Movies starring Valentina Cortese

Biography: 
Valentina Cortese was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, in 1925. She made her movie debut in 1940 and played many "ingenue" parts in Italian films of that period, before making a real sensation in "The Miserabili, I (1947)", playing both female leads, Fantine and Cosette (the film was a competent screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic). The international success of the British-made melodrama " ...  show all 

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Humphrey Bogart | Ava Gardner | Edmond O'Brien | Marius Goring | Valentina Cortese | Rossano Brazzi | Elizabeth Sellars | Warren Stevens | Franco Interlenghi | Mari Aldon | Bessie Love | Diana Decker | Bill Fraser | Alberto Rabagliati | Enzo Staiola
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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While in the funeral of the Countess Torlato-Favrini, his friend Harry Dawes and his knowledge Oscar Muldoon evokes parts of his past. When rich Kirk Edwards rents the director and the writer of itinerary Harry Dawes, they travel to Spain with the public relations Oscar Muldoon to see the ballet dancer of a nightclub Maria Vargas and to invite it for an audition, since they need a new face of his next movie. Maria, naive woman with simple origins, is convinced by Harry to go to Hollywood and he is a famous star and a shut friend of Harry and his friend Jerry. Along his prosperous run, Maria survives personal dramas including the lack of the adaptation to his new way of life, is incompetent of loving and it is discussed by the mighty millionaires Kirk Edwards and Alberto Bravano. When she finds count noble and pretty Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini in Riviera Francesa, she believes that she found his enchanting prince and his life is a fairy tale. But after the marriage, she sees that the castle of his Cinderela of dreams was a pumpkin.

Enquanto no enterro da Condessa Torlato-Favrini, o seu amigo Harry Dawes e o seu conhecimento Oscar Muldoon revoca partes do seu passado. Quando Kirk Edwards rico aluga o diretor e o escritor de roteiro Harry Dawes, eles viajam à Espanha com as relações públicas Oscar Muldoon para ver o bailarino de uma boate Maria Vargas e convidá-la para uma audição, desde que eles precisam de uma nova cara do seu seguinte filme. Maria, mulher ingênua com origens simples, é convencido por Harry para ir a Hollywood e fica uma estrela famosa e um amigo fechado de Harry e a sua amiga Jerry. Ao longo da sua carreira próspera, Maria vive dramas pessoais inclusive a falta da adaptação ao seu novo estilo de vida, é incapaz de amar e é discutido pelos milionários poderosos Kirk Edwards e Alberto Bravano. Quando ela encontra conde Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini nobre e bonito na Riviera Francesa, ela acredita que ela achou o seu príncipe encantador e a sua vida fica um conto de fadas. Mas depois do casamento, ela vê que o castelo da sua Cinderela de sonhos ficou uma abóbora.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: UK | West Germany
Actors: John Neville | Eric Idle | Sarah Polley | Oliver Reed | Charles McKeown | Winston Dennis | Jack Purvis | Valentina Cortese | Jonathan Pryce | Bill Paterson | Peter Jeffrey | Uma Thurman | Alison Steadman | Ray Cooper | Don Henderson
Directors: Terry Gilliam
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Baron Munchausen is a character of the European myth that might be considered to the precursor of American stories of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The histories of the Baron are taken to be scandalous and imaginary lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of the Syndrome of *quot; Munchausen*quot;, one in particular bizzare the form of the hypochondria.

El barón Munchausen es un carácter del mito europeo que podría ser considerado al precursor de cuentos americanos de Pecos Bill o Paul Bunyan. Las historias del Barón son tomadas para ser mentiras escandalosas e imaginarias. Este es el origen del nombre del diagnóstico psiquiátrico del Síndrome de "Munchausen", un en particular bizzare la forma de la hipocondría.