Marina Berti

Marina Berti

Nascimento : 1924-09-29, London, England, UK

Morte : 2002-10-29

História

Elena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002) was an English-born Italian film actress. Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La Fuggitiva in 1941. She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films both Italian and American. Her appearances include Quo Vadis (1951), Abdulla the Great (1955), Ben Hur (1959), Cleopatra (1963), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974), Night Train Murders (1975), and the TV miniseries' Moses the Lawgiver (1975) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977). Her last film appearance was in the Costa-Gavras film Amen. in 2002. [Wikipedia]

Perfil

Marina Berti

Filmes

Amém
La Principessa
Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) é um oficial do Terceiro Reich que trabalhou na elaboração do Zyklon B, gás mortífero originalmente desenvolvido para a matança de animais mas usado para exterminar milhares de judeus durante a 2ª Guerra Mundial. Gerstein se revolta com o que testemunha e tenta informar os aliados sobre as atrocidades nos campos de concentração. Católico, busca chamar a atenção do Vaticano, mas suas denúncias são ignoradas pelo alto clero. Apenas um jovem jesuíta lhe dá ouvidos e o ajuda a organizar uma campanha para que o Papa (Marcel Iures) quebre o silêncio e se manifeste contra as violências ocorridas em nome de uma suposta supremacia racial.
Stubborn Fate
Eva Meyer
Carolina Rambaldi isn't fulfilled by her three children: Marcello, a lazy do-nothing, Lucrezia, a bossy type who produces a TV show, and Cesare, homosexual and malicious, who's a sociologist. When she writes her will, Carolina leaves her property to the one child who's married and had a child in the past year and a half.
La posta in gioco
Luigina, la moglie di Bellomo
L'ultima mazurka
Signora in treno
The Repenter
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.
Embassy
Marina
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
A Spiral of Mist
Costanza Sangermano
The lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa's marriage is contrasted by the passionate Valeria, who is killed during a chase. Is Valeria's husband the murderer? Maria Teresa helps him..
Don Milani
The Red Carnation
Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl named Giovanna and becomes a symbol of love, desire, and even has political overtones as a symbol of the struggle for political freedom in opposition to Fascism.
The Divine Nymph
Zia di Manuela
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.
Late Night Trains
Laura Stradi
A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.
A Terra Prometida - A Verdadeira História de Moisés
Eliseba
Egito, ano de 1300 A.C. Sob o reinado do Faraó Ramsés II, ordenou-se a morte de todos os recéns nascidos varões. Porém, um deles sobreviveu ao ser recolhido das águas do rio pela família do Faraó. Seu nome era Moisés, salvo das águas. Ao crescer, Moisés se converteria no emissário de Deus, e seria o encarregado de guiar o povo de Israel ao seu destino prometido.
O Que Eles Fizeram a Suas Filhas?
Mrs. Polvesi
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. It transpires that a private detective, Ruggero Pollente, was hired by Silvia's mother because the latter was concerned about her activities. As a conspiracy begins to emerge, Pollente's body is found dismembered and his girlfriend is subsequently attacked by a machete-wielding killer clad in motorcycle gear...
Buona parte di Paolina
Paulina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese, presented as a helpless coward. She is eager to offer herself to all the young people that propose to her, and performs naked in front of the Roman people flocking to the walls of Villa Borghese, which she turned into a private residence. She also poses half naked for the famous statue of Canova, who is also presented as a effeminate and scoundrel. When her reputation as a depraved spreads, on the advice of the Pope, she is segregated away from all the men. when the French troops deport from Rome the Pope and the cardinals as well, Paulina sees prostitution as the only way to find herself some "fresh meat". Finally after seven years villa Borghese is reopened to the public, as Paulina goes back to Paris, to the great relief of the Roman people and the clerical circles.
Pianeta Venere
Tre nel mille
A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the Prophets, the cavalryman Fortunato and two soldiers, Pannocchia and Carestia, travel through Italy in the midst of numerous adventures: The prophetic year is marked only by the discovery on the part of the cavalryman of his wife's betrayal
