Silvana Mangano

Name	:	Silvana Mangano

Birth Date	:	21 April 1930
Birth Place	:	Rome, Italy
Nationality	:	NA
Height	:	1.68 m
Occupation	:	Actress

Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress. Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a Miss Rome beauty pageant in 1946. This led to work in films; she achieved notable success in Bitter Rice and continued working in films for almost four more decades.

Silvana Mangano Movies / Drama

...And Suddenly It's Murder! [13 December 1960 (Italy)]
Crimen is a 1960 Italian whodunit-comedy movie by Mario Camerini. The movie had two remakes: the first, Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente, was directed by the same Camerini in 1971 and starred ...
5 mujeres marcadas [Martin Ritt]
Bitter Rice [August 1949 (Budapest)]
Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman) are a criminally inclined couple who accidentally part ways while on the run from the law. Luckily, Francesca falls in with a group of peasant women and opts to hide out among them as they toil in the rice fields of the Po Valley. To her surprise, in her cover she discovers a simple but satisfying life filled with hard work and friendship. So when Walter resurfaces, their reunion doesn't go quite as he had expected.… MORE
Caprice Italian Style [13 April 1968]
Caprice Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by six different directors, including Mario Monicelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film starred both Totò and the comedy team of Franco and Ciccio.
Conversation Piece [10 December 1974 (Italy)]
A U.S. professor (Burt Lancaster) in Rome rents apartments to a decadent countess (Silvana Mangano), her family and her lover (Helmut Berger).
Crossroads of Passion [4 August 1948]
Crossroads of Passion is a 1948 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Giannini and Henri Calef and starring Viviane Romance, Clément Duhour and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.
D'amore si muore [1972]
Dear Diary [12 November 1993 (Italy)]
Filmmaker Nanni Moretti (Nanni Moretti) goes on three disparate journeys. First, he rides through Rome on a scooter, musing on cinema, and has a chance encounter with actress Jennifer Beals (Jennifer Beals). Next, he and his friend, Gerardo (Renato Carpentieri), tour a number of islands searching for a peaceful place to write a screenplay. And finally, Moretti, hampered by a nagging skin rash, goes from doctor to doctor looking for the right diagnosis, which may or may not turn out to be severe.… MORE
Death in Venice [1 March 1971 (Russia)]
Haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's classic about a composer, paralysed by ennui and repressed emotion, who discovers a last vestige of beauty and emotion during a visit to Venice at the turn of the century. Believing himself lost to the muse, he becomes obsessed by a beautiful young boy holidaying with his mother in the city.
Dune [14 December 1984 (West Germany)]
In the year 10191, a spice called melange is the most valuable substance known in the universe, and its only source is the desert planet Arrakis. A royal decree awards Arrakis to Duke Leto Atreides and ousts his bitter enemies, the Harkonnens. However, when the Harkonnens violently seize back their fiefdom, it is up to Paul (Kyle MacLachlan), Leto's son, to lead the Fremen, the natives of Arrakis, in a battle for control of the planet and its spice. Based on Frank Herbert's epic novel.… MORE
EDIPO, EL HIJO DE LA FORTUNA [Pier Paolo Pasolini]
Elixir of Love [31 January 1947]
Flesh Will Surrender [23 September 1947 (Italy)]
Flesh Will Surrender is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on the novel Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
Gra złudzeń [Luigi Comencini]
Hořká rýže [Giuseppe De Santis]
Il Brigante Musolino [6 December 1950 (Italy)]
Il Brigante Musolino, released in the US as Outlaw Girl, is a 1950 Italian crime drama film inspired by the life of the Calabrian outlaw Giuseppe Musolino. It was directed and written by Mario Camerini. The film stars Amedeo Nazzari and Silvana Mangano.
Kártyajáték olasz módra [Luigi Comencini]
Kriminálníci [Mario Camerini]
Le Loup de la Sila [Duilio Coletti]
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel [Carlo Lizzani]
Mambo [18 September 1954 (Italy)]
A Venetian dancer (Silvana Mangano) is tempted by a gambler (Vittorio Gassman) but loved by a dying prince (Michael Rennie).
Marcello: A Sweet Life [21 May 2006]
A documentary on the life and works of the great Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni. It features archival interviews with the actor and also reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues.
My Wife [29 October 1964 (Italy)]
La mia signora is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Tinto Brass, Mauro Bolognini and Luigi Comencini. It consists of five episodes, all starring Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano. The episode Eritrea, directed by Comencini, was later remade by Sergio Corbucci as the film Rimini Rimini.
Scipio the African [10 September 1971 (Italy)]
Scipio the African is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Magni.
Slugs [5 February 1988 (USA)]
A health inspector (Michael Garfield) and two helpers hunt mutant killer slugs that call the sewer home.
Tama na Pacyfiku [René Clément]
Tempest [1 December 1958 (Italy)]
In Russia during the 1770s, Catherine the Great (Viveca Lindfors) orders Peter Griniev (Geoffrey Horne) to the distant military base of Fort Bielogorsk. On the journey, Peter and his loyal servant, Savelic (Oscar Homolka), rescue a man in the snow, unaware that he is the rebel leader Pugachev (Van Heflin). At the fort, Peter clashes with the commanding officer yet becomes involved with his daughter, Masha (Silvana Mangano), while preparing for an impending attack by Pugachev's forces.… MORE
The Earth As Seen from the Moon [22 February 1967]
The Great War [28 October 1959 (Italy)]
Giovanni and Oreste were mobilised in 1917. After the school period, the two soldiers discover life in the trenches and have only one idea: to flee the war and reserve the sacrifice of their lives for another occasion.
The Last Judgment [26 October 1961 (Italy)]
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgement will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.
The Scientific Cardplayer [25 September 1972 (Saint Vincent)]
A wealthy old American (Bette Davis) makes her annual visit to an indigent Italian couple in order to play cards.
The Verona Trial [2 March 1963 (Italy)]
Il processo di Verona is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 1944 Verona ...
The Wolf of the Sila [27 December 1949 (Italy)]
A young woman becomes the object of a bitter, heated rivalry between her admirers.
The Wolves [1956 (Italy)]
The Wolves is a 1956 Italian neorealistic drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.
Theorem [7 September 1968 (Italy)]
Involvement with an ethereal stranger (Terence Stamp) leaves an indelible spiritual effect on a Milanese bourgeoisie family.
Un Sorriso, uno Schiaffo, un Bacio in Bocca [1976]
Actor Renato Pozzetto hosts this portrait of Italy's film achievements.
Vysoká karetní hra [Luigi Comencini]