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Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Italian actress (1930-1989)
April 21, 1930 (December 16, 1989)

Dark Eyes

V.O.: Oci Ciornie
It. 1987. Sentimental comedy by Nikita Mikhalkov with Marcello Mastroianni, Elena Safonova, Silvana Mangano.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1984. Science-fiction by David Lynch with Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Kenneth McMillan. In the year 10191, two clans fight over the exploitation of planet Dune, the sole source of a highly sought-after spice.
Runtime: 137 min.

Conversation Piece

V.O.: Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
It. 1973. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger. Forced to rent out part of his apartment, a retired professor becomes the observer of odd customs.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Scopone Game

V.O.: Lo Scopone scientifico
It. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Bette Davis. A poor Roman family man finally thinks he can fleece the old American millionaire who's been coming to play cards with him and his wife for eight years.
Runtime: 113 min.
It. 1972. History by Luchino Visconti with Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard. The increasingly unbalanced life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Runtime: 184 min.

Death in Venice

V.O.: Morte a Venezia
It. 1971. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano. A composer taking a rest cure in Venice is attracted by the beauty of a Polish teenager.
Runtime: 130 min.

Theorem

V.O.: Teorema
It. 1968. Poetic drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini with Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti. A young stranger crosses paths with a bourgeois family in Milan and seduces each member.
Runtime: 98 min.

Caprice Italian Style

V.O.: Capriccio all'italiana
It. 1968. Sketches by Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi with Ira Furstenberg, Walter Chiari, Franco Franchi. Six humorous stories on the themes of misunderstanding and breaking the rules.
Runtime: 79 min.

Oedipus Rex

V.O.: Edipo re
It. 1967. Drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini with Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Ninetto Davoli. A prince of Thebes is condemned by fate to kill his father and marry his mother.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Totò, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

V.O.: Io, io, io... e gli altri
It. 1966. Satire by Alessandro Blasetti with Walter Chiari, Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano. A journalist works to gather the elements of an investigation into the place taken by selfishness in his compatriots' lives.
Runtime: 111 min.

The Flying Saucer

V.O.: Il Disco Volante
It. 1964. Comedy by Tinto Brass with Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, Silvana Mangano. The arrival of a flying saucer in an Italian village provokes various reactions.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Verona Trial

V.O.: Il Processo di Verona
It. 1963. History by Carlo Lizzani with Frank Wolff, Silvana Mangano, Vivi Gioi. In 1943, after a trial for treason, Mussolini's son-in-law is sentenced to death.
Runtime: 120 min.

Last Judgment, the

V.O.: Il Giudizio Universale
It. 1961. Comedy by Vittorio De Sica with Vittorio Gassman, Renato Rascel, Silvana Mangano. Upon hearing a divine voice warning them of the Last Judgment, people from all walks of life question their past choices.
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 1961. History by Richard Fleischer with Anthony Quinn, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano. Freed instead of Jesus, Barabbas is imprisoned again in Sicily and then sent to Rome as a gladiator.
Runtime: 145 min.
It. 1960. Police comedy by Mario Camerini with Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi. Three Italians, involved in a murder case, clumsily try to clear their names.
Runtime: 105 min.
It. 1960. War drama by Martin Ritt with Silvana Mangano, Jeanne Moreau, Vera Miles. Five women, driven out of their village for having given themselves to German soldiers, collaborate in resistance actions.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Great War

V.O.: La Grande Guerra
It. 1959. War drama by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano. Two Italian soldiers engaged against their will in the war participate in the battle of Piave.
Runtime: 118 min.

The Tempest

V.O.: La Tempesta
It. 1958. Adventures by Alberto Lattuada with Geoffrey Horne, Silvana Mangano, Van Heflin. During the reign of the great Catherine of Russia, a young officer is accused of treason.
Runtime: 121 min.
It. 1957. Drama by René Clément with Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Jo Van Fleet. Through perseverance, a woman transforms barren grounds into a fertile river.
Runtime: 103 min.

Men and Wolves

V.O.: Uomini e lupi
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1955. Melodrama by Robert Rossen with Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Michael Rennie. A dancer marries an ailing aristocrat in the hope of inheriting his fortune.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Gold of Naples

V.O.: L'Oro di Napoli
Runtime: 110 min.

Ulysses

V.O.: Ulisse
It. 1954. Adventures by Mario Camerini with Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn. Ulysses, king of Ithaca, has various adventures while trying to return home after the Trojan War.
Runtime: 102 min.

Outlaw Girl

V.O.: Il Brigante Musolino
Runtime: 88 min.
It. 1951. Sentimental drama by Alberto Lattuada with Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Jacques Dumesnil. A nurse nun who was once a cabaret dancer, finds a man she once loved in the hospital.
Runtime: 107 min.

Bitter Rice

V.O.: Riso amaro
It. 1949. Social drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling, Vittorio Gassman. The hard life of women working in the rice fields of northern Italy.
Runtime: 108 min.

Lure of the Sila

V.O.: Il Lupo della Sila
It. 1949. Melodrama by Duilio Coletti with Silvana Mangano, Amedeo Nazzari, Jacques Sernas. A young girl seeks to avenge the death of her brother.
Runtime: 102 min.

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