Giulio Antamoro

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Giulio Cesare Antamoro (born July 1, 1877 in Rome , † December 8, 1945 there ) was an Italian film director .

Life

Antamoro began working as a director for the Cines in 1909 ; In his early years he shot numerous farces with the comedians Tontolini ( Ferdinand Guillaume ) and Cocò ( Pacifico Aquilanti ). In 1911 he directed the first longer film version of Pinocchio , in which Guillaume's family, who came from the circus milieu, played almost all the roles and whose editing rhythm still provides a template for film theoretical investigations, and until 1921 he made numerous silent films, often the first versions of subjects that were often filmed were; There is a Christ film in 1916 and an Ursus in 1917 in the filmography, and in 1921 there is also a Don Carlos .

The Christ film was partly shot on original locations in Egypt and Palestine and used forms of tableaux vivants . Queen Elena was present at the premiere. A preference for religious subjects can also be determined later; In addition to the aforementioned film of Christ, Antamoro shot a biography of Francis of Assisi (1927) and Antonius of Padua (1930).

Antamoro often shot with the great female silent film stars such as Francesca Bertini , Leda Gys and Diana Karenne . He co-directed the last two films in 1939 and 1943, which are his only two sound films.

His pseudonym was Gant .

Important films

  • 1911: Hippeltitsch ( Pinocchio )
  • 1913: Metempsicosi
  • 1915: La rivincita del passato
  • 1916: Christ ( Christ )
  • 1917: Ursus
  • 1918: Una peccatrice
  • 1919: Il bacio di Dorina
  • 1920: Miss Dorothy
  • 1921: Don Carlos
  • 1925: La fanciulla di Pompei
  • 1927: Frate Francesco
  • 1928: The case of the public prosecutor M ...
  • 1931: Antonio di Padova, Il santo dei miracoli
  • 1939: Fanfulla da Lodi
  • 1943: L'angelo bianco

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so z. B. by RuggeroEugeni (PDF; 177 kB)
  2. ↑ http://www.projects-artandtheory.de/pages/projekte/2008/barck_aus.html
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi, Roberto Chiti: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 28
personal data
SURNAME Antamoro, Giulio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antamoro, Giulio Cesare; Gant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1945
Place of death Rome