Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

Born: February 17, 1916
Died: October 31, 2002
in Tropea, Calabria, Italy
Raffaele "Raf" Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian 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. He played professional Football at a young age, playing in Serie A for Torino. He won an Italian Cup with his team in season 1935-1936. Subsequently, he became the editorial head of the culture section of L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party, and also a film and drama critic for the Turin newspaper La Stampa. During World War II, Vallone served with the Communist resistance.

His first film appearance was as a sailor in We the Living (1942), but Vallone was not interested in an acting career. Nevertheless, he was cast as a soldier competing with Vittorio Gassman for the love of Silvana Mangano in Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) (1949). The film became a neo-realist classic and Vallone was launched on an international career. In 2001 he published his autobiography, L'alfabeto della memoria, with Gremese (Rome).

Vallone was married to the actress Elena Varzi from 1952 until his death. They had three children, two of whom are actors, Eleonora Vallone and Saverio Vallone.

He died in Rome on 31 October 2002.

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Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
Title: Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
Character: Nonno
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Half-Italian Gioia loves Max, but leaves her son's son to cheat her as a fiancé. When Mama invites the family to the Italian winery for Grandpa's 80th birthday, the feelings are on the table alongside pasta, pesto and vino, because Gioia happens to meet Max again ...
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Toni
Title: Toni
Character: The Old Man
Released: January 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Toni is a mob movie combined with an urban love story and reflections about one's roots. The protagonist, Toni, is a young man from a small village in the south of Italy who arrives at the station Gare de Lyon in Paris. He never questions the education he receives from his mob family or the rules to which he is always chained. He contacts a man called "The Old Man," a strange character discarded by the family who is of help from time to time. This man is supposed to communicate to Toni all necessary information for him to accomplish his mission. Toni plans to execute it in perfect calm. But things do not go according to plan. He meets Marie, a vulnerable journalist whose best friend has just committed suicide. Two doomed characters enter a mysterious relationship.
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Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
Title: Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
Character: Fedrico DeConti
Released: November 22, 1992
Type: Movie
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The First Circle
Title: The First Circle
Character: Pyotr Makaraguine
Released: February 25, 1992
Type: Movie
In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Title: Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character: actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1991
Type: Movie
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
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The Godfather Part III
Title: The Godfather Part III
Character: Cardinal Lamberto
Released: December 25, 1990
Type: Movie
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
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A Season of Giants
Title: A Season of Giants
Character: Ambasciatore spagnolo
Released: November 4, 1990
Type: Movie
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
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Title: Sabbath
Character: Alejandro VI
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: TV
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Der Bierkönig
Title: Der Bierkönig
Character: Der Baron
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Power Of Evil
Title: Power Of Evil
Released: August 1, 1985
Type: Movie
An unsuspecting student thinks that the wife of an arms dealer is unhappy, but in reality she appears as cynical as her capitalist man.
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Title: Goya
Character: Canónigo Duaso
Released: May 13, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Christopher Columbus
Character: Jose Vizinho
Released: March 7, 1985
Type: TV
After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
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The Scarlet and the Black
Title: The Scarlet and the Black
Character: Father Vittorio
Released: February 2, 1983
Type: Movie
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
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I Remember Nelson
Title: I Remember Nelson
Character: Caracciolo
Released: April 14, 1982
Type: Movie
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story through the narratives of those who knew him best.
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A Time To Die
Title: A Time To Die
Character: Genco Bari
Released: March 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the targeted men is being groomed by the US to become the West German chancellor and is to be protected. Along the way, a third person joins the team.
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Season of Peace in Paris
Title: Season of Peace in Paris
Released: July 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A Yugoslavian man meets a woman in Paris, where he has come to do some research, and their mutual attraction leads to a liaison and shared adventures, not many good.
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Lion of the Desert
Title: Lion of the Desert
Character: Colonel Diodiece
Released: April 17, 1981
Type: Movie
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
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Retour à Marseille
Title: Retour à Marseille
Character: Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
Michel left Marseilles to Italy when he was twenty years old. Courageous and active, he has succeeded in the construction industry. Thirty years later, his return to Marseilles, for his aunt's burial will abruptly change the life of all of his family, who was first fascinated by his social success. He is regarded as the son who made it like wonder. Michel is the only one who has emigrated. They have all remained in the home country ("le pays") and their social status has hardly changed: workmen, small employees, craftsmen, all living in a modest framework.
