Gualtiero Jacopetti was an Italian documentary film director. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi, he is considered the originator of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries".
Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Mario Camerini was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Sardinian Vendetta is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti.
The Doctor of the Mad is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè. It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta.
Franca Marzi was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Maddalena is a 1954 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Märta Torén, Gino Cervi and Charles Vanel. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot in Technicolor. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.
Columba Domínguez Alarid was a Mexican actress, singer, and painter. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film Pueblerina (1949).
Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in The Fire (1916). Over the next nine years, Menichelli made a series of films, often trading on her image as a diva and on her passionate, decadent eroticism. Menichelli became a global star, and one of the most appreciated actresses in Italian cinema, before her retirement in 1924, aged 34.
L'edera is a novel by Grazia Deledda published in 1908. It was translated into many languages, including an English translation by Mary Ann Freese Witt and Martha Witt with the English title Ivy.
Hercules Against the Barbarians is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Guai ai vinti is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel Vae Victis by Annie Vivanti.
The Courier of Moncenisio is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Roldano Lupi, Virna Lisi and Arnoldo Foà. It is the last of three film adaptation of the 1852 novel Jean le Coucher by Jean Bouchardy.
The Adulteress is a 1946 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi and Carlo Ninchi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Calamai received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her performance.
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved is a 1973 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Vittorio Salerno and starring Enzo Cerusico, Riccardo Cucciolla and Martine Brochard. The finale of the film was re-shot after the distribution company requested a change to the original bleak ending.
Mad About Opera is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gino Bechi, Gina Lollobrigida, and Carlo Campanini. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Footage from the film was late re-incorporated in the 1950 British film Soho Conspiracy.
The Boatman of Amalfi is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Mino Roli and starring Mario Vitale, Franca Marzi and Guido Celano. The film's sets were designed by the art director Massimiliano Capriccioli. It is based on the 1883 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani.
The Priest's Hat is a 1944 Italian historical thriller drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová and Luigi Almirante. It is based on the 1888 novel of the same title by Emilio De Marchi.
Antonio Veretti was an Italian composer.
The Man with the Grey Glove is a 1948 Italian mystery crime film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Annette Bach, Roldano Lupi and Antonio Centa. Cinematographer Gábor Pogány used a number of camera shots to give the production the feel of a film noir. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. It earned around sixty five million lire at the box office.
