Alberto Cardone
Alberto Cardone (born September 16, 1920 in Genoa , † October 20, 1977 in Rome ) was an Italian director , assistant director , screenwriter , film editor and production manager.
Life
Cardone began his career after moving from his hometown to Rome in 1942 with Christian-Jaques Prosper Mérimée filming Carmen as an assistant director. He also worked in this position for the next few years, up to 1966, often also in international films made in Italy such as in 1959 with William Wyler's Ben Hur . He has also held various other functions in other films. His first independent directorial work was the Italo-Western Django - The Vultures Stand in Line . Cardone made his commercially most successful film a little later with the religiously influenced revenge western Sartana . In the same year he staged the agent parody I liked to kill women . By 1969, four more spaghetti westerns were produced under his direction. He worked primarily as a screenwriter until his death at the age of 57 in October 1977. Cardone used the pseudonym Albert Cardiff in most of his films .
Filmography
Director
- 1965: The curse of the black ruby (Agent S3S: operazione Uranio)
- 1966: Django - The vultures stand in line (Sette dollari sul rosso)
- 1966: Sartana (Mille dollari sul nero)
- 1966: I was happy to kill women (Le carnaval des barbouzes)
- 1967: Bloody Dust (20,000 Dollari sul 7)
- 1968: The Lonely One (L'ira di Dio)
- 1968: The law of the merciless (Il lungo giorno del massacro)
- 1969: 20,000 dollars sporchi di sangue
Assistant director
- 1945: Carmen - Director: Christian-Jaque
- 1949 Black Magic - Directed by Gregory Ratoff , Orson Welles
- 1952: Don Camillo and Peppone (Le petit monde de Don Camillo)
- 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le retour de Don Camillo)
- 1955: The Dream of My Life (Summertime) - Directed by David Lean
- 1955: The great battle of Don Camillo (Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone)
- 1959: Ben Hur (Ben-Hur)
- 1961: The Shark of the Seven Seas (Morgan il pirata) - Director: André De Toth , Primo Zeglio
- 1961: Aladdin's Adventure (Le meraviglie di Aladino)
- 1962: The Hero of Attica (Il tiranno di Siracusa) - Director: Curtis Bernhardt
- 1963: D'Artagnan and the three musketeers (D'Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri) - Director: Fulvio Tului
- 1964: The Arkansas Prospectors - Director: Paul Martin
- 1965: The Black Eagles of Santa Fe (directed the action scenes)
- 1966: The Lord with the MP (Le Saint prend l'affût) - Director: Christian-Jaque
- 1968: Barbarella (Barbarella)
- 1970: El Condor (El Condor)
script
- 1971: Rockers don't die so easily (La lunga spiaggia fredda) - Director: Ernesto Gastaldi
- 1972: Sing me the song of vengeance (Mi chiamavano 'Requiescat'… ma avevano sbagliato)
Web links
- Alberto Cardone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 92
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cardone, Alberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardiff, Albert (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director, assistant director, screenwriter, film editor and production manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th October 1977 |
| Place of death | Rome |