
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
5.5The 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
7.6In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.
The Children Are Watching Us
1943
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Angel in the crowd
1950
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Girl of the Golden West
1942
NRDuring 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
No synopsis available yet.
Il paese senza pace
1946
Film credits
1950s · 8 titles
5.5The 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
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Angel in the crowd
1950
NRDuring 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
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
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
5.8A 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
6.3Maria 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
10.0After 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
7.6In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.
The Children Are Watching Us
1943
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Girl of the Golden West
1942
No synopsis available yet.
Il paese senza pace
1946
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Il ponte di vetro
1940
Anthology comedy/romance film
The Za-Bum Circus
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Lucrezia Borgia
1940
7.0Melodrama of sexual cravings: The bored wife of a horse breeder is the object of attention by both a stud keeper and a half idiot stable hand.The young daughter of the household is later added to this mixture of passions.
Furia
1947
1930s · 15 titles
7.0A 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La vedova
1939
5.6In 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
5.4A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.
The Movie Star
1931
6.3A 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
6.3The 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
7.0Old 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
4.7A 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Gli uomini non sono ingrati
1937
7.0This 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
7.5Roylott 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 synopsis available yet.
Ninna nanna delle 12 mamme
1930
9.0Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet.
The Operator
1932
7.0The 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 synopsis available yet.
Creature della notte
1934

