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Polichinelle, Pulcinella en italien, est un personnage type de la commedia dell'arte, originaire du théâtre napolitain.Played by the actors
Filmography of Polichinelle (commedia dell'arte) (3 films)
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Ferdinand I King of Naples (1959)
, 1h45Directed by Gianni Franciolini
Genres Comedy
Actors Peppino De Filippo, Eduardo De Filippo, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Rascel
Rating64%
Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continually delivers hard sermons, earning a reputation among the Neapolitans. Ferdinand one day gets angry and does condemn to death Pulcinella, while every night the king masquerades himself as populate with a false name, having fun in the taverns. Pulcinella unmasks him and invokes the rebellion of the people of Naples, that never comes. However, the cruelty of Ferdinand stops when Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in Italy. While the Neapolitans celebrate (false) freedom, Ferdinand makes a noble disguise his coachman while he wears populate dresses, and runs away from the city.
Nerone (1930)
, 1h20Directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Genres Comedy
Actors Ettore Petrolini, Alfredo Martinelli, Mercedes Brignone, Alessandro Blasetti, Lilla Brignone
Rating67%
The film features some unforgettable characters (more precisely in Italian: macchiette) created by Ettore Petrolini: Gastone, Fortunello and Nero. Nero, who rides a bicycle, which burns Rome with a match, that calls the fire department by phone from the imperial palace. There is also Petrolini in his dressing room surrounded by admirers, including a young girl who returns to the theater the next day, between the two was born a flirt, but the actor will not leave the theater to go out with her.
Scaramouche (1924)
, 2h4Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry, Lloyd Ingraham, Lewis Stone, Julia Swayne Gordon, William Humphrey
Rating70%
André-Louis Moreau (Ramon Novarro) loves Aline de Kercadiou (Alice Terry), the niece of his godfather, Quintin de Kercadiou (Lloyd Ingraham), and she him. However Quintin would prefer she married the Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr (Lewis Stone), a middle-aged nobleman, rather than someone who does not even know who his parents are.