- published: 26 Mar 2016
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Violetta (born 1906/1907, date of death unknown) was the stage name of Aloisia Wagner, born without legs or arms. She was born in Hemelingen, Germany.
In April 1924 Violetta immigrated to New York City, United States from Hemelingen, Germany, with her step brother, Karl Grobecker, and performed in sideshows as a singer, including Coney Island's Dreamland and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She moved herself by hopping from place to place on the bottom of her torso, and was able to manipulate objects with her mouth enough to comb her own hair, dress herself, thread a needle, and sew. Violetta was married and wore her wedding band on a gold chain around her neck.
Actors: Paul Hüttel (actor), Rita Angela (actress), Flemming Klem (miscellaneous crew), Niklas Schak (composer), Bodil Sangill (actress), Maria Gefke (writer), Maria Gefke (writer), Maria Gefke (producer), Mark Bukdahl (editor), Victoria Ellen Gibson (writer), Victoria Ellen Gibson (director),
Plot: Vera lives in a commune for older people. She has often wondered, 'What if Harry and I had stayed together all those years ago?' When Harry moves in to the same commune, Vera is confronted with her feelings. Her neighbour Violetta is also attracted to Harry and Vera is forced to show Harry how she feels.
Genres: Romance, Short,Actors: Paul Hüttel (actor), Camilla Overbye Roos (actress), Rita Angela (actress), Niklas Schak (composer), Bodil Sangill (actress), Maria Gefke (writer), Maria Gefke (producer), Mark Bukdahl (editor), Victoria Ellen Gibson (writer), Victoria Ellen Gibson (director),
Plot: Vera lives in a commune for older people. She has often wondered, "What if Harry and I had stayed together all those years ago?" When Harry moves in to the same commune, Vera is confronted with her feelings. Her neighbour Violetta is also attracted to Harry and Vera is forced to show Harry her true feelings.
Keywords: aging, old-loveActors: Stefano Antonucci (actor), Pino Insegno (actor), Anita Blond (actress), Pier Francesco Pingitore (writer), Pier Francesco Pingitore (director), Luca Lionello (actor), Paolo Triestino (actor), Renato Cortesi (actor), Fabrizio Bucci (actor), Giuseppe De Rosa (actor), Milena Miconi (actress), Paola Lavini (actress), Lorenzo Crespi (actor), Benedetta Valanzano (actress), Piero Pintucci (composer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Marco Bellocchio (writer), Marco Bellocchio (producer), Marco Bellocchio (director), Francesca Calvelli (editor), Lucille Cristaldi (miscellaneous crew), Sergio Pelone (producer), Antonio Salvadori (actor), Elena Rossi (actress), Eugenia Ratti (actress), Corrado Ambiveri (actor), Paola Quagliata (actress), Sara Renzi (costume designer), Daniela Pilla (actress), Luigi Battistoni (actor), Corrado Casati (actor),
Plot: It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice place in the north of Italy where Verdi lived and composed his music. Probably it could have been more interesting if the musical part was not so preminent...recommended for Verdi's fans
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Marco Bellocchio (writer), Marco Bellocchio (producer), Marco Bellocchio (director), Francesca Calvelli (editor), Lucille Cristaldi (miscellaneous crew), Sergio Pelone (producer), Antonio Salvadori (actor), Elena Rossi (actress), Eugenia Ratti (actress), Corrado Ambiveri (actor), Paola Quagliata (actress), Sara Renzi (costume designer), Daniela Pilla (actress), Luigi Battistoni (actor), Corrado Casati (actor),
Plot: It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice place in the north of Italy where Verdi lived and composed his music. Probably it could have been more interesting if the musical part was not so preminent...recommended for Verdi's fans
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Martine Rapin (costume designer), Véronique Silver (actress), Henri Marteau (actor), Pierre Belot (actor), Jean-Pierre Sentier (actor), Didier Haudepin (writer), Fanny Cottençon (actress), Michel Aumont (actor), Bernard Giraudeau (actor), Gérard Blain (actor), André Julien (actor), Patrick Bonnel (actor), Daniel Russo (actor), Sylvie Koechlin (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Witta (editor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Jane Birkin (actress), Maurice Chevit (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Féodor Atkine (actor), Jane Birkin (actress), Louba Guertchikoff (actress), Simon Ward (actor), Julie Robinson (miscellaneous crew), John O'Shea (producer), John Reid (writer), John Reid (director), Maurice Pons (writer), Stephen McCurdy (composer), Léonard Pezzino (actor), Ian John (editor),
Plot: It was only after her death that the work of New Zealand writer, Katherine Mansfield, became well known, thanks to her editor and husband, John Middleton-Murry. She had left New Zealand to travel around France, and she died there from tuberculosis. Thirty three years later, Middleton-Murry is invited to France to approve a new edition of her collected letters and journals, and there he meets a young woman, Marie Taylor (also from NZ) who reminds him strongly of his dead wife. As the two become friends, Marie starts reading old correspondence between Mansfield and her husband, and discovers the true nature of their relationship and that Mansfield's dying wishes regarding her writings have been ignored by the manipulative, and less-than-honest, Middleton-Murry.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Luigi Montini (actor), Adriano Tagliavia (editor), Tiberio Murgia (actor), Piero Regnoli (director), Alessandro Perrella (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), Piero Regnoli (writer), Orchidea de Santis (actress), Tony Kendall (actor), Nico Fidenco (composer), Femi Benussi (actress), Rosita Torosh (actress), Roberto Ceccacci (actor), Rosemarie Lindt (actress), Luigi Leoni (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Giorgos Lazaridis (writer), Giannis Gionakis (actor), Stavros Paravas (actor), Nikos Stavridis (actor), Aleka Stratigou (actress), Orestis Laskos (director), Anna Matzourani (actress), Yiorgos Olimbios (actor), Beata Asimakopoulou (actress), Mirka Kalatzopoulou (actress), Christos Parlas (actor), Golfo Bini (actress), Giorgos Panjas (actor), Paris Pappis (actor), Kostas Doukas (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Gene Kelly (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), William Bailey (actor), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (actor), William Frawley (actor), Rex Evans (actor), Fred Astaire (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Peter Lawford (actor),
Plot: In heaven, showman 'Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.' (qv) fondly recalls his first Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907. Even from heaven, he is hoping that he can, for one last time, create that same magic by mounting one last follies. As he thinks about who he would like to appear in these follies, he is assisted in realizing his fantasy, at least in his own mind, by such luminaries as 'Fred Astaire' (qv), 'Edward Arnold (I)' (qv), 'Lucille Ball', 'Marion Bell' (qv), 'Lucille Bremer' (qv), 'Fanny Brice' (qv), 'Cyd Charisse' (qv), 'Judy Garland' (qv), 'Kathryn Grayson' (qv), 'Lena Horne' (qv), 'Gene Kelly (I)' (qv), 'James Melton (I)' (qv), 'Victor Moore (I)' (qv), 'Virginia O'Brien' (qv), 'Red Skelton' (qv), 'Esther Williams (I)' (qv), 'Keenan Wynn' (qv), and, of course, a bevy of beautiful girls.
Keywords: 1940s, actress, bag-of-golf-clubs, ballerina, ballet, ballroom-dancing, bird-on-shoulder, bubble, camera-shot-of-a-woman's-legs, carousel