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An Almost Perfect Affair
Title: An Almost Perfect Affair
Character: Freddie
Released: April 27, 1979
Type: Movie
An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune.
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The Greek Tycoon
Title: The Greek Tycoon
Character: Spyros Tomasis
Released: May 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
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Fame
Title: Fame
Character: Driver
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A waiter becomes a sudden overnight success as a playwright, and then begins negotiations with an Italian movie director to turn his play into a film. The results are unexpected.
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The Devil's Advocate
Title: The Devil's Advocate
Character: Bishop Aurelio
Released: October 26, 1977
Type: Movie
A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canonized.
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The Other Side of Midnight
Title: The Other Side of Midnight
Character: Constantin Demeris
Released: June 8, 1977
Type: Movie
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
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The Human Factor
Title: The Human Factor
Character: Dr. Lupo
Released: November 19, 1975
Type: Movie
After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
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That Lucky Touch
Title: That Lucky Touch
Character: General Peruzzi
Released: August 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.
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Rosebud
Title: Rosebud
Character: George Nikolaos
Released: March 24, 1975
Type: Movie
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
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The Girl in Room 2A
Title: The Girl in Room 2A
Character: Mr. Dreese
Released: July 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult's next victim.
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Simona
Title: Simona
Character: Marcelle's Uncle
Released: February 22, 1974
Type: Movie
While at a bullfight Simona begins flashing back to a torrid sexual relationship she had with George. Her relationship with George was one of open sexual discoveries which eventually led to revenge and murder.
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The Catholics
Title: The Catholics
Character: Father General
Released: November 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has eliminated much of the original dogma of Catholicism. A group of Irish monks rebel against this situation and react back to the past: they begin to say Mass in Latin and act according to traditional Catholic dogma. So, Rome decides to send a representative to investigate what is happening
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Honor Thy Father
Title: Honor Thy Father
Character: Joseph Bonnano
Released: March 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill is compelled to take over the "empire," other mafiosi attempt to take what's theirs. Brenda Vaccaro and Richard S. Castellano fill out the impressive cast of this gripping crime tale.
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Summertime Killer
Title: Summertime Killer
Character: Lazaro Alfredi
Released: July 1, 1972
Type: Movie
During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it his business to kill each member of the foursome. His last killing presents him with some challenges, as his victim is only wounded. He kidnaps the man's daughter and goes to a hideout. In the meantime, an ex-cop has been tracking them down.
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Cannon for Cordoba
Title: Cannon for Cordoba
Character: Córdoba
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.
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Death Occurred Last Night
Title: Death Occurred Last Night
Character: Amanzio Berzaghi
Released: September 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does
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The Kremlin Letter
Title: The Kremlin Letter
Character: Puppet Maker
Released: February 1, 1970
Type: Movie
When an unauthorized letter is sent to Moscow alleging the U.S. government's willingness to help Russia attack China, former naval officer Charles Rone and his team are sent to retrieve it. They go undercover, successfully reaching out to Erika Kosnov, the wife of a former agent, now married to the head of Russia's secret police. Their plans are interrupted, however, when their Moscow hideout is raided by a cunning politician.
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The Italian Job
Title: The Italian Job
Character: Altabani
Released: June 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
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1001 Nights
Title: 1001 Nights
Character: Hixxum
Released: December 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Omar and his friend, Ali, returning to Moorish Granada after several years in the Middle East, discover that an evil usurper is now in power. With the help of a female genie, Omar sets about restoring freedom and justice.
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Volver a vivir
Title: Volver a vivir
Character: Luis Rubio
Released: February 12, 1968
Type: Movie
A former soccer player is morally and mentally destroied by the death of his wife. But when he gets the chance to train a team he regains his life by making victories and also finding another love.
