Paola Borboni
Nascimento : 1900-01-01, Golese
Morte : 1995-04-09
História
Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre. She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990. Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride. She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa filmBlue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990. She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995. (wikipedia)
Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago")
The film is divided into two episodes, The Hair of Disgrace and The Magician, both focusing on the theme of the occult and beliefs.
nonna di Miris
An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.
Sister Theresa
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.
madre del conte Nereo
In Rome a man needing money become a transvestite prostitute.
Mrs. Baldi
O casal gay mais famoso do cinema retorna nessa sequencia hilariante, onde Albin (Michel Serraut) se sente menosprezado por Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) e resolve sair um pouco, até que se envolve num caso de espionagem e se vê atolado até o pescoço com alguns assassinatos. Pra piorar as coisas, eles têm que fugir pra algum lugar e resolvem ir pra Itália, onde Albin conhece a mãe de Renato e os dois se metem em situações embaraçosas.
Agrippina
Parody of real life events of the Roman emperor Nero.
Nonna di Paolo
The Milanese nudist professor Paolo Barca moved to the province of Catania; there he will succeed in changing something both in the school and in his character.
Donna Mercedes
Deep South Italian seventies. The performing and penniless sales representative "Tano" Avallone, fell in love with the beautiful Mariangela, sixteen-year-old daughter of the widowed lawyer "Totonno" Fortis Pantaleo. In order to approach the girl, he enters the graces of the professional, posing as his childhood friend and saying he is willing to eliminate the elderly Donna Mercedes, mother of these, so that he can inherit the substances. Guest of the family, Tano finds himself involved in a whirlwind of feminine attentions, including the free-range governess Immaculate, unnecessarily coveted by the lawyer, and the servant Sisina, desired by the parish priest.
Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi')
How Funny Can Sex Be? is an nine-episode anthology film about love, sex and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.
Fachiro's Mother
Immacolata
Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.
Victoria
In a small western town the ineffable judge Roy Bean metes out justice in his own special way. A cargo of gold is ambushed by the outlaw Black Bird who fails in the attempt and then rides into town.
leader della tribù di donne delle caverne
Seven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all vegetation they set out to find a new place to live.
Signora Rosa
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
Duchess Moretti
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother.
Carmelina's Mother
In Italy in the 60's it is difficult to get a divorce. Carlo gets a visit from his Swedish wife, but he is already remarried. Every time he meets a new woman, he vanishes away from the last wife.
Madonna Violante
Young Prince Vincenzo Gonzaga, rejects his first wife Margherita Farnese, obtaining the annulment of the union and, at the same time, raising strong doubts about her virginity
Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II)
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Rosa
Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.
Sonia Varonowska
While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
(uncredited)
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Signora Monti
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.
Maria, Queen of France
A new adventure for the Dumas musketeers who this time must save the Infanta of Spain from the intrigues of the Prince of Condé who wants to take the throne at any cost. (This film is a compendium edit made from episodes of the television series "I tre moschettieri")
Herself
Mme Bobika
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
Rosa
Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When schoolgirl Denise stumbles onto Celestin's secret, she threatens to tell all -- but only if Celestin refuses to escort her to the opening night of his latest opera. As a result, Denise falls in love with a handsome young soldier, while Celestin is accidentally shipped off to an army camp. A series of silly coincidences brings happiness to all concerned by fade-out time.
Madre di Bruno Sacchi
It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
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.
Madre di Luisa
Madre di Bruno
Luisa's mother
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.
Pamela la governante
A smuggler has to skip town at avoid the pursuing police. The he returns, he falls for the daughter of his disapproving boss - and soon he has murder in mind
La zia baronessa
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.
Signora Rubini
Quatro amigos mimados vivem na farra e em busca de mulheres. Quando Fausto engravida a irmã de Moraldo, o avô da criança o obriga a casar, o que faz o rapaz repensar sua forma de levar a vida.
Charwoman
A Princesa Anne embarca em uma turnê por diversas capitais europeias e que é altamente explorada pela imprensa. Quando ela e sua comitiva real chegam em Roma, ela começa a se rebelar contra o seu horário extremamente regrado. Uma noite Anne dá uma escapulida de seu quarto, pula na traseira de um caminhão de entregas e escapa seu luxuoso confinamento. No entanto, um sedativo que ela foi forçada a tomar mais cedo começa a fazer efeito, e logo a princesa está prestes a dormir em um banco público. Ela é encontrada por Joe Bradley, um repórter de um jornal americano correspondente em Roma. Ele a leva até o seu apartamento. Na manhã seguinte, Joe corre para cobrir a conferência de imprensa da princesa Anne, sem saber que ela está dormindo em seu sofá. Na hora em que ele percebe a sua boa sorte, Joe promete ao seu editor uma entrevista exclusiva com a princesa.
Anna
A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.
Matilde
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.
Lidia
Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi
La moglie di Andrea
L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden
A woman, a theatrical impresario, simulates the theft of a precious necklace for marketing purposes. A young singer living in the province is believed to be responsible for the theft and is arrested.
Baronessa Masiero
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
La signora Perrichon
La madre di Annabella
The College Director
Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists that the impetuous girl is sent to college. Nicoletta becomes a true tornado for educators trying in vain to bring her under control.
Clara Korsen
Carolina Barra
Cate, la governante
Contessa Clelia
Valentina
Erminia Nardelli-Buzzi
The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
