Italian films of 1958
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A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 1958 (see 1958 in film
):
Film
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s produced in Italy
Italy
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in 1958 (see 1958 in film
1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
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| 1958 1958 in film The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946.... |
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| Big Deal on Madonna Street Big Deal on Madonna Street Big Deal on Madonna Street is a 1958 Italian criminal-comedy film, directed by Mario Monicelli, and considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original title translates as "the usual unknown persons", a journalistic and bureaucratic euphemism for "unidentified criminals" or... (I soliti ignoti) |
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:... |
Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo... |
Huge success. It was remade by Louis Malle Louis Malle Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,... in Crackers (1984 film) Crackers (1984 film) Crackers is a 1984 American film directed by Louis Malle. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.Written by Jeffrey Fiskin, the film is about a group of small-time out-of-luck thieves, led by the unemployed Weslake , who attempt to rob the neighborhood pawn shop owned by... |
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| Hercules Hercules (1958 film) Hercules is a 1958 Italian epic fantasy feature film based upon the Hercules myths and the Quest for the Golden Fleece. The film stars Steve Reeves as the titular hero and Sylva Koscina as his love interest Princess Iole. Hercules was directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Federico Teti... |
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... |
Steve Reeves Steve Reeves Stephen L. Reeves was an American bodybuilder and actor. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe.-Childhood:... , Sylva Koscina Sylva Koscina Sylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:... , 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... |
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"... |
Huge success. Based on the Greek epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes Apollonius of Rhodes Apollonius Rhodius, also known as Apollonius of Rhodes , early 3rd century BCE – after 246 BCE, was a poet, and a librarian at the Library of Alexandria... |
| The Challenge (La sfidia) | Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi is an Italian film director. He is the father of actress Carolina Rosi.-Biography:After studying Law, but hoping to study film, Rosi entered the industry as an assistant to Luchino Visconti on La Terra trema... |
José Suárez José Suárez -Career:José Suárez made his debut in a short role in Altar Mayor , a very conventional film, whose director, Gonzalo Delgrás, had paid attention to him in his work as a train conductor in Asturias... , Rosanna Schiaffino Rosanna Schiaffino Rosanna Schiaffino was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines.-Early life:... |
Drama | Rosi's ebut. 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... |
| India: Matri Bhumi | 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... |
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| Ladro lui, ladra lei Ladro lui, ladra lei Ladro lui, ladra lei is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Cencio* Sylva Koscina - Cesira* Alberto Bonucci - Shopkeeper* Mario Carotenuto - Shopkeeper... |
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.... |
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.... , Sylva Koscina Sylva Koscina Sylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:... |
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| The Love Specialis (La ragazza del palio) | 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.... |
Diana Dors Diana Dors Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in Swindon,... , Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director... , Franca Valeri Franca Valeri Franca Valeri is an Italian actress.Valeri was born in Milan as Alma Franca Maria Norsa. She adopted her surname in the 1950s as an homage to the French critic and poet, Paul Valéry.... |
Comedy | |
| Young Husbands Young Husbands Young Husbands is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Anne-Marie Baumann - Fanny* Gérard Blain - Marcello* Guido Celano - Franco's father* Roberto Chevalier - Checchino... (Giovani mariti) |
Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany.... |
Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival 1958 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Marcel Achard * Tomiko Asabuki *Bernard Buffet *Jean De Baroncelli *Helmut Käutner *Dudley Leslie *Madeleine Robinson *Ladislao Vajda *Charles Vidor... |
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| A Man of Straw A Man of Straw A Man of Straw is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pietro Germi - Andrea* Franca Bettoia - Rita* Luisa Della Noce - Luisa* Edoardo Nevola - Giulio* Saro Urzì - Beppe... (L'uomo di paglia) |
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... |
Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival 1958 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Marcel Achard * Tomiko Asabuki *Bernard Buffet *Jean De Baroncelli *Helmut Käutner *Dudley Leslie *Madeleine Robinson *Ladislao Vajda *Charles Vidor... |
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| Anna di Brooklyn Anna di Brooklyn Anna of Brooklyn is a 1958 comedy film by Italian directors Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati. It stars Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio de Sica.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Anna* Vittorio De Sica - Don Luigi* Dale Robertson - Raffaele... |
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... , Carlo Lastricati |
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... |
Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival 8th Berlin International Film Festival The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 27 to July 8, 1958.-Jury:* Frank Capra * J. Novais Teixeira* Jean Marais* Paul Rotha* L. B. Rao* Duilio Coletti* Michiko Tanaka* Gerhard T... |
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| The Law Is the Law The Law Is the Law The Law Is the Law is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Totò - Giuseppe La Paglia* Fernandel - Ferdinand Pastorelli* Nino Besozzi - Il Maresciallo... |
Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris.... |
Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival 8th Berlin International Film Festival The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 27 to July 8, 1958.-Jury:* Frank Capra * J. Novais Teixeira* Jean Marais* Paul Rotha* L. B. Rao* Duilio Coletti* Michiko Tanaka* Gerhard T... |
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| The Defeated Victor The Defeated Victor The Defeated Victor is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Heusch. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Maurizio Arena - Romolo De Santis* Lello Bersani - Speaker television* Giulio Calì... |
Paolo Heusch Paolo Heusch Paolo Heusch was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1958 and 1970... |
Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival 9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E... |
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| Addio per sempre! | ||||
| Adorabili e bugiarde | ||||
| Afrodite, dea dell'amore | ||||
| Amore a prima vista | ||||
| Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama) | ||||
| Amore e guai | ||||
| Anche l'inferno trema | ||||
| Anna di Brooklyn Anna di Brooklyn Anna of Brooklyn is a 1958 comedy film by Italian directors Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati. It stars Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio de Sica.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Anna* Vittorio De Sica - Don Luigi* Dale Robertson - Raffaele... |
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| Antigone Antigone In Greek mythology, Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Oedipus' mother. The name may be taken to mean "unbending", coming from "anti-" and "-gon / -gony" , but has also been suggested to mean "opposed to motherhood", "in place of a mother", or "anti-generative", based from the root... |
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| Arrivederci Firenze | ||||
| Arrivederci Roma Arrivederci Roma "Arrivederci Roma" is the title and refrain of a popular Italian song, composed by Renato Rascel, with lyrics by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini. It was published in 1955 as part of the soundtrack of the Italo-American musical film with the same title, released as Seven Hills of Rome in... |
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| Auferstehung Auferstehung Auferstehung is the third full-length album of the German musical project Janus.-Track listing:Disc 1:#"Wenn du vor mir stehst"–1:40#"Paulas Spiel"–5:15#"Ich will seinen Kopf"–4:49#"Scherbengesicht"–3:32... |
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| Avventura nell'arcipelago | ||||
| Ballerina e Buon Dio Ballerina e Buon Dio Ballerina e Buon Dio is a 1958 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.... |
