
Acting
Leonardo Cortese
Born — Died
1916-05-25 — 1984-10-21
Place of birth
Roma, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
41 titles
Known for
9.0No synopsis available yet.
L'isola del tesoro
1959
6.2Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
The Flame that Never Dies
1949
8.5Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends.
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
1943
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Violenza sul lago
1954
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Il diavolo va in collegio
1944
5.4Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
Fame and the Devil
1949
Film credits
1950s · 6 titles
8.0After the death of his father, Anna starts working in the navy where he falls in love with a navy man.
Fiamme sulla laguna
1951
4.2Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
Verginità
1951
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Spring song
1951
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Il Conte Aquila
1955
An Italian movie.
Il capitano di Venezia
1952
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
1940s · 22 titles
6.2Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
The Flame that Never Dies
1949
8.5Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends.
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
1943
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Il diavolo va in collegio
1944
5.4Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
Fame and the Devil
1949
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Felicità perduta
1946
6.5A married woman fights her strange attraction to an aristocratic young pianist from her past.
La freccia nel fianco
1945
9.0An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after over twenty years.
Primo amore
1941
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Giuliano de' Medici
1941
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Incontri di notte
1943
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Le vie del peccato
1946
6.5An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alessandro, sei grande!
1940
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Giorni felici
1943
10.0To secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her lover's elder brother and steals his child. The boy is adopted by a coachman, and later, as secretary to the Minister of Justice, discovers the truth, punishes the bad guys, rewards the good ones and marries the daughter of another innocent man, unjustly accused by Claudia.
Cab Number 13
1948
6.0At the Royal Air Force Academy of Caserta, three students, Mario, Marco and Filippo become great friends. Toward the end of the course, Marco accidentally meets and falls in love with Mario's sister, Adriana. Mario expresses his opposition to Marco and this causes the end of their friendship. Due to an accident during a training flight, Marco is passed from the role of the navigator to the services role, thus not obtaining the military pilot's license.
I tre aquilotti
1942
7.7The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly identifiable with Ischia). Here lives Concetta, a widow with two children, who now lives with another man who however secretly lusts after his stepdaughter until when, on a stormy night...
Night of the Storm
1946
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Il vetturale del San Gottardo
1941
6.1At the end of the 19th century, a middle-class woman explains why she cannot get along with her husband, a good man but a little rough around the edges: she cannot forget that during the Risorgimento she fell in love with a noble conspirator. Now, however, she realizes that her true love is her husband.
A Romantic Adventure
1940
No synopsis available yet.
La regina di Navarra
1942
7.0Naples, 1880. Two young sisters from a noble family, after losing their parents, get taken in by a friend of their family.
Addio, amore!
1943
9.0"Law of Blood" - Rosa has been engaged for years with Antonio. But Antonio is in the military service and Rosa is seduced by Alberto. Returning to the village, Antonio learns what happened during his absence.
Legge di sangue
1948
8.0Directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.
Yes, Ma'am
1942
1930s · 4 titles
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Papà per una notte
1939
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La vedova
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Jeanne Doré
1938
Series credits
Behind the camera
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Violenza sul lago
1954
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Violenza sul lago
1954
No synopsis available yet.
La rosa di zolfo
1974
Two Italians, Sandro and Lorenzo, are traveling through the Soviet Union. Lorenzo has been to Russia before and now, accompanying his friend, gives him the necessary explanations. This peculiar technique allows us to see the USSR through the eyes of a progressively thinking Italian, to familiarize through Western countries with the grandiose transformations that were taking place at that time in the Soviet country, with the most essential features of the socialist reality, with the life of people, with the achievements of science, technology, culture and art.
Russia sotto inchiesta
1963
Two Italians, Sandro and Lorenzo, are traveling through the Soviet Union. Lorenzo has been to Russia before and now, accompanying his friend, gives him the necessary explanations. This peculiar technique allows us to see the USSR through the eyes of a progressively thinking Italian, to familiarize through Western countries with the grandiose transformations that were taking place at that time in the Soviet country, with the most essential features of the socialist reality, with the life of people, with the achievements of science, technology, culture and art.
Russia sotto inchiesta
1963
NRThe young British archaeologist Tim Frazer is visited by an old friend: Henry Denston. At an agreed appointment, however, the man does not show up, giving rise to a mysterious investigation.
Traffico d'Armi nel Golfo
1977
NRWhile on his way to visit Father Felipe, Sandro has a car accident and dies. Commissioner Selvaggi investigates the case, directing his investigations towards a group of the man's friends addicted to gambling.
Così per Gioco
1979

