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Orazio Orlando
Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica, Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953-54 and in 1954-55, without graduating. He made his debut at 18, with the stage company of Renzo Ricci, along with Giorgio Albertazzi and Anna Proclemer. His first important participation was in William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', in 1955. In 1958 he began his television career in the role of Tybalt in a successful adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet''; he took part in a great number of films, TV-series and television movies, but became popular in 1973 thanks to the interpretation of the Commissioner Solmi, in the television series ''Qui squadra mobile''. He is best remembered for his film roles in Elio Petri's ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970) and ''Property Is No Longer a Theft'' (1973), Pupi Avati's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Of Wonders
''Woman of Wonders'' () is a 1985 Italian film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua and based on a novel with the same name by him. It entered the competition at the 1985 Venice International Film Festival. Cast *Ben Gazzara as Alberto * Lina Sastri as Luisa *Claudia Cardinale as Maura *Orazio Orlando Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica, Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953 ... as Ulisse * Flavio Bucci as Astolfo * Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Gianni References External links * 1985 films Italian romantic drama films 1980s Italian-language films Films directed by Alberto Bevilacqua Films based on Italian novels Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Italia S'è Rotta
''L'Italia s'è rotta'' ("Italy is broken") is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot The two Sicilian Peppe Truzzoliti and Antonio Mancuso decide, after a misadventure with some mafia drug dealers, to leave the cold and racist Turin to return to their native land. With them there is Domenica, a beautiful girl from Veneto, who had arrived in Turin in search of work but, for a number of setbacks, had been forced into prostitution. Cast * Dalila Di Lazzaro: Domenica Chiaregato * Mario Scarpetta: Antonio Mancuso * Teo Teocoli: Peppe Truzzoliti * Enrico Montesano: Roman robber * Mario Carotenuto: Cavalier Amedeo Zerolli * Alberto Lionello: Domenica's uncle * Franca Valeri: Countess Giovanna * Duilio Del Prete: Censor *Orazio Orlando: Oronzo *Clelia Matania: Peppe's mother *Carla Calò: Antonio's mother * Sergio Di Pinto: Zerolli's son *Marisa Laurito Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Thoughts
''Evil Thoughts'', (Italian title: ''Cattivi pensieri'', also known as ''Who Mislaid My Wife?'') is a 1976 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Ugo Tognazzi. Plot The Milanese lawyer Mario Marani, due to fog at the airport, is forced to return home because his flight was canceled. At home, he finds his wife Francesca half asleep and realizes that a person is hiding in the closet of shotguns. Convinced that he is the lover of Francesca, he closes the utility room and the next morning he departs with his wife for work purposes, continuing to mull over the alleged infidelity of his wife. Cast *Ugo Tognazzi: Mario Marani *Edwige Fenech: Francesca Marani *Paolo Bonacelli: Antonio Marani * Piero Mazzarella: portinaio * Yanti Somer: Paola *Mara Venier: Miss Bocconi * Luc Merenda: Recrosio * Veruschka: lover of Mario * Laura Bonaparte: lover of Recrosio * Mircha Carven: Lorenzo Macchi *Orazio Orlando Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flower In His Mouth
''The Flower in His Mouth'' () is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Franco Nero, Jennifer O'Neill and James Mason. Plot Teacher Elena Bardi transfers herself from Sondrio in a Sicilian town, where she is harassed by a man without anyone intervening. The next morning he is found executed. Elena finds lodging with a lawyer named Bellocampo, who is an enigmatic landowner who knows all the unmentionable secrets of the city. At school Elena clashes with the difficulties of school evasion, while her non-conformism prevents her from tying up with her colleagues, except with Professor Belcore, with whom she starts a relationship, which he does not dare to make public. One day Bellocampo leads her to the poor neighborhoods of the city where school evasion originates and informs her that the degradation could be eliminated with the approval of a law firm in Parliament. When she is the victim of a second aggression whose executioners are also found dead, Elen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' () is a 1974 ''giallo'' film directed by Francesco Barilli. The film has no relation to the The Perfume of the Lady in Black (novel), novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux. Plot Silvia Hacherman is a successful manager at a chemical laboratory in Rome. Accompanied by her boyfriend Roberto, she visits some Afro-Italian friends including Andy, a university professor, who explains that witchcraft, black magic and human sacrifice are all commonplace in Africa. He also reveals that in his country, there are still cults that target unknowing victims who are driven insane and ultimately killed. Silvia soon begins to experience a series of hallucinations and repressed memories, such as visions of her mother, Marta, sitting in a chair and putting on perfume in a black dress, as well as Marta being raped by a man that is not Silvia's father, who went into the Navy and died at sea. Marta died by apparently jumping off a balcony when Silvia was younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Policewoman (film)
