Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Italy"

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The Angel Wore Red [La Sposa Bella] * (1960, Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 11,401

‘A FUGITIVE… With a Price On His Head! A WOMAN… With a Price On Her Love!’: When Ava met Dirk in the 1960 film The Angel Wore Red… shot on location in Italy with members of […]

Jul, 18

Kaos ***** (1984, Margarita Lozano, Orazio Torrisi, Carlo Cartier) – Classic Movie Review 11,331

The amazing 1984 Italian art work drama film Kaos is ‘A Canvas of People, Politics, Passion and Pirandello from Italy’s Taviani brothers’. Italy’s Taviani brothers conjure up an astonishing, visually astounding film drawn from Luigi […]

Jun, 21

The Brotherhood **** (1968, Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santiis) – Classic Movie Review 11,229

Director Martin Ritt’s 1968 crime thriller The Brotherhood stars Kirk Douglas as Frank Ginetta, a traditional gangster boss, a Mafia don who takes his younger brother Vince (Alex Cord) into the Mafia with tragic results. […]

May, 22

Woman of Rome *** (1954, Gina Lollobrigida, Daniel Gélin, Franco Fabrizi) – Classic Movie Review 11,077

‘Love was her profession… men were her career! ‘ Director Luigi Zampa’s classy 1954 black and white Italian romantic drama film Woman of Rome [La romana] stars Gina Lollobrigida in her glorious prime as the […]

Apr, 07

Three Brothers [Tre Fratelli] **** (1981, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol, Charles Vanel) – Classic Movie Review 11,074

Director Francesco Rosi’s 1981 Italian/ French film Three Brothers [Tre Fratelli] stars Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido, Charles Vanel and Andréa Ferréol. Vanel is remarkable as the elderly father, comforted by his three grown-up […]

Apr, 05

Lucky Luciano ***** (1973, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Edmond O’Brien, Rod Steiger, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates) – Classic Movie Review 11,073

Gian Maria Volontè stars brilliantly as Sicilian-American Mafia boss gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, in Francesco Rosi’s superb 1973 Technicolor biopic Lucky Luciano. The detailed screenplay covers the mobster’s life from 1946, when the Americans gave […]

Apr, 04

Hands Over the City [Le mani sulla città] **** (1963, Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti) – Classic Movie Review 11,072

Rod Steiger goes to Italy like so many other American actors in search of work and finds a prestige film by top director Francesco Rosi for the award-winning 1963  political and social drama film Hands […]

Apr, 04

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