Carlo Campogalliani
Giovan Battista Carlo Campogalliani (born October 10, 1885 in Concordia sulla Secchia , Modena province , † August 9, 1974 in Rome ) was an Italian actor , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Campogalliani tried his hand at first like his originally Jewish ancestors as a traveling puppeteer before joining theater companies, where he worked as an actor and set designer. In 1910 he was first seen in a film ( Re Lear ); he also shot three documentaries in Tuscany . He then returned to acting on stage.
In 1913 his career in film began to stabilize: he played in a number of films until 1915 and also turned to directing in 1914, with which he remained until his retirement in 1961. In the silent film era , he directed numerous films with his future wife Laetitia Quaranta and adventurous subjects such as the trilogy about Maciste from around 1920 . Two years later, in the crisis of Italian film, he and his wife found their way back to the stage. Extensive tours , such as in South America in 1926, followed; in Argentina he also made two films.
After returning to Europe, he first worked in France and Germany until he returned to his home country in 1930. Until the beginning of the 1960s he shot both artistically appealing works as well as purely commercially oriented genre products .
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: Sessa debole
- 1947: Warning, recording (Silenzio si gira)
- 1957: The Song of Naples (Ascoltami)
- 1958: Rebel Without Mercy (Capitan Fuoco)
- 1959: Hercules, the horror of the Huns (Il terrore dei barbari)
- 1960: Maciste, the avenger of the pharaohs (Maciste nella valle dei re)
- 1960: Ursus - avenger of the slaves (Ursus)
- 1961: Alboin, King of the Lombards (Rosmunda e Alboino)
Web links
- Carlo campogalliani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short bio at mymovies
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 86/87
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campogalliani, Carlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campogalliani, Giovan Battista Carlo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor, screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Concordia sulla Secchia , Province of Modena |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1974 |
| Place of death | Rome |