Lianella Carell

Birth : 1927-05-06, Rome, Italy

Death : 2000-12-22

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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 Lianella Carell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

Roma come Chicago

Screenplay

After professional stickup man Mario Corda is jailed, his young, ambitious partner -- who covets both Corda's life and his wife -- cuts loose, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Screenplay

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.

The Inveterate Bachelor

Carmen

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

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.

A Free Woman

Solange

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 Gold of Naples

Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes : a clown exploited by a gangster ; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) loosing her husband's ring ; the funeral of a dead child ; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid ; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute ; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".

Lettera napoletana

Laura Conforto

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"?

Desiderio 'e sole

Mary

Desiderio 'e sole

Maria

Crazy things

Diamora Guidi

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?

Ragazze da marito

Gina Mazzillo

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.

Processo contro ignoti

Gianna, sua moglie

Viva il cinema

Gertrude

A Woman Has Killed

Anna Castelli

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)

The Counterfeiters

Lucia

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

The Forbidden Christ

(uncredited)

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

Welcome Reverend!

The woman of the church

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

Bicycle Thieves

Maria Ricci

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.