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Vera Carmi
Vera Carmi (23 November 1914 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1940 and 1956. Life and career Carmi was born Virginia Doglioli in Turin. After being spotted by the director Ferdinando Maria Poggioli in a beauty contest, she made her film debut in 1940, in a supporting role in Poggioli's '' Goodbye Youth'' and in a short time she became one of the most requested actresses in the ''Telefoni Bianchi'' genre. After the war she got critical acclaim for a number of dramatic performances, notably Mario Soldati's '' His Young Wife'' and Luciano Emmer's ''Sunday in August''. She was also very active on stage. Gradually cast in less important roles, she eventually retired in the second half of the 1950s. Carmi was the first wife of the football player Aldo Giuseppe Borel. Partial filmography * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1940) - La fidanzata di Giovanni * ''A Husband for the Month of April'' (1941) - La fioraia * ''Il cavalie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 856,745 as of 2025, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city was historically a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Hearts Among The Beasts
''Two Hearts Among the Beasts'' (Italian: ''Due cuori fra le belve'') is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Totò, Vera Carmi and Enrico Glori.Parish p.139 A dancing master takes part in an expedition to Africa find a missing anthropologist whose daughter he is in love with. The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. It was shot at Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ... in Rome. Plot An important Italian scientist disappears in the Jungle, and his niece Laura sets off to find him. Toto, dance teacher, ends up in the wrong steamer trip, and discovers that the companions of the niece have a sinister plan: kidnap her. The ship, however, is shipwrecked on the island of the Jungle, and Toto is worshiped as a god by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Sings (film)
''My Heart Sings'' () is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini - Marco * Franca Marzi - Gina * Riccardo Billi - Riccardo * Mario Riva - Mario * Carlo Campanini - Bossoli * Dorian Gray - Amica di Cocciaglia * Bice Valori - Liliana * Guglielmo Inglese - Brigadiere Bichetti * Giorgio Bixio - Avvocato Pelletti * Silvana Jachino - Cameriera * Alberto Sorrentino * Nino Manfredi - Enrico * Margherita Autuori - Elsa * Bruno Lanzarini - Commissario * Vera Carmi - Madre di Enrico * Carlo Romano - Commendator Russo * Adriana Montuori * Karl Ludwig Diehl - Neurologo * Loris Gizzi Loris Gizzi (16 August 1899 – 6 October 1986) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Rome, after his university studies Gizzi attended a school of dance and singing. He abandoned the courses when he became an employee of Ferrovie dell ... - Commendator Cocciaglia External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milano Miliardaria
''Milano miliardaria'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi and Vittorio Metz. Plot Cast * Tino Scotti: Cavalier Luigi Pizzigoni * Isa Barzizza: Vittoria Pizzigoni * Franca Marzi: Italia Furioni * Dante Maggio: Peppino Avallone * Mario Carotenuto: Avvocato Amleto Furioni * Aroldo Tieri: Marito geloso * Giovanni Barrella: Comm. Fantini * Alberto Sorrentino: Oscar, il fotografo * Galeazzo Benti: Walter * Marsha Gayle: Corinna * Gipsy Kiss: Giovannina * Vera Carmi: Paola * Giovanni D'Anzi: Se stesso * Sofia Loren: Commessa del bar * Carlo Giuffrè: Tifoso coi pomodori * Roberto Murolo: Himself * Giuseppe Meazza Giuseppe Meazza (; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979) was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 284 goals in 408 games for the club, and winning three Serie A title ...: Himself External links * 1951 films 1950s Italian-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Sisters (1950 Film)
''The Two Sisters'' () is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Volpe and starring Vera Carmi, Enzo Fiermonte and Checco Durante. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome while location shooting took place around Matera in Basilicata.Chiti & Poppi p.133 Synopsis A rakish young aristocrat seduces a young woman and gets her pregnant. He abandons her and then returns some years later to try a similar trick on her younger sister. Cast * Vera Carmi as Franca *Enzo Fiermonte as Barone Enrico *Checco Durante as Fattore Cosimo * Jone Paoli as Almina * Fedele Gentile as Antonio * Sandro Ruffini as Padre Giovanni * Mara Landi as Gilda *Anita Durante as Agata * Gina Amendola as Chiarina *Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Decio * Amedeo Girardi as Il Dottore * Lora Silvani as Agnesina * Roberto Spiombi as Nicola *Ugo Urbino Ugo or UGO may refer to: * Ugo (given name), including a list of people with the name * Ugo, Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How I Lost The War
''How I Lost the War'' () is a 1947 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario. Plot Italy, late 1940s. After being forced to wear military uniforms for most of his life, when the war ends, Leo replaces them with a firefighter's uniform. Cast * Erminio Macario as Leo Bianchetti * Vera Carmi as Gemma * Nando Bruno as Checco Tremelloni * Carlo Campanini as The German Captain * Folco Lulli as American Official * Fritz Marlat as Fritz * Marco Tulli as German Official * Piero Lulli as German Official * Nunzio Filogamo Nunzio Filogamo (; 20 September 1902 – 24 January 2002) was an Italian television and radio presenter, actor and singer. Life and career Born in Palermo, Filogamo moved to Turin at a young age, then he studied law at the Sorbonne Universit ... as Hat Seller * Gregorio Di Lauro as Soldier * Veriano Ginesi as Soldier References External links * Italian comedy films 1947 comedy films 1947 films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cab Number 13
