Lianella Carell

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lianella Carell (6 May 1927 – 22 December 2000) was an Italian film actress and screenwriter. She appeared in 18 films between 1948 and 1958. She is perhaps best known for playing Maria Ricci, the wife of the main protagonist in the 1948 Vittorio De Sica film Bicycle Thieves, which was also her acting debut. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Lianella Carell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Lamberto Maggiorani  •  Enzo Staiola  •  Lianella Carell  •  Carlo Jachino

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Lamberto Maggiorani  •  Enzo Staiola  •  Lianella Carell  •  Carlo Jachino

A Free Woman (1954)

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Cottafavi
CAST:  Françoise Christophe  •  Pierre Cressoy  •  Gino Cervi  •  Mario Mazza

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Cottafavi
CAST:  Françoise Christophe  •  Pierre Cressoy  •  Gino Cervi  •  Mario Mazza

The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Bianchi
CAST:  Vittorio De Sica  •  Walter Chiari  •  María Luz Galicia  •  Mario Riva

Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Bianchi
CAST:  Vittorio De Sica  •  Walter Chiari  •  María Luz Galicia  •  Mario Riva

Ragazze da marito (1952)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo De Filippo
CAST:  Eduardo De Filippo  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Titina De Filippo  •  Anna Maria Ferrero

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo De Filippo
CAST:  Eduardo De Filippo  •  Peppino De Filippo  •  Titina De Filippo  •  Anna Maria Ferrero

A Woman Has Killed (1952)

In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Cottafavi
CAST:  Frank Latimore  •  Lianella Carell  •  Umberto Spadaro  •  Alessandro Serbaroli

In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio Cottafavi
CAST:  Frank Latimore  •  Lianella Carell  •  Umberto Spadaro  •  Alessandro Serbaroli

The Forbidden Christ (1951)

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Raf Vallone tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curzio Malaparte
CAST:  Raf Vallone  •  Alain Cuny  •  Gino Cervi  •  Rina Morelli

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Raf Vallone tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curzio Malaparte
CAST:  Raf Vallone  •  Alain Cuny  •  Gino Cervi  •  Rina Morelli

Welcome Reverend! (1950)

A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Fabrizi
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Lianella Carell  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Giovanni Grasso

A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Fabrizi
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Lianella Carell  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Giovanni Grasso

Crazy things (1954)

When young Dalia is mistakenly admitted to a mental institution, she is declared sane - but by a truly mad person pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor thinks she is insane - how can she escape this madness?  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Carla Del Poggio  •  Enrico Viarisio  •  Enzo Fiermonte

When young Dalia is mistakenly admitted to a mental institution, she is declared sane - but by a truly mad person pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor thinks she is insane - how can she escape this madness?  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Carla Del Poggio  •  Enrico Viarisio  •  Enzo Fiermonte

Desiderio 'e sole (1954)

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Pàstina
CAST:  Giacomo Rondinella  •  Otello Toso  •  Virna Lisi  •  Rosalia Maggio

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Pàstina
CAST:  Giacomo Rondinella  •  Otello Toso  •  Virna Lisi  •  Rosalia Maggio

Lettera napoletana (1954)

Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Pàstina
CAST:  Giacomo Rondinella  •  Virna Lisi  •  Otello Toso  •  Beniamino Maggio

Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Pàstina
CAST:  Giacomo Rondinella  •  Virna Lisi  •  Otello Toso  •  Beniamino Maggio

The Gold of Naples (1954)

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a dead child; the gambler Count Prospero ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Lianella Carell  •  Eduardo De Filippo

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a dead child; the gambler Count Prospero ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vittorio De Sica
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Silvana Mangano  •  Lianella Carell  •  Eduardo De Filippo

Il piccolo vetraio (1955)

A poor fisherman entrusts his children Piero and Nino for money to the Frenchman Neroni who recruits young men to work in his glass factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Capitani
CAST:  Massimo Serato  •  Georges Poujouly  •  Antoine Balpêtré  •  Paolo Petitti

A poor fisherman entrusts his children Piero and Nino for money to the Frenchman Neroni who recruits young men to work in his glass factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Capitani
CAST:  Massimo Serato  •  Georges Poujouly  •  Antoine Balpêtré  •  Paolo Petitti

The Counterfeiters (1951)

Producers of phony currency become the object of a crackdown by law enforcement agencies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Rossi
CAST:  Fosco Giachetti  •  Doris Duranti  •  Erno Crisa  •  Lianella Carell

Producers of phony currency become the object of a crackdown by law enforcement agencies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Rossi
CAST:  Fosco Giachetti  •  Doris Duranti  •  Erno Crisa  •  Lianella Carell

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DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Charles Rutherford  •  Lianella Carell  •  Arnoldo Foà  •  Natale Cirino