Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (born July 8, 1894 in Frosinone , † January 4, 1998 in Capri ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Bragaglia was born the son of the Italian film pioneer Francesco Bragaglia and is the brother of Anton Giulio . In the years before the First World War , he studied law in Rome . He was wounded during the war and then worked as a photographer for the relatively new medium of cinema, specializing in portraits. In 1918 he and his brother Anton Giulio founded the Casa dell'Arte Bragaglia and later the Teatro degli Independenti , which was dedicated to the avant-garde and experimental theater form.

At the beginning of the 1930s, Bragaglia turned to the cinema and initially worked in various functions; In 1932 he directed his first own film, O la borsa o la vita . Over the years he realized numerous romantic comedies, in which he often worked with the greats of the time such as Vittorio de Sica , Umberto Melnati and Enrico Viarisio ; especially after the Second World War , he also shot adventure materials that were extremely popular, including several antique films and works with Totò .

Bragaglia died at the age of 103 in Capri, which he loved very much.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1932: O la borsa o la vita
  • 1949: The great Juxbaron (47 morte che parla)
  • 1949: Totò le Mokò (Totò le Mokò)
  • 1952: Under the sign of the conspirators (Il segreto delle tre punte )
  • 1953: On the sword's point (Al fil di spada)
  • 1954: Orient Express (Orient express)
  • 1954: Semiramis, the courtesan of Babylon (La cortigiana di Babilonia)
  • 1956: The golden falcon (Il falco d'oro)
  • 1957: Clorinda, the Saraceness (La Gerusalemme liberata)
  • 1958: Cross and Sword (La spada e la croce)
  • 1959: Hannibal (Annibale)
  • 1960: The Virgins of Rome (I virgini di Roma)
  • 1960: The Love Nights of Hercules (Gli amori di Ercole)
  • 1962: Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (Ursus nella valle dei leoni)
  • 1963: The rivals of the four musketeers (I quattro moschettieri)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 70
  2. ↑ Note at RAI  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.radio.rai.it  

literature

  • 2009: Leonardo Bragaglia: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. I suo film, i suoi fratelli, la sua vita, Persiani Editore, ISBN 9788890200397
personal data
SURNAME Bragaglia, Carlo Ludovico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Frosinone
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1998
Place of death Capri (Campania)