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The Sensual Man
''The Sensual Man'' (, also known as ''The Sensuous Sicilian'') is a 1974 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marco Vicario. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name written by Vitaliano Brancati. It was shot in Catania, Sicily and in Rome. Plot A Sicilian baron, Paolo Castorini has spent his life (beginning before puberty) dealing with girls, and later, women, usually in matters of the flesh. But later in life he begins to search for a deeper meaning to life. When his father is brought to his deathbed, Paolo (after making a pass at the dying man's nurse) is surprised to learn that the apparently staid, upright father had been unfaithful as a young man, as also Paolo's grandfather, and that such unfaithfulness had brought consequences both moral and medical. Cast *Giancarlo Giannini: Paolo Castorini *Rossana Podestà: Lilia *Riccardo Cucciolla: Paolo's father *Lionel Stander: Paolo's Grandfather, Baron Castorini *Gastone Moschin: Uncle Edmondo *Adriana Asti: B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Vicario
Marco Vicario (20 September 1925 – 10 September 2020) was an Italian film actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He appeared in 23 films between 1950 and 1958. He also wrote for 13 films, produced 12 and directed a further 11. He was born in Rome, Italy in September 1925. Vicario died in September 2020 at the age of 94. Selected filmography * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) - Mario * '' Alina'' (1950) - The young Man at the Roulette (uncredited) * '' La taverna della libertà'' (1950) * '' Appointment for Murder'' (1951) - Giorgio Morelli * ''Operation Mitra ''Operation Mitra'' () is a 1951 Italian thriller film directed by Giorgio Cristallini and starring Steve Barclay (actor), Steve Barclay and Marina Berti.Morreale p.123 Cast * Steve Barclay (actor), Steve Barclay * Marina Berti * Margherita Bag ...'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952) - Sandro Ronchi * '' La storia del fornaretto di Venezia'' (1952) * '' Ragazze da marito'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastone Moschin
Gastone Moschin (; 8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began his career in the 1950s as a theatre actor, first with the Teatro Nazionale di Genova, Teatro Stabile in Genoa and then with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. In the same period Moschin also began to appear in feature films and on television.Enrico Lancia. "Moschin, Gastone". ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli Attori''. Gremese, 2003. . In his film career Moschin alternated character roles and, more rarely, leading roles, such as in ''Seven Times Seven'' and ''Caliber 9''. His most famous role is that of Rambaldo Melandri in the ''Amici miei'' film series (1975–1985). He won two Nastro d'Argento Awards for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, in 1967 for Pietro Germi's ''The Birds, the Bees and the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Pisu
Mario Pisu (21 May 1910 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Montecchio Emilia, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in '' The Joker King'' and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with Andreina Pagnani, Evi Maltagliati, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa and Gino Cervi. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film '' Juliet of the Spirits'' starring Giulietta Masina. He also appeared on television. Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber. With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Pidgeon, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Fred MacMurray, Kenneth Tobey and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film '' One Hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Lionello
Oreste Lionello (18 April 1927 – 19 February 2009) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Lionello was born in Rhodes (which was then a possession of Italy), to Calabrian parents, and grew up in Reggio Calabria. He began his career as a theatre actor, and was considered amongst the founders of Italian cabaret. In 1953 he entered the Musical Theatrical Company of RAI (Italian state TV) and the following year he debuted in television with ''Marziano Filippo'', a boys' show. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of the Bagaglino comic theatre and TV company and he had found success as an entertainer on Italian TV in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, Lionello acted in over 56 feature films and several television shows. He appeared in five episodes of '' Le avventure di Laura Storm'' and he made his debut film appearance in '' The Cheerful Squadron''. As a voice actor, Lionello was the official Italian voice of Woody Allen. Other actors he dubbed included Charlie Chapli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchidea De Santis
Orchidea De Santis (born 20 December 1948) is an Italian television and film actress. Biography Orchidea De Santis is an Italian actress in cinema, theatre and television. Her films include '' Il vizio di famiglia'' directed by Mariano Laurenti, '' Per amare Ofelia'' by Flavio Mogherini, '' Concerto per pistola solista'' by Michele Lupo, '' Colpo di Stato'' by Luciano Salce (1969) and '' Paolo il caldo'' by Marco Vicario (1973). She appeared briefly in '' Il nero'' by Giovanni Vento (1965) and '' Una macchia rosa'' by Enzo Muzii (1970). Since the mid-1980s, her film work has declined in favor of other activities. Her theater work includes comedies such as '' Morto un Papa se ne fa un altro'', '' Strega Roma'' and '' Chicchignola'' written by Ettore Petrolini, all of which were directed by Ghigo De Chiara and Fiorenzo Fiorentini. De Santis appeared in '' Sottoveste'' by Castellacci e Ventimiglia and ''Love and Life'' by Mike Immordino. She wrote and acted in '' La bambola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto D'Orsi
Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revue. From 1962 till his death, D'Orsi was a prolific supporting actor, appearing in as many as fifteen films a year. He died in Rome at 47 from kidney failure. Selected filmography * '' A Girl... and a Million'' (1962) * '' The Thursday'' (1963) * '' The Girl from Parma'' (1963) * '' The Hours of Love'' (1963) * '' Shivers in Summer'' (1963) * '' The Verona Trial'' (1963) * ''Countersex'' (1964) * '' Let's Talk About Women'' (1964) * '' Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' (1965) * '' I soldi'' (1965) * '' Hot Frustrations'' (1965) * '' I complessi'' (1965) * '' Rita the American Girl'' (1965) * '' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) * '' Blockhead'' (1966) * '' Golden Chameleon'' (1967) * '' The Black Sheep'' (1968) * '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femi Benussi
Eufemia "Femi" Benussi (born 4 March 1945) is a Yugoslav-Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films, between 1965 and 1983. Life and career Benussi was born in Rovigno, Italy (now Rovinj, Croatia). She debuted on stage at the ''Teatro del Popolo'' of Rijeka, then she moved to Rome and made her film debut at 19 in ''Bloody Pit of Horror'', with the stage name Femy Martin. Benussi was mainly active in genre films, and in the seventies she became a star of the commedia sexy all'italiana subgenre. Selected filmography * ''Bloody Pit of Horror'' (1965) * '' The Hawks and the Sparrows'' (1966) * '' Death Walks in Laredo'' (1966) * '' Il tempo degli avvoltoi'' (1967) * '' Born to Kill'' (1967) * '' Deadly Inheritance ''(1968) * '' Requiem for a Gringo ''(1968) * '' Death Knocks Twice'' (1969) * '' Poppea's Hot Nights'' (1969) * '' Tarzana, the Wild Girl'' (1969) * '' Hatchet for the Honeymoon'' (1970) * '' Man of the Year'' (1971) * ''The Italian Connection'' (1972) * '' So S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Velázquez
Pilar Velázquez (born 13 February 1946) is a Spanish actress. Born as María del Pilar Velázquez Llorente in Madrid, she made her debut in 1964 at the Teatro Español, with the drama ''Caminos de Damasco''. Between 1966 and 1977 she starred in about 50 films and television roles; she was active in Italian genre cinema, especially in Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...s. In 1979 Velázquez married the Spanish singer and actor Miguel Gallardo. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velazquez, Pilar Spanish film actresses 1946 births Actresses from Madrid Living people Spaghetti Western actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dori Dorika
Dori Dorika (1 October 1913 – 1 January 1996) was a Russian-born Italian actress. She was sometimes credited as Dory Dorika. Life and career Born Dorotea Massa in Odesa, Ukraine, the daughter of a Russian mother and a Neapolitan father, she moved in Milan at very young age, and started her career on stage, in operettas and revues. She got a large popularity in the musical comedy theatre, notably thanks to ''Un paio d’ali'', whose film adaptation A film adaptation transfers the details or story of an existing source text, such as a novel, into a feature film. This transfer can involve adapting most details of the source text closely, including characters or plot points, or the original sou ... marked her debut on the big screen. From then she started an intense film career as a character actress, usually cast in humorous roles. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorika, Dori Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neda Arnerić
Neda Arnerić ( sr-cyr, Неда Арнерић; 15 July 1953 – 10 January 2020) was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography. Personal life Neda Arnerić was born in Knjaževac. Her mother was an ethnic Serbs, Serb, whilst her father was an ethnic Croats of Serbia, Croat, who worked as military doctor, born on the island of Korčula. Her grandfather was from Rovinj, where she often spent summers. In 1980 she graduated from the University of Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy with a degree in Art History. In 1981 she married Serbian physician, Milorad Mešterović, who died in December 2018. They had no children. In February 2019, her brother Predrag found her unconscious, whereupon she spent 40 days at the Military Medical Academy (Serbia), Military Medical Academy in Belgrade. On 10 January 2020, she died aged 66. Her brother f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey (née Goldbach; August 27, 1946) is an American actress and former model. She played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (film), ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. She is married to former The Beatles, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Early life Bach was born Barbara Goldbach in New York City to Marjorie (née McKnight) and Howard Goldbach. Her father was Jews, Jewish and of History of the Jews in Austria, Austrian-Jewish descent, while her mother was a Catholic Church, Catholic of Irish descent; Bach and her siblings were raised in their mother's Catholic faith. Her father, who had recently retired from the United States Armed Forces, United States Military at the time of her birth, worked as a police officer for the New York City Police Department. She was raised in Rosedale, Queens, and graduated from Dominican Commercial High School, an all-girls school, in 1964. The following year, she shortened her surname to Bach and began modeling profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Francesca Romana Rivelli (born 9 March 1955), professionally known as Ornella Muti, is an Italian actress. Among the best-known Italian actresses, in her career, she has worked across various genres, working alongside Italian directors such as Damiano Damiani, Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Marco Ferreri, Carlo Verdone, Ettore Scola, Francesca Archibugi, Paolo Virzì, Umberto Lenzi, Francesco Nuti and many others. Outside of Italy, she is best known for her role as Princess Aura in the science fiction cult film ''Flash Gordon'' (1980). Career Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Russian Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film '' La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife'') at the age of fourteen. In the early seventies, thanks to the great success of the film, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
