as Guido *Vera Carmi as The schoolteacher *Margherita Bagni as Donna Clara *Rocco D'Assunta as Lojacono *Olga Villi as Mirella *María Mercader as Fiammetta *Nando Bruno as Guide of Roma *Adolfo Celi as John *Ave Ninchi as Miss Mancini *Giacomo Rondinella as The Neapolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macario Against Zagomar
''Macario Against Zagomar'' (Italian: ''Macario contro Zagomar''; also known as ''Macario Against Fantomas'') is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. Plot In Paris, the dreaded Zagomar kidnapped the daughter of a scientist to force him to deliver his latest discovery: a machine that "blocks" over time. Macario, the assistant teacher, decides to confront this elusive bandit that lurks in the bowels of the city. Cast * Erminio Macario as Macario Duplessis * Nino Crisman as Zagomar * Gero Zambuto as Professor Moreau * Nada Fiorelli as Mirella Moreau * Olga Villi as Annette * Carlo Rizzo as Fandors, journalist Production The film was made during World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... and should have been entitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
(; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo, and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore as a leftist newspaper, which proclaimed itself a "newspaper-party" (). During the early years of , its political views and readership ranged from the reformist left to the extraparliamentary left. Into the 21st century, it is identified with centre-left politics, and was known for its anti- Berlusconism, and Silvio Berlusconi's personal scorn for the paper. In April 2020, the paper was acquired by the GEDI Gruppo Editoriale of John Elkann and the Agnelli family, who is also the founder and owner of . Maurizio Molinari, the then editor of , was appointed as 's editor in place of ; this prompted the resignation of several journalists opposed to this change. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |