Livio Pavanelli
Livio Cesare Pavanelli (born September 7, 1881 in Copparo , † April 29, 1958 in Rome ) was an Italian actor , film producer and film director with short but intensive acting activities in late German silent films .
Life
Pavanelli was born into a family of wealthy farmers and shopkeepers. His father Andrea had been one of the leaders of the Garibaldi movement when he was young and served as Comandante of the National Guard. Livio moved to Bologna at a young age , where he attended a technical school.
He started his acting career in 1898 in the company of Ermete Novelli . In 1902 he appeared with Emilio Zago's dialect theater troupe and at the beginning of the new century went on a theater tour for nine years as a partner of the legendary colleague Eleonora Duse . Guest appearances took the troupe to a large number of European capitals. In 1912 Pavanelli founded his own theater company, which, however, only lasted two years.
Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Pavanelli began filming regularly. From the beginning he was committed to heroic and chevaleresque types, which he also embodied in the German film, to which he was brought in in 1924. He was often used as a partner to female stars such as Ossi Oswalda , Liane Haid and Jenny Jugo . On the side, Pavanelli still found time to work on the stage. In Berlin he celebrated a great success with his performance of Shylock at the Lessing Theater . Although he knew the German language well, Pavanelli decided to return to Rome with the dawn of the sound film age in 1930.
It was there that its decline began rapidly. After only a few roles, the actor shifted his activity towards film production in 1936. He produced almost all of the noble schnulzers, most recently also historical melodramas and musical subjects. In 1941 he directed his only sound film, Solitudine . After 1947 Pavanelli gradually withdrew from film.
Largely forgotten by the film world, the cinema veteran died at the age of 76 in the San Giovanni hospital in Rome.
Filmography
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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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 169.
- Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi. Rome, Gremese 2002, pp. 326/327
Web links
- LIVIO PAVANELLI in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Livio Pavanelli at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pavanelli, Livio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pavanelli, Livio Cesare (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor, film producer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copparo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1958 |
| Place of death | Rome |