The Railroad Man
Encyclopedia
The Railroad Man is a 1956
Italian language
award winning drama film
directed by Pietro Germi
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It is available on DVD in USA on NoShame
films.
1956 in film
The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...
Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
award winning drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
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It is available on DVD in USA on NoShame
NoShame
NoShame, or NoShame Films, was an Italian-American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult Italian movies on DVD.-History:...
films.
Cast
- Pietro GermiPietro GermiPietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
- Andrea Marcocci - Luisa Della Noce - Sara Marcocci
- Sylva KoscinaSylva KoscinaSylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:...
- Giulia Marcocci (as Silva) - Saro UrzìSaro UrzìSaro Urzì, was an Italian actor.-Biography:Born in Sicilia, he moved to Rome to seek his fortune....
- Gigi Liverani - Carlo GiuffrèCarlo GiuffrèCarlo Giuffrè is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 93 films since 1950.He was born in Naples, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Side Street Story * Il padrone del vapore * La bellezza di Ippolita...
- Renato Borghi - Renato Speziali - Marcello Marcocci
- Edoardo Nevola - Sandro Marcocci (as il piccolo Edoardo Nevola)
Awards
- 1956 Cannes Film Festival1956 Cannes Film Festival-Jury:*Maurice Lehmann *Arletty *Louise de Vilmorin *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Henri Jeanson *Domenico Meccoli *Otto Preminger *James Quinn *Roger Regent *María Romero...
: OCIC Award - Special Mention - Nastro d'ArgentoNastro d'ArgentoThe Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
: Best Director, Best Producer. - San Sebastian Film Festival : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Luisa Della Noce)