Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn (1957)

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Spanish title: Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn

Director

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Ladislao Vajda

Storyline

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A cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by an old gypsy's spell, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him. (adapted from IMDb)

Cast

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• Credited
• Uncredited A-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast

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Actors credited in the Spanish version, in credit order.

Peter Ustinov
as Lawyer Pozzi

Pablito Calvo
as Tonino

Aroldo Tieri
as Bruno Lo Bianco

Silvia Marco
as Giulia

Maurizio Arena
as Alfonso

Isabel de Pomés
as Paolina

José Marco Davó
as The Judge

Franca Tamantini
as Alfonso's girl

Carlos Casaravilla
as Homeless man

Lola Bremón
as Old gypsy woman

Renato Chiantoni
as The Judge's receptionist

Juan de Landa
as Butcher

Julia Caba Alba
as Waitress in "Little Italy"

Luis Sánchez Polack
(credited as "Tip")
as Man giving advice to Bruno

Joaquín Portillo
(credited as "Top")
as Ice cream seller

Gianna Fierro
as Neighbour

Alicia Altabella
as Neighbour

Carlo Pisacane
as Neighbour

Ferdinando Rubino
Unidentified

Romeo De Pisco Po
Unidentified

Vittorio Bucci
as Neighbour

Manuel San Román
as Owner of "La Bella Sorrento"

Pilar Gómez Ferrer
as "La Bella Sorrento" owner's wife

Mena Lops
Unidentified

Mario Rossi
Unidentified

Nino Di Napoli
as Neighbour

Manuel Aguilera
as Neighbour

Orazio Tirone
Unidentified

José María Rodríguez
(credited as "José Mª Rodríguez")
as Neighbour

María Palma
Unidentified

Renato Terra Caizzi
(credited as "Renato Terra")
Unidentified - Does not appear

Rosina de Rosa
Unidentified

con la colaboración de

Enrique Diosdado
(credited as "Enrique A. Diosdado")
as Neighbourhood police patrolman

y

José Isbert
as Pietrino

y el perro

Caligola
as Pozzi as a dog

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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José Castells
as Neighbour

Juan Córdoba
as Neighbour

Rafael Cortés
as Neighbour

Francisco García López
as Passerby

Sandalio Hernández
as Neighbour

María Isbert
as Passerby

Alfonso Rojas
as Neighbour

Blanca Sandino
as Woman shocked to see Pozzi naked

Josefina Serratosa
as The butcher's wife

Felipe Urmeneta
as Safe breaker

Luis Varela
as Boy from the neighbourhood

"The Man from Everywhere"
as Local man

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified credited actors

• Romeo De Pisco Po - I suspect this is a mis-spelling of "Romeo De Piscopo", which is how he is listed by ANICA. He has no other credits under either name, but see my "theories" post following the unidentifieds for an idea about his possible ID.
• Rosina de Rosa - She has no other known credits, but see my "theories" post after the unidentifieds for a possible identification.
• Mena Lops - She has no other credits under this name.
• María Palma - She has no other known credits.
• Mario Rossi - IMDb lists one other role, however this is in a 1972 American film as a rally driver, so is almost certainly a different actor of the same name.
• Ferdinando Rubino - He has no other known credits - EdCE lists him as "Fernandito Rubino", but he has no other credits under that name either.
• Renato Terra Caizzi - Terra was a C.S.C. actor with many credits in films where he does not appear, so this would seem to be another of those and he maybe has the c.s.c. appendage in the Italian credits.
• Orazio Tirone - He has no other known credits.

Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Socorro Silva - EdCE. She has no other roles listed on IMDb. There is a Socorro Siva who has only one credit from 1982, so even if it is the same actress I doubt it would be possible to match her with an appearance from 25 years earlier.

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Unidentified actors

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A few theories...

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1. It was fairly common in Italian and Spanish movies for small roles to be named after the actors who played them. The character here (images 6/7) is named as "Rosina" in the film. At the very bottom of the cast list we have the unknown actress Rosina de Rosa. The character speaks one line of dialogue, so her placing in the cast list would seem to be about right. While it obviously cannot be confirmed, I do think it seems highly probable that it would be Rosina de Rosa playing Rosina, maybe probable enough that we could add her as a probable identification?

2. I really think the actress playing the prominently seen neighbour (top images) could be Mara Laso/Lasso (lower images). Laso would become a fairly familiar name in small but glamorous character roles in the 60's, but at this time she was still a year away from her earliest-known credit. "Mara Laso" was a pseudonym, her real name being María de los Dolores Ciga Rizo, so it could be quite possible that she had not yet settled on that name and, assuming it is her, could be credited here under a different pseudonym - both the rather peculiar "Mena Lops" (same initials as Mara Laso) or "María Palma" (with her first birth name) seem quite possible, but impossible to confirm. - Note: While I still think she seems a lot like Laso, Rudy's ID for Gianna Ferro below seems to disprove this theory as this is also the only actress who seems at all like Ferro.

3. I think it's very likely that the strange credit of "Romeo De Pisco Po" would actually be a mis-spelling of Romeo De Piscopo. While there are no other credits known for either of these names, a google search brings up a Romeo De Piscopo who was the older brother of well known Italian musician Tullio De Piscopo. This Romeo De Piscopo died in 1957 at the age of 21, so while there is no evidence that he was an actor it does at least seem like a possibility. As to who he could be in the film that is another matter, one of the older bully boys maybe since several of these do speak lines of dialogue?

Any opinions on any of these theories would be very welcome.

[van den bremt rudy]

Could Gianna Fierro be in these pictures 11, 12,14,50 and 61 ? (The blonde woman ? )(seeing the pictures for Solitudine)

Or has she a second movie name as said in your pictures ?

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Could Gianna Fierro be in these pictures 11, 12,14,50 and 61 ? (The blonde woman ? )(seeing the pictures for Solitudine)

Or has she a second movie name as said in your pictures ?

The shape of the face seems a bit different, but the other pics come from 4 years later so she maybe put on a bit of weight. Of the actresses in the film I guess it has to be her as I don't see anyone else similar and she does have the same pouty mouth, so I guess my theory about her being Mara Laso is incorrect as the images from Solitudine are not her.

Thank you for finding the images. Maybe some others will have opinions?

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Of the remaining credited actors, the only one who has roles she can be identified from is Alicia Altabella.

I think this has to be her as a neighbour seen prominently in the early scenes

Of the 4 uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, I managed to identify 3.

Juan Córdoba, listed by IMDb as playing a neighbour

The only one I could see who seemed at all like him was this one

Luis Varela, listed by EdCE, was a child actor in the 50's. I managed to identify him in one role from the same year.

I think this must be him.

Blanca Sandino, listed by EdCE. The only roles where I was able to identify her come from 12 and 18 years later.

Even so I think this probably must be her as the woman who screams when she sees Peter Ustinov walk by naked

I am fairly confident about all these ID's, so if I don't get any opinions to the contrary I will add them in a day or so. As always any opinions are welcome.