Cesare Giulio Viola

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Cesare Giulio Viola (born November 26, 1886 in Taranto , Apulia , † October 3, 1958 in Positano , Campania ) was an Italian writer and screenwriter who was once nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay .

Life

Viola, son of the well-known archaeologist Luigi Viola , completed a law degree after attending school and wrote his novel debut in 1909 with L'altro volto che ride . After completing his military service during the First World War , he wrote other novels such as Capitoli (1922) and Pricò (1924) in the early 1920s . He then went to Rome, where he was deputy editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Nuova Antologia between 1926 and 1931 . In addition, several stage works such as Quella (1933), which were also performed in the open-air touring theater Carro di Tespi , were created. Some of his works were also created under the pseudonym I Dieci .

At the end of the 1930s, he also began working as a screenwriter for the war film Between Life and Death (Luciano Serra pilota, 1938) by Goffredo Alessandrini with Amedeo Nazzari , Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa . He worked as a screenwriter in the production of ten other films until 1956.

At the Academy Awards in 1948 he was nominated together with Sergio Amidei , Adolfo Franci and Cesare Zavattini for the Oscar for the best original screenplay for the feature film Schuhputzer (Sciuscià, 1946), also directed by De Sica , in which Franco Interlenghi , Rinaldo Smordoni and Emilio Cigoli die Main roles played.

Publications

Novels

  • L'altro volto che ride (1909)
  • Capitoli (1922)
  • Pricò (1924)
  • Perché? (1946)
  • Quinta classe (1955)
  • Father. Il romanzo del lume a petrolio (1958)

Plays

  • Il cuore in due (1926)
  • Fine del protagonista (1931)
  • Il giro del mondo (1931)
  • Quella (1933)
  • Canadà. Tre atti (1934)
  • Stratosfera (1935)
  • E lui gioca! (1936)
  • L'inferno (1937)
  • Gavino e Sigismondo (1939)
  • Vivere insieme (1939)
  • La nostra età (1940)
  • Non è vero (1941)
  • Poveri davanti a Dio (1947)
  • Salviamo la giovane (1951)
  • In nome del padre (1952)
  • Nora seconda (1954)
  • Come si dovrebbero amare le donne , co-authors Laura Adani , Alberto Lionello , Luigi Cimara and Lina Volonghi (1956)
  • Venerdì santo (1958)

Publications in German

  • That woman !. Play in three acts (Quella, 1933)
  • The kiss of Nicoletta. Comedy in three acts (Gavino e Sigismondo, 1943)

Filmography (selection)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Viola, Cesare Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian playwright, novelist and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Taranto , Apulia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1958
Place of death Positano , Campania