Really cool - Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania movie (O Golpe Mais Louco do Mundo).
Movie Issued - in 1978.
Soundtrack: "Golpe errado" Written by 'Vinicius de Moraes' (qv) & Toquino Performed by 'Vinicius de Moraes' (qv) & Toquino
Il professore Kranz vivacchia a Rio de Janeiro esibendosi come prestigiatore nelle strade e come analista di mezza tacca. Questo finche' non gli viene proposto un grosso colpo: rapire uno sceicco per chiedere un riscatto da favola. Ma come rapitore il professor Kranz avra' maggior successo che come prestigiatore e analista?
Color Info: Color
Countries: Italy, Brazil
Genres: Comedy
Languages: Italian
Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Runtimes: 113
In movie played:
Adolfo Celi (actor)
Death Notes: Rome, Italy (heart attack)
Sicilian born entertainer / author / governor be thoroughly common near European audience, but largely unknown to the west foray from his portrayal of the bad SPECTRE agent "Emilio Largo" encircled by the spectacular James Bond copy _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv). However, in the red to his bulky elocution, Celi's voice was dub via 'Robert Rietty' (qv). Two years subsequently Celi pop up and about in the sensational James Bond spoof _OK Connery (1967)_ (qv) starring 'Neil Connery (I)' (qv) brother of 'Sean Connery' (qv). Additional to his heaps film appearance in Italian production, Celi spent many years lying on section in South America to very appreciative review, and directed three films made in South America _Caicara (1950)_, Tico-Tico no fuba (1952)_ and Alibi, L' (1969)_. He passed away on February 19th 1986 from a heart given about.
Birth Notes: Messina, Sicily, Italy
Magazine Covers: "Cinema X" (UK), 1969, Vol. 1, Iss. 10
Spouse: 'Veronica Lazar' (qv) (? - ?), 'Tônia Carrero' (qv) (1951 - 1963) (divorced), 'Veronica Lazar' (qv) (1966 - ?); 2 children
Death Date: 19 February 1986
Birth Date: 27 July 1922
Walter D'Ávila (actor)
Death Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Notes: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Date: 19 April 1996
Brother of Ema D'Avila'
Birth Date: 29 November 1913
Geneson Alexandre De Souza (actor)
Fernando José (actor)
Joachim Soares (actor)
Paolo Villaggio (actor)
Spouse: 'Maura Albites' (25 June 1959 - present); 2 children
Interviews: "La Repubblica" (Italy), 2 December 2002, pg. 31, by: Paolo D'Agostini, "Io, un vecchio feroce in un paese di ipocriti"
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Notes: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
He wrote the lyrics for the humorous ballad "Carlo Martello torna dalla battaglia di Poitiers," brought to fame by the top popular Italian folk singer 'Fabrizio De André' (qv)., His trademark character Fantozzi became part of the Italian language: "Fantozziano," referred to a situation, is acknowledged by some dictionaries as synonymous with embarrassing, Kafkian, low-profile or poor taste., Given huge popularity in Italy, and since Fantozzi is a real and quite spread last name in Italy, the Fantozzis have founded an association, which has Villaggio as a honorary member., His career started as a TV standup, but his top trademark character, the low-profile accountant Fantozzi, was born as a book character when he started writing. Notwithstanding the big hit of the book and of the movie adaptation (and sequels), he was shunned in Italy by a big share of critics. Nevertheless, eventually the book gained him the Gogol Prize for humor literature in Russia., Father is an Italian engineer and mother is a German twice-graduated teacher., He has a twin-brother named Piero who has graduated in engineering and eventually become Full Professor of Construction Science (the most important subject for the courses of civil engineering in Italy), at the prestigious University of Pisa, one of the most ancient all over the world., Former member of the extreme-left party "Democrazia Proletaria"., Two children: Elisabetta (b.1959) and Piero (b.1965).
Birth Date: 31 December 1932
José Wilker (actor)
Articles: "Correio da Manhã, TV" (Portugal), 19 March 1999, pg. 54-55, "Filhas acossam empresário Wilker"
Former husband of actress 'Mônica Torres' (qv)., Loves and understands a lot about cinema. He is often invited by television to comment about cinema festivals., He is often cast in soap operas on Brazilian television., Has been in more than forty films since 1965. The most famous are Xica da Silva (1976), Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976), Bye Bye Brasil (1979), O Homem da Capa Preta (1985) and Guerra de Canudos (1997)., He's father of two daughters: Mariana (a psychologist) with actress 'Renée de Vielmond' (qv) and 'Isabel Wilker' (qv) (a model) with actress 'Mônica Torres' (qv)., Won Award Contigo! for best actor for his role in the soap "Senhora do Destino" (2005)., José is one of the founders of the theater group called Grupo Chegança., Studied Sociology in Rio de Janeiro., In 1970 he won a Molière Prize for best actor for his work in the play "O Arquitecto e o Imperador da Assíria"., Has more than 4,000 films in his home.
Pictorials: "Playboy" (USA), November 1978, Vol. 25, Iss. 11, pg. 188, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1978"
Interviews: "Infos Brésil" (France), 15 June 2001, Iss. 170, pg. 10-11, by: Hissa de Urkiola, "Interview José Wilker -- La révolution du XXIe siècle "
José Wilker de Almeida be born resting on 20th August 1947 contained by Juazeiro complete Norte, Brazil. He work using technique of a envoy in a radio at hand but he subsequently moved to Recife where on earth he started worked in the show business as a branch of "Movimento de Cultura Popular (MPC)". The posse not sole bring thinking to inhabitants but also reading, message and diplomatic module. During the martial limit, nevertheless, MPC was made barely audible and Wilker moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he started in use in transference. His earliest motion envision as "A Falecida", starred by Fernanda Montenegro. In Rio Wilker kept on working in theatre. In 1968 he write his personal skip, "O Trágico Acidente que Destronou Teresa". His subsequent reassign as a author was "A China é Azul", in 1972. In this year he starred "Os Inconfidentes", a the flicks by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. Still in 1972 he worked on his first TV chain, "O Bofe". Between 1976 and 1985 he didn't donkey work in theatre, but play core role in cinema and TV. "Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" (1976), base on Jorge Amado's fresh, be a recordist on Brazilian cinema canister department. "Xica da Silva" (1976), "Bye Bye Brasil (1979)", "Bonitinha Mas Ordinária" (based on Nelson Rodrigues' schoolbook, 1981), and "O Homem da Capa Preta" (1986) be blockbusters as very well. His works in encouragement of TV were severely proud too. In 1989 he worked on two later feted films: "Doida Demais" and "Dias Melhores Virão". In 1992 he was on "Medicine Man", directed by John McTiernan and starred by Sean Connery. In the next five years Wilker worked almost inimitably for Tv. However, in 1996, a approved of his review on cinema was released in a manuscript, "Como Deixar um Relógio Emocionado". In 1997 he come subsidise to the Seventh Art next to "O Pequeno Dicionário Amoroso" and "A Guerra de Canudos", where he was the protagonist and firm. Wilker carried on his acclaimed TV set-up but in 2000 he worked on Villa Lobos, Uma Vida de Paixões". In 2002 he was on "Dead in the Water" starred by Henry Thomas. He then enjoy three films in a role: "O Homem do Ano" (2003) and "Maria, Mãe de Deus" (2003) and "Redentor" (2004). In 2003 he was elected president of Rio Filmes, a cinema business in Brazil.
Birth Notes: Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Birth Name: de Almeida, José Wilker
Spouse: 'Mônica Torres' (qv) (? - ?) (divorced); 1 child, 'Renée de Vielmond' (qv) (? - ?); 1 child, 'Guilhermina Guinle' (qv) (2000 - present) (separated), 'Renée de Vielmond' (qv) (? - ?) (divorced); 1 child
Birth Date: 20 August 1945
Vittoria Chamas (actress)
Berta Loran (actress)
Birth Notes: Warsaw, Poland
Birth Date: 23 March 1926
Maria Rosa (actress)
Gina Teixeira (actress)
Birth Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Date: 26 July 1955
Fausto Saraceni (producer)
Leonardo Benvenuti (writer)
Death Notes: Rome, Italy (complications from heart surgery)
Birth Notes: Florence, Italy
Death Date: 3 November 2000
Spouse: 'Christiana Di Vita' (? - 3 November 2000) (his death)
Birth Date: 8 September 1923
Augusto Caminito (writer)
Birth Notes: Naples, Italy
Birth Date: 1 July 1939
Giuseppe Catalano (writer)
Armando Costa (writer)
Death Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Date: 1984
Birth Date: 1933
Piero De Bernardi (writer)
Birth Notes: Prato, Tuscany, Italy
He claims that his involvement with the script for 'Sergio Leone (I)' (qv)'s _Once Upon a Time in America (1984)_ (qv) ("C'era una volta in America") took a period of about 12 years to confirm., Father of the actress 'Isabella De Bernardi' (qv).
Birth Date: 12 April 1926
Ugo Liberatore (writer)
Birth Notes: San Valentino in Abruzzo, Italy
Birth Date: 26 September 1927
Leopoldo Serran (writer)
Articles: "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 27 August 2008, by: From Staff and Wire Reports, "Leopoldo Serran: Brazilian Art Film Screenwriter"
Death Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (liver cancer)
Birth Notes: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Name: Serran, Leopoldo Bhering
In addition to writing films, he wrote telenovelas and mini-series for Brazilian TV., He is considered a pillar of Brazil's Cinema Novo movement.
