Ave Ninchi Movies
Much-loved in her native Italy, supporting actress Ave Ninchi played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949) and Louis Malle's Lacombe Lucien (1974). Ninchi has worked beside some of Italy's brightest stars, including Paolo Toppa, Alida Valli, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, and Gina Lollobrigida, but she was most favorably teamed with comedian Antonio "Toto" de Curtis. Ninchi came from a theatrical family and both her brothers Carlo Ninchi and Annibale Ninchi were actors. She started out on-stage at age 18, appearing in a wide variety of productions. Ninchi made her film debut in Circo Equestre Za-Bum (The Za-bum Circus) (1943). She and Toto teamed up for the first time in Toto Seeks a Wife (1950). Her television career was at its peak during the '60s and '70s when she was appearing in some of her country's top-rated series. Ninchi was 83 when she died on November 10, 1997, after a longtime fight with diabetes. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 1947
Anna Magnani won Best Actress at the 1947 Venice Film Festival for her stirring comic performance in this charming film, which she co-wrote with director Luigi Zampa, [$Suso Cecchio D'Amico, and Piero Tellini. Magnani portrays Angelina, an impoverished housewife who begins a passionate battle to improve the standard of living in her slum neighborhood in the days following World War II. The problems of flooding, suitable housing and other hardships take a backseat to Magnani's whirlwind energy and courage, but she and Zampa never forget the warmth behind the humor. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, (more)
- 1947
In this interesting Italian WW II comedy-drama, the residents of a remote Italian village find their lives forever changed when two American GIs break out of a German prison camp and hide out in their town. The fugitives are harbored by a local family. This divides the town into those wanting to protect them and those fearing German retribution. When a young German officer arrives to watch the town, tension mounts. One of the GIs is an African American and one night he gets terribly drunk and stumbles into the officer who is also rip-roaring drunk. The two end up continuing their bender together and no fighting erupts. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aldo Fabrizi, Gar Moore, (more)
