Filippo Kulberg Taub: A Film Collector's Archive from Anna Fougez to Anna Magnani
Filippo Kulberg Taub, who hails from Civitavecchia and was born in 1984, is carrying on the film collection initiated by his late father, Giovanni Kulberg Taub, a firefighter who passed away in 2016. This collection traces back to his grandmother, Amelia De Fazi, who was a close friend of revue actress Anna Fougez (originally Anna Maria Pappacena Laganà) from 1940 until 1966. Following Amelia’s passing in 2002, the family discovered a trunk in Santa Marinella filled with photographs, letters, and memorabilia related to Fougez and her spouse, René Thano. In 2024, Kulberg Taub sold pieces to Francesco De Simone, the creative director at Giorgio Armani. His film collection features a 16 mm version of Pelle di serpente (1960), and he met Olivia de Havilland in Paris in 2007. He pursued studies at Rome's Sapienza and the New York Film Academy.
Key facts
- Filippo Kulberg Taub was born in Civitavecchia in 1984 and studied at Sapienza University of Rome
- His father Giovanni Kulberg Taub worked as a firefighter for forty years and died in 2016
- Grandmother Amelia De Fazi was companion and confidante of Anna Fougez for about twenty years, from 1940 until 1966
- Anna Fougez retired from the stage in 1940 and settled in Santa Marinella with husband René Thano
- A trunk recovered after Amelia's death in 2002 held photographs, letters, books, dedications and Tavaglione Tarot cards
- Kulberg Taub owns two original 78 rpm records of Anna Fougez and a 1930 copy of her autobiography Il mondo parla e io passo
- In 2024 he sold Fougez material to Francesco De Simone, creative director of Armani Privé, shipping it to the Giorgio Armani showroom in Milan
- He met Olivia de Havilland in Paris in 2007 and owns a four-sheet Italian poster for Robert Altman's Images (1975) weighing 62 kg framed
Entities
Artists
- Filippo Kulberg Taub
- Giovanni Kulberg Taub
- Amelia De Fazi
- Anna Fougez
- Anna Maria Pappacena Laganà
- René Thano
- Anna Maria De Fazi
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Elettra Marconi
- Alberto Sordi
- Macario
- Wanda Osiris
- Giorgio Bassani
- Isabella Rossellini
- Roberto Rossellini
- Bette Davis
- Joan Crawford
- Olivia de Havilland
- Anna Magnani
- Marlon Brando
- Robert Altman
- Susannah York
- Ingmar Bergman
- Florinda Bolkan
- Marina Cicogna
- Elio Petri
- Gian Maria Volonté
- Luigi Bazzoni
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
- Audrey Hepburn
- Shirley MacLaine
- Jack Clayton
- Truman Capote
- Henry James
- William Wyler
- Vittorio De Sica
- Francesca Bertini
- Dalida
- Angelica Pandolfini
- Eugenio Montale
- E. A. Mario
- Giovanni Ermete Gaeta
- Leo Pantaleo
- Helena Blavatsky
- Madame Blavatsky
- Tavaglione
- Francesco De Simone
- Giorgio Armani
- Renato Zero
- Maria Carta
- Michele Marino
- James Wagner
- Jacqueline Bouvier
- John F. Kennedy
- Silvia
- Sensi
- Munari
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Pierre Zimmer
- Giuditta Elettra Lavinia Nidiaci
Institutions
- Collezione da Tiffany
- Casa Editrice Pinciana
- Casa Editrice La Canzonetta
- Casa Editrice Musicale La Canzonetta
- Giorgio Armani
- Armani Privé
- New York Film Academy
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Tor Vergata
- Regione Lazio
- Disney
- Theosophical Publishing Society
- Random House
- Festival di Cannes
- Villa Rossellini
Locations
- Santa Marinella
- Italy
- Taranto
- Rome
- Civitavecchia
- Milan
- Paris
- France
- Boston
- United States
- Los Angeles
- California
- New York
- Caracas
- Venezuela
- Israel
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Lake Bracciano