Gabriele D'Annunzio
Nacimiento : 1863-03-12, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
Muerte : 1938-03-01
Historia
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), born Gaetano Rapagnetto d'Annunzio, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature and political life. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet").
He is best known for his novels Il Piacere (1889), L'Innocente (1892), poetry collection Alcyone (1903) and his contribution to silent film epic Cabiria (1914), for which he wrote all of the intertitles, named the characters and the movie itself.
Writer
This 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin performance is directed by Christof Loy and stars soprano Sara Jakubiak in the title role. Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini is a four-act opera set during the Renaissance period. The plot concerns an arranged marriage between Francesca and Giovanni, also known as Gianciotto, who is impersonated by his handsome brother Paolo, and with whom Francesca falls passionately in love.
Writer
Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Self (archive footage)
Un documental dividido en dos partes que narra la historia del fascismo italiano, desde su inicio hasta su desastroso final. Cuenta con imágenes de archivos en color, entrevistas y recreaciones históricas.
Original Story
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.
Novel
Tullio Hermil (Giancarlo Giannini) es un hombre culto y acomodado entregado a los placeres de la vida. Entre la honorable práctica de la esgrima, la lectura y el placer carnal con su amante Teresa Raffo (Jennifer O'Neill) mantiene a su esposa Juliana (Laura Antonelli) al margen de su vida. Juliana se debate entre el murmullo social y el reconocimiento de su marido. Totalmente rechazada encuentra en un joven escritor, Filippo d'Arborio (Marc Porel) el consuelo y queda embarazada. Esto despierta en Tullio, cuyo compromiso con Juliana es inexistente, los celos y la pasión carnal correspondida entonces por su mujer, que aún cree en su matrimonio, La esperanza de Julia en esta nueva pasión le crea sentimientos contradictorios. Tullio pretende eliminar todo rastro de la relación de su mujer pero finalmente el nacimiento del niño desencadena una tormenta de pasiones y sentimientos.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Indagación sobre los orígenes del fascismo y su desarrollo en Italia y en otros países mediante material de archivo. Esta revisión muestra el marco ideológico del fascismo y el rastro que ha dejado en la mentalidad de la gente.
Writer
Italy, 1955, 8', Color Director
Ermanno Olmi Production
Società Edisonvolta Synopsis
From the Gabriele D'Annunzio poem with the same name.
Poem
Italy, 1955, 8', Color Director
Ermanno Olmi Production
Società Edisonvolta Synopsis
From the Gabriele D'Annunzio poem with the same name.
Novel
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
Self (archive footage)
Nicole Védrèss' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
Writer
This is a documentary film on the romantic and decadent atmosphere of Venice at the end of the 18th century. A vigorous comment by Jean Cocteau tells us of the sick souls and the sorrows of literary characters and musicians who lived the dream of this city. It is the Venice of Lord Byron, Alfred de Musset, George Sand, d'Annunzio; a Venice made of precious images, palaces reflected in the water, mysterious moonlights, little squares where unhappy lovers wander under the music of Richard Wagner.
Novel
Giovanni Episcopo es un modesto empleado de archivo que vive tranquilo y feliz, dividiendo su vida entre el trabajo y la habitación en una pensión regentada por una modesta familia. Una noche tras salir a dar una vuelta con los compañeros del trabajo, conoce de manera rocambolesca a Giulio Wanzer, un "aventurero" que vive de su ingenio y que lo único que busca es ascender socialmente. Wanzer se hace amigo suyo ya que sabe que Giovanni tiene unos cuantos ahorros, y le convence para mudarse a su pensión, donde Giovanni se enamora de la hija de la dueña. (FILMAFFINITY)
Novel
The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Gràtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Gràtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.
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Story
A three-part love story: Alborada, Cénit y Ocaso (Sunrise, Noon and Sunset). A dying prince (Agüeros) lives a stormy love affair with a "femme fatale" (Padilla) who doesn't care for his feelings.
Novel
It's another Pastrone collaboration with silent-cinema hottie Pina Menichelli, who ruins a painter's life just for the sheer fun of it.
Novel
"My heart is ice, my passion consuming fire. Let men beware," exclaimed Theda Bara (via an inter-title, of course) in this "Vamp" melodrama based on Grabriele D'Annunzio's 1898 story La Gioconda.
Novel
Durante las Guerras Púnicas, la pequeña Cabiria y su nodriza son raptadas durante la confusión causada por la erupción del Etna. Cabiria es vendida en Cartago para ser sacrificada en el templo de Moloch. Fulvio Axilla, un espía romano, y su esclavo Maciste la rescatan y queda al cuidado de la reina Sophonisba. Diez años después, después de la guerra y la caída de Cartago, Cabiria vuelve con Fulvio