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2 unusual facts about cinema of Italy


Irene Miracle

Her first film appearance was as a murder victim in Night Train Murders (1975), an Italian Last House on the Left-clone.

John Steiner

As the Italian film industry dwindled, Steiner retired from acting in 1991 and moved to California, where he became an estate agent.


7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Among the honorable guests of the festival were film legend Claudia Cardinale, one of the most well regarded stars of Italian and French cinema, Atom Egoyan, Semih Kaplanoglu, Claire Denis, Armen Medvedev, Rob Nilsson and Stanislav Govorukhin.

Dagger Eyes

Dagger Eyes (released in Italy and France as Mystère; also known as Murder Near Perfect) is an Italian thriller film starring Carole Bouquet as Mystère.

Goliath and the Dragon

La vendetta di Ercole (literally Revenge of Hercules), better known as Goliath and the Dragon, is a 1960 Italian/French international co-production widescreen sword and sandal film starring weight lifter and gymnast Mark Forest in his debut film role and Broderick Crawford.

La scuola

La scuola (also known as School) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti.

La segretaria privata

La segretaria privata is a 1931 Italian musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano.

La via della droga

La via della droga (internationally released as The Heroin Busters and Drug Street) is a 1977 Italian crime film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Fabio Testi, David Hemmings and Sherry Buchanan.

Le Cocu magnifique

The Magnificent Cuckold or Il magnifico cornuto is a 1965 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and adapted from the 1921 Belgian play with the same name.

Monster Shark

is a 1984 Italian natural horror film, and one of several environmental disaster films to emerge following the success of the 1975 film Jaws, including films such as: Great White, Orca, Piranha, Tentacles and Tintorera.

The Ark of the Sun God

Sopravvissuti della città morta (Survivors of the Dead City) or Ark of the Sun God is a 1983 Italian action film adventure of the Raiders of the Lost Ark genre starring David Warbeck.

Vampire in Venice

Vampire in Venice (Original title: Nosferatu a Venezia), also known as Nosferatu in Venice, is a 1988 Italian horror film directed by Augusto Caminito and starring Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence and Barbara De Rossi.


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