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Events from the year 1956 in Italy
The Vanoni plan for the development of Italian economy, Keynesian in nature, is abandoned after the death of his promoter. Yet, the Prime minister Antonio Segni and the DC secretary Amintore Fanfani support a policy of public intervention, breaking with the liberalism of the former cabinets.
First issue of the magazines
In 1956, Italian cinema was in a phase of transition. Auteur and socially engaged cinema is almost limited to only two titles: The roof , by Vittorio De Sica, considered the last neorealist film, and The railroad man , a family drama directed and interpreted by Pietro Germi.
Most of the Italian production belongs the popular genres.
The non-Italian films are omitted.
Nastri d’argento : The Railroad man (best film), Pietro Germi (Best director, for The railroadman), Anna Magnani (Best actress, for The awakening ),
First edition of David di Donatello
Academy awards : Anna Magnani (Best actress for The Rose Tattoo )
Berlin International Film Festival : Elsa Martinelli (Best actress for Donatella )
The year sees the success of the Neapolitan songs by Aurelio Fierro ( Guaglione ), Renato Carosone ( Tu vuo fa’ l’americano ) and Domenico Modugno (Io, mammeta e tu) dealing with the topics of love and youth without sentimentality but with lively music and ironic lyrics. [4]
Oreste Piccioni proves the existence of antineutron.
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, Italy gets 1 gold and 2 silver medals (all male).
At the 1956 Summer Olympics, Italy gets 8 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals (all male).
Giuseppe "Peppino" De Filippo was an Italian actor.
Francesco "Ciccio" Ingrassia was an Italian actor, comedian and film director.
Titina De Filippo was an Italian actress and playwright.
Walter Annicchiarico, known as Walter Chiari, was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.
Aldo Giuffrè was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè.
Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City and as partner of Totò in a number of successful comedies.
Paolo Stoppa was an Italian actor.
Furio Scarpelli, also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli.
Anna Maria Ferrero was an Italian actress.
Carlo Tamberlani was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor.
Alessandra Panaro was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Dante Maggio was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975.
Nino Vingelli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1941 and 2000.
Dorian Gray was an Italian actress.
Mario Castellani was an Italian comic actor, best known as the sidekick of famous comic actor Antonio De Curtis (Totò). He appeared with the latter in all his major movies, as well as many of Totò's theatre productions.
Romanzo di una strage is a 2012 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It is loosely based on the book Il segreto di Piazza Fontana by Paolo Cucchiarelli. The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.
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