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The Desperate Ones
Title: The Desperate Ones
Character: Victor
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossible mountains of Afghanistan and the KGB is on their tail.
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Title: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Character: Mr. Ardonian
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the world sterile and repopulate it with his harem. UK spy, Susan Fleming, helps Kelly.
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Nevada Smith
Title: Nevada Smith
Character: Father Zaccardi
Released: June 10, 1966
Type: Movie
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
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Harlow
Title: Harlow
Character: Marino Bello
Released: June 23, 1965
Type: Movie
Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.
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Dangerous Pleasures
Title: Dangerous Pleasures
Character: Suo Marito
Released: April 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute, their husbands do what they can to avoid trace of scandal and any implication that their wives are involved. Cracks in their relationships are revealed as is the hedonism and hypocrisy amongst the bourgeoise.
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The Secret Invasion
Title: The Secret Invasion
Character: Roberto Rocca
Released: September 16, 1964
Type: Movie
During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.
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The Cardinal
Title: The Cardinal
Character: Cardinal
Released: December 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
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Title: Il mulino del Po
Character: Lazzaro Scacerni
Released: January 13, 1963
Type: TV
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Phaedra
Title: Phaedra
Character: Thanos Kyrilis
Released: May 25, 1962
Type: Movie
A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, is married to the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.
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A View from the Bridge
Title: A View from the Bridge
Character: Eddie Carbone
Released: January 19, 1962
Type: Movie
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho. Catherine falls in love with Rudolpho; and Eddie, tormented but unable to admit even to himself his quasi-incestuous love, reports the illegal immigrants to the authorities.
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El Cid
Title: El Cid
Character: Count Ordóñez
Released: October 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
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Two Women
Title: Two Women
Character: Giovanni
Released: December 22, 1960
Type: Movie
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
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Recourse in Grace
Title: Recourse in Grace
Character: Mario di Donati
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In despair, Mario surrenders to the law but, at the time of trial, he runs away to join the woman he loves.
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The Apartment
Title: The Apartment
Character: Alberto Fiorini
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.
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No Escape
Title: No Escape
Character: Gino Carsone
Released: June 25, 1958
Type: Movie
In Provence , Father Caillé runs a family pension backed by his daughter-in-law Cora and a maid. The old man persecutes Cora for her assiduity until the day when she, in a particularly violent confrontation, knocks him down before the eyes of Gino, an Italian pensioner of whom she is in love. The two accomplices will try to make up the murder.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Character: Luis el Torcido
Released: May 2, 1958
Type: Movie
After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released.
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The Violet Seller
Title: The Violet Seller
Character: Fernando
Released: April 6, 1958
Type: Movie
On New Year's Eve 1899, Soledad is peddling violets in a Madrid busy street when she meets aristocrat Fernando. The couple falls in love but their different social backgrounds threatens the relationship. Fernando is under constant pressure from his older brother Alfonso who reminds him of his duties including his engagement to Magdalena, a countess. Disregarding all social conventions and scandalizing high society, Fernando sets up Soledad in a plush apartment and announces their marriage plans.
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Guendalina
Title: Guendalina
Character: Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family. Escaping from the tribulations of her home life, Guendalina creates a dream world of her own, casting Oberdan as her personal Prince Charming. Despite parental objections, girl and boy fall in love. Interestingly enough, the relationship between Guendalina and Oberdan remains pure and chaste throughout their film, which is more than can be said for their parents. their respective parents behave with marked laciviousness.
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Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Rochester
Released: March 9, 1957
Type: TV
Italian adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel.
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Rose Bernd
Title: Rose Bernd
Character: Arthur Streckmann
Released: January 31, 1957
Type: Movie
West Germany's entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was this cinemadaptation of the Gerhardt Hauptman play Rose Bernd. The title character, played by Maria Schell, is a servant girl on a remote farm. Sexually assaulted by both her employer and a coworker, Rose later bears a child, who die soon afterward. After nearly two hours of unrelieved misery, Rose finally finds happiness in the arms of a longtime admirer (where has he been for the past 12 reels?) Rose Bernd (aka The Sins of Rose Bernd) received a smattering of American showings thanks to the drawing power of star Maria Schell.
