Edwige Fenech

Edwige Fenech (actually Edwige Sfenek ; born December 24, 1948 in Bône , French Algeria ) is an Italian actress and film producer .

Life

The daughter of a Maltese father and a Sicilian mother was one of the most popular actresses in Italian film from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Fenech's career led to revealing roles early on, for the first time in 1968 under the direction of Franz Antel in the Austrian sex comedy Frau Wirtin has also a Count and in the following years in numerous other productions of different genres. Her appearances in thrillers , horror films and erotic comedies with titles such as Frau Wirtin has a niece (directed by Antel, 1969), The naked Bovary , All kittens like to nibble (both 1969), 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto (directed by Mario Bava , 1970), The Secret of the Bloody Lily (directed by Giuliano Carnimeo , 1972) or Nude per l'assassino (directed by Andrea Bianchi, 1975) Fenech attracted a great deal of attention from European audiences.

In the lavish war film The Great Offensive on a Battle of the African Campaign , Edwige Fenech appeared in 1978, directed by Umberto Lenzi , alongside great stars such as Helmut Berger , Henry Fonda and John Huston . The low success of the film, however, did not allow her an international breakthrough.

Edwige Fenech has only rarely appeared as an actress since the mid-1980s. She has been successful since the mid-1990s as a producer, primarily for Italian television. In 2004 she co-produced a film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino .

In the 1970s, Fenech, who replaced her French nationality with Italian, was the partner of film producer Luciano Martino , brother of director Sergio Martino . Therefore Fenech appeared in many productions Martinos and under the direction of his brother on, about 1971 in the in Vienna turned Giallo The killer of Vienna ( Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh ) or Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave from 1972. In the mid-1990s she was engaged to the Italian industrialist Luca di Montezemolo , who later became president of the Fiat Group.

Filmography (selection)

• 1968: Blood revenge of a victim (Testa o croce)
• 1968: slave of her instincts (top sensation)
• 1968: The son of the “Black Eagle” (Il figlio dell'Aquila Nera)
• 1968: The landlady also has a count
• 1969: The landlady also has a niece
• 1969: The maddened stories - based on Honoré de Balzac
• 1969: The Naked Bovary
• 1969: All kittens like to snack
• 1969: Madame and her niece
• 1969: The man with the golden brush
• 1970: His battlefield was the bed (Le calde notti di Don Giovanni)
• 1970: Le Mans death runway (Le Mans, scorciatoia per l'inferno)
• 1971: Dolanies melody - melody of death (Deserto di fuoco)
• 1971: The Killer of Vienna (Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh)
• 1972: The Pfaffenspiegel
• 1972: The colors of the night (Tutti i colori del buio)
• 1972: The secret of the bloody lily (Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?)
• 1972: Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave
• 1973: La Pistola (Dio, sei proprio un padreterno)
• 1973: Woe to us when lust seizes us (La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia)
• 1973: When angels swing their fists (Fuori uno sotto l'altro… arriva 'Il Passatore')
• 1975: The Fuckers (L'insegnante)
• 1975: Come on, we make love (La moglie vergine)
• 1975: Students love pretty bunnies (Grazie nonna)
• 1975: Politess in moral stress (La poliziotta fa carriera)
• 1976: The bad guys of the 6th Company (La dottoressa del distretto militare)
• 1976: Do Men Have to Be Beautiful? (40 gradi sotto il lenzuolo)
• 1977: The last howler of the company (La soldatessa alla visita militare)
• 1977: The cloudy cups in room 9 (La soldatessa alle grandi manovre)
• 1978: The great offensive (Il grande attacco)
• 1978: Flotte Teens and the new school chick (L'insegnante va in collegio)
• 1979: The Head of House (L'insegnante viene a casa)
• 1979: A totally dirty weekend (Sabato, Domenica e Venerdì)
• 1980: Vacation report of single women (La moglie in vacanza… l'amante in città)
• 1980: Dr. Jekyll's scary horror trip (Dr. Jekyll e gentile signora)
• 1980: Me and Caterina (Io e Caterina)
• 1980: The rascal of custom (La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume)
• 1981: Asso (Asso)
• 1981: The Spy of My Dreams (Tais-toi quand tu parles!)
• 1981: A super policewoman in New York (La poliziotta a New York)
• 1984: Vacanze in America
• 1987: Nel gorgo del peccato
• 1988: Off Balance - Death is waiting in Venice (Un delitto poco comune)
• 1992: Il coraggio di Anna
• 1993: Murder in Tuscany (Delitti privati)
• 1996: Donna
• 2007: Hostel 2 (Hostel: Part II)
• 2012: La figlia del capitano (TV movie)

production

• 1992: Il coraggio di Anna
• 1993: Murder in Tuscany (Delitti privati)
• 2004: The Merchant of Venice (Il mercante di Venezia)
• 2012: La figlia del capitano

literature

• Peter Osteried, Martin Hentschel: Edwige Fenech: Portrait No. 7. MPF, Hille 2010, ISBN 978-3-931608-20-0 .
• Martin Hentschel: Hot teens and lively films - The Italian erotic clothes of the 70s and 80s . Martin Hentschel, Düsseldorf, June 2013

Web links

Commons : Edwige Fenech  - Collection of Images

• Edwige Fenech in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homage to Edwige Fenech (English)
• Biography with gallery (Italian)
• Edwige Fenech in the German dubbing file