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Renato Baldini
Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo * ''Il Mulatto'' (1950) - Matteo Belfiore * ''Il richiamo nella tempesta'' (1950) * ''Behind Closed Shutters'' (1951) - Primavera * ''Four Ways Out'' (1951) - Paolo Leandri * ''Red Moon (1951 film), Red Moon'' (1951) - Paolo Cassino * ''Carcerato (1951 film), Carcerato'' (1951) - Giacomo Marini * ''Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei'' (1952) - Vittorio Stelio * ''Non ho paura di vivere'' (1952) * ''Nessuno ha tradito'' (1952) * ''The Legend of the Piave (film), The Legend of the Piave'' (1952) - Don Carlo, capellano * ''Drama on the Tiber'' (1952) - Bruno Rossi * ''Delitto al luna park'' (1952) - Roberto * ''Sins of Rome'' (1953) - Gladiator (uncredited) * ''The Wayward Wife'' (1953) - Luciano Vittoni - L'amante di Gemma * ''Carcerato (1951 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine Attack
''La Grande Speranza'' (''The Big Hope''), retitled ''Submarine Attack'' and ''Torpedo Zone'' in English, is a 1954 Italian anti-war film starring Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini and Earl Cameron (actor), Earl Cameron. It won the Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin, and the OCIC Award at the 4th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival. Marcantonio Bragadin (admiral), Marcantonio Bragadin was an adviser on the film, which was shot inside and on the deck of a real submarine. Plot summary An Italy, Italian submarine captain conducts successful attacks on enemy merchant shipping in the eastern Atlantic Ocean during World War II, and then rescues the survivors of his victims, including a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (and a dog). The captain's compulsion to save his victims culminates in his taking aboard 24 additional Danish merchant seamen; with no space down below, they are accommodated under the walkway outside the hull, at risk of drowning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagana (1955 Film)
''Nagana'' is a 1955 French-Italian adventure film directed by Hervé Bromberger and starring Barbara Laage, Renato Baldini and Gabrielle Dorziat. Roust p.277 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. Cast * Barbara Laage as Geneviève Larguillière * Renato Baldini Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo ... as Maurice Leblond * Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Larguillière * Gil Delamare as Paulo Mangani * Raymond Souplex as Charlier * Pierre Sergeol * Enrico Luzi References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Roust, Colin Thomas. ''Sounding French: The Film Music and Criticism of Georges Auric, 1919-1945''. University of Michigan., 2007. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Of The Renegades
''Last of the Renegades'' ( and also known as ''Winnetou: Last of the Renegades'') is a 1964 German-Italian Western film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Pierre Brice, Lex Barker, and Anthony Steel. It is based on a Karl May novel, and was part of a series of adaptations produced by Rialto Film. The film is a sequel to '' Apache Gold''. Cast Production The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia. Its sets were designed by the art director Vladimir Tadej. It was one of a number of films Anthony Steel made in Europe. Box office In West Germany, it was the fourth top-grossing film of 1964, selling tickets and grossing (). In the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ..., the film sold tickets in 1975, equival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giants Of Rome
''Giants of Rome'' () is a 1964 international co-production sword and sandal set in the Gallic Wars. It was directed by Anthony Dawson and starred Richard Harrison and Wandisa Guida. The film involves a handpicked group of expert soldiers who infiltrate the enemy's stronghold to locate and destroy a secret weapon prior to the Battle of Alesia. The film is a co-production between Italy's Devon Film and N.C. and France's Radius Productions. Ralph Hudson's only other credited film role was the lead in ''Tarzak contro gli uomini leopardo''/''Ape Man of the Jungle'' also released in 1964. Plot In 52 B.C. Julius Caesar is planning to conquer Vercingetorix and Gaul. Prior to the invasion Caesar orders the four "bravest and strongest soldiers in the army" to be sent on an undercover reconnaissance and raiding mission to locate and destroy an unknown but feared secret weapon of the Druids in three days time as Caesar will attack on the dawn of the fourth day. Centurion Claudius Marcell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shoot (1964 Film)
''The Shoot'' (German: ''Der Schut'') is a 1964 adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Yugoslavia. It is based on the 1892 novel of the same title by Karl May, and was part of a string of adaptations of his work started by Rialto Film's series of western films. It was a commercial success, benefiting from the presence of Barker and Versini who were stars of Rialto's series.Bergfelder p.188 It was shot at the Tempelhof and Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in Kosovo and Montenegro then part of Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dragoljub Ivkov. It was shot in Eastmancolor. Synopsis In the Balkans, then part of the Ottoman Empire, two travellers assist in the battle against a notorious bandit who has kidnapped a French engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Of The Desert Against The Son Of Hercules
''Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules'' is a 1964 international co-production filmed in Italy and directed by Anthony Dawson. Plot summary An evil and ambitious usurper named Ganor seizes a kingdom by assassinating the Sultan and imprisoning his son Prince Daikor and daughter Princess Soraya to prevent revolt. Princess Soraya is defiant and escapes by leaping out the palace window into a river. She is discovered by a pair of peasants Anthar and the mute Aimu who become her protectors, and later rescuers and avengers against Ganor. The film concludes in a showdown in a hall of mirrors. Cast * Kirk Morris as Anthar * Michèle Girardon as Princess Soraya *Renato Baldini as Kamal * Mario Feliciani as Ganor *José Jaspe José Jaspe () (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in '' Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in '' The Man Called Noon'' (1973), the traitor in '' The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thief Of Damascus
''The Thief of Damascus'' () is a 1964 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Luciana Gilli and Gianni Solaro. It was released in the US as ''Sword of Damascus'' at a running time of 93 minutes.Della Casa, Steve; Giusti, Marco (2013). "Il Grande Libro di Ercole". Edizione Sabinae. Page 195. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. Cast * Tony Russel as Jesen * Luciana Gilli as Miriam * Gianni Solaro as Tibullo * Ferruccio Amendola as Tisba * Enrico Salvatore * Bruno Ukmar * Adriana Limiti * Pietro Tordi * Irena Prosen * Renato Baldini Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo ... as Uria * Giuseppe Fortis as Mannae References Bibliography * Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Arrow (1962 Film)
''The Golden Arrow'' () is a 1962 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Synopsis Damascus is governed by the fierce tyrant Baktiar, who will be forced to give up his throne once his daughter Jamila is married. As Jamila falls in love with the mysterious Hassan, Baktiar will try in every way to prevent their marriage. Cast * Tab Hunter as Hassan * Rossana Podestà as Jamila * Mario Feliciani as the tyrant Baktiar * Umberto Melnati as Thin Genie * Giustino Durano as Absent-Minded Genie * José Jaspe as Sabrath * Renato Baldini as Prince of Basra * Dominique Boschero as Queen of Rocky Valley * Gloria Milland as Queen in the cave * Franco Scandurra as Bearded Genie * Renato Montalban * Gianpaolo Rosmino as Mokbar * Claudio Scarchilli as Bandit Production Filming took place in Egypt and at Titanus Studios in Rome in late 1961 and into 1962. Tab Hunter later recalled in his memoirs: Not being able to speak Italian wasn't a drawback. The script of La Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slave (1962 Film)
''The Slave'' () is a 1962 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves and Gianna Maria Canale. It is an unofficial sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film ''Spartacus'', as it includes a mention of the character Varinia, who was specifically created for the novel template for that film. Plot In 48 B.C., twenty-five years after the revolt of Spartacus, the slave leader's son Randus (who is ignorant of his heritage) has grown to become a soldier in the Roman army. Stationed in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, Randus has been promoted to centurion by his commander, Gaius Julius Caesar, and is given an important task to accomplish: To travel to the city of Zeugma in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and learn of the secret plots planned out by the local Roman governor, Marcus Licinius Crassus. Randus leaves Egypt on a war galley out to sea, accompanied by his decurion friend Lumonius, his Germanic servant Beroz, an ambitious Gallic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther And The King
''Esther and the King'' () is a 1960 religious epic film produced and directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joan Collins as Esther, Richard Egan as Ahasuerus, and Denis O'Dea as Mordecai. Walsh and Michael Elkins wrote the screenplay, which was based on the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. It recounts the origin of the Jewish celebration of Purim. An international co-production released by 20th Century-Fox, ''Esther and the King'' was filmed in Italy in the CinemaScope format (although not signed as such) and the Technicolor color process. Mario Bava, the film's cinematographer, was credited as a co-director on Italian prints of the film. Plot In Persia in the 5th century BC, a Jewish woman named Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The king has been trying to defeat the campaign of hatred against the Jews by his evil minister Haman. Before the king pairs with Esther to defeat Haman, there are several intervening adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Warrior
''The White Warrior'' () is a 1959 adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on Lev Tolstoy's posthumously published 1912 novel '' Hadji Murat''. Cast * Steve Reeves: Agi Murad, the "White Warrior" * Giorgia Moll: Sultanet * Scilla Gabel: Princess Maria Vorontsova *Renato Baldini: Ahmed Khan * Gérard Herter: Prince Sergei *Milivoje Živanović: Tsar Nicholas I Nicholas I, group=pron (Russian language, Russian: Николай I Павлович; – ) was Emperor of Russia, List of rulers of Partitioned Poland#Kings of the Kingdom of Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 18 ... Production During the filming of parts of the final showdown, Alan Steel doubled Steve Reeves. Release ''The White Warrior'' was released in Italy on 21 June 1959 where it was distributed by Lux Film. The film grossed a total of 483,160,000 Italian lire domestically. See also * List of Italian films of 1959 References Footnotes Sources * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
