Olinto Cristina
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Difficult Years
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
The Children Are Watching Us
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.
The Last Violence
Raped during the war by a stranger, Anna is forced by their parents to pretend that that her daughter Lisa is her sister. When she is about to marry the new doctor in the country, her jealous brother resorts to threats of blackmail in an attempt to keep them apart.
The Rose Of Baghdad
Princess Zeila, daughter of Caliph Oman III, is preparing to review the nobles who aspire to her hand. The sinister Prince Jafar plots in the shadows: the young musician Amin will see to it that love can triumph, with the help of the Genie of the Lamp.
The Overcoat
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
I'll Give a Million
A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.
White Squadron
Lieutenant Mario Ludovici, an army officer, gets himself transferred to a Libyan post when his romance with society girl Cristiana goes on the rocks. Ludovici is looked upon as a weakling by Captain Santelia, the hard-boiled commander of the troops, but after a bitter campaign against a rebel tribe Ludovici proves his true worth and returns as commander when Santelia is mortally wounded. Cristiana arrives and tries to entice him to return to Rome, but he decides to stay in Africa with the army.
Ragazze da marito
Oreste is known for his deliberation and caution in handling license forms at his office.But when he needs money to send his 3 girls off to Capri to find rich suitors, he is tempted to take bribes to put a license through more quickly.
L'innocente Casimiro
Brute Force
Filmography
as Dott. Silvestri
as Il dottor York
as Il direttore dell'albergo
as L'avvocato amico di Varesi
as Il chirurgo (uncredited)
as Professor Filini
as Bandini
as Comte Contini
as califfo Oman (voice)
as Sacchi
as Il commissario
as Il preside
as Carlo Baratti, padre di Lisa
as Don Antonio (voice)
as Il direttore del teatro lirico
as Il direttore del teatro
as Il rettore
as Il produttore dell'Alba Film
as president of the court
as Il cardinale Dal Monte
as Don Alvaro
as Colombier
as Conte di Vervino
as Wilson
as Il giudice
as Ispettore Capo
as Matteo Tortorelli
as Altro ambasciatore cartaginese
as Ingegner Hirsch
as Prospero Pupini
as Il capitano Donati
as L'Abate di Badia
as Il commissario di bordo del "Marseille"
as commissario
as Ispettore di polizia