Acting

Antonella Lualdi

Born July 6, 1931 · Beirut, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Lebanon]

Died August 10, 2023 · aged 92

Antonella Lualdi (Greek: Αντονέλλα Λουάλντι, born Antonietta de Pascale; 6 July 1931) is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red and the Black in 1954, opposite Gérard Philipe. She began her career in 1949, after having won a contest for new talents of the cinema magazine Hollywood, in which …

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The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden · 1980

The Garden of Eden

MovieComedyDrama

A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his stolen motorbike has broken down and they are stranded. An unlikely romance follows.

The Last Sentence

The Last Sentence · 1951

The Last Sentence

MovieCrimeDrama

Piero is the leader of a group of university students who lead a carefree life. Finding himself in trouble and in need of money, he turns to criminal means—receiving aid from Daniela, the daughter of a rigid magistrate.

The Overcoat

The Overcoat · 1952

MovieFantasyComedy

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

Tower of the First Born

Tower of the First Born · 1998

Tower of the First Born

MovieActionTV Movie

Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious prince, she battles outlaws and the desert's harsh conditions.

How to Seduce a Playboy?

How to Seduce a Playboy? · 1966

How to Seduce a Playboy?

A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.

Appointment in Ischia

Appointment in Ischia · 1960

Appointment in Ischia

Famous singer Mimmo is a widower with a daughter, Letizia, to whom will give a mother. But the girl does not accept the current girlfriend of her father, growing fond of a young man, who wants as mother. The child creates many situations, such as coming to Ischia for treatment with mud, so that the two would meet and fall in love.

The Mongols

The Mongols · 1961

MovieActionAdventure

During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.

Le Rouge et le Noir

Le Rouge et le Noir · 1954

Le Rouge et le Noir

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

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The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden · 1980

The Garden of Eden

MovieComedyDrama

A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his stolen motorbike has broken down and they are stranded. An unlikely romance follows.

Alessandra's Mother

The Last Sentence

The Last Sentence · 1951

The Last Sentence

MovieCrimeDrama

Piero is the leader of a group of university students who lead a carefree life. Finding himself in trouble and in need of money, he turns to criminal means—receiving aid from Daniela, the daughter of a rigid magistrate.

Daniela Valsetti

The Overcoat

The Overcoat · 1952

MovieFantasyComedy

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.

Vittoria, The Mayor's Daughter

Tower of the First Born

Tower of the First Born · 1998

Tower of the First Born

MovieActionTV Movie

Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious prince, she battles outlaws and the desert's harsh conditions.

Mother Superior

How to Seduce a Playboy?

How to Seduce a Playboy? · 1966

How to Seduce a Playboy?

A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.

Vera

Appointment in Ischia

Appointment in Ischia · 1960

Appointment in Ischia

Famous singer Mimmo is a widower with a daughter, Letizia, to whom will give a mother. But the girl does not accept the current girlfriend of her father, growing fond of a young man, who wants as mother. The child creates many situations, such as coming to Ischia for treatment with mud, so that the two would meet and fall in love.

Mirella Argenti

The Mongols

The Mongols · 1961

MovieActionAdventure

During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.

Amina

Le Rouge et le Noir

Le Rouge et le Noir · 1954

Le Rouge et le Noir

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

Mathilde de La Mole

Mid-Century Loves

Mid-Century Loves · 1954

Mid-Century Loves

MovieDramaRomance

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.

Carla (segment "Napoli 1943")

The Shortest Day

The Shortest Day · 1963

The Shortest Day

MovieComedyHistory

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

Venditrice di fiori (uncredited)

The Big Hit of Surcouf

The Big Hit of Surcouf · 1966

The Big Hit of Surcouf

The continuation of the adventures of Captain Robert Surcouf and his crew.

Margaret Carruthers

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero · 1962

My Son, the Hero

MovieAdventureFantasy

Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is by far the smartest, and thus their natural leader. He arrives on Crete, the kingdom of the mighty king Minos, impresses him as gladiator, gains his trust, falls in love with a mortal girl and discovers both Minos's human sacrifice-cult and a foreign conspiracy to seize power with a hidden army.

