Italian films of 1954
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A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 1954 (see 1954 in film
):
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s produced in Italy
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in 1954 (see 1954 in film
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
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| 1954 1954 in film The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda... |
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| 045 | ||||
| Accadde al commissariato | ||||
| Acque amare | ||||
| Addio, mia bella signora! | ||||
| Ah! Les belles bacchantes Ah! Les belles bacchantes Ah! Les belles bacchantes , is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Jean Loubignac, written by Francis Blanche, starring Robert Dhéry and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Femmes de Paris", "Peek-a-boo" .- Plot :... |
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| Ai margini della città | ||||
| Alvaro piuttosto corsaro | ||||
| Amore e smarrimento | ||||
| Amori di mezzo secolo | ||||
| Angela | ||||
| Appassionatamente | ||||
| Assi alla ribalta | ||||
| Attila Attila (1954 film) Attila is a 1954 Franco-Italian film co-production, directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Based on the life of Attila the Hun, it stars Anthony Quinn as Attila and Sophia Loren as Honoria, with Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Ettore Manni and Christian Marquand. Scott Marlowe ... (Attila, il flagello di Dio) |
Pietro Francisci Pietro Francisci Pietro Francisci was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in... |
Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer... , Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... , Henri Vidal Henri Vidal Henri Vidal was a French film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1941 and 1959.-Selected filmography:* The Damned * Fabiola * L'Étrange Madame X * La Passante... , Irene Papas Irene Papas Irene Papas is a Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years.-Life:... , Ettore Manni Ettore Manni Ettore Manni was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 107 films between 1952 and 1979. He was born and died in Rome, Italy after accidentally shooting himself.-Selected filmography:* Two Nights with Cleopatra... , Christian Marquand Christian Marquand Christian Marquand was a French director, actor and screenwriter working in French cinema. A native of Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arabic mother his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant, and he can be seen as a heartthrob in French movies of the 1950s.His first film... |
Sword and sandal Sword and sandal The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"... |
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| Avanzi di galera | ||||
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| Bread, Love and Jealousy (Pane, amore e gelosia) | Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre.... |
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... , Gina Lollobrigida Gina Lollobrigida Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the... , Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appreared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005... |
Pink neorealism | Sequel of Bread, Love and Dreams. AKA Frisky in US |
| Ballata tragica | ||||
| Baracca e burattini | ||||
| Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno | ||||
| Bonnes à tuer | ||||
| Brazza | ||||
| Camilla | ||||
| Cantamaggio a Cervarezza | ||||
| Canzone d'amore Canzone d'Amore Canzone d'Amore is a studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson, released in mid 1989. The album reached #48 place at the Swedish album chart.-Side A:-Side B:-Contributing musicians:*Kikki Danielsson, vocals... |
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| Neapolitan Carousel Neapolitan Carousel Neapolitan Carousel is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Léonide Massine - Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito* Achille Millo - Pulcinella's son* Agostino Salvietti - Prompter... (Carosello napoletano) |
Ettore Giannini Ettore Giannini Ettore Giannini was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for eight films between 1940 and 1967.-Selected filmography:* Europa '51 * The City Stands Trial... |
Léonide Massine, Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... , Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa was an Italian actor and dubber.Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932... , Tina Pica Tina Pica Tina Pica was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, Her debut on films was with Il cappello a tre punte when she was 50 years old... |
Comedy, Musical | Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival 1954 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Jean Aurenche *André Bazin *Luis Buñuel*Henri Calef *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Michel Fourre-Cormeray *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais... |
| Carovana di canzoni | ||||
| Casa Ricordi Casa Ricordi Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy... |
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| Cañas y barro | ||||
