
Acting
Dina Perbellini
Born — Died
1901-01-14 — 1984-04-02
Place of birth
Caldogno, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
45 titles
Known for
8.0The odyssey of 5 Alpine soldiers who died during the First World War because of an avalanche. Their bodies were found several years later.
I cinque dell'Adamello
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le avventure di Ciuffettino
1969
7.6In 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 Children Are Watching Us
1943
4.8A former prostitute and a little Polish girl are survivors of a train crash. The woman wishes to adopt the child, but her past makes that difficult.
The Slave of Sin
1954
5.2After several unsuccessful suicide attempts, Totò finds himself in an animal asylum.
Animal Crackers
1939
5.2A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Times Gone By
1952
Film credits
1960s · 6 titles
6.0A great Party is given by the rich family of Improta. Every kind of intrigue gets around this party. The purpose of every plan is to find a husband or a wife with a quality: wealth.
Madri pericolose
1960
6.8Antonio goes to Rome to represent his fellow peasants, to request a highway that will be built in their region. But the guy is mastered by 'la dolce vita' and wastes the money entrusted to him for his mission. When Peppino is sent to to find out what happened, he lets himself be trapped by the gentle grip of 'la dolce vita'
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961
7.0A criminal making plans to pull off one big score before he retires, comes into possession of secret papers worth a fortune, but dies while attempting the hit. His wife takes those papers for herself, while discovering there are rival criminals, a powerful organization and a sleazy blackmailer.
Danger in the Middle East
1960
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Il principe fusto
1960
6.7Agilulfo is a righteous, perfectionist, faithful and pious knight with only one shortcoming: he doesn't exist. Inside his empty armor is an echoing voice that reverberates through the metal. Nevertheless, he serves the army of a Christian king out of goodwill and faith in the holy cause.
The Nonexistent Knight
1969
9.0A boy of fourteen enters to work as messenger boy in a flower shop. His first task is to bring a bouquet for a bride but arrives late and is forced to go to the altar. His second job is to bring a funeral wreath but uses it to save a man who is drowning in the river. Naturally, he is late again. In the afternoon, he carries a basket of flowers to the TV a Spanish movie star is performing. But he is wrong and takes another funeral wreath that is delivered to star in a big stage. Due to customer complaints he is fired and the store puts back the sign "boy is needed."
Boy Wanted
1963
1950s · 19 titles
8.0The odyssey of 5 Alpine soldiers who died during the First World War because of an avalanche. Their bodies were found several years later.
I cinque dell'Adamello
1954
4.8A former prostitute and a little Polish girl are survivors of a train crash. The woman wishes to adopt the child, but her past makes that difficult.
The Slave of Sin
1954
5.2A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Times Gone By
1952
6.7Stefano and Maria have a marriage by proxy while he is working abroad in Canada. When she is mistakenly accused of abandoning her own child and sent to jail, Stefano finds out and decides to annul their marriage.
He Who Is Without Sin...
1952
7.3The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to nursing.
Anna
1951
7.2A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
7.0Based 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.
The Overcoat
1952
7.8A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up street and down canal for the missing bird, he meets and falls in love with luscious flower-girl Maria.
Ho scelto l'amore
1953
7.3Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwittingly invents a serum which transforms any man in a womanizer. His boss scents a good business and wants to produce the serum on industrial basis, but Roberto does not agree.
Io piaccio
1955
6.5The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.
La cambiale
1959
8.0A destroyer departs from the port of Taranto with orders to take a load of petrol to Tobruk at all costs.
Il prezzo della gloria
1956
9.0I figli non si vendono (literally, Children must not be sold) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard
I figli non si vendono
1952
6.3Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various characters sojourn and love stories begin and end.
Time of Vacation
1956
7.5A woman has jumped or been pushed from five stories of an apartment house. The detective on the case lives there, and he discovers that the woman's estranged husband does also.
Appointment for Murder
1952
7.0Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.
Cuori sul mare
1950
8.5Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.
Vortice
1953
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Incatenata dal destino
1956
6.5Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
Camilla
1954
7.0Giorgio with some friends rehearses a show of Neapolitan songs financed thanks to an elderly artist. Having come to quarrel with the landlady, Giorgio rented a room with a good woman who lives with her beautiful daughter Maria. Love soon arises between the two.
Naples Sings
1953
1940s · 10 titles
7.6In 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 Children Are Watching Us
1943
5.7In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes the tyrant of kingdom. He abandons the prince Arminio to beasts in the woods, but lions don't kill him and breed him as one of them.
The Iron Crown
1941
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La compagnia della teppa
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il ladro sono io!
1940
No synopsis available yet.
Chi l'ha visto?
1945
5.3The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a relationship with a circus rider that produced twin sons.
L'allegro fantasma
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alessandro, sei grande!
1940
9.0In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality, arouses people's curiosity and gossip. The young mayor of the village feels attracted to the girl and begins to court her.
La maestrina
1942
No synopsis available yet.
Gioco d'azzardo
1943
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Capitan Fracassa
1940
1930s · 9 titles
5.2After several unsuccessful suicide attempts, Totò finds himself in an animal asylum.
Animal Crackers
1939
7.0A veteran of the African War, along with two young men, one of whom is newly married, are called to arms to defend their homeland's borders. They will be protagonists of dramatic events involving assaults, retreats, and life in the trenches. The old veteran of the African War will ultimately perish as a hero, while the other two will return to their homes after the victorious battle to recount the dramatic events they experienced.
Alpine Love
1935
8.0Ginevra degli Almieri's family has arranged a marriage of interest but the young Ginevra strenuously refuses until she falls into catalepsy and is buried alive. Once she wakes up she goes home but her family believes they are dealing with a ghost and they try to chase her away. She will only be welcomed by the penniless young painter who has always been in love with her.
Ginevra degli Almieri
1935
8.0Ginevra degli Almieri's family has arranged a marriage of interest but the young Ginevra strenuously refuses until she falls into catalepsy and is buried alive. Once she wakes up she goes home but her family believes they are dealing with a ghost and they try to chase her away. She will only be welcomed by the penniless young painter who has always been in love with her.
Ginevra degli Almieri
1935
8.0It is only the prospect of having a child that eventually draws otherwise strictly urban new wife Suzette to the farm of an Italian working class family. She really doesn't like the country or her in laws.
Amore
1936
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Il marchese di Ruvolito
1939
8.0No synopsis available yet.
I fratelli Castiglioni
1937
7.0The title refers to a character named Pompeo Quarantini; an attorney tries to prevent marriage between an heiress and a musician, but without success.
The Last Days of Pompeo
1937
A school teacher falls in love with one of his female colleague, who teaches gymnastics. She returns his love, but this discovered by his students who try and sabotage their relationship.
Seconda B
1934
