León Klimovsky
León Klimovsky (actually León Klimovsky Dulfán ; born October 16, 1906 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † April 8, 1996 Madrid , Spain ) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter .
life and work
Before Klimovsky entered the film industry, he worked as a dentist for 15 years . During this time (1929) he also founded Argentina's first film club. At the beginning he mainly made short films .
In 1948 Klimovsky made his first film El Jugador in Argentina as a director . From the mid-1960s, he mainly shot spaghetti westerns and war films in Spain . Later, from the early 1970s, it was mainly horror films , the best known for example being the Zombie Blood Rush with Paul Naschy .
A number of films bear his name as a director for tax reasons, even though they were actually directed by Italian directors.
Klimovsky was married to Inés de Tolosa. He died of heart failure in Madrid in 1996. His cousin was the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky .
In some films, Klimovsky's name was misspelled (León Klimonsky, Leon Klimovsky, Leon Klimowsky, León Klimowsky) or a pseudonym was used (Henry Mankiewicz). His colleague Enzo G. Castellari, who had no mercy on the spaghetti western Django he had started in 1966 , described him as polite and educated, but untalented and cautious towards producers.
Awards
The film Marihuana was nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 . In 1959, Salto a la gloria was awarded the prize for best Spanish-language film at the San Sebastian Film Festival . In 1995 Klimovsky received the honorary award of the Spanish film directors association ADIRCAE.
Filmography as a director (selection)
- 1948: El Jugador
- 1950: marijuana
- 1953: The will of the Count of Monte Christo (El conde de Monte Cristo)
- 1955: love, hate and sharp blades (El juramento de Lagardere)
- 1955: The love mill (La pícara molinera)
- 1956: The Sheik's Son (Los amantes del desierto) (Co-Director)
- 1959: The story of a doctor (Salto a la gloria)
- 1962: Torrejón City
- 1963: Fuera de la ley
- 1964: The brave seven (Los siete bravisimos)
- 1965: Dos mil Dolares por Coyote
- 1966: Django knows no mercy (Pochi Dollari per Django)
- 1967: Django - insatiable like Satan (Un hombre vino a matar)
- 1968: Pagò cara su muerte
- 1968: Ordered to create (Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia)
- 1969: Quinto, don't kill (El valor de un cobarde)
- 1969: La sfida dei MacKenna
- 1969: Tank battle on the Marne (Hora cero: Operación Rommel)
- 1970: lead thunderstorm (Reverendo Colt)
- 1971: Night of the Vampires (La noche de Walpurgis)
- 1971: Sando Kid speaks the last Hallelujah (Un dolár para Sartana)
- 1972: The Night of the Bloody Wolves (Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo)
- 1972: The Rebellion of the Living Corpses (La rebelión de las muertas)
- 1974: Dragonfly death circle (Una libélula para cada muerto)
- 1974: The Crypt of Horror (La tumba del vampiro)
- 1976: Ultimo Deseo
- 1978: Violación fatal
- 1979: La barraca (mini series)
Web links
- León Klimovsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- León Klimovsky in the online film database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Klimovsky, León |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klimovsky Dulfán, León |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1996 |
Place of death | Madrid , Spain |