| Cento anni d'amore Cento anni d'amore Cento anni d'amore is a 1954 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.... |
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| Cento serenate | ||||
| Cinquant'anni di emozioni | ||||
| Corali senesi | ||||
| Cortigiana di Babilonia | ||||
| Cose da pazzi Cose da pazzi Crazy Affairs is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.-Cast:* Aldo Fabrizi - Gnauli* Carla Del Poggio - Dalia Rossi* Enrico Viarisio - Professor Ruiz* Enzo Fiermonte - Paolo* Rita Giannuzzi - Silvia... |
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| Così è (se vi pare) | ||||
| Crime au Concert Mayol | ||||
| Cronaca di un delitto | ||||
| Chronicle of Poor Lovers Chronicle of Poor Lovers Chronicle of Poor Lovers is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Anna-Maria Ferrero - Gesuina * Cosetta Greco - Elisa* Antonella Lualdi - Milena Campolmi... (Cronache di poveri amanti) |
Carlo Lizzani | Anna-Maria Ferrero Anna-Maria Ferrero Anna-Maria Ferrero is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Guerra changing her last name in honor of composer Willy Ferrero.... , Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... |
Cannes Award. 2 Nastro d'Argento Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics... |
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| Cuore di mamma | ||||
| Das ewige Lied der Liebe | ||||
| Delirio Delirio Delirio is a Latin alternative band that came in the late 90's out of northern California adding to the Latin music scene that invaded the US in the 1990's with bands such as Mana, La Ley, Los Enanitos Verdes, among others. Delirio's style and influences came from the American alternative music scene... |
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| Desiderio 'e sole | ||||
| Destinées | ||||
| Dialogo tra un venditore di almanacchi e un passeggiere | ||||
| Divisione Folgore | ||||
| Donne e soldati | ||||
| Donne proibite | ||||
| Dov'è la libertà...? | ||||
| Due lacrime | ||||
| Due soldi di felicità | ||||
| Festa a Castelluccio | ||||
| Foglio di via | ||||
| François il contrabbandiere | ||||
| French Cancan French Cancan French Cancan is a 1954 French musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and María Félix.-Plot:Set in 1890s Paris, Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer... |
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| Frühlingslied | ||||
| Giorni d'amore | ||||
| Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Giovanna d'Arco al rogo is a 1954 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife Ingrid Bergman, which shows a live performance on December 1953 at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. It is based on the oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger... (Joan of Arc at the Stake) |
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... |
Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute... , Tullio Carminati Tullio Carminati Tullio Carminati was an Italian actor most famous for roles in The Cardinal, One Night of Love, and El Cid. He also appeared in the movie, Roman Holiday.... |
Historical, Drama, Opera | Based on Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is an oratorio by Arthur Honegger, originally commissioned by Ida Rubinstein. The drama takes place during the heroine's trial and execution, with flashbacks to her younger days... by Paul Claudel Paul Claudel Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:... . |
| Giove in doppiopetto | ||||
| Gli amori di Manon Lescaut | ||||
| Gli uomini del sale | ||||
| Gran varietà | ||||
| Graziella | ||||
| Guai ai vinti | ||||
| Guerra e pace | ||||
| Guida per camminare all'ombra | ||||
| Hanno rubato un tram | ||||
| Ho pianto per te | ||||
| Ho ritrovato mio figlio | ||||
| I cavalieri della regina | ||||
| I cinque dell'adamello | ||||
| I misteri della giungla nera | ||||
| I tre ladri | ||||
| Il barcaiolo di Amalfi | ||||
| Il cardinale Lambertini | ||||
| Il figlio dell'uomo | ||||
| Il grande addio | ||||
| Il maestro di Don Giovanni | ||||
| Il matrimonio | ||||
| Il medico dei pazzi Il medico dei pazzi Il medico dei pazzi is a 1954 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.-Cast:* Totò - Felice Sciosciammocca* Franca Marzi - La moglie di Cristaldi* Aldo Giuffrè - Ciccillo* Vittoria Crispo - Amalia* Carlo Ninchi - L'attore... |
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| Il mostro dell'isola | ||||
| Il porto della speranza | ||||
| Il prigioniero del re | ||||
| Il seduttore | ||||
| Il tesoro del Bengala | ||||
| Il tesoro di Montecristo | ||||
| Il vetturale del Moncenisio | ||||
| Il visconte di Bragelonne | ||||
| In amore si pecca in due | ||||
| India favolosa | ||||
| Isole di fuoco | ||||
| J'avais sept filles | ||||
| Journey to Italy Journey to Italy Journey to Italy is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders. The film has English dialogue; the Italian version was originally cut... (Viaggio in Italia) |
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... |
Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute... , George Sanders George Sanders George Sanders was a British actor.George Sanders may also refer to:*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I... |
Italian neorealism Italian neorealism Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors... |
