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Umberto Sacripante
Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he became first actor in the theatrical company Teatro degli Indipendenti directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. He made his film debut in 1930, and in a short time he became one of the most active character actors of his time. Thanks to his good knowledge of German language, he was also often cast in German and Austrian productions. He also worked as general organizer for the production company Cines, and also was secretary of the National Syndicate of Film Actors. Personal life Sacripante was married to Assunta Lelli. Their sons Luciano and Mauro both worked in the cinema industry, respectively as film director and executive producer. Selected filmography * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Old Lady'' (1932) * '' Five to Nil'' (1932) * '' Zaganel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Fieramosca (1938 Film)
''Ettore Fieramosca'' is a 1938 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Mario Ferrari and Elisa Cegani. It is adapted from the 1833 novel of the same title by Massimo D'Azeglio, based on the life of the 16th century condottiero Ettore Fieramosca.Bondanella, p. 15. Plot Partial cast * Gino Cervi as Ettore Fieramosca * Mario Ferrari as Graiano d'Asti * Elisa Cegani as Giovanna di Morreale * Osvaldo Valenti as Guy de la Motte * Lamberto Picasso as Prospero Colonna * Corrado Racca as Don Diego Garcia de Paredes * Clara Calamai as Fulvia * Umberto Sacripante as Franciotto * Gianni Pons as Il duca di Nemours * Carlo Duse as Jacopo, lo scudiero spia di Graiano * Mario Mazza as Fanfulla * Andrea Checchi Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor. Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of Life In One Night
''All of Life in One Night'' () is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Luisa Ferida, Camillo Pilotto and Mino Doro.Lancia p.436 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by Salvo D'Angelo. Main cast * Luisa Ferida as Maria * Camillo Pilotto as Francesco * Mino Doro as Giorgio * Germana Paolieri as Giulia * as Vinny * Umberto Sacripante as Walter * Fausto Guerzoni as Tramontana * Guglielmo Sinaz as Zanis * * Carla Fatarella * * Jucci Kellermann * Nais Lago * Ferruccio Manzetti * Livia Minelli * Renato Navarrini * * Yvonne Sandner * Edda Soligo Edda Soligo (17 July 1905 – 2 March 1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Il signor Max'' (193 ... References Bibliography * Enrico Lancia. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1930 al 1944''. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppino E La Vecchia Signora
''Peppino e la vecchia signora'' (also known as ''Peppino e la nobile dama'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Emma Gramatica and Piero Ballerini. Cast *Peppino De Filippo: Peppino Zaganella *Emma Gramatica: Maria Ricciardi * Maresa Gallo: Bianca *Eloisa Cianni: Laura Di Robilant * Leonardo Severini: Joe * Marisa Vernati: lover of Joe *Umberto Sacripante: accomplice of Joe *Camillo Pilotto: the inspector * Nino Marchesini: Commendator Di Robilant * Gianna Pacetti: Miss Di Robilant * Enrico De Mellis: Fausto Di Robilant *Amedeo Trilli: maresciallo Trifoldi *Maurizio Arena Maurizio Arena (26 December 1933 – 21 November 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1952 and 1978. Life and career Born in Rome as Maurizio Di Lorenzo, Arena made his film debut at nineteen years old, ...: "posteggiatore"" References External links * 1950 films 1950 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Piero Ballerini Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavallina Storna
''Cavallina storna'' (i.e. "Dappled Mare") is a 1953 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giulio Morelli and starring Gino Cervi. It is loosely based on several autobiographical poems ("La cavalla storna", "X agosto", "Un ricordo", and "II nido di Farlotti") by Giovanni Pascoli. It grossed about 145 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot An engineer accompanies Mariù Pascoli from Bologna to San Mauro, a young woman he had been with for some time. During the journey they get engaged, but the spell is interrupted by the revelation that the young man makes to the girl: he is the son of a captain accused of being responsible for the death of Ruggero Pascoli, Mariù's father. Ruggero, many years back, was an administrator of the estate of a prince and the captain was employed by him: discovered an embezzlement of the latter, he ran to report him. In the evening, while he was returning home with the gig and holding two dolls to give as gifts to the two girls, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mute Of Portici (1952 Film)
''The Mute of Portici'' () is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Ansoldi. It is based on a play by Eugène Scribe. Cast * Flora Mariel as Lucia Maniello * Doris Duranti as Elvira D'Herrera * Paolo Carlini as Masaniello * Ottavio Senoret as Alfonso * Umberto Sacripante as La Spia * Raf Pindi as Viceroy of Naples * Paolo Dola as Cap. Perrone * Maurizio Di Nardo * Isarco Ravaioli * Anna Maria Ferrero (uncredited) * Marcello Mastroianni (uncredited) * Jacques Sernas (uncredited) See also *''La muette de Portici'' (play) *''The Dumb Girl of Portici ''The Dumb Girl of Portici'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent historical film, historical drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and starring Anna Pavlova, Rupert Julian and Wadsworth Harris. It was adapted by Weber from th ...'' (1916) *'' The Mute of Portici'' (1922) References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilt Is Not Mine
