
Acting
Marcella Rovena
Born — Died
1908-01-21 — 1998-08-09
Place of birth
Conegliano, Veneto, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
49 titles
Known for
7.7As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.
The Leopard
1963
7.4A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
White Nights
1957
6.9On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
The Passionate Thief
1960
6.1A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
After the Fox
1966
7.2Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
The Visit
1964
6.8Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
The Sign of Venus
1955
Film credits
1960s · 17 titles
7.7As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.
The Leopard
1963
6.9On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
The Passionate Thief
1960
6.1A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
After the Fox
1966
7.2Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
The Visit
1964
7.4Emilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Until he meets Angiolina Zarri, a beautiful but fickle, wayward and coquettish young woman. Unfortunately for him, Emilio falls madly in love with her.
Careless
1962
6.1An aspiring young artist breaks from his wealthy, possessive mother to live a bohemian existence in the artist's section of Rome and falls in love with a beautiful model who wants an uncommitted relationship.
The Empty Canvas
1963
6.1A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Made in Italy
1965
7.0In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three escaped POWs: an American pilot, a Russian sergeant and a British major.
Escape by Night
1960
7.7A low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes a pimp and the prostitutes take over the country.
Little Girls and High Finance
1960
6.6Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature friends. For a change, she is convinced by two teenage male friends to go for a beach vacation. Their main motive is to try to win her affection and get to sleep with her. Tragedy soon follows when the love triangle unravels.
La calda vita
1964
7.6Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
Totòtruffa '62
1961
5.9A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.
I motorizzati
1962
5.8Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker.
A Man for Burning
1962
7.8The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.
Day by Day, Desperately
1961
3.7Study of a man whose basic sense of inferiority leads him from worse to worse.
Il morbidone
1965
7.7Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who were dedicated to robbing banks.
La banda Casaroli
1962
7.0The life of Antonio suddenly changes when she meets Serena, a young nun who took the veil to escape the hard life of the country and has chosen the provision of assistance to the sick to get out of the convent, which falls in love, moving from the role of seducer to that of seduced.
La Suora Giovane
1965
1950s · 25 titles
7.4A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
White Nights
1957
6.8Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
The Sign of Venus
1955
6.3Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.
Totò Looking for Wife
1950
6.3A mysterious woman takes her daughter on vacation after they've been separated for several months. There, she meets some of the richest and most eccentric people, who are hiding just as much as she is.
The Boarder
1954
7.4A 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
6.5After murdering her illegitimate baby, Isabella pins the blame on her innocent cousin Consuelo. Despite the strenuous efforts of her attorney-lover DeSylva, Consuelo is found guilty and shipped to a penal colony along with several other female prisoners.
The Ship of Condemned Women
1953
6.5It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
High School
1954
7.3A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
Europa '51
1952
6.3The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.
Bravissimo
1955
7.0While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.
Three Forbidden Stories
1952
8.3Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...
Position Wanted
1951
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Red Love
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La colpa di una madre
1952
6.1In a small Italian town, the local youngsters realize that their youth is coming to an end and marriage will soon follow. They gather together for one last time in an attempt to revive their younger days, but this comes to a dismal conclusion. Gradually it dawns on the group that childhood is over and the next stage in human growth must be faced.
Young Husbands
1958
6.5A strange vagrant makes repeated attempts to rescue land inhabited by hawkers from being taken over by building development and a subway installation.
The Knight is Here
1950
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Moglie e buoi...
1956
5.4Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes.
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
1950
6.3A high school girl, enamored by her young teacher, follows him and discovers that his home life holds many secrets.
Poppy
1952
A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind.
Stasera sciopero
1951
7.2A young woman brings a baby to some military barracks. There is a note on the child - it says that the baby is hers and a soldier called Felice.
Corporal of the day
1958
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Licenza premio
1951
6.5A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and both faces struggles with friends and family as they return to their homes.
Guai ai vinti
1954
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Disperato addio
1955
10.0Pia de' Tolomei, despite being in love with Ghino Perticari, was forced to marry a nobleman from Siena who, when he discovers her love for the other man, has her locked up in a tower.
Pia de' Tolomei
1958
8.0Three crooks scheme to swindle a wealthy widow out of her fortune, but their plans are thwarted by the sudden return of her husband who is far from dead.
Abracadabra
1952
1940s · 4 titles
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Il fiore sotto gli occhi
1944
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La guardia del corpo
1942
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Torna a Sorrento
1945
10.0Two little angels, a boy and a girl, come down on earth to choose their parents prior to birth. They choose the daughter of a retired general as their future mother and an opera singer as their dad. But making the two chosen ones meet, fall in love and marry will prove to be anything but easy.
Arrivederci, papà!
1948
1930s · 3 titles
8.0Based on fact, Passaporto Rosso (Red Passport) details the plight of a group of poor Italian immigrants who are hired as railroad workers in turn-of-the-century South America. In addition to facing poverty, deprivation, and prejudice, the immigrants are also bedeviled by a raging fever epidemic. Finally achieving a measure of prosperity, the Italians are forced to confront tragedy once more when their grown children march off to WWI. Though Isa Miranda is top-billed, she has very little to do in comparison with male lead Filippo Scelso. Passaporto Rosso was released in the U.S. as Destiny Unknown.
Destiny Unknown
1935
6.8A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt.
I'll Give a Million
1935
9.0Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet.
The Operator
1932