Death Date: 20 August 2008
Birth Date: 6 May 1942
Paolo Villaggio (writer)
Spouse: 'Maura Albites' (25 June 1959 - present); 2 children
Interviews: "La Repubblica" (Italy), 2 December 2002, pg. 31, by: Paolo D'Agostini, "Io, un vecchio feroce in un paese di ipocriti"
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Notes: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
He wrote the lyrics for the humorous ballad "Carlo Martello torna dalla battaglia di Poitiers," brought to fame by the top popular Italian folk singer 'Fabrizio De André' (qv)., His trademark character Fantozzi became part of the Italian language: "Fantozziano," referred to a situation, is acknowledged by some dictionaries as synonymous with embarrassing, Kafkian, low-profile or poor taste., Given huge popularity in Italy, and since Fantozzi is a real and quite spread last name in Italy, the Fantozzis have founded an association, which has Villaggio as a honorary member., His career started as a TV standup, but his top trademark character, the low-profile accountant Fantozzi, was born as a book character when he started writing. Notwithstanding the big hit of the book and of the movie adaptation (and sequels), he was shunned in Italy by a big share of critics. Nevertheless, eventually the book gained him the Gogol Prize for humor literature in Russia., Father is an Italian engineer and mother is a German twice-graduated teacher., He has a twin-brother named Piero who has graduated in engineering and eventually become Full Professor of Construction Science (the most important subject for the courses of civil engineering in Italy), at the prestigious University of Pisa, one of the most ancient all over the world., Former member of the extreme-left party "Democrazia Proletaria"., Two children: Elisabetta (b.1959) and Piero (b.1965).
Birth Date: 31 December 1932
Fabrizio Zampa (writer)
Danilo Desideri (cinematographer)
Birth Notes: Rome, Italy
Birth Date: 13 July 1940
Piero Piccioni (composer)
Articles: "The Times" (UK), 6 August 2004, by: Anonymous, "Piero Piccioni", "The Guardian" (UK), 28 July 2004, by: John Francis Lane, "Piero Piccioni", "The Independent" (UK), 28 July 2004, by: John Riley, "Piero Piccioni"
Death Notes: Rome, Italy
Piero Piccioni be born contained by Turin (Italy) against the 6th December 1921. Son of a unpolluted Turinese mother (her maiden appellation was Marengo), and from here the alias Piero Morgan, which he adopt until 1957. He embrace play on the radio near his historic Big Band "013" in 1938, to next flood back, after the location free of Italy in 1944. His was the pilot Italian jazz shed to be aired in Italy. Piero Piccioni had listen to jazz since he was a kid and had widely read to part express the grand piano in need have be to the Conservatory. As a self-taught musician, his father nearly new to usher him to stop by the E.I.A.R. in Florence, to listen to orchestral recital. As he instigate to author whichever songs of his individual he was competent to receive some published by Carisch. Having textual nearly 300 soundtracks and piece in siding with of radio, box, ballets and orchestra he was overwhelmingly influenced by 20th century classical composer and by American cinematography. Amongst his favourites be Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, John Ford and Alex North, who had greatly influenced him in his consume of jazz. Piero Piccioni had come in get the dent with the world of films during the fifties when he was practicing in slot of a allowed messenger in Rome and seal the flicks rights for Italian Italian distributors as Titanus and De Laurentiis. During that occurrence, Michelangelo Antonioni had call him to conceive music for a documentary for one of his apprentice, Luigi Polidoro. His first slice print was Gianni Franciolini's, "Il Mondo le Condanna"(1952). Piccioni had found a lock engaged empathy with director Francesco Rosi (More Than A Miracle, Le Mani Sulla Citta', Salvatore Giuliano, Chronicle of a Death Foretold) and Alberto Sordi, and had also shiny spicy personal and white-collar bond with them. Many directors had required Piero Piccioni for the music for their films: Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Comencini, Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Tinto Brass, Dino Risi, and more. "Swept Away"(David Donatello prize) and "Tutto A Posto Niente in Ordine" by Lina Wertmuller, "Il bell'Antonio" by Mauro Bolognini , the "Tenth Victim" by Elio Petri, with Marcello Mastroianni Ursula Andress also accept his name. His extraordinarily distinctive elegance of Jazz, Bossanova, Orchestral and Contemporary Classical will not be effortlessly forgotten.
Marcelo De Barros (costume designer)
Vera Rita De Reya (costume designer)
Luciano Salce (director)
Antonio Siciliano (editor)
Maria Fernanda Candeias (production designer)
