Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr.OMRI was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Luigi Cervi, better known as Gino Cervi, was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character Don Camillo (1952–1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964–1972).
Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.
Titanus is an Italian film production company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome.
Paolo Stoppa was an Italian actor.
Rosario "Saro" Urzì was an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles in the films In the Name of the Law (1949), The Railroad Man (1956), Seduced and Abandoned (1964), which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and The Godfather (1972).
Alessandro Cicognini was an Italian composer who is chiefly remembered for his film scores.
Guido Celano was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two spaghetti Westerns: Cold Killer and Gun Shy Piluk.
Giacomo Matteo Furia was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998.
Folco Lulli was an Italian partisan and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1946 and 1970. He was the elder brother of actor Piero Lulli.
Dante Maggio was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975.
Brunello Rondi was an Italian screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent script collaborations with Federico Fellini.
Giuseppe Vari was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.
The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the widest sense, preservation assures that a movie will continue to exist in as close to its original form as possible.
Carlo Giustini, sometimes credited as Carlo Justini, was an Italian actor.
Alfredo Rizzo was an Italian actor, screenwriter and director.
Luigi Rovere was an Italian film producer.
Cocinor was a French film production and distribution company based in Paris. Established in 1948 its full name is the Compagnie cinématographique du Nord. It was founded by Ignace Morgenstern out of a former distribution company SEDIF he had previously worked for. The company was later sold to Edmond Tenoudji. The company took over Les Films Marceau and distributed some films under the name Cocinor-Marceau. It also acquired the back catalogue of Charles Delac's old company.
Les Films Corona was a French film distribution company based in Paris. Active between the 1930s and the 1970s, it also took part in film production during its later years under the guidance of Robert Dorfmann. It enjoyed its greatest success in the postwar era. Many of its films such as 1968's Mayerling were co-productions.
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career. He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles.
