Maria Pia Casilio

Acting

Maria Pia Casilio

Born — Died

1935-05-05 — 2012-04-10

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for her roles in Umberto D. and Un americano a Roma. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was pretty active between 1952 and 1960, usually with the typical characterization of a querulous and naive small-town girl, then, after her marriage with the voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of Umberto D. Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Pia Casilio   licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikip…

Known for

Umberto D. poster
7.9

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

Umberto D.

1952

An American in Rome poster
7.1

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.

An American in Rome

1954

Frisky poster
7.2

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

Frisky

1954

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

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

Three Men and a Leg poster
8.0

Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.

Three Men and a Leg

1997

Film credits

1950s · 25 titles

Umberto D. poster
7.9

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

Umberto D.

1952

An American in Rome poster
7.1

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.

An American in Rome

1954

Frisky poster
7.2

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

Frisky

1954

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

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

Indiscretion of an American Wife poster
6.0

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?

Indiscretion of an American Wife

1953

Mid-Century Loves poster
5.2

Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.

Mid-Century Loves

1954

Dangerous Turning poster
7.0

The adventures of Daniele as he tries to find love with Lucienne despite being framed for murder and cocaine smuggling.

Dangerous Turning

1954

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge poster
7.6

Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

1956

Siamo tutti inquilini poster
6.5

Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.

Siamo tutti inquilini

1953

Air of Paris poster
6.2

Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.

Air of Paris

1954

The Street of Hope poster
5.9

Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta, the most inexperienced and naive, will have to choose between the dream of cinema and the reality of a marriage.

The Street of Hope

1953

Il medico dei pazzi poster
7.1

Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.

Il medico dei pazzi

1954

I pappagalli poster
5.9

Sunday is the only day off that house maids use to date the young men who cross their paths: doormen, soldiers, sailors, timid virgins and lurid husbands, or even a doctor.

I pappagalli

1955

Cannon Serenade poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cannon Serenade

1958

Thérèse Raquin poster
6.6

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.

Thérèse Raquin

1953

Half a Century of Song poster
10.0

Through a series of scenes inspired by famous songs, various episodes of Italian life in the last fifty years are recalled.

Half a Century of Song

1952

Neapolitan Carousel poster
6.5

Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.

Neapolitan Carousel

1954

Pasional poster
NR

After 8 years of marriage, a couple 20 years apart accuse each other of marital boredom.

Pasional

1956

The Suitcase of Dreams poster
6.7

A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.

The Suitcase of Dreams

1953

Due soldi di felicità poster
7.0

A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.

Due soldi di felicità

1955

Il canto dell'emigrante poster
9.0

An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison.

Il canto dell'emigrante

1956

Passionately poster
7.0

"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.

Passionately

1954

Gagliardi and Babes poster
8.0

Paolo, a youth, associates with very dubious characters and shirks work but all in all he is a good guy. Will he mend his own ways?

Gagliardi and Babes

1958

Amarti è il mio destino poster
10.0

Upon the death of her father, Anna, to escape economic ruin and save her family's honor, is forced to marry their main creditor, while her true love, Roberto, has to emigrate to Brazil.

Amarti è il mio destino

1957