Leonardo Cortese

actor, film director

May 24, 1916 (October 31, 1984)

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Virginité

V.O.: Verginita

It. 1953. Melodrama by Leonardo de Mitri with Irene Genna, Leonardo Cortese, Eleonora Rossi Drago. A young provincial gets caught in the net of a white slave trade network.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Violence charnelle

V.O.: Art. 519 codice penale

It. 1952. Social drama by Leonardo Cortese with Henri Vidal, Cosetta Greco, Paolo Stoppa. To avoid prison, a man agrees to marry the girl he seduced.

Runtime: 87 min.

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Alerte à l'arsenal

V.O.: Fiamme sulla Laguna

It. 1951. Melodrama by Giuseppe Maria Scotese with Lea Padovani, Leonardo Cortese, Lauro Gazzolo. An admiral's son and a young worker persist in their love, despite the prejudices of their entourage.

Runtime: 82 min.

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A Garibaldian in the Convent

V.O.: Un Garibaldino al convento

It. 1942. Dramatic comedy by Vittorio De Sica with Leonardo Cortese, Maria Mercader, Carla Del Poggio. An old woman's reminiscence of her youth in a convent school: the happy moments, the sad ones and the tragic love for a Garibaldian.

Runtime: 83 min.

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Jeanne Doré

It. 1938. Melodrama by Mario Bonnard with Emma Gramatica, Leonardo Cortese, Evi Maltagliatti.

Runtime: 88 min.