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Year: 2009

May 27, 2009

Stella Carnacina interview

There’s an interview with Stella Carnacina on the Davinotti website

May 27, 2009

R.I.P. Fernando Hilbeck

Just a short note to mention that Fernando Hilbeck has died (thanks, Nzoog, for letting me know). Sr. Hilbeck, aka Fernando José Hilbeck Galvada,…

April 28, 2009

La mina

Sorry – here’s one that slipped through the net… La mina was the first Italian release of 1958, coming out in the traditionally barren January

April 27, 2009

Los amantes del desierto

Here’s a film with a complicated pedigree. Credited to five different directors (Fernando Cerchio, Gianni Vernuccio, Goffredo Alessandrini, León Klimovsky, Ricardo Muñoz Suay) and no less than seven different writers, it was actually filmed a good two years before its eventual release in 1958.

April 27, 2009

R.I.P. Enzo Monteduro

Italian character actor Enzo Monteduro has died, apparently. Monteduro was primarily associated with comedies – he was known as ‘the Italian Buster Keaton’ –…

April 23, 2009

Maigret tend un piège

Another French / Italian co-production, another film with very little Italian involvement.

April 23, 2009

Ces dames préfèrent le mambo

The second release on 1958 was another primarily French production, the Eddie Constantine vehicle Ces dames préfèrent le mambo

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