Italian films of 1949
Encyclopedia
A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 1949 (see 1949 in film
):
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s produced in Italy
Italy
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in 1949 (see 1949 in film
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1949 1949 in film The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello... |
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| Bitter Rice Bitter Rice Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America. It was a product of the Italian... (Riso amaro) |
Giuseppe De Santis | 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... , Doris Dowling Doris Dowling Doris Dowling was an American actress of film, stage and television.After her time as a chorus-girl on Broadway, Detroit-born Doris Dowling followed her elder sister Constance to Hollywood. Her first credited film role was that of Gloria, barfly and drinking companion to fellow alcoholic Ray... , Raf Vallone Raf Vallone Raffaele "Raf" Vallone was an Italian footballer, actor and an international film star.Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm... , Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director... |
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... |
Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Story The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1957, when it was eliminated in favor of the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, which had been introduced in 1940.-1920s:... nominee |
| Catene | 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... |
Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari was an Italian actor.Star of Italian cinema during the 40's and 50's. He made several melodramas with Raffaello Matarazzo, such as Catene in 1949... , Yvonne Sanson Yvonne Sanson Yvonne Sanson was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1946 and 1972 and she mainly worked in Italy.-Selected filmography:* Flesh Will Surrender * Campane a martello... , Aldo Nicodemi, Teresa Franchini |
Melodrama | Huge success. Everyone cries seeing it at Cinema Paradiso |
| The Emperor of Capri The Emperor of Capri L'imperatore di Capri or The Emperor of Capri is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini.-Plot summary:Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for the Arab prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri.... (L'imperatore di Capri) |
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.... |
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... |
Comedy | |
| In the Name of the Law In the Name of the Law In the Name of the Law is a 1949 Italian language mafia drama film directed by Pietro Germi. It's based on Giuseppe Guido Lo Schiavo's novel Piccola pretura. Federico Fellini co-wrote the script... (In nome della legge) |
Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di... |
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... , Saro Urzì Saro Urzì Saro Urzì, was an Italian actor.-Biography:Born in Sicilia, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune.... |
Crime drama | |
| Totò le Mokò Totò Le Mokò -Synopsis:The mobster Pep le Mok dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi, a street musician.... |
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò... |
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... , 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... |
Comedy | Inspirated in Pépé le Moko Pépé le Moko Pépé le Moko is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. It depicts an infamous gangster, Pépé le Moko who tries to escape the police by hiding in the casbah of the city of Algiers... |
| Totò cerca casa Totò cerca casa Totò cerca casa is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno.-Cast:* Totò as Beniamino Lomacchio* Alda Mangini as Amalia, la moglie de Lomacchio* Lia Molfesi as Aida, la figlia* Mario Gattari as Figlio... |
Steno Stefano Vanzina Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer... , Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:... |
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... , Alda Mangini, Lia Molfesi, Mario Gattari |
Comedy | 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... |
| It's Forever Springtime (È primavera) | Renato Castellani Renato Castellani Renato Castellani was an Italian film director and screenwriter.- Filmography :*The Iron Crown *Un colpo di pistola *Zazà... |
Mario Angelotti, Elena Varzi | 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... |
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... Best script |
| The Mill on the Po (Il mulino del Po) | Alberto Lattuada Alberto Lattuada Alberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada... |
Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio was an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress.-Early and Personal Lives:Born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, she was the wife of Italian director Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from 2 April 1945 until his death 3 July 2005. She died on 14 October 2010.-Filmography :* ... , Jacques Sernas Jacques Sernas Jacques Sernas is a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career.-Early life and education:He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, the son of Jokūbas Šernas, a signatory of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania, who died when Sernas was a year old. His mother took him to Paris,... , 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... , Nino Pavese Nino Pavese Nino Pavese , was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 49 films between 1936 and 1973.-Filmography:* I due sergenti * Antonio Meucci... |
Drama | |
| Heaven over the marshes (Cielo sulle palude) | 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... |
Inés Orsini, Mauro Matteuci, Giovanni Martella | Drama | Venice Award, 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... Best Director |
| The Bride Can't Wait (La Sposa non puo attendere) | Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I... |
Gino Cervi Gino Cervi Gino Cervi was an Italian actor of international fame.Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi.In 1928, he married Nini Gordini and they had a son, Tonino Cervi... , 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... |
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| The White Line The White Line The White Line is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Donata Sebastian* Raf Vallone - Domenico* Erno Crisa - Stefano* Cesco Baseggio - Giovanni Sebastian... (Cuori senza frontiere ) |
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.... |
Raf Vallone Raf Vallone Raffaele "Raf" Vallone was an Italian footballer, actor and an international film star.Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm... , 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... |
Drama | |
| Vent'anni Vent'anni Vent'anni is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi.-Cast:* Oscar Blando - Ciro* Titti Brandani* Nando Bruno* Vittoria Crispo* Checco Durante* Francesco Golisano - Geppa* Barbara Leite* Lamberto Maggiorani* Liliana Mancini - Iris... |
Giorgio Bianchi Giorgio Bianchi Giorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:... |
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| Vertigine d'amore Vertigine d'amore Vertigine d'amore is a 1949 Italian-French film directed by Luigi Capuano.-Cast:* Gabriele Ferzetti* Gabrielle Fontan* Folco Lulli - Luca / France: Romain Toucas* Piero Lulli - Olivero / France: Ollivier Desmichels* Marcello Mastroianni... |
Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Born at Naples, directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971.-Selected filmography:* Vertigine d'amore * Gli amanti di Ravello * The Adventurer of Tortuga... |
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External links
- Italian films of 1949 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...