''La poliziotta'' (internationally released as ''Policewoman'') is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. For this film Mariangela Melato was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. Plot In Milan, the young policewoman Gianna discovers an ecological scandal involving an honorable local deputy, and has to face the hypocrisy and the corruption which plague the police and the society of the time. Cast *Mariangela Melato as Giovanna 'Gianna' Abbastanzi * Orazio Orlando as Magistrate Ruggero Patanè * Mario Carotenuto as Police Chief Marcellini * Renato Pozzetto as Claudio Ravassi * Alberto Lionello as Tarcisio Monti * Armando Brancia as Senator Giuseppe Brembani * Renato Scarpa as Pharmacist Camillotti * Gianfranco Barra as Dr. Gargiulo * Umberto Smaila as Son of the Mayor *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 ''Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers And Other Relatives
''Lovers and Other Relatives'', (, also known as ''Venial Sin''), is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Salvatore Samperi. During the family vacation in the summer of 1956 on the beaches of Versilia, pubescent Sandro is charged with looking after the attractive wife, Laura, of his elder brother Renzo. The movie was shot in Forte dei Marmi ''Corriere della Sera'', 22 April 2012. standing in for the coast of . It is set in 1956. Cast * |
Sono Stato Io
''Sono stato io'' (internationally released as ''It Was I'') is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Alberto Lattuada. For his role Giancarlo Giannini was awarded as best actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cast *Giancarlo Giannini: Biagio Solise * Silvia Monti: Jacqueline * Hiram Keller: Il Kid *Orazio Orlando: Il Commissario * Patricia Chiti: Gloria Strozzi * Georges Wilson: Il pubblico ministero * Giuseppe Maffioli: L'avvocato Difensore *Piero Chiara Piero Chiara (23 March 1913 – 31 December 1986) was an Italian writer. He was born in Luino, Italy. His father Eugenio was from Resuttano, Sicily, and his mother Virginia Maffei was from Comnago, a Piedmontese village in the municipality of ...: Il Presidente Della Corte * Nino Pavese: Il Cavalier Armando Toluzzi * Ely Galleani: L'autostoppista References External links * 1973 films Films directed by Alberto Lattuada 1973 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Pinocchio (1972 Miniseries)
''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' () is a 1972 Italian five-part miniseries directed by Luigi Comencini, which originally aired weekly on Rai 1 between April 8 and May 6, 1972. Based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel with the same name, the miniseries received a large critical success, and had an average of twenty-one and a half million viewers during its first airing. All the episodes together make up 280 minutes of runtime. An extended cut of the series, totaling 320 minutes of runtime divided into six episodes, first aired in France on Première chaîne de l'ORTF between December 19 and December 31, 1972. Also, a 135-minute edit of the miniseries was released as a theatrical film in Italy on December 21, 1972, and later released in other countries. Plot First episode In a small 19th century mountain village in Tuscany, the caravan of the famous puppeteer Mangiafuoco arrives for its spring tour in the region; his two musicians, the Fox and the Cat, are tasked with heralding his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gli Ordini Sono Ordini
''Gli ordini sono ordini'' ("''Orders Are Orders''") is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Giraldi. Plot Giorgia is an unhappy housewife tired of her marriage to her husband Amedeo, when she begins to hear a voice that orders her to perform out of the ordinary and transgressive actions. One day the voice orders her to go to the seafront and make love with a lifeguard. Confessed the betrayal to her husband, he puts her out of the house. Giorgia thus finds herself alone and has to reorganize her life. After visiting her mother, who advises her to return with her husband, she goes to live in a hotel instead. Here she meets Nancy, a researcher who works for an important record company, who takes care of recording traditional music with her own recorder. Giorgia later meets the artist Mario Pasini, falls in love with him, but soon their relationship also begins to creak and she hears her voice. On top of that Mario cheats on her with Nancy. Giorgia then abandons the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripped Off
''Ripped Off'' (also known as ''The Boxer'' and ''Un uomo dalla pelle dura'') is a 1972 American/Italian crime film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine. Plot A young boxer is framed for murdering his crooked manager. His only option is to escape from jail and find the real murderer himself. Cast * Robert Blake: Teddy "Cherokee" Wilcox * Catherine Spaak: Claire Wilson * Ernest Borgnine: Captain Perkins * Tomas Milian: The Stranger * Gabriele Ferzetti: Nick da Catarina * Orazio Orlando Orazio Orlando (14 June 1933 – 18 December 1990) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Orlando attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica, Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome for two seasons, in 1953 ...: Mike Durell External links * 1972 films 1972 crime films American boxing films Italian independent films American independent films Troma Entertainment films Foreign films set in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