Filmed in Naples and Pompeii. Spoken in English |
| L'affaire Maurizius | ||||
| L'air de Paris | ||||
| L'allegro squadrone | ||||
| L'amante di Paride | ||||
| L'arte di arrangiarsi | ||||
| L'eterna femmina | ||||
| L'ombra | ||||
| L'orfana del ghetto | ||||
| L'Oro di Napoli (The Gold of Naples) | Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... |
Totò Totò Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter... , Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... , Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946... |
Comedy-Drama | 2 Nastro d'Argento Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics... .Film with 6 episodes. Close to Italian neorealism Italian neorealism Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors... . Cut in USA |
| L'ultima gara | ||||
| La barriera della legge | ||||
| La bella Otero | ||||
| La campana di San Giusto | ||||
| La chair et le diable | ||||
| La contessa di Castiglione | ||||
| La donna del fiume | ||||
| La figlia di Mata Hari | ||||
| La grande avventura | ||||
| La Luciana | ||||
| La mano dello straniero | ||||
| La nave delle donne maledette | ||||
| La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo | ||||
| La pattuglia sperduta | ||||
| La Paura La Paura La Paura is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife Ingrid Bergman. It is based on the Stefan Zweig novel Angst. It was filmed in Munich and was shot simultaneously in German and English... (Fear) |
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... |
Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute... , Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor.-Early life:... , Kurt Kreuger Kurt Kreuger Kurt Kreuger was a Swiss-reared German actor. Kreuger once was the third most requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.-Life and career:... |
Drama | Based on a Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :... 'snovel. Filmed in Munich, spoken in German. Cut by producers. There are alternate endings |
| La prigioniera di Amalfi | ||||
| La principessa delle Canarie | ||||
| La Reine Margot La Reine Margot (1954 film) La Reine Margot is a 1954 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville, scripted by Abel Gance from the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Louis de Funès... |
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| Woman of Rome Woman of Rome Woman of Rome is a 1954 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Adriana* Daniel Gélin - Mino* Franco Fabrizi - Gino* Raymond Pellegrin - Astarita* Pina Piovani - Madre di Adriana... (La romana) |
Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.... |
Gina Lollobrigida Gina Lollobrigida Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the... , Daniel Gélin Daniel Gélin Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin was a French actor, occasional director and screenwriter.-Early life:Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire. When he was 10 his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that... , Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi Franco Fabrizi was an Italian actor.Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, he was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film... |
Drama | Based on the Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism.... 's novel |
| La spiaggia | ||||
| La strada La Strada (film) La Strada is a 1954 Italian neorealist drama directed by Federico Fellini in which a naïve young woman is sold to a brutish man and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show.... |
Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century... |
Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer... , Giulietta Masina Giulietta Masina Giulietta Masina was an Italian film and stage actress. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively... , Richard Basehart Richard Basehart John Richard Basehart was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, in the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson.-Career:... |
Drama | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics' Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. It is considered one of the most important precursors to the Academy Awards.... won. Venice Award. 2 Nastro d'Argento Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics... . Academy Award nominee for best script |
| La tua donna | Giovanni Paolucci | Alan Furlan Alan Furlan -Biography:Born Aleardo Furlan in Farla, in the North Friuli region of Italy, Furlan acted in films in Europe and the United States, on Broadway and in commercials.... , Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and polo... , Lea Padovani Lea Padovani Lea Padovani was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1945 and 1990. She starred in the film Black Dossier which was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival... , Patricia Neal Patricia Neal Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still , wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's , middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud , for which she won... |
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| La vendetta dei Tughs | ||||
| La vendetta di Montecristo | ||||
| Lacrime d'amore | ||||
| Le avventure di Cartouche | ||||
| Le comte de Monte-Cristo | ||||