''Cab Number 13'' (, ) is a 1948 French-Italian historical crime melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Vera Carmi, Ginette Leclerc and Sandro Ruffini. Cast * Vera Carmi as Jeanne Herblet (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Ginette Leclerc as Claudia (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Sandro Ruffini as Pietro Thefar (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Marcel Herrand as Georges de la Tour Vaudieu (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Leonardo Cortese as Andrea (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Vira Silenti as Mathilde * Flavia Grande as Olivia * Pierre Larquey as Pierre Loriot, il cocchiere (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Raymond Bussières as Jean Jeudi (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Achille Millo as Louis * Patrizia Muriel as Berthe Marois * Achille Majeroni as Le professeur Charcot * Paul Demange as Plume d'Oie * Galeazzo Benti as Le commissaire Portier * Henri Nassiet as Le duc de la Tour Vaudieu (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Roldano Lup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946 Film)
''Farewell, My Beautiful Naples'' () is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Fosco Giachetti, Vera Carmi and Clelia Matania.Brunetta p.111 It is based on a 1910 play which had previously been made into a 1917 silent film of the same title. Location shooting took place around Naples, including at Pompeii, Amalfi and Capri. Synopsis In Naples, a local composer falls in love with an American tourist. Cast * Fosco Giachetti as Carlo Sanna, composer * Vera Carmi as Roberta Sullivan * Clelia Matania as Yvonne de Fleurette * Paolo Stoppa as Ruocco * Bella Starace Sainati * Lidia Drutskoy * Franco Pesce Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer. Life and career Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of ... References Bibliography * Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas At Camp 119
''Christmas at Camp 119'' () is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Vittorio De Sica and Peppino De Filippo. A group of Italian prisoners of war being held captive in California dream of life back home as they await their release.Moliterno p.136 It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome and on location in Naples, Milan, Florence and Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Cast *Aldo Fabrizi as Giuseppe Mancini *Vittorio De Sica as Don Vincenzino *Peppino De Filippo as Gennarino Capece *Carlo Campanini as Scapizzono *Massimo Girotti as Nane *Alberto Rabagliati as Alberto *Carlo Mazzarella as Ignazio *Aldo Fiorelli as Guido *Vera Carmi as The schoolteacher *Margherita Bagni as Donna Clara *Rocco D'Assunta as Lojacono *Olga Villi as Mirella *María Mercader as Fiammetta *Nando Bruno as Guide of Roma *Adolfo Celi as John *Ave Ninchi as Miss Mancini *Giacomo Rondinella as The Neapolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Models Of Margutta
''The Models of Margutta'' () is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Liliana Laine, Claudio Gora and Carlo Campanini.Hischak p.251 The film is set amongst the artistic community who live on the Via Margutta Via Margutta is a narrow street in the centre of Rome, near Piazza del Popolo, accessible from Via del Babuino in the ancient Campo Marzio neighborhood also known as ''"the foreigner's quarter"''. Mount Pincio is nearby. Via Margutta origi ... in Rome. Several real artists appeared in the film as themselves. Cast References Bibliography * Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. External links 1946 films 1946 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Italian drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese Films scored by Giovanni Fusco Italian black-and-white films 1940s Italian films Italian-language drama films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Sole Mio (film)
''My Sun'' () is a 1946 Italian war drama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo.Moliterno p.264 It is considered one of the earliest films belonging to the genre of Italian neorealism, due to its use of exterior scenes and the inclusion of non-professional actors. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome and on location around Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. The film is set during the Four days of Naples in September 1943. Its title refers to the Neapolitan song "’O sole mio". Synopsis Tito Gobbi stars as an Italian-American officer who is parachuted behind Axis lines to gather information on the movements of the German army and facilitate the allied landing. In Naples he comes into contact with local resistance groups and ordinary citizens, who then join in the revolt against the German occupiers. Casy * Tito Gobbi as Giovanni, il cantante * Adriana Benetti as La giovane padrona di casa * Vera Carmi as Clara, la spia * Arnol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ten Commandments (1945 Film)
The Ten Commandments (), or the Decalogue (from Latin , from Ancient Greek , ), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given by YHWH to Moses. The text of the Ten Commandments appears in three markedly distinct versions in the Bible: at Exodus , Deuteronomy , and the "Ritual Decalogue" of Exodus . The biblical narrative describes how God revealed the Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mount Sinai amidst thunder and fire, gave Moses two stone tablets inscribed with the law, which he later broke in anger after witnessing the worship of a golden calf, and then received a second set of tablets to be placed in the Ark of the Covenant. Scholars have proposed a range of dates and contexts for the origins of the Decalogue. “Three main dating schemes have been proposed: (1) it was suggested that the Decalogue was the earliest legal code given at Sinai, with Moses as author, and the Amphictyony confeder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
