Renzo Ricci
Actor · 1899 – 1978 · Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Renzo Ricci (27 September 1899 – 20 October 1978) was an Italian stage and film actor. He was also a noted theatre director. Ricci played the title role in Roberto Rossellini's 1961 film Garibaldi.
Movies12
Movie7.5DramaMysteryClaudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
L'avventura
1960 · 771 votes
Movie7.0DramaMysterySandra returns to her hometown to take care of family business, but childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
MovieDramaHistoryL'ammiraglio
1965
Movie5.6DramaHistorySemiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate and confront each other.
Movie6.5DramaHistoryThe film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
Viva l'Italia!
1961 · 20 votes
MovieComedyNinì Falpalà
1933
Movie8.0DramaRomanceTurbamento
1942 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaMusicAs soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.
Casta diva
1954 · 2 votes
Movie10.0DramaMysteryDuring a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
Movie9.0Directed by Giorgio Simonelli.
Aurora sul mare
1934 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaMusicOld fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.
La Wally
1932 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
Catherine is a wealthy young woman lacking in notable qualities; when a young man begins to court her, her father, Dr. Sloper, attempts to thwart the relationship, sensing the suitor's opportunism. Catherine defies her father's judgment, which ultimately proves to be correct.
L'ereditiera
1958