| Le due orfanelle | ||||
| Le giostre | ||||
| Le grand jeu Le Grand Jeu Le Grand Jeu may refer to:*The Great Game, , the strategic rivalry between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in central Asia.... |
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| Le rouge et le noir | ||||
| Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon , is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Henri Calef, written by Henri Calef, starring Isa Miranda and Louis de Funès. The scenario was based on the novel of J. B... |
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| Le tournant dangereux | ||||
| Le vacanze del Sor Clemente | ||||
| Les révoltés de Lomanach | ||||
| Lettera napoletana | ||||
| Lost Continent Lost Continent (1954 film) Lost Continent is an Italian documentary film about the Malay Archipelago and Borneo.-Awards:* 1955 Cannes Film Festival: Special Jury Prize* 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Silver Medal... (Continente perduto) |
Enrico Gras Enrico Gras Enrico Gras was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1941 and 1961.-External links:... , Giorgio Moser Giorgio Moser Giorgio Moser was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1954 and 1996.-External links:... |
Documentary | Entered into the 5th Berlin International Film Festival 5th Berlin International Film Festival The 5th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 24 to July 5, 1955.-Films in competition:* Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger* Continente perduto by Enrico Gras, Giorgio Moser* Die Ratten by Robert Siodmak... |
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| Lu tempu di li pisci spata | ||||
| Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco... |
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| Madame du Barry Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry was the last Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.-Early life:... |
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| Maddalena Maddalena (film) Maddalena is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Märta Torén - Maddalena* Gino Cervi - Don Vincenzo* Charles Vanel - Giovanni Lamberti* Jacques Sernas - Giovanni Belloni... |
Augusto Genina Augusto Genina Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua... |
Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival 1954 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Jean Aurenche *André Bazin *Luis Buñuel*Henri Calef *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Michel Fourre-Cormeray *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais... |
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| Madonna delle rose | ||||
| Madrigale d'autunno | ||||
| Mam'zelle Nitouche Mam'zelle Nitouche Mam'zelle Nitouche is a vaudeville-opérette by Hervé. The libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.-Performance history:It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 26 January 1883.- Roles :-Synopsis:... |
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| Mambo Mambo (1954 film) Mambo is a 1954 Italian/American film directed by Robert Rossen.- Plot summary :The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi and the rich count Enrico Marisoni . Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome... |
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| Mamma, perdonami! | ||||
| Mia moglie no si tocca | ||||
| Milanesi a Napoli | ||||
| Miseria e nobilità | Mario Mattòli Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.... |
Totò Totò Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter... , Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... |
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| Mizar | ||||
| Napoli piange e ride | ||||
| Napoli terra d'amore | ||||
| Napoli è sempre Napoli | ||||
| Nel gorgo del peccato | ||||
| Non vogliamo morire | ||||
| Obsession Obsession (1954 film) Obsession is a 1954 French language motion picture crime drama directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote screenplay with Antoine Blondin, Roland Laudenbach and Gian Luigi Rondi, based on story "Silent as the Grave" by Cornell Woolrich... |
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| Oggi la donna | ||||
| Operazione notte | ||||
| Opinione pubblica | ||||
| Orient Express Orient Express The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train service originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. It ran from 1883 to 2009 and is not to be confused with the Venice-Simplon Orient Express train service, which continues to run.The route and rolling stock... |
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| Oro, donne e maracas | ||||
| Pagliacci Pagliacci Pagliacci , sometimes incorrectly rendered with a definite article as I Pagliacci, is an opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. It recounts the tragedy of a jealous husband in a commedia dell'arte troupe... |
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| Papà Pacifico | ||||
| Too Bad She's Bad Too Bad She's Bad Too Bad She's Bad is a 1954 Italian comedy directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It stars Sophia Loren and is based on Alberto Moravia's story, Fanatico, from his Racconti Romani.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Vittorio Stroppiani... (Peccato che sia una canaglia) |
Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole... |
Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... , Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :... , Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... |
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| Peppino e la nobile dama | ||||
| Picasso | ||||
| Piccola santa | ||||
| Pietà per chi cade | ||||
| Pinocchio e le sue avventure | ||||
| Piscatore 'e Pusilleco | ||||
| Porta Portese Porta Portese Porta Portese is a gate in Rome, Italy.The gate was built in 1644 as part of the Janiculum Walls commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, replacing the Porta Portuensis. Until the late 19th century, the Ripa Grande port was located in the nearby... |
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| Proibito Proibito Proibito is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Mel Ferrer.-Cast:* Mel Ferrer as Don Paolo Salinas* Amedeo Nazzari as Costantino Corraine* Lea Massari as Agnese Barras* Henri Vilbert as Niccodemo Barras... |
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| Questa è la vita | ||||
| Questi fantasmi | ||||
| Raspoutine | ||||
| Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! | ||||
| Rigoletto e la sua tragedia | ||||
| Ripudiata | ||||
| Ritrovarsi all'alba | ||||
| The River Girl The River Girl The River Girl is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin and Rik Battaglia. After discovering that she is pregnant, a peasant girl is deserted by her lover. In revenge she reports him to the police and customs officers for smuggling.... |
Mario Soldati Mario Soldati Mario Soldati was an Italian writer and film director.-Biography:Soldati studied Humanities in his native city, Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at... |
Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... , Gérard Oury Gérard Oury Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :... |
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| Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a... |
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| San Miniato, luglio '44 | ||||
| Schiava del peccato Schiava del peccato Schiava del peccato is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.-Cast:* Miranda Campa* Giorgio Capecchi* Olinto Cristina* Adriana Danieli* Mirella Di Lauri* Franca Dominici* Checco Durante* Franco Fabrizi - Carlo... |
Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :He started writing film reviews for Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines... |
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| Scuola elementare | ||||
| Secrets d'alcôve | ||||
| Sei ore di tempo | ||||
| Senso Senso (film) Senso is a 1954 melodrama film, an adaptation of Camillo Boito's Italian novella Senso by the Italian director Luchino Visconti, with Alida Valli as Livia and Farley Granger as Lieutenant Franz Mahler.... |
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:... |
Alida Valli Alida Valli Alida Valli , sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, Bernardo... , Farley Granger Farley Granger Farley Earle Granger was an American actor. In a career spanning several decades, he was perhaps best known for his two collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951.-Early life:... , Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and polo... |
Historical drama | About the Italian unification Italian unification Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century... . Based on Senso (book) Senso (book) Senso is an Italian novella by Camillo Boito, a famous Italian author and architect. He wrote it around 1882. The novella develops a disturbing account of indiscriminate indulgence in selfish sensuality. The word "senso" is Italian for "sense," "feeling," or "sentiment." The title refers to the... by Camillo Boito Camillo Boito Camillo Boito was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.-Biography:... . Italian government forced to cut its original ending |
| Sesto continente | ||||
| Sette metri d'asfalto | ||||
| Si Versailles m'était conté | ||||
| Siempre Carmen | ||||
| Siluri umani | ||||
| Sinfonia d'amore | ||||
| Star of India Star of India (film) Star of India is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom and Walter Rilla. Its Italian title was Stella Dell'India.-Cast:* Cornel Wilde - Pierre St... |
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| Storia di un elefante | ||||
| Submarine Attack Submarine Attack Originally titled La Grande Speranza, retitled Submarine Attack and Torpedo Zone in English, this low-key anti-war film is slow-moving and lacking in dramatic tension by action film standards, but conveys its message effectively... (La Grande Speranza) |
Duilio Coletti Duilio Coletti Duilio Coletti was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. His film Submarine Attack was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Mr... |
Entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival 4th Berlin International Film Festival The 4th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 18 to June 29, 1954.-Films in competition:* Det stora äventyret by Arne Sucksdorff* Hobson's Choice by David Lean* Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa... |
