Lea Padovani

Lea Padovani

Born: July 28, 1920
Died: June 23, 1991
in Montalto di Castro, Viterbo
Actress.

Movies for Lea Padovani...

Ehrengard
Title: Ehrengard
Character: granduchessa
Released: July 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Wolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans to seduce Ehrengard, an attractive and proud virgin, without touching her, just by instilling in her a throbbing passion. At one point, though, the painter's artifice seems to start turning its back on him.
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Title: The Istambul Train
Character: Mrs. Czinner
Released: March 25, 1980
Type: TV
Italian miniseries.
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Equinox
Title: Equinox
Released: March 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Psychiatrist takes young man to castle owned by strange woman, where the latter discovers he's the incarnation of a dead man.
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So Long Gulliver
Title: So Long Gulliver
Character: Woman
Released: November 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Story of a man with a double personality, on one side his character is honest and sincere, which makes him appreciate reality and participates with sorrow in the tragedies of our times: his other side is that of a dreamer and he identifies himself with Swift's hero Gulliver.
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Candy
Title: Candy
Character: Silvia Fontegliulo
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
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Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Title: Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Character: Secretary
Released: October 31, 1966
Type: Movie
An unemployed youth tries different jobs such as waiter, hairdresser, porter, salesman and when desperate, he goes to sleep in a flop-house, where he finds a job as a night watchman.
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Almost a Man
Title: Almost a Man
Character: Michele's Mother
Released: September 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele returns to his boyhood home, where he learns the reasons for his present mental state.
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Our Men in Bagdad
Title: Our Men in Bagdad
Released: August 12, 1966
Type: Movie
The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East: they are selling arms in exchange for exclusive rights on the countries rich oil resources. The USSR sent a team of their best secret agents to rob the document, so that later they can apprehend the ship which must pass through one of the Russian ports... After special training in a secret island in the Black Sea, Alex, Sadov and Sonia are sent in to get the documents. All goes according to plan, and Sadov gives the handbag to the mastermind, General Fiodorenko. On opening it though, the handbag explodes. Who is the infiltrated agent in the most secret of the Soviets secret ring?
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Our Men in Bagdad
Title: Our Men in Bagdad
Character: Instructress
Released: August 12, 1966
Type: Movie
The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East: they are selling arms in exchange for exclusive rights on the countries rich oil resources. The USSR sent a team of their best secret agents to rob the document, so that later they can apprehend the ship which must pass through one of the Russian ports... After special training in a secret island in the Black Sea, Alex, Sadov and Sonia are sent in to get the documents. All goes according to plan, and Sadov gives the handbag to the mastermind, General Fiodorenko. On opening it though, the handbag explodes. Who is the infiltrated agent in the most secret of the Soviets secret ring?
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Summer Frenzy
Title: Summer Frenzy
Character: Alba
Released: February 4, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Empty Canvas
Title: The Empty Canvas
Character: Balestrieri's Widow
Released: December 4, 1963
Type: Movie
An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence in the artist's section of Rome and falls in love with a beautiful model who wants an uncommitted relationship.
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Germinal
Title: Germinal
Character: La Maheude
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: Movie
Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low and safety left much to be desired. Lantier tried to organize the miners into a union. When mine manager Hennebeau refused to negotiate, the workers launched a general strike, which ended with the intervention of the troops.
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The Reluctant Saint
Title: The Reluctant Saint
Character: Giuseppe's Mother
Released: November 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
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Princess of Cleves
Title: Princess of Cleves
Released: March 22, 1961
Type: Movie
When a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically becomes an official Princess and takes her new position to heart. Although distracted by the elite entertainments found at court, the princess cannot help but mourn her impossible love for the dashing Duc de Nemours.
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The Naked Maja
Title: The Naked Maja
Character: Queen Maria Luisa
Released: December 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
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Bread, Love and Andalucia
Title: Bread, Love and Andalucia
Character: Violante
Released: December 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.
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The Lovers of Montparnasse
Title: The Lovers of Montparnasse
Character: Rosalie
Released: April 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
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An Eye for an Eye
Title: An Eye for an Eye
Character: Lola Zardi
Released: September 13, 1957
Type: Movie
In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death.
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Solo Dio mi fermerà
Title: Solo Dio mi fermerà
Released: August 16, 1957
Type: Movie
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Scandal in Sorrento
Title: Scandal in Sorrento
Character: Donna Violante Ruotolo
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
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La moglie è uguale per tutti
Title: La moglie è uguale per tutti
Character: Cristina Ferretti
Released: October 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.
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Chéri-Bibi
Title: Chéri-Bibi
Character: La Comtesse
Released: June 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Chéri-Bibi is an ex-convict who undergoes plastic surgery in order to resemble his rival for the hand of Cecily. Once he emerges from the bandages, Cheri-Bibi is plunged into a series of melodramatic misadventures.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Luisa Marcelli
Released: May 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A doctor saves a girl from suicide and marries her out of pity. Soon the evil man who had pushed her to the limit taking advantage of her re-enters her life. The ensuing crisis will help the newlyweds overcome their differences and start a fresh, better new life.
