Maria Zanoli
Also Known As: Maria Zanolli
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Milano, Italy
Birthday: October 26, 1896
Deathday: November 15, 1977
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Barefoot Contessa
Overview: Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-29
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Europe '51
Overview: A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-12-04
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The Swindle
Overview: Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-10-07
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Le Notti Bianche
Overview: A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-11-14
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Piccoli borghesi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-26
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Europe '51
Overview: A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-12-04
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Spring, Autumn and Love
Overview: Fernand Sarrazin, who runs a nougat factory to perfection, is a happy bachelor, notwithstanding the acrimonious presence of his sister-in-law Julie. Love enters his life in the form of a young orphan, Cécilia, whom he saves from drowning, falls in love with and marries. The treacherous Julie uses a young pianist to lead Cecilia astray. She returns, however, repentant, after a short stay in Paris. Good Fernand forgives her, but when he learns of his sister-in-law's actions, he chases her out of his house.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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Le signorine dello 04
Overview: The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-02-09
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Barrier of the Law
Overview: An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Love song
Overview: An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl and the loyalty to his paralyzed best friend.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-09-02
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Le souffle de la liberté
Overview: In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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An Eye for an Eye
Overview: In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-09-13
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Il gallo canta a mezzanotte
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-02-01
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Love and Troubles
Overview: Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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Passionately
Overview: "Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-08-20
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Il sentiero dell'odio
Overview: A love story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, set in Calabria: two young lovers belong to two families who have always been enemies of each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The Za-Bum Circus
Overview: Anthology comedy/romance film
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1949-03-11
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Processo contro ignoti
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Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Black Dossier
Overview: In the 1950s, in a small provincial town, a young inexperienced judge clashes with an influential notable during an investigation into a suspicious death. His perseverance to get to the truth will cause a huge scandal.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-05-10
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Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
Overview: A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrepreneur.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-09-05
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Quo Vadis
Overview: After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-08
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Incatenata dal destino
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-02-24
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Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!
Overview: Guido 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-16
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Sensualità
Overview: Refugee Franca Gabre comes to the Po Valley with intent to use her obvious attributes and man-swaying talents to gain some security. She targets farm-owning brothers Riccardo and Carlo Sartori and uses the latter in an attempt to reach Riccardo, the older brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-06-28
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Barabbas
Overview: Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
Genres: History Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-23
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Before the Deluge
Overview: The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-26
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Il romanzo della mia vita
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Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-12-18
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The Age of Indiscretion
Overview: In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-08-23
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Giudicatemi!
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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L'ultimo amante
Overview: Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-11-03
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Revenge
Overview: After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-05-02
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Noi peccatori
Overview: A man and a woman love each other, but they can’t marry because he’s ashamed of his unjustly incarcerated mother. What’s more, he loses his eyesight in an accident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-03-21
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The Tanks of El Alamein
Overview: Italian move on the battle of El Alamein
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-19
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Incantesimo tragico
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-10-13
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