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| Calypso Calypso Calypso is the name of one of the Nereids in Greek mythology. The word may also refer to:- In fiction :*Calypso , songs from The Books of Bokonon from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle... |
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| Canne al vento | ||||
| Capitan Fracassa | ||||
| Capitan Fuoco | ||||
| Caporale di giornata | ||||
| Carmela è una bambola | ||||
| Carosello di canzoni | ||||
| Casa di bambola | ||||
| Christine Christine (1958 film) Christine is a 1958 film, based on the novel Liebelei by Arthur Schnitzler. The film was directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and the title character was played by Romy Schneider... |
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| Civitas Dei | ||||
| Colonie Sicedison | ||||
| Come te movi, te fulmino! | ||||
| Cortina di cristallo | ||||
| Così è (se vi pare) | ||||
| Domenica è sempre domenica | ||||
| El Alamein El Alamein El Alamein is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it lies west of Alexandria and northwest of Cairo. As of 2007, it has a local population of 7,397 inhabitants.- Climate :... |
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| El hereje | ||||
| El hombre del paraguas blanco | ||||
| El pasado te acusa | ||||
| En cas de malheur | ||||
| Fiesta en el Caribe | ||||
| Fortunella | ||||
| Gagliardi e pupe | ||||
| Gambe d'oro | ||||
| Giochi di colonia | ||||
| Giovane canaglia | ||||
| Giovani mariti | ||||
| Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century... |
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| Gli avventurieri dell'Uranio | ||||
| Gli italiani sono matti | ||||
| Gli zitelloni | ||||
| Graditi ospiti | ||||
| Grigio | ||||
| Guardia, ladro e cameriera | ||||
| I picchiatelli | ||||
| I prepotenti | ||||
| I soliti ignoti | ||||
| Il bacio del sole | ||||
| Il cavaliere senza terra | ||||
| Il frumento | ||||
| Il marito | ||||
| Il mercato comune europeo | ||||
| Il novelliere: The picture of Dorian Gray | ||||
| Il pianto delle zitelle | ||||
| Il pirata dello sparviero nero | ||||
| Il pittore del sogno | ||||
| Il romanzo di un giovane povero | ||||
| Il segreto delle rose | ||||
| Il serpente a sonagli | ||||
| Il teatro dei ragazzi | ||||
| Il terribile Teodoro | ||||
| Io, mammeta e tu | ||||
| Italia in Patagonia | ||||
| L'amore nasce a Roma | ||||
| L'incanto della foresta | ||||
| L'ultima canzone | ||||
| L'uomo di paglia | ||||
| La bigorne | ||||
| La Gerusalemme liberata | ||||
| La legge è legge | ||||
| La Mina La Mina La Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed back to back with album Minacantalucio.- Track listing :#Uappa - 3:23 - #Ti accetto come sei - 3:56 -... |
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| La Morte viene dallo spazio | ||||
| La muraglia cinese | ||||
| La nipote Sabella | ||||
| La notte di San Giovanni | ||||
| La passe du diable | ||||
| La ragazza del palio | ||||
| La ragazza di piazza San Pietro | ||||
| La redenzione | ||||
| La rivolta dei gladiatori | ||||
| La sfida La sfida La sfida is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy... |
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| La spada di Damocle | ||||
| La spada e la croce | ||||
| La sposa | ||||
| La strada lunga un anno | ||||
| La tempesta | ||||
| La Tour, prends garde! | ||||
| La Trieste di Saba | ||||
| La Venere di Cheronea | ||||
| La venganza La venganza La venganza is a 1977 Mexican telenovela made by Televisa, produced by Valentin Pimstein and directed by Rafael Banquells, starring Helena Rojo and Enrique Lizalde. Writing credits belong to Ines Rodena , Maria Teresa Madero and Tere Medina... |
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| La violetera | ||||
| Ladro lui, ladra lei Ladro lui, ladra lei Ladro lui, ladra lei is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Cencio* Sylva Koscina - Cesira* Alberto Bonucci - Shopkeeper* Mario Carotenuto - Shopkeeper... |
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| Le dritte | ||||
| Le fatiche di Ercole | ||||
| Le joueur | ||||
| Le Miroir à deux faces Le Miroir à deux faces Le Miroir a deux faces is a 1958 French drama film directed by André Cayatte who co-wrote screenplay with Gérard Oury, Jean Meckert and Denis Perret... |
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| Le piège | ||||
| Le septième ciel | ||||
| Les amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse ) | ||||
| Les bijoutiers du clair de lune | ||||
| Les filles de nuit | ||||
| Les jeux dangereux | ||||
| Les misérables Les Misérables Les Misérables , translated variously from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims), is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century... |
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| Les tricheurs | ||||
