Showing posts with label Virna Lisi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virna Lisi. Show all posts

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Born on this day – Virna Lisi:


Actress

November 8, 1936 – December 18, 2014

Credits:

...e la vita continua (1984); ...e Napoli canta! (1953); 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1961); A Maiden for the Prince (1965); Addio, Napoli! (1955); Amarsi un po'... (1984); Anna's World (2004); Anyone Can Play (1967); Arabella (1967); Assault on a Queen (1966); Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958 (2013); Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999); Beauty Centre (2001); Better a Widow (1968); Beyond Good and Evil (1977); Bluebeard (1972); Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989); Carbon Copy (1970); Casanova 70 (1965); Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959); Cenerentola (1960); Challenge to White Fang (1974); Christopher Columbus (1985); Cieli alti (1960); Cinema (1989); Come le foglie (1958); Coplan prend des risques (1964); Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale (1999); Desiderio 'e sole (1954); Donne in ermellino (1958); Donne sbagliate (2007); Don't Tempt the Devil (1963); Duel of the Titans (1961); E non se ne vogliono andare! (1988); E se poi se ne vanno? (1989); Ernesto (1979); Eva (1962); Fidati di me (2008); Formiche - Ferragosto in città (1958); Giuochi particolari (1970); How to Murder Your Wife (1965); I Love N.Y. (1987); I masnadieri (1959); I misteri della giungla nera (1991); I ragazzi della via Pál (2003); I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Il cardinale Lambertini (1954); Il caso Maurizius (1961); Il conte di Matera (Il tiranno) (1958); Il deserto di fuoco (1997); Il mondo dei miracoli (1959); Il padrone delle ferriere (1959); Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002); Il sangue e la rosa (2008); Il vetturale del Moncenisio (1954); Kiss the Other Sheik (1965); La cara ombra (1958); La corda d'acciaio (1954); La memoria e il perdono (2001); La rossa (1955); Latin Lover (2015); Le ali della vita (2000); Le diciottenni (1955); Leocadia (1958); Les galets d'Étretat (1972); Lettera napoletana (1954); Lo scapolo (1955); L'onore e il rispetto (2006); Lost Souls (1959); Love Me Strangely (1971); Luna nova (1955); Made in Italy (1965); Madre, aiutami (2014); Miss Right (1982); My Daughters (2005); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Occhio di falco (1996); Ottocento (1959); Passioni (1993); Philo Vance (1974); Piccola santa (1954); Pride and Prejudice (1957); Queen Margot (1994); Ripudiata (1955); Roma bene (1971); Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta (1986); Spider's Game (2001); Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961); The 25th Hour (1967); The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966); The Black Tulip (1964); The Christmas Tree (1969); The Cricket (1980); The Doll That Took the Town (1957); The Dolls (1965); The Girl and the General (1967); The Girl Who Couldn't Say No (1968); The Hussars (1955); The Lady Who Returns (2011); The Possessed (1965); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969); The Serpent (1973); The Shortest Day (1963); The Statue (1971); Tides of Change (2001); Time for Loving (1983); Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958); Un dono semplice (2000); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Una tragedia americana (1962); Uno di noi (1996); Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996); Vendicata! (1956); Venetian Lies (1979); iolenza sul lago (1954); White Fang (1973).

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

On this day in movie history - La Reine Margot (1994 movie & novel):


La Reine Margot

aka Queen Margot,
directed by Patrice Chéreau,
written by Danièle Thompson and Patrice Chéreau,
based on the novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas,
was released in France on May 13, 1994.
Music by Goran Bregovic.


Cast:

Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bosé, Asia Argento, Julien Rassam, Thomas Kretschmann, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Albano Guaetta, Johan Leysen, Dörte Lyssewski, Michelle Marquais, Laure Marsac, Alexis Nitzer, Emmanuel Salinger, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Otto Tausig, Bruno Todeschini, Tolsty, Bernard Verley, Ulrich Wildgruber, Laurent Arnal, Gérard Berlioz, Christophe Bernard, Marian Blicharz, Daniel Breton, Pierre Brilloit, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Cécile Caillaud, Marc Citti, Grégoire Colin, Erwan Dujardin, Jean Douchet, Philippe Duclos, Marina Golovine, Zygmunt Kargol, Carlos López, Orazio Massaro, Roman Massine, Charlie Nelson, Bernard Nissile, Julie-Anne Roth, Jean-Michel Tavernier, Béatrice Toussaint, Mélanie Vaudaine, Nicolas Vaude, Isabel Alarcão, José Alves, Ivo Canelas, Dalila Carmo, Hélène de Fougerolles, Ramon de Mello, Vanessa Dinger, Nuno Elias, Gonçalo Ferreira, Luís Gaspar, Fernando Lupach, Peter Michael, Florbela Oliveira, Andreas Piper, Margarida Reis, Victor Rocha, Maria Rueff, José Simão, Patrícia Tavares, AnabeTeixeira, Nuno Tudela, Carlos Vieira, Mafalda Vilhena.

Recommended reading:


La Reine Margot

By Alexandre Dumas.

Filmed as La Reine Margot, aka Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Published by Oxford University Press.
First published 1845.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0199538441
ISBN-13: 978-0199538447

Description:

La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation of 1846 is richly annotated. An introduction sets Dumas and his work in their literary, historical and cultural context.