Camillo Mastrocinque

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Camillo Mastrocinque (born May 11, 1901 in Rome , † April 23, 1969 there ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor .

Life

Mastrocinque spent many years in France, where he went to deepen his architecture studies and then worked as a theater dramaturg and assistant director for film; since the 1920s he worked in the film industry. After returning to his native country, it was not until 1937 that he directed it himself. Before his retirement he made about 60 films, including several comedies ; he often worked here with the comedian Totò . Towards the end of his career, he also made two horror films and directed for television. Occasionally he was also engaged as an actor (for example by Pietro Germi or Lucio Fulci ).

Mastrocinque won the 1941 Venice Film Festival prize for the film I Mariti . A street in Rome is named after him.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1937: Regina della Scala
  • 1938: Voglio vivere con Letizia
  • 1939: Bionda sotto chiave
  • 1940: La danza dei milioni
  • 1941: I mariti
  • 1942: Princess Fedora (Fedora)
  • 1947: Princess Waldenburg's last love (Il cavaliere del sogno)
  • 1948: In the Name of the Law (In nome della legge) (Actor)
  • 1949: When love dies (Duello senza onore)
  • 1950: Inexorable love (Gli inesorabili)
  • 1950: land of longing
  • 1955: Siamo uomini o caporali
  • 1955: The Barber of Seville (Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia)
  • 1956: The band of the honest (La banda degli onesti)
  • 1956: Tòtò, Peppino and the easy girl (Totò, Peppino e… la malafemmina)
  • 1957: My very bottom tester (Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa)
  • 1958: Parisians against their will (Totò a Parigi)
  • 1959: The hard-boiled (Noi duri)
  • 1959: Girls with pretty legs (Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina)
  • 1959: The stupid parents (Genitori in blue jeans)
  • 1960: Rosemarie GmbH (Anonima cocottes)
  • 1964: Full of heart and empty pockets (… e la donna creò l'uomo)
  • 1964: A dead man hung on a bell rope (La cripta e l'incubo)
  • 1966: An angel for the devil (Un angelo per Satana)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 278/279
  2. ↑ http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/29269508
personal data
SURNAME Mastrocinque, Camillo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1969
Place of death Rome , Italy