Miranda Campa

Acting

Miranda Campa

Born — Died

1914-01-31 — 1989-05-07

Place of birth

Genève, Switzerland

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress. Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the nephew of actors Pio Campa and Wanda Capodaglio, Campa studied acting at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1938. Mainly active on stage, she was part, among others, of the theatrical companies of Vittorio Gassman, Andreina Pagnani and Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. She made her film debut at mature age, in 1949, usually cast in character roles, often playing religious figures. Campa was also very active as a voice actress and as a dubber. Source: Article "Miranda Campa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed un…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 2 titles

1970s · 7 titles

1960s · 9 titles

Barabbas poster
6.9

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

Barabbas

1961

The Centurion poster
5.5

A Roman soldier falls in love with the daughter of a Greek city's anti-Roman leader.

The Centurion

1961

Family Diary poster
7.0

Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother, Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.

Family Diary

1962

The Dam on the Yellow River poster
5.5

Anti-Communist propaganda film, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists' side.

The Dam on the Yellow River

1960

No artwork available
NR

The story follows Mario, a college senior torn between his sincere, simple love for Dorina, a seamstress, and his infatuation with the charming, mature Elena, a woman from the upper middle class.

Addio giovinezza

1965

Gold of Rome poster
6.6

Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.

Gold of Rome

1961

Le signore poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le signore

1960

The Bacchantes poster
5.3

The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by the masses, but the kingdom is suffering a horrific drought and the king Pentheus wants instead to sacrifice a virgin to the God Demeter.

The Bacchantes

1961

The Trial of Saint Therese of The Child Jesus poster
NR

The trial of Saint Teresa de Lisieux.

The Trial of Saint Therese of The Child Jesus

1967

1950s · 20 titles

The Giant of Marathon poster
5.2

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

The Giant of Marathon

1959

The Return of Don Camillo poster
7.2

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.

The Return of Don Camillo

1953

Roman Tales poster
6.2

Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?

Roman Tales

1955

Against the Law poster
6.5

A young bourgeois who launders money for the mafia gets accused of murder.

Against the Law

1950

Hell in the City poster
7.4

A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.

Hell in the City

1959

Lust of the Vampire poster
6.3

A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.

Lust of the Vampire

1957

The Young Ladies of 04 poster
6.3

The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.

The Young Ladies of 04

1955

Non perdiamo la testa poster
6.2

A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.

Non perdiamo la testa

1959

Revelation poster
7.7

A young communist discovers the power of faith.

Revelation

1955

The Overtaxed poster
7.1

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.

The Overtaxed

1959

The Slave of Sin poster
4.8

A 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

Solo Dio mi fermerà poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Solo Dio mi fermerà

1957

The Secret Conclave poster
8.8

No synopsis available yet.

The Secret Conclave

1952

Pietà per chi cade poster
7.0

Carlo Savelli, gone missing after the war, returns to Italia after many years. His wife Anna, believing him dead, has established a romance with Andrea, and in order to keep him happy, she follows him to Venice.

Pietà per chi cade

1954

Cavalier in Devil's Castle poster
9.0

A mysterious horseman, called the Dark Knight, sets himself up as a masked vigilante and decides to free the duchet of Valgrado from the grip of a terrible tyrant.

Cavalier in Devil's Castle

1959

I Always Loved You poster
7.0

A landowner loves a good girl, but is ensnared by another richer woman who is actually aiming for her fortune. This she will be able to temporarily make the two young men go away but the man makes his girlfriend understand that her is true love; he realizes that he has been the victim of a scam and will bring the woman he has always loved to the altar.

I Always Loved You

1953

Peccato di castità poster
8.0

Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip.

Peccato di castità

1956

No artwork available
NR

Giorgio Venturini's take on the classic "Man in the Iron Mask" story.

Il prigioniero del re

1954

La grande rinuncia poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La grande rinuncia

1951

The Two Orphans poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Two Orphans

1954

Series credits

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

1965

Malombra poster
7.0

The miniseries tells the story of Marina di Malombra, a languid heroine with a morbid, decadent sensibility.

Malombra

1974

Anna Karenina poster
5.8

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Anna Karenina

1974

Vita di Antonio Gramsci poster
8.0

The life and times of Antonio Gramsci from the establishment of L'Ordine Nuovo newspaper in 1919 to his untimely death in 1937, encompassing the birth of the Italian Communist Party (PCd'I), Gramsci's visits to Moscow where he met his future spouse, his election to Parliament, anti-fascism, trial and conviction.

Vita di Antonio Gramsci

1981

Tartarino sulle Alpi poster
10.0

Tartarin sur les Alpes is a novel written by the French writer Alphonse Daudet in 1885. It is the second part of a trilogy which also includes Tartarin de Tarascon (published in 1885) and Porto Tarascona (published in 1890). Seeing his position as president of the Alpine Club of Tarascon threatened because of his fellow citizen Costecalde, who questions his abilities as a mountaineer, Tartarin travels to the Bernese Alps to accomplish a memorable feat. In 1968, a television transposition of Tartarino sulle Alpi was broadcast by Rai, directed by Edmo Fenoglio, with Tino Buazzelli as the protagonist. The series was broadcast between 06/09/968 and 09/27/1968.

Tartarino sulle Alpi

1968

Il dottor Antonio poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il dottor Antonio

1954