Francesco Grandjacquet
Also Known As: Francesco Grand Jacquet
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: April 21, 1904
Deathday: May 12, 1999
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Rome, Open City
Overview: In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1945-10-08
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Rome: Free City
Overview: In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1946-12-17
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Inviati speciali
Overview: An Italian film from 1943.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-04-27
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Desire
Overview: Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1946-09-09
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The Assassin
Overview: Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is all about-- that he is the main suspect in the killing of his wealthy ex-lover. Is he guilty, or is he just a sleaze?
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-04-01
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Una storia milanese
Overview: Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This time, this is a serious relationship to the point that she contemplates marriage. All the more since she gets pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-06
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