Alida Maria Laura, Freiin Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, better known by her stage name Alida Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, spanning from the 1930s to the early 2000s. She was one of the biggest stars of Italian film during the Fascist era, once being called "the most beautiful woman in the world" by Benito Mussolini, but managed to find continued international success post-World War II. According to Frédéric Mitterrand, Valli was the only actress in Europe to equal Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo.
Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band is Enrico Brizzi's debut novel. Brizzi wrote it at the age of eighteen and it was first published in 1994. The name "Jack Frusciante" is a deliberate modification of John Frusciante, the guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Last Meeting is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is loosely based on the novel La biondina by Marco Praga.
Eugenia Grandet is a 1946 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Soldati. It is based on the 1833 novel Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. The novel has been adapted into films on a number of occasions. The film's sets were designed by art director Gastone Medin.
Imperial Venus is a 1962 French-Italian historical film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd and Raymond Pellegrin. It depicts the life of Pauline Bonaparte, the sister of Napoleon. For her performance Lollobrigida won the David di Donatello for best actress and the Nastro d'Argento for the same category.
Sogni mostruosamente proibiti is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. The film is loosely inspired by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore is a 1971 film adaptation of John Ford's tragedy. It is directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, who co-wrote the screenplay, and stars Charlotte Rampling as Annabella, Oliver Tobias as Giovanni, and Fabio Testi as Soranzo. The musical score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
The Amusements of Private Life ) is a 1990 Italian-French comedy film co-written and directed by Cristina Comencini. According to the film critic Paolo Mereghetti, the film is very ambitious and has a careful attention to detail but also has some awkwardness and a confusing plot.
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century.
The World Condemns Them is a 1953 Italian-French melodrama film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
A Spiral of Mist is a 1977 Italian-French thriller-drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Michele Prisco.
I Don't Understand You Anymore is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It is based on the comedy play with the same name by Aldo De Benedetti, which had previously inspired the film I Don't Know You Anymore directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starred by Vittorio De Sica.
Good Folk's Sunday is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Anton Giulio Majano.
Signé Arsène Lupin is a 1959 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Yves Robert. It is the sequel of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957).
Dialogue with the Carmelites is a 1960 French-Italian historical drama film written and directed by Raymond Léopold Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini and starring Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli, Madeleine Renaud, Pascale Audret, Pierre Brasseur and Jean-Louis Barrault. It is based upon the play by Georges Bernanos, which in turn was adapted from the novel by Gertrud von Le Fort. It's the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, Carmelite nuns who were guillotined in Paris in 1794 in the waning days of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, after refusing to renounce their vocation.
The Mushroom is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon.
Legions of the Nile is an Eastmancolor 1959 Italian-French-Spanish historical epic adventure film written and directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.
The Warrior and the Slave Girl is a 1958 Italian-Spanish-French adventure film in Supercinescope and Eastman Color directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.
An Italian in America is a 1967 Commedia all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alberto Sordi and starring the same Sordi opposite Vittorio De Sica. Screenwriter Rodolfo Sonego was inspired for the plot by the participation of one of his friends, the painter Salvatore Scarpitta, to the NBC program This Is Your Life.
The Party's Over is a 1991 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alessandro Benvenuti and starring the same Benvenuti, Athina Cenci, Alida Valli and Massimo Ghini.
