Antonio Pietrangeli

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Antonio Pietrangeli (born January 19, 1919 in Rome , † July 12, 1968 in Gaeta , Latium ) is an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor .

Life

Pietrangeli began to write as a film critic after graduating in medicine and supplied numerous magazines such as "Bianco e Nero", "Cinema", "Si gira", "Star" and the "Revue du Cinema". In wartime he was assistant director for two films; he then wrote texts for a documentary by Alberto Lattuada and worked in various functions with other important filmmakers of the post-war era, from Luchino Visconti and Gianni Franciolini to Pietro Germi and Roberto Rossellini to Luigi Comencini and again Alessandro Blasetti . Responsible for the scripts of these works on several occasions, he presented his debut work in 1953 with Il sole negli occhi , in which a country girl decides to live in the metropolis and is disappointed; a first of the female portraits typical of Pietrangeli, which are the focus of his comparatively few works.

Pietrangeli's other outstanding films were the comedy Der Ehekandidat ( La visita ) with Sandra Milo and François Périer , which was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 1964 and which I knew her well ( Io la conoscevo bene ), for which he is considered his most successful work 1966 received the Nastro d'Argento for best directorial achievement. He died in 1968 at the age of 50 from a swimming accident while filming Come, quando, perché , which was finished by Valerio Zurlini .

Pietrangeli's son is the actor Paolo Pietrangeli .

Filmography (selection)

script
  • 1945: La nostra guerra (documentary film)
  • 1947: Lost youth
  • 1948: The earth trembles (La terra trema)
  • 1949: The bride cannot wait any longer (La sposa non può attendere)
  • 1951: Europa '51 (Europa '51) (also performer)
  • 1952: Trafficking in girls (La tratta delle bianche)
  • 1952: Woo is freedom (Dov'è la libertà ...?)
  • 1954: Uprising in the island paradise (La principessa delle Canarie)
  • 1961: The mounted carbine (Il carabiniere a cavallo)
also directing
  • 1953: The sun in your eyes (Il sole negli occhi)
  • 1956: Rendezvous in Rome (Souvenir d'Italie)
  • 1960: Adua and her companions (Adua e le compagne)
  • 1961: The haunted castle in Via Veneto (Fantasmi a Roma)
  • 1962: The girl from Parma (La parmigiana)
  • 1963: The marriage candidate (La visita)
  • 1964: Cocü (Il magnifico cornuto)
  • 1965: I knew her well (Io la conoscevo bene)
  • 1966: Die Gespielinnen (Le fate) (one episode, director only)
  • 1968: where, when, with whom? (Come, quando, perché)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi. Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 336
personal data
SURNAME Pietrangeli, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian director
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1968
Place of death Gaeta , Lazio