Italian films of 1959
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A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 1959 (see 1959 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 1959 (see 1959 in film
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
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| 1959 1959 in film The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters.... |
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| Caltiki - il mostro immortale | 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... |
John Merivale John Merivale John Herman Merivale , also known as Jack Merivale, was a British theatre actor, and occasional supporting player in British films.-Biography:... , Didi Perego Didi Perego Didi Perego was a statuesque actress who appeared in over 80 films and television shows. She made her debut in 1959's Death of a Friend and followed it up in the same year with perhaps her best-known performance, as Sofia in Kapò for which she won the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress... , Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca was an Italian model and actress.Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a poor neighborhood in Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition... , Gerard Herter Gérard Herter Gérard Herter was a German actor of the fifties and sixties who played many villains especially Prussian types in spaghetti westerns. He made his impressive film debut in Caltiki - il mostro immortale in 1959... |
Horror | |
| The Friend of the Jaguar The Friend of the Jaguar The Friend of the Jaguar is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Bennati and starring Walter Chiari, Isabelle Corey, Carlo Romano, Tony Ucci and Elke Sommer.... |
Giuseppe Bennati Giuseppe Bennati Giuseppe Bennati was an Italian film director and writer.He directed Il microfono e' vostro , Musoduro , L'amico del giaguaro , Labbra Rosse , Congo vivo and L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone , his last movie... |
Walter Chiari Walter Chiari Walter Chiari, stage name of Walter Annichiarico , was a hugely successful Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles.... , Isabelle Corey Isabelle Corey Isabelle Corey is a French film actress appearing in French and Italian films in the 1950s and early 1960s.She was discovered by Jean-Pierre Melville, walking the streets of Montmartre.-Filmography:-External links:*... , Carlo Romano Carlo Romano Carlo Romano was an Italian film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 94 films between 1934 and 1975. He also wrote for 14 films between 1955 and 1975... |
Comedy | |
| Hercules and the Queen of Lydia Hercules and the Queen of Lydia Hercules Unchained is a 1959 Italian epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale. The film is the sequel to the Reeves vehicle Hercules and marks Reeves' last appearance as Hercules... (Ercole e la regina di Lidia) |
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:... , Sylvia Lopez Sylvia Lopez Sylvia Lopez was a French model and actress.Born Tatjana Bernt, she was raised in Paris, where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States... |
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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| The Magliari (I Magliari) | 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... |
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.... , Renato Salvatori Renato Salvatori Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca.... , Belinda Lee Belinda Lee Belinda Lee was an English actress.Born in Budleigh Salterton, England, Lee was signed to a film contract in 1954 by the Rank Studios after being seen performing as a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art... |
Drama | |
| General della Rovere General della Rovere General della Rovere is a 1959 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film is based on a novel by Indro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story.-Plot:... (Il generale della Rovere) |
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... |
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... , Sandra Milo Sandra Milo Sandra Milo is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits, winning a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each film.-Career:... |
Drama | Golden Lion Golden Lion Il Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes... winner. Academy Award nominee for best script. It's about WWII |
| Kapò Kapò Kapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:... |
Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released... |
Susan Strasberg Susan Strasberg Susan Elizabeth Strasberg was an American film and stage actress.-Background and career:Strasberg was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio and former actress Paula Strasberg... , Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff was a French actor.- Biography :Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Čemerzin.The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on... , Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva is a French actress.Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress... |
Holocaust | Academy Award nominee |
| The Great War The Great War (1959 film) The Great War is a 1959 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare... (La grande guerra) |
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... |
