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Silvana Pampanini

Silvana Pampanini

Italian actress and director (1925-2016)
September 25, 1925 (January 6, 2016)

Guns of the Black Witch

V.O.: Il Terrore dei Mari
It. 1961. Adventures by Domenico Paolella with Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli. In the eighteenth century, in the Caribbean, three survivors of a massacre join the pirates to fight the Spaniards.
Runtime: 100 min.

Le Mousquetaire fantôme

V.O.: La Paura fa 90
It. 1958. Comedy by Giorgio Simonelli with Silvana Pampanini, Ugo Tognazzi, Franca Marzi. The ghost of a musketeer wants to take revenge on a descendant of his killer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1956. Social drama by Ralph Habib with Raymond Pellegrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Silvana Pampanini. Two teenagers escape from a reformatory and land in Paris, where they survive by committing a few petty thefts.
Runtime: 97 min.
It. 1956. Melodrama by Raffaello Matarazzo with Silvana Pampanini, Massimo Girotti, Irène Papas. The sad life of a young woman who entered into a loveless marriage.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Island Princess

V.O.: La Principessa delle Canarie
It. 1955. Adventures by Paolo Moffa with Silvana Pampanini, Marcello Mastroianni, Elvira Quintilla. In the 15th century, while leading the colonization of the Canary Islands, a Spanish captain falls in love with the daughter of the king he is trying to subdue.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Abel Gance with Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini, Paul Guers. Captain Buridan puts an end to the orgies and murders of Marguerite de Bourgogne.
Runtime: 123 min.

Roman Tales

V.O.: Racconti Romani
It. 1955. Comedy by Gianni Franciolini with Franco Fabrizi, Antonio Cifariello, Maurizio Arena. Three boys fall under the bad influence of a con artist and end up in jail.
Runtime: 82 min.

La Belle de Rome

V.O.: La Bella di Roma
It. 1955. Mores comedy by Luigi Comencini with Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa. A pretty girl uses her lovers to raise the money needed to run an inn.
Runtime: 95 min.
It. 1954. Drama by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia with Silvana Pampanini, Henri Vidal, Curd Jürgens. In a village in the Alps, the forced stop of a train causes various romantic and police incidents.
Runtime: 100 min.

A Husband for Anna

V.O.: Un Marito per Anna Zaccheo
It. 1954. Melodrama by Giuseppe De Santis with Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti. A young girl marries a sailor against her parents' wishes.
Runtime: 95

The Cheerful Squadron

V.O.: Allegro Squadrone
It. 1954. Comedy by Paolo Moffa with Daniel Gélin, Vittorio De Sica, Charles Vanel. Life in the French cavalry barracks at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Runtime: 83 min.

A Day in Court

V.O.: Un Giorno in Pretura
It. 1953. Sketches by Steno with Peppino de Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi. A judge in an Italian criminal court must hear several cases in the course of a single day.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1953. Drama by Solange Terac with Jean-Pierre Aumont, Silvana Pampanini, Renée Faure. A young tutor gets involved in the intrigues of the Lautenberg court.
Runtime: 90 min.

Nous... les brutes!

V.O.: Noi Cannibali
It. 1953. Melodrama by Antonio Leonviola with Silvana Pampanini, Vincenzo Musolino, Folco Lulli. A poor man is wrongly accused of murdering the woman he married when released from prison.
Runtime: 78 min.

Girls Marked Danger

V.O.: La Trata delle Bianche
It. 1952. Social drama by Luigi Comencini with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Silvana Pampanini, Vittorio Gassman. Committed to competing in a dance marathon, young girls find themselves trapped in a vile sex trafficking ring.
Runtime: 86 min.

Fille dangereuse

V.O.: Bufere
It. 1952. Drama by Guido Brignone with Jean Gabin, Silvana Pampanini, Serge Reggiani. A trapeze artist seduces a doctor to the point that he wants to leave everything for her.
Runtime: 74 min.

The City Stands Trial

V.O.: Processo alla citta
It. 1952. Social drama by Luigi Zampa with Amedeo Nazzari, Paolo Stoppa, Silvana Pampanini. An investigating judge leads a relentless fight against a secret criminal society.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Woman Who Invented Love

V.O.: La Donna che inventò l'amore
It. 1952. Melodrama by Ferruccio Cerio with Silvana Pampanini, Rossano Brazzi, Mariella Lotti. A ruined noble marries a rich but vulgar woman, out of interest, who wants to be loved by him.
Runtime: 81 min.

Island Sinner

V.O.: La Peccatrice dell'isola
It. 1952. Melodrama by Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Grieco with Silvana Pampanini, Folco Lulli, John Kitzmiller. A prostitute causes trouble in a fishing village.
Runtime: 81 min.

Don Juan's Night of Love

V.O.: Le Avventure di Mandrin
It. 1952. Adventures by Mario Soldati with Raf Vallone, Michèle Philippe, Silvana Pampanini. Soldier Mandrin leads a band of outlaws.
Runtime: 102 min.

Le Retour de Pancho Villa

V.O.: Io Sono il capataz
It. 1951. Burlesque by Giorgio Simonelli with Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini, Luigi Pavese. An unemployed man becomes a dictator in South America.
Runtime: 110 min.

Double Trouble

V.O.: L'Inafferrabile 12
It. 1950. Comedy by Mario Mattoli with Silvana Pampanini, Walter Chiari, Yvonne Sanson. Quibbles complicate the lives of two twins, one of whom is unaware of the other's existence.
Runtime: 95 min.

Hawk of the Nile

V.O.: Lo Sparviero del Nilo
It. 1949. Adventures by Giacomo Gentilomo with Silvana Pampanini, Vittorio Gassman, Folco Lulli. Back in her homeland, a young Egyptian woman who has come to claim her inheritance clashes with the administrator of her estate.
Runtime: 79 min.

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