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The Employee
''The Employee'' () is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Nando * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Inspector Jacobetti * Anna Maria Ferrero as Joan * Gianrico Tedeschi as Director * Andrea Checchi as Francesco * Anna Campori as Lisetta * Sergio Fantoni as Sergio Jacobetti * Gianni Bonagura as Pipetto * Arturo Bragaglia as Nando's Father * Pietro De Vico as McNally * Cesare Polacco as Inspector Rock * Franco Giacobini as Rotondi * Polidor * Enrico Glori * Ignazio Leone * Gianni Minervini as a gangster A gangster (informally gangsta) is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''Organized crime, mob'' and the suffix ''wikt:-ster, -st ... References External links * 1959 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Gianni Puccini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Puccini
Gianni Puccini (9 November 1914 – 3 December 1968) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1940 and 1967. He also directed 18 films between 1951 and 1968. Selected filmography * ''Fourth Page'' (1942) * ''Ossessione'' (1943) * ''Tragic Hunt'' (1947) * ''Bitter Rice'' (1949) * ''Persiane chiuse'' (1950) * ''The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * ''Rome 11:00'' (1952) * ''Days of Love'' (1954) * ''Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * ''Supreme Confession'' (1956) * ''My Wife's Enemy'' (1959 - directed) * ''I cuori infranti'' (1963 - directed) * ''The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968 - directed) References External links * 1914 births 1968 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers Film people from Milan {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Bragaglia
Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male film actors People from Frosinone Male actors from Lazio {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Rome
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] |
Films Set In Rome
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] |
Films Directed By Gianni Puccini
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] |
Commedia All'italiana
''Commedia all'italiana'' () or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' in 1958, and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's ''Divorce Italian Style'' (1961). According to most of the critics, ''La Terrazza'' (1980) by Ettore Scola is the last work considered part of the ''commedia all'italiana''. Rather than a specific genre, the term indicates a period (approximately from the late 1950s to the early 1970s) in which the Cinema of Italy, Italian film industry was producing many successful comedies, with some common traits like satire of manners, farcical and grotesque overtones, a strong focus on spicy social issues of the period (like sexual matters, divorce, contraception, marriage of the clergy, the Italian economic miracle, economic rise of the country and its various consequences, the traditional relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, '' Plunderers of Painted Flats''. * January 29 – Walt Disney releases his 16th animated film, ''Sleeping Beauty'' in Beverly Hills. It is Disney's first animated film to be shown in 70mm and modern 6-track stereophonic sound, but its last fairytale adaptation until 1989. Also on the program is Disney's new "pictorial interpretation" ''Grand Canyon'', which uses the music of Ferde Grofé's '' Grand Canyon Suite''. ''Grand Canyon'' wins an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). *April 30 – François Truffaut's '' The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangster
A gangster (informally gangsta) is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''Organized crime, mob'' and the suffix ''wikt:-ster, -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and resources that support much larger and more organized crime, complex criminal transactions than an individual criminal could achieve. Gangsters have been active for many years in countries around the world. Gangsters are the subject of many novels, films, television series, and video games. Usage In modern usage, the term "gang" is generally used for a criminal organization and the term "gangster" invariably describes a criminal. Much has been written on the subject of gangs, although there is no clear consensus about what constitutes a gang or what situations lead to gang formation and evolution. There is agreement that the members of a gang have a sense of common identity and belonging and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Minervini (producer)
Gianni Minervini (26 October 1928 – 4 February 2020) was an Italian television and film producer. Born in Naples, Minervini was the son of the journalist Roberto Minervini. In 1976, he co-founded with the brothers Antonio and Pupi Avati the production company A.M.A. Film. The Avati brothers left the company in late 1983, leaving the sole Minervini leading the company alone.Alberto Crespi. "Le factories: Gli Avati". ''Cineforum'', Volume 27. 1987. Minervini won three David di Donatello Awards for best producer, in 1982, 1984 and 1990. He also won a Nastro d'Argento in 1984 for the production of '' Where's Picone?''. Selected filmography * 1960 – '' Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' * 1969 – '' Night of the Serpent'' * 1976 – ''The House with Laughing Windows'' * 1977 – '' Berlinguer, I Love You'' * 1979 – '' Mimi'' * 1980 – ''Macabre'' * 1981 – '' Help Me Dream'' * 1983 – ''A School Outing'' * 1983 – '' Zeder '' * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignazio Leone
Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * '' I Chose Love'' (1953) * '' Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Woman Alone'' (1956) * '' Wives and Obscurities'' (1956) * '' Piece of the Sky'' (1959) * '' Slave of Rome'' (1960) * '' Le pillole di Ercole'' (1962) * '' I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra'' (1962) * '' Julius Caesar Against The Pirates'' (1962) * '' Zorro and the Three Musketeers'' (1963) * ''002 Operazione Luna'' (1965) * '' Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula'' (1966) * '' Electra One'' (1967) * '' I 2 deputati'' (1968) * '' The Two Crusaders'' (1968) * '' Brutti di notte'' (1968) * ''Indovina chi viene a merenda? (i.e. "Guess who's coming to tea?") is a 1969 Italian war-comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Glori
Enrico Musy, better known as Enrico Glori (3 August 1901 – 22 April 1966) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Naples to a wealthy family of French origin, Glori became an actor in his thirties. He spent most of his time in France where he eventually made his film debut in the 1934 film ''Street Without a Name'' directed by Pierre Chenal. He starred in many other French films for the next three years until he was called back to Italy in 1937 after finishing his work on several films which includes '' The Former Mattia Pascal''. Glori was often known for his portrayal of villainous, sadistic and treacherous characters in most of his movies through the late 1930s and early 1940s. He appeared in over 126 films between 1934 and 1963, most of which were directed by Raffaello Matarazzo, Vittorio De Sica, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alberto Lattuada and many more. Glori's son Gianni was also an actor. Glori retired in 1963, and died three years later after suffering from health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polidor (actor)
Ferdinand Guillaume (1887–1977) was a French-born Italian actor and film director. He often is known by his stage name Polidor. In 1910, after working for years in the family circus, he and his brother Natale were hired by Cines Studios where he starred in over 100 comedy silent shorts billed as the character Tontolini. He then went to work for Pasquali Film in Turin.Stam & Raengo p.116 Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1911) * '' The Palace on the River'' (1940) * '' The Daughter of the Green Pirate'' (1940) * '' Music on the Run'' (1943) * '' The Mad Marechiaro'' (1952) * ''Angel in a Taxi'' (1958) * ''The Employee ''The Employee'' () is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film is loosely inspired by ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Nando * Eleonora Rossi Drago as Inspector Jacobetti * Anna Maria Ferr ...'' (1959) * '' Everyone's in Love'' (1959) * '' Red Roses for the Fuhrer'' (1968) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
