Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

January 1, 1923 · 103 years old

Valentina Cortese (January 1, 1923 - July 10, 2019) was an Italian film actress. The Milan-born actress starred in The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) directed by Robert Wise, and costarring Richard Basehart and William Lundigan. Cortese, aged 28, married Basehart in 1951, and had one son with him b…

Known For

22 titles
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988 · 2h 6m · Movie

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.

7.1
2
Day for Night

Day for Night

1973 · 1h 56m · Movie

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

8.0
3
Juliet of the Spirits

Juliet of the Spirits

1965 · 2h 17m · Movie

Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.

7.4
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The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa

1954 · 2h 8m · Movie

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

6.9
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Barabbas

Barabbas

1961 · 2h 17m · Movie

Governor Pontius Pilate gave the populace a choice to spare either Barabbas, a criminal, or Jesus, condemned as a heretic, from crucifixion. The masses chose Barrabas, and he is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life.

6.9
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Thieves' Highway

Thieves' Highway

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce marketer.

7.5
7
The Evil Eye

The Evil Eye

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.

6.9
8
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972 · 2h 1m · Movie

Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

7.2
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The House on Telegraph Hill

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951 · 1h 33m · Movie

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

6.9
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Le amiche

Le amiche

1955 · 1h 44m · Movie

A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.

7.1
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When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...

1980 · 2h 1m · Movie

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

4.6
12
The Assassination of Trotsky

The Assassination of Trotsky

1972 · 1h 43m · Movie

After Stalin exiles Trotsky to Mexico in 1940, he sends assassin Frank Jacson to infiltrate Trotsky's circle and assassinate him, posing as a young communist to gain access to Trotsky's home.

5.7
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The Rocket from Calabuch

The Rocket from Calabuch

1956 · 1h 33m · Movie

Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the Mediterranean shores. Oblivious to their guest...

7.3
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Appassionata

Appassionata

1974 · 1h 36m · Movie

A married dentist gets embroiled in a sexual affair with his teenage daughter's best friend. Meanwhile, his wife's mental health is deteriorating, and his daughter is desperate for an affair of her own.

5.4
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Kidnap Syndicate

Kidnap Syndicate

1975 · 1h 38m · Movie

Based on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.

6.5
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Secret People

Secret People

1952 · 1h 36m · Movie

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

6.2
17
The Boat on the Grass

The Boat on the Grass

1971 · 1h 30m · Movie

Trotz ihrer sozialen Differenzen sind der arme David und der reiche Olivier die besten Freunde. David hat in Oliviers Pariser Appartement die junge Eleanore untergebracht. Als Olivier sie dort trifft, nimmt er sie mit aufs Land, w...

5.3
18
Nick the Sting

Nick the Sting

1976 · 1h 37m · Movie

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundr...

5.9
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The Big Scare

The Big Scare

1974 · 1h 38m · Movie

Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.

3.6
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Caccia all'uomo

Caccia all'uomo

1948 · 1h 26m · Movie

Jean Valjean, pursued through the years for a minor infraction by the implacable policeman Javert, attempts to create a life for himself and for his adopted daughter Cosette amid the revolutionary struggles of France.

6.9
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Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato

Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato

2000 · 56m · Movie

A collection of radio and television interviews with director Federico Fellini, recorded from February 1952, up to 1967, as he worked on the never-completed film "The Journey of Mastorna."

6.9
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Shadow of the Eagle

Shadow of the Eagle

1950 · 1h 33m · Movie

Count Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia's many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova who has been laying claim to the throne from the Crimea. Once there, he finds the local charms of ...

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