''Guilt Is Not Mine'' or ''Unjust Condemnation'' (, ) is a 1952 French-Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Rossano Brazzi, Gaby André and Elvy Lissiak. Plot We are in Maremma. A physician, doctor who devotes himself to scientific research falls in love with Anna, the daughter of a chemist, who does not approve of the relationship. He is thus courted by other women, among which Barbara proves to be the most enterprising: meanwhile Anna gets engaged and the young doctor begins to suffer. When a malaria epidemic breaks out, the scientist is accused of not thinking about healing the locals to continue scientific experiments, undergoes a trial and ends up in prison. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Carlo Rocchi * Gaby André as Anna Valli * Sergio Tofano as Prof. Valli * Elvy Lissiak as Barbara Soldani * Umberto Sacripante as Dante * Mino Doro as Archeologo * Fedele Gentile as Ferri * Ubaldo Lay as Andrea * Amedeo Trilli as Sindaco * Gianna Seg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thief Of Venice
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Tragic Hunt
''Tragic Hunt'' () is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar neorealist films. It was one of two produced by the ANPI movement along with '' The Sun Still Rises'' from the previous year. Future filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Lizzani co-wrote the script. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. Plot After the Second World War, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, a cooperative has been founded by peasants. War has destroyed the country. A group of bandits, with former Nazi-collaborator Daniela, known as ' Lili Marlene' (Vivi Gioi), holds up the truck where the money of the cooperative is travelling. All the peasants search for the thieves in a tragic hunt. Cast * Vivi Gioi as Daniela 'Lili Marlene' * Andrea Checchi as Alberto * Carla Del Poggio as Giovanna *Massimo Girotti as Michele * Vittorio Duse as Giuseppe * Checco Rissone as Mim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ways Of Sin
''The Ways of Sin'' () is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Leonardo Cortese and Carlo Ninchi. The film is a melodrama set in Sardinia at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is based on a novel by Grazia Deledda. The film was shot in the Apennine Mountains rather than Sardinia.Urban p.576 Cast * Jacqueline Laurent as Ilaria * Leonardo Cortese as Don Roberto * Carlo Ninchi as Don Sebastiano Pinna * Ada Dondini as Eufemia Pinna * Laura Gore as Carla Pinna * Gualtiero Tumiati as Don Salvatore * Andrea Checchi as Rocco * Lauro Gazzolo as Il farmacista * Umberto Sacripante as Fausto, Il pastore * Michele Riccardini as Il sacerdote * Nino Pavese as Il brigadiere * Franco Coop as Il notaio * Dante Maggio as La guardia carceraria * Rinalda Marchetti as L'amante di Don Sebastiano * Amalia Pellegrini as La domestica dei Pinna * Aldo Silvani Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Teacher (1942 Film)
''The Little Teacher'' (Italian: ''La maestrina'') is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Maria Denis, Nino Besozzi and Elvira Betrone. It was based on a play of the same title by Dario Niccodemi.Goble p.344 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Lake Orta in Piedmont. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gino Brosio and Ottavio Scotti. Cast * Maria Denis as Maria Bini, la maestrina * Nino Besozzi as Il sindaco * Elvira Betrone as La direttrice * Virgilio Riento as Pallone, il bidello * Enrico Glori as Giacomo Macchia * Annibale Betrone as Il medico * Clara Auteri Pepe as La prima maestra * Amalia Beretta as La seconda maestra * Angela Lavagna as La terza maestra * Luciana Lucarelli as La piccola Annina * Umberto Sacripante as Il vetturino * Claudio Ermelli as L'usciere * Giovanna Ralli Giovanna Ralli, (born 2 January 1935), is an Italian stage, film, and television actress. Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Zia Smemorata
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An Adventure Of Salvator Rosa
''An Adventure of Salvator Rosa'' (Italian: ''Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa'') is a 1939 Italian historical adventure film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida and Rina Morelli. It is set in seventeenth century Naples, then occupied by Spain, where a famous artist celebrated for his paintings of the rich leads a double life as a secret defender of the poor and oppressed. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. At the time of its release, the film was greeted with unanimous critical approval. Giuseppe Isani, on ''Cinema'', referred to it as "the best Italian film produced from 1930 onwards."Gianfranco Gori, ''Alessandro Blasetti'', La nuova Italia, 1984. . Plot Kingdom of Naples, 17th century. Spanish oppression becomes increasingly bloody after the popular uprising led by Masaniello. The famous painter Salvator Rosa is also a masked hero who fights against the arrogance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