Hermione

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others · 1974

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.

Julia, la femme de Paul

I figli non si vendono

I figli non si vendono · 1952

I figli non si vendono

I figli non si vendono (literally, Children must not be sold) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard

Daniela

The Young Ladies of 04

The Young Ladies of 04 · 1955

The Young Ladies of 04

MovieDramaComedy

The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.

Maria Teresa

The Sea Pirate

The Sea Pirate · 1966

A young naval officer becomes a corsair to make enough money to marry a pretty girl, and fights injustice and snobbery to reach home safely.

Margaret

Massacre in the Black Forest

Massacre in the Black Forest · 1967

Massacre in the Black Forest

MovieActionAdventure

In the first half of the first century A.D., the Teutonic tribes, led by Arminius The Terrible, rebel against the cruel and conquering Roman Empire. In raging torments and blood curdling battles, the barbarian tribes and Roman Legions fight a war of attrition, so brutal and terrible that Arminius becomes a legend throughout the empire. Only Augustus, Emperor of Rome is evil and treacherous enough to enslave the Teuton barbarian and halt his murderous uprisings.

Tusnelda

A Thorn in the Heart

A Thorn in the Heart · 1986

A Thorn in the Heart

Guido, a young idler with a gambling problem falls in love with Caterina a mysterious girl. A torrid affair follows thereafter. When Caterina leaves him Guido investigates her past and learns she had a lot of lovers.

Adelaide Biotti

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes · 1949

Prince of Foxes

MovieAdventureDrama

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea Orsini, his sister's lover and nearly as unscrupulous as himself. En route, Orsini meets Camilla Verano, wife of the count of Citta' del Monte, and sentiment threatens to turn him against his deadly master, whom no one betrays twice...

(uncredited)

Pentimento

Pentimento · 1952

MovieDramaRomance

A cabaret singer, now a widow, is dethroned and expelled downstairs by a fiery rival.

Hit and Run

Hit and Run · 1959

MovieActionDrama

The unfortunate journalist Fred falls in love with the young wife of an older business tycoon. Fred's involvement with her involves him in both blackmail and murder.

Lucille Aitken

100 Horsemen

100 Horsemen · 1964

MovieComedyAction

Don Fernando rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.

Sancha Ordoñez

The Big Night

The Big Night · 1959

The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day, beginning with arms theft, leading to an encounter with three streetwalkers. After their pleasure, the boys try to cheat the hookers, but the ladies are smarter than that and have stolen their cash ahead of time. It's back to the city for the boys, where they continue their destructive games...

Supplizia

Wild Love

Wild Love · 1955

The film tells the love stories of several young people: Nando, owner of a mechanical shop, supplements his income by posing for photo novels, sparking jealousy in his girlfriend Marisa. Otello, who works as a barber, sincerely loves Adriana, Nando's sister, who has been promised to Franco, who is tempted by the charms of Ines, owner of the neighbourhood trattoria.

Adriana Latini, hairdresser

Les Cordier, juge et flic

Les Cordier, juge et flic · 1994

Les Cordier, juge et flic

The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.

Lucia Cordier

Commissaire Cordier

Commissaire Cordier · 2005

Commissaire Cordier

Lucia Cordier

Cinecittà Cinecittà

Cinecittà Cinecittà · 1985

Cinecittà Cinecittà

Slapping Actress

D'Artagnan

D'Artagnan · 1969

The young knight d'Artagnan did not inherit much from his father: a yellow nag and a letter of recommendation to his father's friend. On his way from Gascony to Paris, the knight loses this letter in a brawl. But d'Artagnan quickly wins the friendship of the three inseparable musketeers Athos, Aramis, and Porthos—and the love of the beautiful Constance, who is kidnapped by agents on behalf of the Cardinal.

Milady

Lucien Leuwen

Lucien Leuwen · 1973

Madame d'Hocquincourt