Golden Lion Golden Lion Il Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes... winner. It's about the Italians in the World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| The Facts of Murder (Un maledetto imbroglio) | 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... |
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... , Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... , 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... , Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy.... , Saro Urzì Saro Urzì Saro Urzì, was an Italian actor.-Biography:Born in Sicilia, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune.... , Nino Castelnuovo Nino Castelnuovo Francesco "Nino" Castelnuovo is an Italian actor. His perhaps most prominent role was starring as Guy Foucher in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg... |
Crime drama | |
| The Law The Law (1959 film) The Law is a 1959 Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Marietta* Pierre Brasseur - Don Cesare* Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico Tosso, the Engineer* Melina Mercouri - Donna Lucrezia* Yves Montand - Matteo Brigante... (La Legge) |
Jules Dassin Jules Dassin Julius "Jules" Dassin , was an American film director, with Jewish-Russian origins. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France where he revived his career.-Early life:... |
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... , Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur , born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well... , 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 :... |
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| Violent Summer (Estate violenta) | Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party... |
Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:... , Jacqueline Sassard Jacqueline Sassard Jacqueline Sassard is an actress best known for appearances in Italian films such as Guendalina directed by Alberto Lattuada, a young woman with family and economical troubles in Luigi Zampa's Il Magistrato and Valerio Zurlini's Violent Summer , in which her character was left by Jean Louis... , Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy.... |
Drama | Love affair set in the summer of 1943, very important changes in the Military history of Italy during World War II Military history of Italy during World War II During World War II , the Kingdom of Italy had a varied and tumultuous military history. Defeated in Greece, France, East Africa and North Africa, the Italian invasion of British Somaliland was one of the only successful Italian campaigns of World War II accomplished without German support.In... . 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... |
| Il vedovo Il vedovo Il Vedovo is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.-Plot:Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory tethers perennially on the brink of catastrophe.Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan,... |
Dino Risi | 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.... , 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.... |
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... |
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| Bad Girls Don't Cry (La notte brava) | 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.... |
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:... , Elsa Martinelli Elsa Martinelli Elsa Martinelli is an Italian actress and former fashion model.Born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, she moved to Rome with her family and in 1953 was discovered by Roberto Capucci who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films... , Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff was a French actor.- Biography :Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Čemerzin.The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on... |
Drama | Written and adapated from his own novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure... |
| Il magistrato Il magistrato The Magistrate is a 1959 Italian-language drama film directed by Luigi Zampa. It was a co-production with Spain and France. Spaniard José Suárez stars in the film, which was shot in Madrid , with a French, Italian and Spanish cast... |
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.... |
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... , Jacqueline Sassard Jacqueline Sassard Jacqueline Sassard is an actress best known for appearances in Italian films such as Guendalina directed by Alberto Lattuada, a young woman with family and economical troubles in Luigi Zampa's Il Magistrato and Valerio Zurlini's Violent Summer , in which her character was left by Jean Louis... , Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... |
Drama | |
| Tre straniere a Roma | Claudio Gora Claudio Gora Claudio Gora was an Italian actor and film director.He was a particularly prolific actor making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years from 1939 to 1997... |
Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... |
Romantic comedy | |
| Vento del sud Vento del sud Vento del sud also known as South Wind is a 1959 Italian mafia crime thriller film directed by Enzo Provenzale starring Claudia Cardinale and Renato Salvatori.-Plot:... |
Enzo Provenzale | Renato Salvatori Renato Salvatori Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca.... , Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French... , Romolo Valli Romolo Valli Romolo Valli was an Italian actor.Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked both for the stage and the silver screen... |
Mafia drama | |