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Black Dossier
Title: Black Dossier
Character: Françoise Le Guen
Released: May 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
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Divisione Folgore
Title: Divisione Folgore
Character: Fidanzata Salvi
Released: December 30, 1954
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.
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The Seducer
Title: The Seducer
Character: Norma
Released: December 29, 1954
Type: Movie
Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.
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Napoli è sempre Napoli
Title: Napoli è sempre Napoli
Character: Carmela Gargiulo
Released: December 10, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Contessa's Secret
Title: The Contessa's Secret
Character: La princesse Mathilde Bonaparte
Released: September 26, 1954
Type: Movie
The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.
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Guai ai vinti
Title: Guai ai vinti
Released: September 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and both faces struggles with friends and family as they return to their homes.
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The Anatomy of Love
Title: The Anatomy of Love
Character: Maria
Released: March 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
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Gran varietà
Title: Gran varietà
Character: Anna la soubrette
Released: March 13, 1954
Type: Movie
A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.
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Mid-Century Loves
Title: Mid-Century Loves
Character: Isabella
Released: February 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.
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Angels of Darkness
Title: Angels of Darkness
Character: Franca
Released: January 27, 1954
Type: Movie
When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their livelihood. The girls must now find honest work.
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La tua donna
Title: La tua donna
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
During WWII, Sandro Ademari (Massimo Girotti), head of a group of Italian partisans, to escape from a Nazi catch, hides himself by a farm. Here he knows Luisa (Lea Padovani) and soon the two married and have a baby. After the war, Sandro, now a solicitor, succeeded also to be elected in Rome's parliament. Here he starts an extramarital affair with Germana (Patricia Neal). Sandro, now deep involved with Germana, tries all the way to leave Luisa (divorce wasn't legal during the '50s in Italy). But Luisa is determined to save her marriage and arrives in Rome to discuss with the two. The tragedy is behind the corner.
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Barrier of the Law
Title: Barrier of the Law
Character: Anna Silvestri
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.
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Cinema of yesteryear
Title: Cinema of yesteryear
Character: Caterina
Released: December 3, 1953
Type: Movie
While filming in the Roman countryside, some of the workers damage the garden of Caterina. Going to ask for compensation, she meets the director Marcello, who propose her to star working in movies.
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Una di quelle
Title: Una di quelle
Character: Maria Rossetti
Released: October 8, 1953
Type: Movie
Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.
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Toto and the Women
Title: Toto and the Women
Character: Ginetta
Released: December 20, 1952
Type: Movie
Antonio Scaparro (Toto) is obsessed for women. He invents his own way to hide from them - in the attic of his house.
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I figli non si vendono
Title: I figli non si vendono
Character: Anna
Released: October 9, 1952
Type: Movie
I figli non si vendono (literally, Children must not be sold) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard
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Rome 11:00
Title: Rome 11:00
Character: Caterina the Prostitute
Released: February 27, 1952
Type: Movie
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.
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I due derelitti
Title: I due derelitti
Released: November 14, 1951
Type: Movie
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Honeymoon Deferred
Title: Honeymoon Deferred
Character: Rosina Maggini
Released: September 6, 1951
Type: Movie
After World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where the husband fought. The town, however, holds some secrets.
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La grande rinuncia
Title: La grande rinuncia
Character: Elisabetta / Suor Teresa
Released: September 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Three Steps North
Title: Three Steps North
Character: Elena Ravezza
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
An ex-American GI returns to Italy to find some money he stashed before doing a prison term. He discovers his cash is now gone and quickly sets off on a manhunt to find out who stole his buried fortune.
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Fiamme sulla laguna
Title: Fiamme sulla laguna
Character: Anna
Released: June 20, 1951
Type: Movie
After the death of his father, Anna starts working in the navy where he falls in love with a navy man.
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The Accusation
Title: The Accusation
Character: Irene
Released: November 4, 1950
Type: Movie
A luckless young teacher it's suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.
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Give Us This Day
Title: Give Us This Day
Character: Annuziata
Released: October 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.
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Una lettera all'alba
Title: Una lettera all'alba
Released: October 13, 1948
Type: Movie
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Che tempi!
Title: Che tempi!
Character: Anna Pastorino
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Anna, only daughter of Felice Pastorino, a rich Genoese merchant, falls in love with a young sailor, Eugenio Devoto, with whom she has exchanged only a few words. Pastorino, a kind-hearted man, sincerely loves his daughter but is also very attached to money and would like to marry her to his cousin Alessandro Raffo, a man who is no longer young but wealthy, narrow-minded and materialistic.
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I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Title: I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Character: Violante
Released: March 27, 1948
Type: Movie
Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her.
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Outcry
Title: Outcry
Character: Laura
Released: November 6, 1946
Type: Movie
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
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L'innocente Casimiro
Title: L'innocente Casimiro
Character: Marcella
Released: October 7, 1945
Type: Movie