Acting

Lianella Carell

Born May 6, 1927 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died December 22, 2000 · aged 73

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lianella Carell (6 May 1927 – 22 December 2000) was an Italian film actress and screenwriter. She appeared in 18 films between 1948 and 1958. She is perhaps best known for playing Maria Ricci, the wife of the main protagonist in the 1948 Vittorio De Sica film Bicycle Thieves, which was also her acting debut. Description above from the Wikipedia article …

Known For

Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves · 1948

Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

The Gold of Naples

The Gold of Naples · 1954

The Gold of Naples

MovieDramaComedy

A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.

Carnal Circuit

Carnal Circuit · 1969

MovieHorrorCrime

We follow the Journal reporter Paulo whose close friend mysteriously been taken out of the way and it's now up to Paulo to figure out who the culprits are. The film is set in a drug-scented and "swinging" Los Angeles, where orgies and violence seem to be commonplace, and it soon appears that Paulo is on someone's hit list.

Cannon Serenade

Cannon Serenade · 1958

Cannon Serenade

The Forbidden Christ

The Forbidden Christ · 1951

The Forbidden Christ

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Bruno Baldi tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Me, Me, Me... and the Others · 1966

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

A Free Woman

A Free Woman · 1954

MovieRomanceDrama

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.

The Inveterate Bachelor

The Inveterate Bachelor · 1958

The Inveterate Bachelor

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.

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Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves · 1948

Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Maria

The Gold of Naples

The Gold of Naples · 1954

The Gold of Naples

MovieDramaComedy

A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.

Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Carnal Circuit

Carnal Circuit · 1969

MovieHorrorCrime

We follow the Journal reporter Paulo whose close friend mysteriously been taken out of the way and it's now up to Paulo to figure out who the culprits are. The film is set in a drug-scented and "swinging" Los Angeles, where orgies and violence seem to be commonplace, and it soon appears that Paulo is on someone's hit list.

Screenplay

Cannon Serenade

Cannon Serenade · 1958

Cannon Serenade

Adelaide Sciaccabratta

The Forbidden Christ

The Forbidden Christ · 1951

The Forbidden Christ

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Bruno Baldi tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.

(uncredited)

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Me, Me, Me... and the Others · 1966

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

Screenplay

A Free Woman

A Free Woman · 1954

MovieRomanceDrama

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.

Solange

The Inveterate Bachelor

The Inveterate Bachelor · 1958

The Inveterate Bachelor

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.

Carmen

Crazy Things

Crazy Things · 1954

MovieDramaComedy

When young Dalia is mistakenly admitted to a mental institution, she is declared sane - but by a truly mad person pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor thinks she is insane - how can she escape this madness?

Diamora Guidi

Love and Troubles

Love and Troubles · 1958

Love and Troubles

MovieComedyRomance

Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.

Writer

Processo contro ignoti

Processo contro ignoti · 1952

Processo contro ignoti

MovieDramaRomance

Gianna, sua moglie

A Woman Has Killed

A Woman Has Killed · 1952

A Woman Has Killed

MovieRomanceCrime

In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the pieces of film given to him bit by bit, Cottafavi shot Una donna ha ucciso, a minor film that marked his comeback to directing. (Gianni Rondolino)

Anna Castelli

Ragazze da marito

Ragazze da marito · 1952

Ragazze da marito

Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to find rich suitors, he is tempted to take bribes to put a license through more quickly.

Gina Mazzillo

Viva il cinema

Viva il cinema · 1953

Tonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen.

Gertrude

SuperTotò

SuperTotò · 1980

MovieComedyDocumentary

After an introduction consisting of a series of close-ups of Totò, the anthology presents clips from films performed by the late comedian actor, collected in chapters.

Desiderio 'e sole

Desiderio 'e sole · 1954

Desiderio 'e sole

Maria

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters · 1951

The Counterfeiters

Producers of phony currency become the object of a crackdown by law enforcement agencies.

Lucia

Welcome Reverend!

Welcome Reverend! · 1950

Welcome Reverend!

A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.

The woman of the church

Il piccolo vetraio

Il piccolo vetraio · 1955

Il piccolo vetraio

A poor fisherman entrusts his children Piero and Nino for money to the Frenchman Neroni who recruits young men to work in his glass factory.

Madre di Piero

Lettera napoletana

Lettera napoletana · 1954

Lettera napoletana

MovieDramaMusic

Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?

Laura Conforto