Raffaella Carrà Movies
Italian singer, dancer, and TV personality Raffaella Carrà, who is also popular in Spain and Latin America, was born Raffaella Pelloni in Bellaria, Rimini. After graduating from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, she acted in numerous films from 1960-1970, including 1965's Von Ryan's Express with Frank Sinatra. That same year, Carrà played in the musical comedy "Scaramouche." Beginning in 1961, she also ventured into television, appearing on the shows like Tempo di Danza, Il Paroliere, and Questo Sconosciuto. In the show Lo, Agata e Tu in 1970, Carrà launched the popular dance tuca-tuca and its musical recording was also a huge hit. In 1971, she had another success on the TV show Canzonissima, performing the theme song "Chissà se Va." From the mid-'70s onward Carrà has been a popular TV hostess of various shows in Italy (Ma Che Sera, Fantastico 3, Pronto...Raffaella?, Domenica In, Weekend con Raffaella Carrà) and Spain (Hola Raffaella). ~ Yuri German, Rovi
- 1970
A doctor turned detective (Claudio Gora) tries to cure a young alcoholic from his disturbing thoughts of suicide. David (Renaud Verley) is traumatized when a woman he picks up for sex kills herself in his presence. The doctor's only clues are the nude photos of the dead woman in various states of bondage. Knowing the killer must be the photographer, he hires a woman to pose for erotic pictures in an effort to locate the killer and stop the young man from sliding into irrevocable insanity. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bruno Cremer, Renaud Verley, (more)
Von Ryan's Express is a fast-paced, well-acted World War II drama, featuring a squadron of Allied soldiers trying to escape a prison camp in Italy. While most of the prisoners at the camp are British, a determined, resourceful American Air Force colonel (Frank Sinatra) takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners wrest control of a German train and propel it through Italy to Switzerland. The subsequent ride, featuring good special effects and outstanding stunt work, is great fun and very suspenseful. Frank Sinatra makes an effective action hero aided by veteran actor Trevor Howard as a British officer. The CinemaScope photography is outstanding and director Mark Robson directs the exciting action sequences with skill. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, (more)
This epic Italian costume drama is loosely based on historical fact. It chronicles the struggle of a Roman emperor and general to build his troops for an upcoming battle in Gaul. The Senate opposes him. The emperor's charge and her lover are taken by the Gauls. They are ruled by Battaglia. Fortunately, Queen Astrid let's them go. The lovers return to warn the Romans in time for the emperor to take his troops and capture Battaglia. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1963
The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian laborers in the 19th century. Shorn of all his studio-imposed glamour, Marcello Mastrioanni plays a Genoan political refugee visiting a friend in Turin. Appalled by the horrible working conditions in the town's textile mill, Mastrioanni stays on to organize the workers in a strike. Though he is nearly killed several times, Mastrioanni survives to set an example for the workers, who rally together into a powerful union. The fact that Marcello Mastrioanni was bearded and bespectacled in the manner of a Bolshevist radical was enough for The Organizer to be condemned by certain extreme anti-Communist elements in Hollywood--to no avail, since the film was nominated for an American Oscar, and even given a commendation by the ultraconservative National Board of Review. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, (more)
- 1962
This Italian drama tells the story of Christ's crucifixion from the viewpoint of the Roman emperor's procurator in Israel who must try to quell a Jewish revolt. In a bizarre twist, John Drew Barrymore plays both Jesus and Judas in the film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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