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Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante (UK /ˈdænti/, US /ˈdɑːnteɪ/; Italian: [ˈdante]; c1265–1321), was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem Commedia, later named La divina commedia (Divine Comedy), considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
In Italy he is known as il Sommo Poeta ("the Supreme Poet") or just il Poeta. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language".
Dante was born in Florence, Italy. The exact date of Dante's birth is unknown, although it is generally believed to be around 1265. This can be deduced from autobiographic allusions in La Divina Commedia, "the Inferno" (Halfway through the journey we are living, implying that Dante was around 35 years old, as the average lifespan according to the Bible (Psalms 89:10, Vulgate) is 70 years; and as the imaginary travel took place in 1300, Dante must have been born around 1265). Some verses of the Paradiso section of the Divine Comedy also provide a possible clue that he was born under the sign of Gemini: "As I revolved with the eternal twins, I saw revealed from hills to river outlets, the threshing-floor that makes us so ferocious" (XXII 151-154). In 1265 the Sun was in Gemini approximately during the period of May 11 to June 11.
Actors: Jhonny Obando (director), Jhonny Obando (actor), Jhonny Obando (writer), Rodrigo Aragón (actor), Edilson Rojas Diaz (actor), Edilson Rojas Diaz (producer), Pilar Bru (actress), Pedro Pablo Porras (actor), Jose Perdomo III (actor), Eliana Silva (actress), Juan Jiménez (actor), Yesler de la Cruz (writer), María Alejandra Ydler (actress), Hernan Caporaso (actor), Nacho Rodríguez Sanz (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: John Johnson (director), John Johnson (writer), John Johnson (actor), John Johnson (editor), Kevin MacLeod (composer), John Johnson (producer), John R. Price II (actor), Gary Carper (actor), Neil Wagner (editor), Steven Haar (producer), Tracy Lee Staton (actress), Matthew Ewald (actor), Jarod Kearney (actor), Jay Barber (actor), Ben Church (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Tom Felleghy (actor), Adriano Tagliavia (editor), Carlo Savina (composer), Cesare Di Vito (actor), Joe D'Amato (director), Ada Pometti (actress), Dada Gallotti (actress), Glauco Onorato (actor), Osiride Pevarello (actor), Lorenzo Piani (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Linda Sini (actress), Attilio Dottesio (actor), Renzo Rinaldi (actor), Christa Linder (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Mimmo Poli (actor), Stefano Oppedisano (actor), Cesare Di Vito (actor), Joe D'Amato (director), Gabriella Giorgelli (actress), Joe D'Amato (writer), Joe D'Amato (editor), Attilio Dottesio (actor), Giorgio Dolfin (actor), Marco Mariani (actor), Margaret Rose Keil (actress), Enzo Pulcrano (actor), Lucia Modugno (actress), Anna Lina Alberti (actress), Fausto Di Bella (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (actor), Inger Pehrsson (costume designer), Tage Danielsson (writer), Michel Francini (actor), Margaretha Krook (actress), Tage Danielsson (writer), Annette Poivre (actress), Raymond Bussières (actor), Holger Löwenadler (actor), Toivo Pawlo (actor), Manne Grünberger (actor), Gösta Ekman (actor), Olle Hilding (actor), Wic Kjellin (editor), Tage Danielsson (director),
Plot: Young Dante Alighieri inherits 17 million from his father the sausage maker on one condition - he has to give up smoking in 14 days. But the days go on and he simply can't quit. He hires a detective agency to physically stop him. He has an uncle, who inherits the money if Dante fails, and the uncle tries to keep him smoking.
Keywords: based-on-novel, cigarette-smoking, inheritanceActors: Vittorio Metz (writer), Vittorio Metz (writer), Marcello Marchesi (writer), Isa Barzizza (actress), Totò (actor), Marcello Marchesi (writer), Vinicio Sofia (actor), Mario Riva (actor), Mario Castellani (actor), Carlo Ninchi (actor), Luigi Pavese (actor), Loris Gizzi (actor), Walter Chiari (actor), Nino Rota (composer), Steno (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Amleto Novelli (actor), Diana Karenne (actress), Valentina Frascaroli (actress), Domenico Gaido (director), Ruggero Barni (actor), Valentino Soldani (writer), Armando Cresti (actor), Guido Maraffi (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mario Caserini (director), Giovanni Enrico Vidali (actor), Fernanda Negri Pouget (actress), Arturo Ambrosio (producer), Oreste Grandi (actor), Vitale Di Stefano (actor), Cesare Gani Carini (actor), Nerini Grossi Carini (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Giuseppe de Liguoro (actor), Giuseppe de Liguoro (director), Dante Alighieri (writer), Salvatore Papa (actor), Francesco Bertolini (director), Arturo Pirovano (actor), Adolfo Padovan (director), Emilise Beretta (actress), Raffaele Caravaglios (composer), Attilio Motta (actor), Augusto Milla (actor), Pier Delle Vigne (actor),
Plot: The poet Dante is lost in a dark and gloomy wood. At the summit of a mountain he sees the light of salvation. He endeavors to ascend to it, but his way is barred by three wild beasts, symbolizing Avarice, Pride and Lust. Beatrice sees his predicament and descends from Paradise into Limbo, where she asks the poet Virgil to rescue and guide Dante. Virgil knows another way to go, but this leads straight through the entire Inferno, before it continues towards Paradise. Virgil leads Dante to the portals of Inferno. Charon ferries them over the river Acheron, and then they start their journey downwards through the different circles of Inferno. Dante meets all kind of sinners and sees the never-ending punishments they have to undergo. The various punishments are adjusted to the different transgressions. Among the sinners Dante recognizes many persons he has met in Florence, when they were still alive. They tell him their sad stories and why they have ended here. At last Dante and Virgil meets the arch traitor Lucifer, who holds the bodies of Brutus and Cassius in his mouth. The two poets climb down the shaggy sides of Lucifer, to reach the subterranean way which leads out of Inferno.
Keywords: based-on-literary, based-on-novel, based-on-poem, beyond-death, bitten-by-a-snake, brain-eating, cerberus, charon, christian, christianity