Gastone Medin

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Gastone Medin (born July 6, 1905 in Split , Austria-Hungary ; † 1973 in Velletri near Rome, Italy ) was an Italian film architect , "the most important and best-employed set designer in the cinema of the Mussolini era."

Life

Medin joined film in 1928 after studying physics and mathematics at the university, after having met the directors Mario Camerini and Alessandro Blasetti . Until 1945 he worked with almost every filmmaker in his country, including Mario Bonnard , Gennaro Righelli , Guido Brignone , Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Mario Mattòli . Medin created “the style of 'calligraphism', which, in its formal rigor, saw itself as a counterpoint to the pomp of historical dramas and the fluffy extravagance of the Telefoni Bianchi at the time of the fascist cinema.” With this, he also took the stylistic design of the one after the end of the war in 1945 anticipated flourishing, neorealist cinemas in Italy , even if he was only involved in a production of this type of film with Vittorio de Sica's shoe shine.

Instead, Medin's film structures from the early post-war period primarily determine the look of various costume fabrics, opera and operetta films by veteran director Carmine Gallone, as well as several cheerful contemporary stories about the young stars Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren ( Pane, amore series, Das Gold von Neapel ). In 1955, Medin returned to neorealist cinema (De Sicas Das Dach ) and then designed the decorations for a few Hollywood productions made in Europe. Medin's impressive career, which included the creation of film constructions for over 150 films in just 32 years, sounded like de Sica's Oscar- winning mother-daughter drama in 1960 and yet they largely live out. In 1961 he finally withdrew from the celluloid industry.

Filmography

  • 1929: Sole
  • 1930: Corte d'Assise
  • 1930: La canzone dell'amore (also German version of love song )
  • 1931: Resurrectio
  • 1931: Rubacuori
  • 1931: L'armata azzurra
  • 1932: La telefonista
  • 1932: Gli uomini, che mascalzoni
  • 1932: Wally
  • 1933: work makes you happy (Acciaio)
  • 1933: Fanny
  • 1933: Giallo
  • 1933: Ragazza
  • 1934: Frutto acerbo
  • 1934: La marcia nuziale
  • 1934: Melodramma
  • 1934: Stadio
  • 1935: Amo te sola
  • 1935: Freccia d'oro
  • 1935: Ginevra degli almieri
  • 1936: Cavalleria
  • 1936: Joe il rosso
  • 1937: Questi ragazzi
  • 1937: Il signor Max
  • 1937: Between life and death ( Luciano Serra, pilota )
  • 1938: Partire
  • 1938: Our little woman
  • 1938: Batticuori
  • 1939: Into the blue life (also Italian. Original verse: Castelli in aria )
  • 1939: Il documento
  • 1939: Frenesia
  • 1939: Retroscena
  • 1939: Alkazar ( L'assedio dell'Alcazar )
  • 1939: The Cavalier with the Mask ( Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa )
  • 1940: Liebesfreud - love affair ( Addio giovinezza )
  • 1940: Maddalena, a girl with a whistle ( Maddalena, zero in condotta )
  • 1940: Waltz of a Night ( Una romantica avventura )
  • 1940: Piccolo mondo antico
  • 1941: Santa Maria
  • 1941: La forza bruta
  • 1941: I promessi sposi
  • 1942: tragedy of a love
  • 1942: Three great girls
  • 1942: The mysterious villa ( Villa da vendere )
  • 1942: Don Cesare di Bazan
  • 1942: Malombra
  • 1942: A pistol shot ( Un colpo di pistola )
  • 1942: My life for you ( Una storia d'amore )
  • 1942: Zazà
  • 1943: La donna del montagna
  • 1943: Tristi amori
  • 1943: T'amerò semper
  • 1943: L'uomo della croce
  • 1944: Addio, amore!
  • 1944: Quartieri alti
  • 1945: Il canto della vita
  • 1945: Due lettere anonyme
  • 1945: To new life ( La vita ricomincia )
  • 1946: Storm Night ( Notte di tempesta )
  • 1946: Eugenie Grandet ( Eugenia Grandet )
  • 1946: Mio figlio professore
  • 1946: Shoe shiner ( Sciuscià )
  • 1947: The Lady of the Camellias ( La signora dalle camelie )
  • 1947: La Traviata ( La Traviata )
  • 1947: Your Wonderful Lie ( Addio Mimi )
  • 1947: Coach No. 13 ( Il fiacre No. 13 )
  • 1948: La forza del destino
  • 1948: Slaves of Vice ( Una lettera all'alba )
  • 1949: La forza del destino
  • 1949: Yvonne la Nuit
  • 1950: One was too many ( Atto di accusa )
  • 1950: Three Steps North
  • 1951: Messalina ( Messalina )
  • 1952: Puccini, darling of women ( Puccini )
  • 1953: Bread, Love and Fantasy (Pane, amore e fantasia)
  • 1953: Sicilian passion ( Cavalleria rusticana )
  • 1954: The Gold of Naples ( L'oro di Napoli )
  • 1954: Love, Bread and Jealousy ( Pane, amore e gelosia )
  • 1954: In the sign of Venus ( Il segno di venere )
  • 1955: love, bread and 1000 kisses ( Pane, amore e ... )
  • 1956: The Roof ( Il tetto )
  • 1956: The Monte Carlo Story (Montecarlo)
  • 1957: In Another Land ( A Farewell to Arms )
  • 1958: Anna of Brooklyn ( Anna di Brooklyn )
  • 1959: The Enemy General
  • 1960: And yet they live ( La ciociara )
  • 1961: Fra 'Manisco cerca guai

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. 325.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 325.
personal data
SURNAME Medin, Gastone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Split , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 1973
Place of death Velletri near Rome, Italy