Maurizio Costanzo was an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter, and film director.
Marco Leonardi is an Australian-born Italian actor. He has been nominated twice for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor.
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati, is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Zeder (1983).
George Eastman is an Italian actor and screenwriter well known for his frequent collaborations with notorious director Joe D'Amato. He is most famous for his role as the insane, cannibalistic serial killer Klaus Wortmann in the gory 1980 horror film Antropophagus. He also played a similar role in its 1981 follow-up, Absurd. Both films were directed by D'Amato and written by Eastman.
Diego Abatantuono is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, comedian and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento.
Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
The House with Laughing Windows is a 1976 Italian horror film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. The film was shot in Lido degli Scacchi in the Ferrara province of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy.
Giorgio Guidi, known professionally as Johnny Dorelli, is an Italian actor, singer and television host.
Gianni Cavina was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 to 2022. Born in Bologna, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of Franco Parenti. He made his film debut in the 1968 horror Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana, directed by Pupi Avati, with whom he had a long collaboration, starring in many of his films.
The 53rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 28 August to 7 September 1996.
Elena Sofia Barucchieri, known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci, is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series Che Dio ci aiuti.
Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana is a 1970 Italian film. It is the debut film of director Pupi Avati.
Fratelli e sorelle, internationally released as Brothers and Sisters, is an Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered in the 1992 Venice Film Festival. For her performance in this film, Paola Quattrini won a Nastro d'Argento for Best supporting Actress.
Regalo di Natale, internationally released as Christmas Present, is a 1986 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It entered the 43° Venice Film Festival, in which Carlo Delle Piane won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. For his performance in this film Diego Abatantuono won a Nastro d'Argento for Best supporting Actor. The film has a sequel, Christmas Rematch.
Ultimo minuto is a 1987 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pupi Avati. The film won the David di Donatello for best sound and for best original song.
Franco Delli Colli was an Italian film cinematographer.
La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone is a 1975 Italian black comedy film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati. It is considered one of the most atypical commedia all'italiana films.
Yorgo Voyagis is a Greek actor.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
L'arcano incantatore, internationally released as The Mysterious Enchanter and Arcane Sorcerer, is a 1996 Italian horror film directed by Pupi Avati and set in the 18th century.
