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Liana Orfei

Liana Orfei

2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19601967

Born 7 January 1937 · San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy

Liana Orfei. Belonging to the famous Orfei circus dynasty, Liana is a multifaceted figure in Italian entertainment, capable of successfully ranging between circus, cinema, theater, and television.

Active on the big screen primarily between the 1950s and 70s, she acted in approximately forty films, working with masters of the caliber of Federico Fellini (in the documentary The Clowns), Orson Welles, Mario Monicelli, and Dino Risi. Her versatility led her to perform in highly diverse genres, from commedia all'italiana to Westerns, and even horror and science fiction.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19601967

  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

How their films are shot

Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Liana 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, 54% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Liana takes.

Time of day

Night54%
Day33%
Interior11%

Lighting

Low key53%
Natural36%
High key9%

Shot size

Closeup35%
Medium28%
Wide24%
Fullbody9%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral45%
Tense30%
Ominous12%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Liana Orfei's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.