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Son Of Hercules In The Land Of Fire
''Ursus in the Land of Fire'' (), released directly to U.S. television as ''Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire'', is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Ed Fury as Ursus, and Adriano Micantoni as the evil usurper, Amilcare.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot The evil General Amilcare usurps the throne of King Lotar, after murdering him with the aid of the king's niece, Mila. He then destroys a nearby village, killing or enslaving the people, which causes local hero Ursus to intervene and combat the dictator. Ursus enters a gladiator tournament in disguise and challenges Amilcare's authority, but is caught and put to manual labour. King Lotar's daughter, Diana, is still being held prisoner and calls upon the help of Ursus, who escapes and does battle with Amilcare in an underground volcanic cavern. Cast * Ed Fury as Ursus * Claudia Mori as Mila * Luciana Gilli as Princess Diana * Adriano Micantoni as Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Rome, Simonelli got a high school diploma in business studies, and then started working as a journalist and as a film critic for the weekly magazines ''Avvenimento'' and ''Gente nostra''. In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with Nicola Fausto Neroni ''Maratona'', and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, ''The Song of Love (1930 film), The Song of Love'' by Gennaro Righelli. From 1934 Simonelli mainly devoted himself to film editing, then, from 1940, he resumed his activity as a director specialising in commercially successful comedy films, in which he directed some of the most popular actors of the period, notably Totò, Eduardo De Filippo, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo, Nino Taranto, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiari, Ugo Tognazzi, Ermin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usurper
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force such as via a coup d'état, as well as through political influence and deceit. Etymology The word originally came from the Latin word ''usurpare'' (“to seize", "to take forcefully" or "to use”). Politics The Greeks had their own conception of what usurpers were, calling them tyrants. In the ancient Greek usage, a tyrant (''tyrannos''/''τύραννος'' in Greek) was an individual who rose to power via unconstitutional or illegitimate means, usually not being an heir to an existing throne. Such individuals were perceived negatively by political philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Usurpers often try to legitimize their position by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Fantasy Adventure Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword-and-sandal Films
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italy, Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget Hollywood historical epics of the time, such as ''Samson and Delilah (1949 film), Samson and Delilah'' (1949), ''Quo Vadis (1951 film), Quo Vadis'' (1951), ''The Robe (film), The Robe'' (1953), ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'' (1956), ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'' (1959), ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus'' (1960), and ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'' (1963). These films dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by spaghetti Western and Eurospy films. The term "peplum" (a Latin word referring to the ancient Greek garment ''peplos'') was introduced by French film critics in the 1960s. The terms "peplum" and "sword-and-sandal" were used in a Condescension, condesce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giorgio Simonelli
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Fantasy Adventure Films
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Giannotti
Claudia Giannotti (19 February 1937 – 26 July 2020) was an Italian film and television actress. She was most well known for having acted with Alberto Sordi. Born on February 19, 1937, she was involved in film at a young age, beginning with a minor child role at the age of six in the film “Nessuno torna indietro”. She went on to attend the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts and had her first major theatrical part in 1961 in the film “Il giardino dei ciliegi“. Giannotti died in Torino on 26 July 2020, aged 83. Works Films *'' Nessuno torna indietro'', by Alessandro Blasetti (1943) *'' Il prof. dott. Guido Tersilli primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue'', by Luciano Salce (1969) *'' Il divorzio'', by Romolo Guerrieri (1970) *'' La cosa buffa'', by Aldo Lado (1972) *'' Artemisia - Passione estrema'', by Agnes Merlet (1998) *'' Amorfù'', by Emanuela Piovano (2003) Television *'' Un certo Harry Brent'' by Leonardo Cortese (1970) *'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Felleghy
Tom Felleghy (born Tamás Fellegi; 26 November 1921 – 13 September 2005) was a Hungarian-born Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1958. Felleghy died in Bracciano, Lazio on 13 September 2005, at the age of 83. Filmography References External links * 1921 births 2005 deaths Hungarian male film actors Hungarian emigrants to Italy {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Addobbati
Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audience. Addobbati was born in Makarska and later lived in Trieste. He made over 80 film appearances between 1937 and 1980 often as a police officer or law enforcer. He starred in films such as ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1964), '' Blood For A Silver Dollar'' alongside Giuliano Gemma (Montgomery Wood) and in '' The Conformist'' (1970). He also made several horror film appearances such as '' Nightmare Castle'' in 1965 alongside Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Laurence Clift and Rik Battaglia. Selected filmography * ' (1936, dir. Giovacchino Forzano) as Uomo #9 * ''Condottieri'' (1937, dir. Luis Trenker) as Giovanni's Father * '' Queen of the Scala'' (1937, dir. Camillo Mastrocinque e Guido Salvini) as Guido Vernieri * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peplum Film
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget Hollywood historical epics of the time, such as '' Samson and Delilah'' (1949), '' Quo Vadis'' (1951), '' The Robe'' (1953), '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956), '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), ''Spartacus'' (1960), and ''Cleopatra'' (1963). These films dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by spaghetti Western and Eurospy films. The term "peplum" (a Latin word referring to the ancient Greek garment ''peplos'') was introduced by French film critics in the 1960s. The terms "peplum" and "sword-and-sandal" were used in a condescending way by film critics. Later, the terms were embraced by fans of the films, similar to the terms "spaghetti Western" or "shoot-'em-ups". In their English versions, peplum films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Ciorciolini
Marcello Ciorciolini (16 January 1922 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television and radio author and lyricist. Life and career Born in Rome, Ciorciolini began his career in 1950 as a radio writer, often collaborating with Alberto Talegalli. Shorty later he entered the cinema industry as a screenwriter, specializing in the comedy genre and also directing a number of films. As a lyricist he was the author of several hits, notably Mina (Italian singer), Mina's "Una zebra a pois" and "More (Theme from Mondo Cane), Ti guarderò nel cuore", the theme song of ''Mondo cane''. Between the 1970s and 1980s he was mainly active as an author of television variety shows. On stage, he was active as an author of revues and comedy plays, and more sporadically of dramas. Ciorciolini was one of the favourite authors of the comic duo Franco and Ciccio, with whom he collaborated in television, cinema and even for some songs. Selected filmography ;Scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Fraticelli
Franco Fraticelli (30 August 1928 in Rome, Kingdom of Italy – 26 April 2012 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film editor with more than 150 film credits. Fraticelli was director Dario Argento's editor of choice from his earliest films ('' The Bird with the Crystal Plumage''-1969) through ''Opera'' (1987). He also had an important collaboration with director Lina Wertmüller, commencing with her third film '' Rita the Mosquito'' (1966). Fraticelli edited nine more of her films through '' A Joke of Destiny'' (1983). In particular, Fraticelli edited ''Seven Beauties'' (1976). This film, which has been called her masterpiece, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. It was the first nomination of a woman for the award. Fraticelli was nominated for the David di Donatello award for editing '' Boys on the Outside'' (directed by Marco Risi - 1990); Fraticelli subsequently edited two more films with Risi, ''Nel Continente Nero'' (1993) and ''Kaputt Mundi''. In 2006 his caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
