Leonardo Cortese
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Leonardo Cortese.
Born: May 25, 1916
Place of Birth: Roma, Italy
Known For
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends.
The Valiant
Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!
Notte di tempesta
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another man who however secretly lusts after his stepdaughter until when, on a stormy night...
A Garibaldian in the Convent
An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.
A Romantic Adventure
At the end of the 19th century, a middle-class woman explains why she cannot get along with her husband, a good man but a little rough around the edges: she cannot forget that during the Risorgimento she fell in love with a noble conspirator. Now, however, she realizes that her true love is her husband.
I tre aquilotti
At the Royal Air Force Academy of Caserta, three students, Mario, Marco and Filippo become great friends. Toward the end of the course, Marco accidentally meets and falls in love with Mario's sister, Adriana. Mario expresses his opposition to Marco and this causes the end of their friendship. Due to an accident during a training flight, Marco is passed from the role of the navigator to the services role, thus not obtaining the military pilot's license.
The Flame that Never Dies
Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
La freccia nel fianco
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
Fame and the Devil
Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
Verginità
Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
Filmography
as Italian Commander
as Il cavalier Trelawney
as Gabrio Casati
as Conte di Chazeul
as Franco Rossi
as Luciano
as Mario
as Prof. Franco Bresci
as Giuseppe Manfredi
as Alberto
as Don Roberto
as Peppino
as Bruno Traldi
as Rodolfo Poggi / Marcello Mari
as Luigi Caracciolo
as Giulio Marini
as Oliviero
as Marco Massi
as Count Franco Amidei
as Paolo Caminata
as Pietro Redi
as Giuliano de' Medici
as Il signor conte
as Giorgio, suo figlio
as Jacques Fontages
as Carlo