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La Collectionneuse: Marie Antoinette
A daughter of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) married Louis, heir to the throne of France, in 1770. After King Louis XV’s death in 1774, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette...
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Written by Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author of adventurous travel stories using new technologies, to go to many parts of the earth and to unknown regions such as the deep sea, the bowels of the earth,...
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Henny Porten, Part 1
Sturdy and blond Henny Porten (1890-1960) was one of Germany's most important and popular film actresses of the silent cinema. She was also the producer of many of her own films. She became the...
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Henny Porten, Part 2
Yesterday, we had Part 1 of our post on sturdy and blond Henny Porten (1890-1960), who was one of Germany's most important and popular film actresses of the silent cinema. She was also the producer of...
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Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Le hussard sur le toit/The Horseman on the Roof (1995) is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez. Based on the 1951 French novel 'Le hussard...
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Fern Andra
In film history, Hollywood often lured away talent from Europe, but there are also examples of the contrary. Like 'modern' American actress Fern Andra (1893-1974) who became one of the most popular...
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Beach Party!
It is summer and holiday time! We are in Italy and tomorrow we are going to Bologna for the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival. So today at EFSP, we are organising a beach party with the stars. You are very...
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Forever Sophia
We are in Bologna for our favourite festival. One of the main programmes of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022 is 'Forever Sophia', curated by Emiliano Morreale and Gian Luca Farinelli. Sophia Loren is a symbol...
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Alla Nazimova
One of the fixtures at Il Cinema Ritrovato is the programme '100 Years ago'. One of the masterpieces of 1922 was Salomé by Charles Bryant and the Russian-born film and theatre actress, screenwriter,...
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Directed by Erich von Stroheim
Highlights at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna are always the cine-concerts. This year, the Bologna Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock, will be back to Piazza Maggiore to accompany two...
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The last laugh, Part 1: Max Hansen
For a few precious years, a decidedly light-hearted, sensual and frivolous spirit swept through German movie theatres. The musical comedies of the late Weimar Republic, produced in a short period...
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The Last Laugh, Part 2: Paul Morgan
For a few precious years, a decidedly light-hearted, sensual, and frivolous spirit swept through German cinemas. The musical comedies of the late Weimar Republic, produced in a short period between the...
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Anthony Quinn
'The Drifter's escape: Hugo Fregonese' is one of the programmes of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022. The Argentine-born Hugo Fregonese (1908-87) was the perfect ‘saddle tramp’ figure. He drifted and made films...
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Ossi Oswalda
Ossi Oswalda (1895-1947) was one of the most popular comediennes of German silent cinema. Ernst Lubitsch became her Pygmalion, who let her play in numerous comedies between 1916 and 1920. Her...
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Peter Lorre: Stranger in a strange land
Curated by Alexander Horwath, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022 presents 'Peter Lorre: Stranger in a strange land'. With his trademark large, popped eyes, his toothy grin, and his raspy voice, Peter Lorre...
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Directed by F.W. Murnau
Tonight, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022 ends with one of the first horror films, Nosferatu (1922) by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. The Bologna Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Brock, will accompany...
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Anthony Quinn
'The Drifter's escape: Hugo Fregonese' is one of the programmes of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022. The Argentine-born Hugo Fregonese (1908-87) was the perfect ‘saddle tramp’ figure. He drifted and made films...
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John Belushi
Tonight, John Landis will be at the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival. At the Piazza Maggiore, the American director will take the stage on the occasion of the festival's spectacular final evening with a...
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Marieluise Claudius
Marie Luise Claudius (1912-1941) was a beautiful German stage and film actress who passed away when she was only 29.German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1572/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Sandau, Berlin.German...
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Regimantas Adomaitis (1937-2022)
Lithuanian film and stage actor Regimantas Adomaitis (1937) passed away on 20 June 2022. He was particularly active in Soviet and East German cinema, for example in Korol Lir/King Lear (1970) and Jeto...
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