Franco Rossi

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Franco Rossi (born April 28, 1919 in Florence , † June 5, 2000 in Rome ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

A lawyer by training, Rossi took his first steps in the media world directly after the Second World War with the radio. After a short theatrical experience, he turned to film. As an assistant director he worked under well-known directors such as Mario Camerini , Luis Trenker and Renato Castellani .

His first film, Fälscher ( I falsari , 1950), like the others, also based on his own script, reveals his artistic influence in the years of neorealism . His first major success was Il seduttore (1954) with Alberto Sordi . His best-known films include Friends for Life (1955) and Two Missionaries (1974) with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill . The midlife crisis films Die nackte Odyssey (1960) and Smog (1961) became autobiographical studies . He also contributed to some episode films.

Since the 1960s Rossi also worked for television, where he devoted himself to classical and religious subjects in a special way. The two German-Italian multi-part series Die Odyssey ('1968) and The Aeneis (1971) are among the early productions . His last television film was Cry for Help (1994) with Silvio Orlando and Désirée Nosbusch .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1950: forger (I falsari)
  • 1954: Il seduttore
  • 1955: Friends for Life (Amici per la pelle)
  • 1959: And found too easy (Morte di un amico)
  • 1960: The Naked Odyssey (Odissea nuda)
  • 1963: Threesome marriages (Alta infideltà) (one episode)
  • 1964: Three Nights of Love (Tre notti d'amore) (one episode)
  • 1964: The Dolls (Le bambole) (one episode)
  • 1965: A rose for everyone (Una rosa per tutti)
  • 1966: Go to bed, not to war (Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore)
  • 1966: Witches of Today (Le streghe) (an episode)
  • 1968: The Odyssey (L'odissea)
  • 1971: The Aeneid (Aeneid) (TV miniseries)
  • 1974: Two missionaries (Porgi l'altra guancia)
  • 1976: Ramba Zamba with the Mafia (Come una rosa al naso)
  • 1976: Help, she loves me (L'altra metà del cielo)
  • 1988: A child named Jesus (Un bambino di nome Gesù) (TV movie)
  • 1994: Cry for Help (Michele va alla guerra) (TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rome, Gremese Editore 2002, pp. 372/373
personal data
SURNAME Rossi, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 2000
Place of death Rome