| Policarpo Policarpo Policarpo is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Renato Rascel - Policarpo De Tappetti* Tony Soler - Eufemia * José Isbert - Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio... |
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... |
Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival 1959 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Marcel Achard *Antoni Bohdziewicz *Michael Cacoyannis *Carlos Cuenca *Pierre Daninos *Julien Duvivier *Max Favalelli *Gene Kelly *Carlo Ponti *Micheline Presle... |
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| Wolves of the Deep Wolves of the Deep Wolves of the Deep is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Silvio Amadio. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Massimo Girotti - Comandante* Folco Lulli - Nostromo* Alberto Lupo - Radiotelegrafista... |
Silvio Amadio Silvio Amadio Silvio Amadio was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:... |
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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| Adolescenza | ||||
| Agi Murad il diavolo bianco | ||||
| Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco | ||||
| Annibale Annibale Annibale, an Italian given name equivalent to Hannibal, may refer to:* Annibale Albani , Italian Cardinal* Annibale I Bentivoglio, , ruler of Bologna from 1443* Annibale II Bentivoglio , lord of Bologna in 1511–1512... |
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| Archimède, le clochard | ||||
| Arrangiatevi! | ||||
| Arriva la banda | ||||
| Avventura a Capri | ||||
| Avventura in città | ||||
| Brigliadoro | ||||
| Caltiki - il mostro immortale | ||||
| Carosello spagnolo | ||||
| Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna | ||||
| Cavo ad olio fluido a 220.000 volt | ||||
| Cerasella | ||||
| Ciao, ciao, bambina | ||||
| Cigarettes, whisky et petites pépées | ||||
| Costa Azzurra | ||||
| Dagli Appennini alle Ande Dagli Appennini alle Ande Dagli Appennini alle Ande is a 1959 Argentine film.... |
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| Das indische Grabmal | ||||
| Der Tiger von Eschnapur | ||||
| Destinazione Sanremo | ||||
| Diez fusiles esperan | ||||
| Du rififi chez les femmes | ||||
| Due selvaggi a corte | ||||
| Délit de fuite | ||||
| El Lazarillo de Tormes El Lazarillo de Tormes El Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1959 Spanish film directed by César Fernández Ardavín. An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes , it tells the story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who has to live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.-Cast:* Marco... |
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| Ercole e la regina di Lidia | ||||
| Erode il grande | ||||
| Estate violenta Estate Violenta Estate violenta is a 1959 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a young draft-dodging son of a prominent Fascist, portrayed by Jean Louis Trintignant, and a navy officer's widow older than he, portrayed by Eleonora Rossi Drago... |
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| Esterina | ||||
| Europa dall'alto | ||||
| Europa di notte | ||||
| Faibles femmes | ||||
| Fantasmi e ladri | ||||
| Ferdinando I. re di Napoli | ||||
| Fertilizzanti prodotti dalla società del Gruppo Edison | ||||
| Festa a Pamplona | ||||
| For the First Time | ||||
| Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle | ||||
| Giuditta e Oloferne | ||||
| Gli avventurieri dei tropici | ||||
| Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is a Italian historical silent drama film.-Production background:The film was directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi based on The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton... |
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| Gli uomini del lago | ||||
| Gli uomini e i tori | ||||
| Guardatele ma non toccatele Guardatele ma non toccatele Guardatele ma non toccatele is a 1959 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ugo Tognazzi.-Cast:* Ugo Tognazzi - Maresciallo La Notte* Caprice Chantal - Rebecca O'Connor* Johnny Dorelli - Tenente Altieri* Lynn Shaw - Un'ausiliara... |
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| Guinguette Guinguette Guinguettes were popular drinking establishments located in the suburbs of Paris and other cities in France. Guinguettes would also serve as restaurants and, often, as dance venues. The origin of the term comes from guinguet, indicating a sour white light local wine... |
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| I battellieri del Volga | ||||
| I cattivi vanno in paradiso | ||||
| I cavalieri del diavolo | ||||
| I dimenticati | ||||
| I ditteri | ||||
| I fratelli Rosselli | ||||
| I ladri | ||||
| I mafiosi | ||||
| I magliari | ||||
| I ragazzi | ||||
| I ragazzi dei parioli | ||||
| I Reali di Francia | ||||
| I tartassati I Tartassati I Tartassati, is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Stefano Vanzina, written by Aldo Fabrizi, starring Totò and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "The Overtaxed" , "Fripouillard et Compagnie" .... |
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| Il cavaliere del castello maledetto | ||||
| Il figlio del corsaro rosso | ||||
| Il generale della Rovere | ||||
| Il magistrato Il magistrato The Magistrate is a 1959 Italian-language drama film directed by Luigi Zampa. It was a co-production with Spain and France. Spaniard José Suárez stars in the film, which was shot in Madrid , with a French, Italian and Spanish cast... |