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| Tam tam nell'oltre Giuba | ||||
| Tempi nostri | ||||
| Tempo d'amarsi | ||||
| Theodora, Slave Empress Theodora, Slave Empress Theodora, Slave Empress is a 1954 film about Theodora, a former slave who married Justinian I, emperor of Byzantium in AD 527-565. It was directed by Riccardo Freda.-Cast:*Gianna Maria Canale as "Theodora"*Georges Marchal as "Justinian I"... (Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio) |
Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda was an Egyptian-born Italian film director. Best known for his horror and thriller movies, Freda had no great love for the horror films he was assigned, but rather favored the epic sword and sandal pictures... |
Gianna Maria Canale Gianna Maria Canale Gianna Maria Canale was an Italian actress.- Biography :Canale was born in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, at the Miss Italia beauty contest, won by Lucia Bosè, she placed second. Canale received publicity in many Italian magazines after this. Her looks were compared to those of Ava Gardner... , Georges Marchal Georges Marchal Georges Marchal was a French actor, one of the most beautiful. He was married to Dany Robin, forming a famous and popular couple , they play together in movies La Passagère , La Voyageuse inattendue, Le plus joli péché du monde, Jupiter directed by Gilles Grangier , Quand sonnera midi written by... , Irene Papas Irene Papas Irene Papas is a Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years.-Life:... |
Sword and sandal Sword and sandal The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"... |
About Justinian I Justinian I Justinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of... and Theodora (6th century) Theodora (6th century) Theodora , was empress of the Roman Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Like her husband, she is a saint in the Orthodox Church, commemorated on November 14... and the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State... |
| Terra straniera | ||||
| Terza liceo | ||||
| The Barefoot Contessa The Barefoot Contessa The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It was written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner and Edmond O'Brien.... |
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| Torna! | ||||
| Totò all'inferno | ||||
| Totò cerca pace Totò cerca pace Totò cerca pace is a 1954 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.-Cast:* Totò - Gennaro Piselli* Ave Ninchi - Gemma Torresi Piselli* Giovanni Nannini* Enzo Turco* Gina Amendola* Paolo Ferrari - Cousin Celestino... |
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| Touchez pas au grisbi Touchez pas au grisbi Touchez pas au grisbi is a 1954 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura, Dora Doll, Delia Scala, René Dary, and Miss America 1946, Marilyn Buferd... |
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| Tradita | ||||
| Trieste cantico d'amore | ||||
| Tripoli, bel suol d'amore | ||||
| Trofei d'Africa | ||||
| Tua per la vita | ||||
| Ulisse Ulisse Ulisse is an opera in a Prologue and two acts composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to his own libretto based on the legend of Ulysses. It premiered at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin on 27 November 1968 conducted by Lorin Maazel with Erik Saedén in the title role. Ulisse was Dallapiccola's last opera and... |
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| Ultima illusione | ||||
| An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma) | Steno Stefano Vanzina Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer... |
Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films.... , Maria-Pia Casilio Maria-Pia Casilio Maria-Pia Casilio is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1952 and 1997. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of Umberto D. Vittoria de Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films.... , Giulio Calì Giulio Calì Giulio Calì was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 64 films between 1941 and 1966.-Selected filmography:* La porta del cielo * Variety Lights * Cops and Robbers... , Ilse Peterson, Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste was an Italian actor, film director and script writer.Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria... |
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| Un giorno in pretura Un giorno in pretura Un giorno in pretura is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Peppino De Filippo - Judge Salomone Lorusso* Silvana Pampanini - Luisa... |
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| Una donna libera | ||||
| Una parigina a Roma | ||||
| Una pelliccia di visone | ||||
| Uomini in bilico | ||||
| Uomini ombra | ||||
| Vacanze a Villa Igea | ||||
| Vendetta di fuoco | ||||
| Vergine moderna Vergine moderna Vergine moderna is a 1954 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.... |
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| Vestire gli ignudi Vestire gli ignudi Vestire gli ignudi is a 1953 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.... |
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| Via Padova 46 | ||||
| Violenza sul lago | ||||
External links
- Italian films of 1954 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...