Maria Pia Casilio
Also Known As: Мария Пиа Казилио
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for her roles in Umberto D. and Un americano a Roma. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was pretty active between 1952 and 1960, usually with the typical characterization of a querulous and naive small-town girl, then, after her marriage with the voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of Umberto D. Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Pia Casilio licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: L'Aquila, Italia
Birthday: May 05, 1935
Deathday: April 10, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Overview: Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-21
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Il medico dei pazzi
Overview: Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-19
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Thérèse Raquin
Overview: Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-06
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The Suitcase of Dreams
Overview: In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The protagonist is a former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction, and uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-29
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Bread, Love and Dreams
Overview: When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-12-22
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Mid-Century Loves
Overview: Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-02-18
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Cuore matto... matto da legare
Overview: Tony is in love with Carla, a young student of architecture, but his parents want him to marry Erminia, a rich but ugly girl.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-07-29
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The Last Judgment
Overview: The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-26
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Neapolitan Carousel
Overview: Music, 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.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-10-14
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Gagliardi and Babes
Overview: Paolo, a youth, associates with very dubious characters and shirks work but all in all he is a good guy. Will he mend his own ways?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-06-19
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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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The Street of Hope
Overview: Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta, the most inexperienced and naive, will have to choose between the dream of cinema and the reality of a marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-04-09
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Amarti è il mio destino
Overview: Upon the death of her father, Anna, to escape economic ruin and save her family's honor, is forced to marry their main creditor, while her true love, Roberto, has to emigrate to Brazil.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-07-30
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Cannon Serenade
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Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-07-30
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Umberto D.
Overview: When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-01-20
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Us Real Men, We Hard Men
Overview: Mario, a tram-driver, and Silvio, a banker, make friends in the group of participants in a survival training course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-02-12
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Air of Paris
Overview: Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Frisky
Overview: The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-06
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Il canto dell'emigrante
Overview: An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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We'll Call Him Andrea
Overview: Paolo and Maria are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-10-14
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Vittorio D.
Overview: A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-17
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Three Men and a Leg
Overview: Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo travel from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a tyrannical rich man who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family—has entrusted them with a costly piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-12-27
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Siamo tutti inquilini
Overview: Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Dangerous Turning
Overview: The adventures of Daniele as he tries to find love with Lucienne despite being framed for murder and cocaine smuggling.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-28
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Due soldi di felicità
Overview: A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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An American in Rome
Overview: Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-10
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Indiscretion of an American Wife
Overview: While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-04-02
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La banda del buco
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-09
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Roman Tales
Overview: Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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I pappagalli
Overview: Sunday is the only day off that house maids use to date the young men who cross their paths: doormen, soldiers, sailors, timid virgins and lurid husbands, or even a doctor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-12-28
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Half a Century of Song
Overview: Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Pasional
Overview: After 8 years of marriage, a couple 20 years apart accuse each other of marital boredom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-12-10
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