FrameThrower · Actors · Cesare Danova
Cesare Danova
2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1964–1973
Born 1 March 1926 · Bergamo, Italy · died 19 March 1992
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Cesare Danova, born Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy, was a television and screen actor. He adopted the stage name Danova when he turned to acting in Rome at the end of World War II. He migrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film Don Giovanni (Don Juan) in 1955. He was contracted to MGM in 1956.
Other appearances include The Man Who Understood Women. He tested for a part in Ben Hur, but his big break was the role of Apollodorus, Cleopatra's personal servant in the 1963 film, Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 128 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Cesare takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Cesare takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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