Isa Pola

Acting

Isa Pola

Born — Died

1909-12-10 — 1984-12-17

Place of birth

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Isa Pola (19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films during her career. One of her earliest screen roles was the female lead in Steel (1933), a realist film set in the steelworking industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isa Pola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 8 titles

The Queen of Sheba poster
5.5

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

The Queen of Sheba

1952

Angel in the crowd poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Angel in the crowd

1950

La rivale dell'imperatrice poster
NR

During the 18th century, the empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the princess.

La rivale dell'imperatrice

1951

Three Forbidden Stories poster
7.0

While 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

No artwork available
8.0

Set in a somber, shadowy Venice, the film opens with the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Carlo Pavani, a well‑respected executive at Assicurazioni Generali. His absence causes much concern in his upper‑class household. Several days later, his body is found washed up onto the steps of a palazzo on the lagoon.

Ombre sul Canal Grande

1951

Margaret of Cortona poster
5.8

A Tuscan peasant girl in the 13th century overcomes sexual harassment, and the skepticism of her fellow citizens, as she saves plague victims, works miracles, and eventually becomes a saint.

Margaret of Cortona

1950

Love and Chatter poster
6.3

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli, vice mayor and head of the opposition. To complicate the story there is the reconstruction of a hermitage destroyed during the war. Reconstruction would take the view of the Paseroni villa, big industrial and political traffic. Bonelli's lawyer, a great speaker, becomes a mayor for the death of his predecessor and is bought by Paseroni, while rejecting the love of Paul and Mary for social differences and why Paul should stay behind Doddy Paseroni. At this point, Paul and Mary flee to kill, just as Bonelli has to hold a talk on the radio for the inauguration of Paseroni's villa ...

Love and Chatter

1958

La figlia del forzato poster
10.0

After many years, a widowed Countess meets a former lover who lives with his daughter and her tutor.

La figlia del forzato

1954

1940s · 7 titles

1930s · 15 titles

Alpine Love poster
7.0

A 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

La vedova poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La vedova

1939

Steel poster
5.6

In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends: Mario and Pietro, fight for the love of the same girl, Gina. Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend. Mario, who is innocent, is forced to quit, but his love for Gina and his dedication to his job help him out of his crisis.

Steel

1933

The Movie Star poster
5.4

A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.

The Movie Star

1931

The Song of Love poster
6.3

A young woman takes care of the just-born child of her late mother. Sacrificing her engagement and studies along the way.

The Song of Love

1930

Mother Earth poster
6.3

The Duke Marco visits to his country side estate after many years absence. His farmers wants him to stay and run the place while his lover wants him to sell it. All while a farmers daughter also enters his life.

Mother Earth

1931

La Wally poster
7.0

Old fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.

La Wally

1932

I Was to Blame poster
4.7

A comedy about an unemployed fellow who goes to live with his brother and runs into trouble with his brother's overbearing wife.

I Was to Blame

1937

Gli uomini non sono ingrati poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gli uomini non sono ingrati

1937

Cavalleria rusticana poster
7.0

This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It's the story of Santuzza, her love Turiddu, and his passion for the married Lola that leads to his death in a duel when Lola's husband Alfio exacts satisfaction.

Cavalleria rusticana

1939

The Anonymous Roylott poster
7.5

Roylott is a chemical company that takes advantage of young but inexperienced talents, luring them with promises of gain. When the two brothers owners are found murdered, most damning evidence of the double murder are cleverly wrapped around the lawyer's firm.

The Anonymous Roylott

1936

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ninna nanna delle 12 mamme

1930

The Operator poster
9.0

Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet.

The Operator

1932

Ragazzo poster
7.0

The film follows Giovanni, a working-class orphan living in Rome, who realizes that his criminal lifestyle is wrong and becomes a devout fascist.

Ragazzo

1934

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Creature della notte

1934

1920s · 1 titles