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Liebe
Title: Liebe
Character: Andrea Ambaros
Released: September 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Anna falls madly in love with an Italian violinist, who instead marries her sister Monika.
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Passionate Summer
Title: Passionate Summer
Character: Angelo
Released: May 30, 1956
Type: Movie
Agata, her daughter Silvia and sister-in-law Pia run a farm lost in the mountains. The hiring of Angelo, an attractive forty-something, will provoke confrontations and rivalries between the three women.
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Sister Angele's Secret
Title: Sister Angele's Secret
Character: Marcello Maglione
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to claim his dough,the villain acts as if they've never met. And the poor Italian immigrant kills him.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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The Sign of Venus
Title: The Sign of Venus
Character: Ignazio Bolognini
Released: March 12, 1955
Type: Movie
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
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Le souffle de la liberté
Title: Le souffle de la liberté
Character: Gérard
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat.
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Obsession
Title: Obsession
Character: Aldo Giovanni
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
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Human Torpedoes
Title: Human Torpedoes
Character: Carlo Ferri
Released: May 7, 1954
Type: Movie
A team of highly trained Italian seamen are taken to the island of Stampalia where there are to take their torpedo-laden attack craft on a daring attack on the port of Suda.
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Storm
Title: Storm
Character: André
Released: April 16, 1954
Type: Movie
André is a loving and attentive husband, but when he agrees to plead his enamored brother's case with student Françoise Massard, he in turn becomes infatuated with the beautiful woman, who is perpetually in search of true love through a series of hazardous romantic relationships. When Françoise learns that the legitimate couple are expecting a child.
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The Boarder
Title: The Boarder
Character: Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the seashore; the customers at the hotel think she's a poor widow - she always wears black - and treat her like a lady. But when one of her former clients arrives, her carefree days on the beach are numbered.
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Daughters of Destiny
Title: Daughters of Destiny
Character: Callias (segment "Lysistrata")
Released: January 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.
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Thérèse Raquin
Title: Thérèse Raquin
Character: Laurent
Released: November 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
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Perdonami!
Title: Perdonami!
Character: Marco Gerace
Released: February 18, 1953
Type: Movie
The story of a woman who marries the brother of a guardian who was killed by her brother.
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Sunday Heroes
Title: Sunday Heroes
Character: Gino Bardi
Released: December 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.
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The Eyes Leave a Trace
Title: The Eyes Leave a Trace
Character: Martín Jordán
Released: September 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Martin, a frustrated lawyer who sells perfumes, is reunited with Robert, an old, bright fellow student, and falls in love with his wife. One night Robert enlists the help of Martin, because he believes he has killed a man who was about her lover. Martin sees an opportunity ...
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Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Title: Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Character: Giuseppe Garibaldi
Released: August 15, 1952
Type: Movie
The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination.
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Don Juan's Night of Love
Title: Don Juan's Night of Love
Character: Mandrin
Released: March 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is loved by the beautiful innkeeper Rosetta but draws attention to the Marquise de Montbricourt, favorite of the king, who comes from Versailles just to see him. She will saved his life and allow him to marry Rosetta.
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Rome 11:00
Title: Rome 11:00
Character: Carlo the artist
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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Anna
Title: Anna
Character: Andrea
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
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The Forbidden Christ
Title: The Forbidden Christ
Character: Bruno Baldi
Released: June 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Raf Vallone tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.
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Il bivio
Title: Il bivio
Character: Aldo Marchi
Released: March 19, 1951
Type: Movie
After the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime. He meets Giovanna and falls for her. But he begins liking his new job and after their first robbery, Aldo tries to leave his old accomplices...
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The Path of Hope
Title: The Path of Hope
Character: Saro Cammarata
Released: November 22, 1950
Type: Movie
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
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The White Line
Title: The White Line
Character: Domenico
Released: September 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.
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Under the Olive Tree
Title: Under the Olive Tree
Character: Francesco Dominici
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
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Bitter Rice
Title: Bitter Rice
Character: Marco
Released: September 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.