Francesco De Robertis
Francesco De Robertis (born October 16, 1902 in San Marco in Lamis , † February 3, 1959 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .
Life
De Robertis attended the Accademia Navale , turned to the theater during his military career, for which he worked as a writer and director. He was appointed head of the Navy's film department and presented the documentary Mine in vista in 1939 . Two years later, Uomini sul fondo , which he also wrote and edited, was a documentary film made with amateur actors that anticipated elements of neorealism . He then worked with Roberto Rossellini on La nave bianca and shot another work with Alfa Tau in the style of his debut film.
As a supporter of the Republic of Salò , he turned back to documentary film after the war until he was able to reintegrate into the new Italian cinema landscape. However, he could no longer build on the importance of his first films.
De Roberti's films almost always take place in a military setting and put their values in the foreground, but avoid pure rhetoric.
De Robertis won the Grand Prix of the Venice Film Festival for Alfa Tau in 1942 , which is not officially counted today due to the political circumstances of the time.
Filmography (selection)
- 1941: Uomini sul fondo
- 1942: Alfa Tau
- 1950: abuse of love (Il mulatto)
- 1952: Mizar - spy in the Orient (Mizar)
- 1953: The Seven of the Big Bear (I sette dell'Orsa maggiore)
- 1957: The Gibraltar spy (La donna che venne dal mare)
Web links
- Francesco De Robertis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- detailed biography (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 147
- ↑ biography at mymovies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Robertis, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Marco in Lamis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1959 |
| Place of death | Rome |