Lilla Brignone

Acting

Lilla Brignone

Born — Died

1913-08-23 — 1984-03-24

Place of birth

Roma, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 7 titles

1960s · 15 titles

L'Eclisse poster
7.6

Vittoria is a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

L'Eclisse

1962

Baby Doll poster
7.4

A bachelor attorney with a roving eye for beautiful women stets his sights on a Young student for his next amorous conquest.

Baby Doll

1968

The Shortest Day poster
6.4

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

The Shortest Day

1963

Stendali (Still They Toll) poster
6.0

A unique 1960s documentary on the traditional dirge sung by women in Griko, an ancient dialect of Salento, so old that it originates from the ancient Greeks who once colonized that part of southern Italy.

Stendali (Still They Toll)

1960

Sex Can Be Difficult poster
6.3

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.

Sex Can Be Difficult

1962

Paranoia poster
5.9

Following the death of her wealthy husband, American widow Kathryn West migrates to Italy and takes up a reclusive existence in a luxurious villa. After quickly succumbing to the charms of a local man, she lets him move into the villa and the two are later joined by his sister, which soon leads to complications.

Paranoia

1969

Rocambole poster
6.7

In London in 1903, during a reception at the German embassy, the legendary swindler Rocambole, thought to have died in the penal colony, helps the British secret service compromise a Prussian diplomat. His mission completed, Rocambole, under the identity of the Comte de Chamery, returns to Paris, where Baron Keller, an arms manufacturer in the service of the Kaiser, entertains the famous prima ballerina Cléo Santelli at Maxim's every evening, with whom he is madly in love. Despite her attentions, the young dancer falls in love with the false Chamery, who seems to have sworn the Baron's doom and ridicules him in the salons.

Rocambole

1963

The Attic poster
7.5

In the 1960s, Silvana, a beautiful girl from the countryside, decides to spend the night in Rome after missing the last bus home. Without a place to stay, she seeks refuge in an under-construction attic. There, she meets a young man, leading to a short-lived romance. He opens her eyes to the wonders of the economic boom shaping the capital in those years. Despite the chaos of buses, protests, and big stores, Silvana chooses to make Rome her home.

The Attic

1963

Thunder of Battle poster
5.3

Coriolanus leads the plebians in a revolt against Roman oppression.

Thunder of Battle

1964

Un marito in condominio poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un marito in condominio

1963

Ghosts of Rome poster
7.2

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.

Ghosts of Rome

1961

Letters of a Novice poster
6.5

The nun tells the priest about her past and then a long flashback begins...

Letters of a Novice

1960

The Nun of Monza poster
7.0

Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very strict with herself and the students until she's unable to resist a romance with the nobleman Gian Paolo Osio which will lead both to danger.

The Nun of Monza

1962

The Betrothed poster
8.3

Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by the wickedness of the powerful Don Rodrigo, who secretly loves Lucia. The two run away from Lake Como where they live, and take refuge inland.

The Betrothed

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Caio Gracco

1968

1950s · 8 titles

Angels of Darkness poster
3.6

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their livelihood. The girls must now find honest work.

Angels of Darkness

1954

Violent Summer poster
7.2

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?

Violent Summer

1959

Il borghese gentiluomo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il borghese gentiluomo

1959

No artwork available
NR

Elena receives anonymous phone calls and fears they concern her son. Young Sandro's attitude has changed recently and she is certain he is hiding something from her. Her main fear is that he is having a romantic relationship with a girl of lower social standing, which could distract him from his studies, which Elena is struggling to maintain after the loss of her husband.

La frattura

1956

Rice Girl poster
5.7

The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.

Rice Girl

1956

I sogni nel cassetto poster
8.0

The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations during his wife's pregnancy.

I sogni nel cassetto

1957

Cannon Serenade poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cannon Serenade

1958

Abbiamo vinto! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abbiamo vinto!

1951

1930s · 4 titles

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