| Maigret tend un piège | ||||
| Marinai, donne e guai | ||||
| Melodie a Sant'Agata | ||||
| Mia nonna poliziotto | ||||
| Mogli pericolose | ||||
| Mon coquin de père | ||||
| Mon oncle Mon Oncle Mon Oncle is a 1958 film comedy by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign... |
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| Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf | ||||
| Non sono più Guaglione | ||||
| Paese d'America | ||||
| Pastori a Orgosolo | ||||
| Pescherecci | ||||
| Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano | ||||
| Pia de' Tolomei Pia de' Tolomei Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's novella, in its turn after Dante's narrative poem The Divine Comedy part 2: Purgatorio... |
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| Polikuschka | ||||
| Premier mai | ||||
| Primo amore | ||||
| Promesse di marinaio | ||||
| Quand sonnera midi | ||||
| Quando gli angeli piangono | ||||
| Questa mia donna | ||||
| Racconti d'estate Racconti d'estate Girls for the Summer is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dorian Gray, Franca Marzi, Franco Fabrizi and Jorge Mistral.It... |
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| Ranocchio | ||||
| Rascel marine | ||||
| Ricordati di Napoli | ||||
| Ricordi Pucciniani | ||||
| Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen | ||||
| Sans famille Sans Famille Sans Famille is an 1878 French novel by Hector Malot. Most recent English translation is "Alone in the World" by AJ de Bruyn, 2007.-First Volume:... |
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| Serenatella sciuè sciuè | ||||
| Sergente d'ispezione | ||||
| Si le roi savait ça | ||||
| Simone Martini Simone Martini Simone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena.He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.... |
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| Sogno a Venezia | ||||
| Sorella acqua | ||||
| Sorrisi e canzoni | ||||
| Tabarin Tabarin Tabarin was the street name assumed by the most famous of the Parisian street charlatans, Anthoine Girard , who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe , with whom he reaped a golden harvest by the sale of quack medicines for several years after 1618... |
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| Tamango Tamango Tamango is a 1958 film directed by John Berry, a black-listed American director who exiled himself to Europe. Dorothy Dandridge and Curd Jürgens star in the film with co-stars Alex Cressan and Jean Servais.... |
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| Tant d'amour perdu | ||||
| Tapum! La storia delle armi | ||||
| Te doy mi vida | ||||
| Teatro Umberto | ||||
| The Naked Maja The Naked Maja The Naked Maja is an Italian-French-American co-production made by S.G.C., Titanus Films and United Artists. This historical film recounting of the romance between the painter Francisco Goya and the Duchess of Alba was directed by Henry Koster, and produced by Silvio Clementelli and Goffredo... |
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| This Angry Age This Angry Age This Angry Age' is a 1958 drama film directed by René Clément and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It is an adaptation of Marguerite Duras' 1950 novel, Un barrage contre le Pacifique. The film stars Anthony Perkins and Silvana Mangano... |
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| Thérèse Étienne Thérèse Étienne Thérèse Étienne is a 1958 French-Italian drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring James Robertson Justice, Françoise Arnoul and Pierre Vaneck. It was based on a novel by John Knittel... |
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| Toi... le venin | ||||
| Totò a Parigi | ||||
| Totò e Marcellino | ||||
| Totò nella luna | ||||
| Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche | ||||
| Tre fili fino a Milano | ||||
| Tre straniere a Roma | ||||
| Turandot Turandot Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot... |
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| Umiliati e offesi | ||||
| Un amore senza fine | ||||
| Un flauto in paradiso | ||||
| Un giorno in Barbagia | ||||
| Un uomo facile | ||||
| Une vie | ||||
| Valentino Valentino Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani , best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines were Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D... |
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| Valeria ragazza poco seria | ||||
| Venezia città minore | ||||
| Vento di primavera | ||||
| Vento notturno | ||||
| Via col para... vento | ||||
| È permesso Maresciallo | ||||
External links
- Italian films of 1958 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...