A Rebelde
Clementine Doberdò
O marido de La Califfa (Romy Schneider) foi morto durante as greves então ela ficou do lado dos grevistas. Seu conflito com o proprietário da fábrica, Doberdò (Ugo Tognazzi), se transforma gradualmente em um relacionamento amoroso.
Safety Catch
La soeur d'Alberta
Enquanto Viverem as Ilusões
Gina
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.
Temptation
Dead End
Sergio's Mother
Rebellious teen Sergio decides to isolate himself from society by living near the shore of a desolate lake. But he's unable to live freely once police show up and accuse him of murdering a young girl he was briefly acquainted with. This psychological drama with giallo elements appears to have been out of circulation since its theatrical run.
Um Homem, Um Cavalo, Uma Pistola
Ethel
Tomando a identidade de um inspetor postal encontrado morto na trilha, um estranho pistoleiro caçador-de-recompensas, cavalga numa pequena cidade do oeste quando de repente, se vê em meio a um assalto à diligência executado por uma quadrilha de 20 sanguinários pistoleiros. Descobrindo que o objeto do ataque não era um cofre cheio de ouro, mas sim a própria diligência que foi construída em ouro, ele convoca a ajuda de um velho pregador vigarista e vai atrás da perigosa quadrilha e seu precioso produto de roubo.
Every Man Is My Enemy
Anna
An Angel for Satan
Ilda, the Housekeeper
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.
Esses Italianos
Bored Diner (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1")
Mais um filme de episódios, típico do cinema Italiano dos anos 60 e 70. Um grupo de italianos pega um voo para a Suécia - mas entre eles estão os turistas e os imigrantes. Dois casais burgueses escolhem um restaurante típico italiano pelo seu nome, "La Trattoria", e ficam chocados pelo mau serviço e pela desordem. Uma dama elegante em sua esplêndida Ferrari é abordada por um italiano e já imagina que vai ser paquerada, mas ele só tem interesse... no carro. Uma esposa italiana encontra o marido na cama com outra mulher, mas ele é tão bom com sua explicação que ela acaba acreditando que foi tudo culpa dela por não dar atenção suficiente para ele. e 14 Anos.
Face in the Rain
Anna
An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer.
Os Valentes Damon e Pítias
Mereka - Nerissa's Friend
Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
A Greve do Sexo
Filippella Risino
Quando os homens de uma aldeia siciliana começam a ficar obcecados pela arrebatadora parteira loira Jessica (Angie Dickinson), as mulheres furiosas se revoltam ao se recusarem a fazer sexo com seus maridos. Enquanto o padre local (Maurice Chevalier) tenta encorajar a procriação, Jessica se apaixona por um recluso astuto (Gabriele Ferzetti). Uma adaptação de um romance de Flora Sandstrom, esta charmosa comédia também apresenta Noel-Noel como um veterano casamenteiro.
O Espadachim de Siena
Countess of Osta
Na Toscana do século XVI, o espadachim Thomas Stanswood é contratado pelo duque espanhol Don Carlos para proteger sua noiva, uma mulher fria e arrogante. Stanswood acaba descobrindo que o pai dela foi assassinado por Don Carlos quando ele ainda almejava o controle da cidade.
Madame Sans-Gêne
Elisa Bonaparte
Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.
Ben-Hur
Flavia (uncredited)
Na Judéia invadida pelos conquistadores romanos, o príncipe Ben-Hur tenta conduzir seu povo rumo à liberdade. Mas isso gera um conflito de interesses com o seu amigo de infância, Messala, agora um severo comandante dos exércitos de Roma. Preso, o príncipe é enviado para trabalhar como escravo, longe de suas terras, família e sua amada Esther (Haya Harareet). O pacífico Ben-Hur transforma-se em um guerreiro forte e corajoso, disposto a enfrentar seus inimigos e restabelecer a paz.
Il cavaliere dalla spada nera
Contessa Laura
Il canto dell'emigrante
An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison.
Abdullah's Harem
Aziza
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
Casta diva
Beatrice Turina
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.
Knights of the Queen
Jacqueline Planchet
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")
At the Edge of the City
Luisa
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.
Eager to Live
Lucia
Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.
A Rainha de Sabá
Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
A rainha de Sabá se apaixona pelo rei de Israel. O rei Salomão de Israel, no entanto, está apaixonado por outra pessoa...
Red Love
Marianna Cossu
Quo Vadis
Eunice
