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Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, c. 35 km southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 meters, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy.
Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana, and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
First mentioned in the 6th century, Amalfi soon afterwards acquired importance as a maritime power, trading grain from its neighbors, salt from Sardinia and slaves from the interior, and even timber, in exchange for the gold dinars minted in Egypt and Syria, in order to buy the Byzantine silks that it resold in the West. Grain-bearing Amalfi traders enjoyed privileged positions in the Islamic ports, Fernand Braudel notes. The Amalfi tables (Tavole Amalfitane) provided a maritime code that was widely used by the Christian port cities. Merchants of Amalfi were using gold coins to purchase land in the 9th century, while most of Italy worked in a barter economy. In the 8th and 9th century, when Mediterranean trade revived it shared with Gaeta the Italian trade with the East, while Venice was in its infancy, and in 848 its fleet went to the assistance of Pope Leo IV against the Saracens.
Actors: Jean Rochefort (actor), Ángela Molina (actress), Alejandro Agresti (writer), Alejandro Agresti (producer), Alejandro Agresti (director), Ulises Dumont (actor), François Vila (miscellaneous crew), Paul M. van Brugge (composer), Alejandro Brodersohn (editor), Carlos Roffé (actor), Pascual Condito (actor), Antonio P. Pérez (producer), Thierry Forte (producer), René Scholten (producer), Mario Paolucci (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: George C. Scott (actor), David Suchet (actor), Michael Forest (actor), Philip Madoc (actor), Gunnar Möller (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), Kenneth Colley (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), George Coulouris (actor), Relja Basic (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Gabriel Byrne (actor), Raul Julia (actor), Wolf Kahler (actor), Lee Grant (actress),
Plot: This seven hour mini-series is based on the memories of Vittorio Mussolini, the oldest son of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The film opens in 1922 as Mussolini gathers his power through the use of his Black Shirt militia. Promoting himself as Caesar reincarnate, Il Duce gains a national fervor that peaks after the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935. In 1938, Mussolini attempted to promote peace at a Munich conference. Nonetheless he aligned himself with Hitler and drew his country into World War II. Of course, this led to his country's downfall and his total dishonor.
Keywords: abyssinia, censored-rape-scene, evil-man, fascism, italian-fascism, italy, mussolini, rape, tv-mini-series, tyrantActors: Carlo Lizzani (director), Franco Fraticelli (editor), Paola Borboni (actress), Jean Sorel (actor), Carlo Lizzani (writer), Giovanni Fusco (composer), Nando Tamberlani (actor), Gérard Blain (actor), Calisto Calisti (actor), Ignazio Leone (actor), Andrea Checchi (actor), Anna Maria Ferrero (actress), Umberto Raho (actor), Miranda Campa (actress), Filippo Scelzo (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Charles Arnt (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), John Butler (actor), Johnny Arthur (actor), Broderick Crawford (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), George Guhl (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Vinton Hayworth (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor),
Genres: Comedy,