Carlo Montuori

Carlo Montuori (1935)

Carlo Montuori (born August 3, 1885 in Casacalenda , Italy ; † March 4, 1968 in Rome , ibid) was an Italian cameraman with a film career spanning around half a century as a picture designer.

Life

Bicycle thieves , photographed by Carlo Montuori

Montuori was trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and at the Polytechnic of Milan and after graduating worked as a photographer in his Italian homeland and in Switzerland. In 1907 he joined the as yet undeveloped cinematography of his country and learned everything about film photography from his teacher, the film camera pioneer Luca Comerio . Montuori got his first major job from the Milanese production company Milano Films. Immediately before the outbreak of World War I , Carlo Montuori was appointed chief cameraman. In the beginning Montuori often cooperated with Augusto Genina, a specialist in monumental epics. Later, in the mid-1920s, he was one of several cameramen involved in the additional recordings of Fred Niblo's epic Ben Hur , which was filmed in Rome . During the Mussolini era, Montuori worked with a number of directors from the Telefoni Bianchi cinema, most notably Gennaro Righelli . “Montuori's elegantly lacquered pictures were supposed to convey the illusion of a luxurious world of the beautiful and the rich, of the voluminous boudoirs and silk salons; They also indulged - with historical fabrics - in the splendor of bygone eras ”, without their creator Montuori engaging too intensely in the regime's flawless fascism film propaganda in those years.

At the end of the war in 1945, Montuori's oeuvre initially seemed to be mediocre, but soon some talented, younger directors such as Luigi Zampa , for the Montuori a. a. turned the realistic family story "Critical Years" to secure his cooperation. "With his gritty, held in sober documentary style photography to bicycle thieves , the masterpiece of Vittorio de Sica and simultaneously showpiece of Italian neo-realism ' For the 63 year old veteran was able to make up much of its playful in the Mussolini-time reputation." His camera work on bicycle thieves , he was Awarded the silver ribbon in 1949 . Montuori's later work with de Sica as an actor (“ In the Sign of Venus ”) or as a director ( Das Dach ) could not keep up with this performance. Most recently, Carlo Montuori only photographed cinematic entertainment routine with directors such as Stefano Vanzina , Luigi Comencini , Dino Risi and Lucio Fulci before he retired at almost 80 years of age.

His son Mario Montuori also worked as a cameraman.

Filmography

1907: Il cane riconoscente (short film)
1914: La fuga degli amanti
1914: La doppia ferita
1914: Towards the abyss ("La corsa all'abisso")
1915: Redenzione
1915: mezzanine
1916: La signorina Ciclone
1916: Il sopravissuto
1916: Lea
1917: L'incantesimo
1917: Odio fraterno
1918: Maria di Magdala
1919: Le due rose
1919: La via dolorosa
1920: La rupe tarpea
1920: Temi
1921: The tragedy of an exile ( La mirabile visione )
1921: Saracinesca
1922: Dante nella sua vita e nei suoi tempi
1923: Marco Visconti
1924: Maremma
1925: Garibaldi ei suoi tempi
1925: Ben Hur
1926: Komteß Bubikopf ( L'ultimo Lord )
1927: Addio giovinezza
1928: Pas sur la bouche
1928: Myriam
1929: Sole
1929: La sperduta
1930: Nerone
1931: The paw
1931: Resurrectio
1931: La scala
1931: Terra Madre
1932: O la borsa, o la vita
1932: The Celestial Fleet ( L'armata azzurra )
1933: La voce lontana
1933: Un cattivo soggetto
1933: Il signore desidera?
1934: Tempo massimo
1934: Seconda B
1934: L'ultimo dei Bergerac
1935: Aldebaran
1935: Stadio
1935: Darò un milione
1936: La danza delle lancette
1936: Pensaci, Giaconino!
1937: Il feroce Saladino
1937: Gatta di cova
1937: Felicita Colombo
1938: A man is kidnapped ( Hanno rapito un uomo )
1938: Our little woman
1938: Orgoglio
1939: Bionda sottochiave
1939: Frenesia
1940: Don Pasquale
1940: Addio giovinezza!
1940: Tutto per la donna
1941: Sancta Maria
1941: L'uomo del romanzo
1941: Sissignora
1942: La contessa Castiglione
1942: La morte civile
1943: Addio, amore!
1943: Enrico IV.
1945: Il sole di Montecassino
1945: Pronto, chi parla?
1946: Mio figlio, professors
1947: Critical Years ( Anni difficile )
1947: Il passatore
1948: Bicycle thieves ( Ladri di biciclette )
1948: Cuore
1949: Hearts know no borders ( Cuori senza frontiere )
1949: Patto col diavolo
1950: Escape from Fate ( La portatrice di pane )
1951: Hunt without mercy ( La città si difende )
1951: Vendetta, the brother's revenge ( Il capitano nero )
1952: It started on the street ( Wanda la peccatrice )
1952: Other times ( Altri tempi )
1952: The Queen of Sheba ( La regina di Saba )
1952: La fiammata
1953: Canzone appassionata
1953: Prima di sera
1953: Via Padova 46
1954: Love, Bread and Jealousy ( Pane, amore e gelosia )
1954: The Gold of Naples ( L'oro di Napoli )
1954: In the sign of Venus ( Il segno di Venere )
1954: An American in Rome ( Un americano a Roma )
1955: Apartment with every comfort ( Gli ultimi cinque minuti )
1956: The Roof ( Il tetto )
1957: Liane, the white slave
1958: A Little Man from Sicily ( L'uomo dei calzoni corti )
1959: I ragazzi di juke box
1959: The secret of the red mask ( Il terrore della maschera rossa )
1960: Gli incensurati
1964: The Dolls ( Le bambole ) (anonymous)

literature

Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 565 f.

Web links

Carlo Montuori in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Carlo Montuori at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 565 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Montuori, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH	August 3, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Casacalenda , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	4th March 1968
Place of death	Casacalenda , Italy

[A-1] Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 565 f.