Vittorio Cottafavi

Vittorio Cottafavi

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Director, Author - Italy
Born January 3, 1914 in Modena
Died December 14, 1998 in Anzio

Mini-Biography:
Vittorio Cottafavi was born on January 3, 1914 in Modena. He was an Italian Director, Author, known for Abuna Messias (1939), La Rivolta dei Gladiatori (1958), Il Boia di Lilla (1952), Vittorio Cottafavi's first movie on record is from 1936. Vittorio Cottafavi died on December 14, 1998 in Anzio. His last motion picture on file dates from 1985.

Biographical Notes
Regieassistent bei Vittorio de Sica, 1943 erster eigener Film. Zahlreiche Arbeiten fürs italienische Fernsehen. In den 50er und 60er Jahren hauptsächlich Historische Filme.

"Es gibt viele gute Gründe, heute an Vittorio Cottafavi zu erinnern, einen für jeden Film, den er uns hinterließ." (Gianni Amelio)

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1985: Il diavolo sulle colline (Director), with , , Roberto Accornero,
1981: Maria Zef (Director), with Siro Angeli, , ,
1979: Con gli occhi dell'occidente (Director), with Raoul Grassilli, , Franco Branciaroli,
1973: Napoleone a Sant'Elena (Director), with Renzo Palmer, Arnoldo Foà, ,
1971: Antigone (Director), with Adriana Asti, Raoul Grassilli, Corrado Pani,
1967: Il complotto di luglio (Director), with , Renato de Carmine, Tino Carraro,
1967: L' idolo delle scene (Director), with Walter Chiari, Aldo Giuffrè, Franco Giacobini,
1967: Don Giovanni (Director),
1967: Missione Wiesenthal (Director), with , , ,
1967: Il Processo di Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù (Director),
1967: Le Troiane (Director),
1967: Knock o il Trionfo della Medicina (Director),
1966: Quinta Colonna (Director),
1966: La Fantarca (Director),
1965: Vita di Dante (Director), with Giorgio Albertazzi, , ,
1965: Le piccole volpi (Director),
1965: Il Giglio di quell'amore (Director),
1965: Antonio e Cleopatra (Director), with Enrico Maria Salerno, , ,
1965: La Potenza delle Tenebre (Director),
1965: Ai Poeti non si spara (Director),
1964: I cento Cavalieri (100 Horsemen, Hundred Horsemen, Son of El Cid) (Director), with Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Gastone Moschin,
1964: L' Uomo (Director),
1964: Così è (se vi pare) (Director),
1963: Mille Franchi di Ricompensa (Director),
1963: Gli Spettri (Director),
1963: Il Taglio del Bosco (Director),
1963: Nozze di sangue (Director),
1963: Lo Zoo di Vetro (Director),
1963: Il piccolo caffè (Director),
1962: Il Mondo è una Prigione (Director),
1962: Operazione Vega (Director), with Aldo Giuffrè, Ottorino Guerrini, Michele Malaspina,
1962: Colloquio notturno con un uomo disprezzato (Director),
1962: Le Notti bianche (Director), with , Giulio Bosetti,
1961: La Trincea (Director),
1961: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (The captive Woman) (Director), with Reg Park, , Laura Altan,
1960: Le vergine di Roma (Director), Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, with Jean Chevrier, Nicole Courcel, Paola Falchi,
1960: La vendetta di Ercole (Goliath and the Barbarians, Goliath and the Dragon, Vengeance of Hercules) (Director), with Gaby Andrée, Carla Calò, Broderick Crawford,
1960: Quando amor comanda (Director),
1959: Le legioni di Cleopatra (Director), with Linda Cristal, Ettore Manni, Georges Marchal,
1959: Messalina, Venere Imperatrice (Director), with Belinda Lee, Giulio Donini, Spiros Focas,
1959: Passo falso (Director), with ,
1959: Processo di Famiglia (Director),
1958: Antigone (Director), with , , Dario Dolci,
1958: La Spada di Damocle (Director),
1958: Umiliati e Offesi (Director),
1958: La Rivolta dei Gladiatori (The Warrior and the Slave Girl) (Director), with Ettore Manni, Gianna Maria Canale, Georges Marchal,
1958: Casa di Bambola (Director), with Lilla Brignone, Ivo Garrani, ,
1957: Hänsel e Gretel (Director),
1957: L' Avaro (Director),
1957: Via Belgarbo (Director), with Diana Torrieri, Fulvia Mammi, ,
1957: Sette piccole croci (Director), with Ivo Garrani, Renato de Carmine, Gianni Santuccio,
1956: Fiesta Brava (unrealized project) (Director),
1954: Una donna libera (A Free Woman) (Director), with Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi,
1954: Nel gorgo del peccato (Eternal Song of Love) (Director), with Elisa Cegani, Fausto Tozzi, Margot Hielscher,
1954: Avanzi di galera (Director), with Richard Basehart, Gino Bramieri, Walter Chiari,
1953: Traviata '53 (Director), with Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo,
1953: Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (Le prince au masque rouge) (Director), with Alfred Adam, Giuseppe Chinnici, Armando Francioli,
1953: In amore si pecca in due (Director), with Gianni Agus, Anna Arena, Galeazzo Benti,
1952: Il Boia di Lilla (Director), with Yvette Lebon, Rossano Brazzi, Armando Francioli,
1952: I piombi di Venezia (Le bourreau de Venise) (Director: Supervision), Directed by Gianpaolo Callegari, with Giorgio Albertazzi, Maria Grazia Francia, Armando Francioli,
1951: Una donna ha ucciso (Director), with Lianella Carell, Frank Latimore, Alexander Serbaroli,
1949: Fiamma che non si spegne (Director), with Gino Cervi, María Denis, Leonardo Cortese,
1947: I Fantasmi del mare (Scenario), Directed by Francesco de Robertis,
1946: Lo sconosciuto di San Marino (Scenario), Directed by Michael Waszinsky, with Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Aurel Milloss,
1946: Il sole sorge ancora (Outcry) (Scenario: (/xx/)), Directed by Aldo Vergano, with Vittorio Duse, Lea Padovani, Elli Parvo,
1944: San Francesco (Scenario),
1944: La Porta del Cielo (Cast), Directed by Vittorio De Sica,
1943: I nostri sogni (Director), with Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Paolo Stoppa,
1943: Quelli della Montagna (Assistant Director), Directed by Aldo Vergano, with Amedeo Nazzari, Mariella Lotti, Mario Ferrari,
1942: Giorni Felici (Assistant Director), Directed by Gianni Franciolini, with , Amedeo Nazzari, Leonardo Cortese,
1942: I Bambini ci guardano (Assistant Director), Directed by Vittorio De Sica, with Luciano De Ambrosis,
1941: Nozze di sangue (Assistant Director), Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini, with Luisa Ferida,
1940: Il Cavaliere du Kruja (Assistant Director), Directed by Carlo Campogalliani,
1939: Abuna Messias (Assistant Director), Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini, Alessandro Blasetti, with Mario Ferrari, Enrico Glori, Camillo Pilotto,
1938: Jeanne Doré (Assistant Director), Directed by Mario Bonnard, with Emma Gramatica, Evi Maltagliati, ,
1938: Inventiamo l'amore (Assistant Director), Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque,
1936: Cuor di vagabondo (Assistant Director), Directed by Jean Epstein,

Bibliography
Jean Curtelin, Vittorio Cottafavi, Présence du Cinèma # 9, Dec 1961
Gianni Rondolini, Vittorio Cottafavi, I Quaderni # 4, Cinecittà International, Roma 1991

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