Giacomo Rondinella
Actor · 1923 – 2015 · Messina, Sicily, Italy
Movies23
Movie6.5ComedyDramaA barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.
Movie9.0DramaRomanceA 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.
Movie6.5MusicComedyMusic, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.
Movie7.0ComedyEnrico Rossi is accused of polygamy for having married six different women over the years.
Finalmente libero
1953 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyMusicTwo young men try to make it big as musicians.
Movie7.4ComedyA combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
Movie6.8DramaComedySecond World War . Field 119 in California (USA ) . War is long over , but the Italian Prisoners Still waiting to return home , preparing to celebrate , away from families , another sad Christmas. To dare a little rein to Their longing , they tell Episodes of Their Life . A Roman tells the USA difficult married life . A Neapolitan soldier tells of His lieutenant, a Neapolitan duke penniless . Meanwhile , the camp commander gave : Prisoners and a gramophone , So , Ai stories intertwine songs . Another soldier recalls the parties and the songs of the Sicilian spring , WHILE a Venetian gondolier evokes A HIS love affair . Sometimes , From Radio shabby listening news from abroad and Italy . Finally , one day , comes the ' pending release and All They return home .
Movie7.0MusicDramaA 1955 film directed by Giorgio Pastina.
Movie9.0RomanceDramaThe story of an honest young man entangled by a night singer in the Camorra.
Napoli terra d'amore
1954 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedySiamo ricchi e poveri
1954 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaGuido and Cristina fall in love, but she is betrothed to a solider. When he is reported killed they hope to marry, but his reappearance without his limbs makes matters difficult for all concerned.
Movie7.0ComedyTwo friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.
Porca miseria!
1951 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceAnna's Sin tells the story of a black American actor (Johnson) who falls in love with a white woman playing Desdemona to his Othello on the Italian stage.
Movie7.0RomanceWhen his girlfriend falls for a rich entrepreneur, an aspiring singer plots with the man's girlfriend so that they can get back their respective partners.
Movie8.0DramaViolenza sul lago
1954 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA former war captain buys a wrecked ship, fixes it and starts a freight business with some fellow navy members.
Movie7.7DramaThe 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...
Movie6.5ComedyTonino, a young, shy salesman, engaged to his neighbor Pallina, is a cinema enthusiast. He has written a film script and dreams of seeing it made on the big screen.
Viva il cinema
1953 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaMusicWarehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?
Lettera napoletana
1954 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryMusicUrlo contro melodia nel Cantagiro 1963
1963 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceMamma, perdonami!
1953 · 1 votes
Movie8.5DramaDesiderio 'e sole
1954 · 2 votes
Movie6.7Tonino, a young shepherd from Campania, is supposed to marry Filomena, the daughter of local farmers. For Christmas, Tonino goes to Naples to "sing the novema" with his bagpipe, leaving Filomena pregnant. There, he falls in love with Angela, a variety singer, who helps him by opening his way as a disco DJ.