La porta del cielo
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La porta del cielo is a 1945
Italian film
directed by Vittorio De Sica
. The film won the OCIC Special Award at the Venice Film Festival
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1945 in film
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring a ghost named Casper.* With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins....
Italian film
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
directed by Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
. The film won the OCIC Special Award at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
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Cast
- Marina BertiMarina BertiElena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, was an English-born Italian film actress.Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La Fuggitiva in 1941. She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films both Italian and American...
- La crocerossina - Elettra Druscovich - Filomena, la governante
- Massimo GirottiMassimo GirottiMassimo 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...
- Il giovane cieco - Roldano LupiRoldano LupiRoldano Lupi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1942 and 1967.He was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* The Za-Bum Circus...
- Giovanni Brandacci, il pianista - Carlo NinchiCarlo NinchiCarlo Ninchi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 128 films between 1931 and 1963.He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died in Rome.-Selected filmography:* I Love You Only...
- L'accompagnatore del cieco - Elli ParvoElli ParvoElli Parvo was an Italian film actress, born in Milan as Elvira Gobbo. She appeared in 51 films between 1934 and 1960.-Selected filmography:...
- La signora provocante - María MercaderMaría MercaderMaría Mercader was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1923 and 1992. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica....
- Maria (as Maria Mercader) - Cristiano Cristiani - Claudio Gorini, il bambino paralizzato
- Giovanni GrassoGiovanni GrassoGiovanni Grasso was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1910 and 1955.He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy.-Selected filmography:* We the Living * I Live as I Please...
- Il commerciante paralitico - Giuseppe Forcina - L'ingegniere
- Enrico Ribulsi - Uno dei nepoti del commerciante
- Amelia Bissi - La signora Enrichetta
- Annibale Betrone - Il medico del treno bianco
- Tilde Teldi - La contessa crocerossina
- Pina Piovani - La zia del piccolo Claudio
- Giulio Alfieri - Un signore anziano
- Giulio CalìGiulio CalìGiulio 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...
- Il napoletano curioso