Após três anos em campanha, o general Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) retorna à Roma e encontra Lygia (Deborah Kerr), por quem se apaixona. Ela é uma cristã e não quer nenhum envolvimento com um guerreiro. Mas, apesar de ter sido criada como romana, Lygia é a filha adotiva de um general aposentado e, teoricamente, uma refém de Roma. Marcus procura o imperador Nero (Peter Ustinov), para que ela lhe seja dada pelos serviços que ele fez. Lygia se ressente, mas de alguma forma se apaixona por Marcus. Enquanto isso, as atrocidades de Nero são cada vez mais ultrajantes e, quando ele queima Roma e culpa os cristãos, Marcus salva Lygia e a família dela. Nero captura todos os cristãos e os atira aos leões mas, no final, Marcus, Lygia e o cristianismo prevalecerão. Na filmagem da obra de Sienkiewicz, foram utilizados cerca de 32 mil figurinos e milhares de figurantes, dentre eles então os 'desconhecidos' Bud Spencer, Sophia Loren (então com 17 anos) e Elizabeth Taylor.
Il capitano nero
Barbara Vivaldi
Up Front
Emi Rosso
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".
Cuori sul mare
Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.
Deported
Gina Carapia
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.
The Sky is Red
Carla
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone in the world he meets Tullio, a disbanded boy who lives in an abandoned area with some girls, Carla, an eighteen year old girl who works as a prostitute, Giulia, younger and sick of tuberculosis, and a girl, Maria.
Il sentiero dell'odio
Bella Pietramala
O Favorito dos Borgia
Angela Borgia
Neste épico cativante repleto de intriga, ação e romance, o belo e talentoso Tyrone Power brilha no papel-título como Andrea Orsini, um corajoso e ousado soldado. A história é ambientada na Itália na época da Renascença, onde a famosa e violenta família Borgia, comandada por Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles), está determinada a tomar as terras vizinhas e expandir o império, poder e riqueza da família. Como soldado-espião dos Borgias, Orsini é enviado a um pequeno território que Cesare espera capturar. Mas Orsini é cativado pela inteligência e charme do Duque e de sua jovem esposa. Dividido entre a lealdade e seu senhor e a crescente amizade com suas possíveis vítimas, Orsini se vê numa feroz e espetacular batalha que o força a confrontar suas próprias ideias de justiça e nobreza. A soberba fotografia de Leon Shamroy da região campestre italiana fornece um pano de fundo maravilhoso para este imperdível mistura de drama com aventura.
The Earth Cries Out
Dina
Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II.
Sicilian Uprising
Laura
Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.
Sinfonia fatale
Mirella
An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.
Notte di tempesta
Caterina
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another man who however secretly lusts after his stepdaughter until when, on a stormy night...
The Testimony
Linda
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind.
Preludio d'amore
After returning from the war Davide, a fisherman from Liguria, discovers that his girl Anna has been courted and compromised by a sailor named Rocco. Rocco’s other girl, Tea, takes revenge by denouncing him to the police. In remorse she commits suicide by drowning herself.
The Gate of Heaven
The nurse
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lady of Loreto.
I dieci comandamenti
Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film.
Woman of the Mountains
Zosi
An engineer, devastated by the death of his fiance during a mountain expedition in north Italy, hopes he might forget about her by marrying a young nurse who adores him. But one day he returns to the mountain retreat where he’d had such happy days with his fiance, leaving his young bride distraught.
La valle del diavolo
Greta
Giacomo l'idealista
Celestina
La fuggitiva
Lucia
In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who is a paragon of sacrifice and self-abnegation. La Fuggitiva is also a film in which a child actress takes a prominent role. In this sentimental drama, the little girl suffers for and rebels against the loneliness and neglect stemming from the lack of a mother and a loving family setting.
Divieto di sosta
A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her responsibilities as a mother and her no longer young age, falls prey to a love frenzy in her family that puts her at odds with her daughter, who has just left boarding school, and her own brother, who is all about scientific research. The girl, who has learned of the alleged poet's less-than-honest intentions, tries every means to drive him away and restore her mother's sentimental balance. For this she pretends to be in love with him who, attracted by her youth and rich dowry, proposes that she elope.