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| Il mondo dei miracoli | ||||
| Il mondo di notte | ||||
| Il moralista | ||||
| Il nemico di mia moglie | ||||
| Il padrone delle ferriere | ||||
| Il povero fornaretto di Venezia | ||||
| Il raccomandato di ferro | ||||
| Il tempo si è fermato | ||||
| Il terrore dei barbari | ||||
| Il terrore dell'Oklahoma | ||||
| Il vedovo Il vedovo Il Vedovo is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.-Plot:Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory tethers perennially on the brink of catastrophe.Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan,... |
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| Il vendicatore | ||||
| India: Matri Bhumi | ||||
| Jons und Erdme | ||||
| Journey to the Lost City | ||||
| Juke box urli d'amore | ||||
| Kapò Kapò Kapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:... |
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| L'altro uomo | ||||
| L'ambitieuse | ||||
| L'amico del giaguaro | ||||
| L'arciere nero | ||||
| L'inferno addosso | ||||
| L'isola del tesoro | ||||
| L'ultimo formicchiere | ||||
| La battaglia di Maratona | ||||
| La bellezza del diavolo | ||||
| La cambiale | ||||
| La cento chilometri | ||||
| La congiura dei Borgia | ||||
| La costruzione dell'acquadotto Ischia-Procida | ||||
| La duchessa di Santa Lucia | ||||
| La femme et le pantin La Femme et le pantin The Woman and the Puppet is a novel by Pierre Louÿs that was adapted for film several times.-Film adaptations:*1920 - The Woman and the Puppet - Frank Lloyd, starring Geraldine Farrar... |
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| La grande guerra | ||||
| La jument verte La Jument verte La Jumente Verte is the title of a humorous novel by French writer Marcel Aymé first published by Gallimard in 1933.The story is divided into seventeen chapters written using the third person narrative mode; interspersed between them are a number of interludes all entitled "The Observations of the... |
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| La legge | ||||
| La luce sul monte | ||||
| La notte brava | ||||
| La nuit des espions | ||||
| La peccatrice del deserto | Steve Sekely Steve Sekely Steve Sekely was a Hungarian film director. Born Székely István, he was known by several names, based on his changing professional and immigration status, including Stefan Szekely.He directed films in Hungarian, German, and English.... |
Ruth Roman Ruth Roman Ruth Roman was an American actress. One of her most memorable roles was in the Alfred Hitchcock 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train.... , Akim Tamiroff Akim Tamiroff Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.Tamiroff was born in Tiflis, Russian Empire , of Armenian ethnicity. He trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school. He arrived in the U.S. in 1923 on a tour with a troupe of actors... , 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.... |
Drama, Romance | |
| La pica sul Pacifico La pica sul Pacifico La pica sul Pacifico is a 1959 Italian comedy film written and directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Tina Pica, Memmo Carotenuto, Elke Sommer and Matteo Spinola. -Cast:* Tina Pica - Adelaide Harold* Memmo Carotenuto - Jack Carlone... |
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| La prima notte | ||||
| La sceriffa | ||||
| La scimitarra del Saraceno | ||||
| La storia delle invenzioni | ||||
| La tarantella di Pulcinella | ||||
| La terra che non ride | ||||
| La Vache et le Prisonnier La Vache et le Prisonnier La Vache et le Prisonnier is a French-Italian tragicomedy film from 1959 starring Fernandel and directed by Henri Verneuil. The story was based on Jacques Antoine's novel, Une histoire vraie. It is considered to be a classic and one of Fernandel's most iconic and popular films... |
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| La vedova X | ||||
| La vigilia di mezza estate | ||||
| Labyrinth Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos... |
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| Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina | ||||
| Le bossu Le Bossu Le Bossu may refer to:* René Le Bossu , French critic* Le Bossu , a French historical adventure novel by Paul Féval* Le Bossu... |
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| Le cameriere | ||||
| Le chemin des écoliers | ||||
| Le confident de ces dames | ||||
| Le donne ci tengono assai | ||||
| Le fric | ||||
| Le grand chef Le Grand Chef Le Grand Chef is a 2007 South Korean film.-Synopsis:Based on a popular comic book authored by Huh Young-man, the film tells the story of two chefs competing for the title of heir to the last Royal Chef of the Joseon Dynasty.-Cast:... |
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| Le notti dei Teddy Boys | ||||
| Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia | ||||
| Le orientali | ||||
| Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon is a 1959 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.... |
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| Le sorprese dell'amore | ||||
| Le vent se lève | ||||
| Les liaisons dangereuses Les Liaisons dangereuses Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782.... |
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| Les tripes au soleil | ||||
| Les yeux de l'amour | ||||
| Lettera da El Alamein | ||||
| Lettere dei condannati a morte | ||||
| Llegaron los franceses | ||||
| Lupi nell'abisso | ||||
| Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre | ||||
| Malinconico autunno | ||||
| Mantelli e spade insanguinate | ||||
| Match contre la mort | ||||
| Moana Moana Moana is a documentary film, the first docufiction in the history of cinema, directed by Robert J. Flaherty, the creator of Nanook of the North . Moana was filmed in Samoa in the villages of Safune on the island of Savai'i... |
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| Monetine da cinque lire | ||||
| Morte di un amico | ||||
| Napoli è tutta una canzone | ||||
| Nathalie, agent secret | ||||
| Natura e chimica | ||||
| Nel blu dipinto di blu | ||||
| Nel segno di Roma Nel Segno di Roma Nel Segno di Roma is a 1959 historical drama film loosely pertaining to the Palmyrene Empire and its re-annexation back into the Roman Empire.... |
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| Nella città l'inferno Nella città l'inferno Nella città l'inferno is a 1959 Italian film directed by Renato Castellani.-Plot:Egle is an inmate of a female jail. Lina is a nervous newcomer who is much more temperate, with some naiveness even... |
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| Non perdiamo la testa Non perdiamo la testa Non perdiamo la testa is a 1959 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ugo Tognazzi.-Cast:* Ugo Tognazzi - Tony Cuccar* Franca Valeri - Beatrice* Carlo Campanini - Walter* Xenia Valderi - Erminia* Aroldo Tieri - Ispettore di Scotland Yard... |
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| Oh! Qué mambo | ||||
| Orfeu Negro | ||||
| Pan, amor y... Andalucía | ||||
| Pane e zolfo | ||||
| Parque de Madrid | ||||
| Passo falso | ||||
| Pensione Edelweiss | ||||
| Perfide ma belle | ||||
| Pierino Salvadanaio | ||||
| Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura | ||||
| Poveri milionari | ||||
| Prepotenti più di prima Prepotenti più di prima Prepotenti più di prima is a 1959 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Aldo Fabrizi.-Cast:* Aldo Fabrizi - Cesare Pinelli* Nino Taranto - Domenico Esposito* Ave Ninchi - Clelia Pinelli* Luca Ronconi - Gennarino Esposito... |
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| Primavera a Mornese | ||||
| Processo di famiglia | ||||
| Quai des illusions | ||||
| Quanto sei bella Roma | ||||
| Quel tesoro di papà | ||||
| Ragazzi del Juke-Box Ragazzi del Juke-Box Ragazzi del Juke-Box is a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Mario Carotenuto, Elke Sommer and Anthony Steffen. The young daughter of a record company boss takes over the company following her father's arest, and uses it to promote the bands she likes.-Cast:* Mario... |
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| Roulotte e roulette | ||||
| Rue des Prairies | ||||
| Saul Saul -People:Saul is a given/first name in English, the Anglicized form of the Hebrew name Shaul from the Hebrew Bible:* Saul , including people with this given namein the Bible:* Saul , a king of Edom... |
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| Scacco matto | ||||
| Scrollina | ||||
| Selvaggia | ||||
| Signé Arsène Lupin | ||||
| Simpatico mascalzone | ||||
| Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia | ||||
| Soledad Soledad Soledad is a Spanish word meaning solitude or loneliness. It is also a female given name. It may also refer to:-Places:* Soledad, California* Soledad, Atlántico, Colombia* Soledad Atzompa, Veracruz, Mexico* Soledad Correctional Training Facility... |
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| Spavaldi e innamorati | ||||
| Spera di sole | ||||
| Tempi duri per i vampiri | ||||
| Tenente Sheridan: Buio alle otto | ||||
| Tenente Sheridan: Delitto a tempo di Rock | ||||
| Tenente Sheridan: Sedici ore per non morire | ||||
| Tipi da spiaggia Tipi da spiaggia Tipi da spiaggia is a 1959 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Johnny Dorelli.-Cast:* Johnny Dorelli - Giorgio Binotti* Giustino Durano - Nick Baltimora* Annie Gorassini* Litz Kibiska* Christiane Martel - Barbara Patton... |
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| Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito, is an Italian comedy film from 1959, directed by Stefano Vanzina, written by Vittorio Metz, starring Totò and Louis de Funès... |
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| Tunisi top secret | ||||
| Tutti innamorati | ||||
| Un ettaro di cielo | ||||
| Un giorno come ogni giorno | ||||
| Un giorno in Europa | ||||
| Un maledetto imbroglio Un maledetto imbroglio Un maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana... |
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| Un témoin dans la ville | ||||
| Uomini e nobiluomini | ||||
| Vacanze d'inverno | ||||
| Venezia, la luna e tu | ||||
| Vento del Sud Vento del sud Vento del sud also known as South Wind is a 1959 Italian mafia crime thriller film directed by Enzo Provenzale starring Claudia Cardinale and Renato Salvatori.-Plot:... |
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| Via dei Cessati Spiriti | ||||
| Vite perdute | ||||
| Voulez-vous danser avec moi? | ||||
| À double tour À double tour À double tour is a 1959 French suspense thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel by American writer Stanley Ellin. It was Chabrol's first film in the thriller genre, which would be his genre of choice for the rest of his career. The film had a total of 1,445,587 admissions... |
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External links
- Italian films of 1959 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...