Luigi Comencini

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Luigi Comencini (born June 8, 1916 in Salò , † April 6, 2007 in Rome ) was an Italian film director .

Live and act

Comencini spent his childhood and youth in Paris. Back in Italy in the 1930s, he first studied architecture in Milan and was artistically close to the fascists. He came to film after the war, initially as a critic.

Comencini has worked with some of the most famous Italian actors such as Gina Lollobrigida , Sophia Loren , Silvana Mangano , Giulietta Masina , Claudia Cardinale , Monica Vitti or Vittorio de Sica , Enrico Maria Salerno Vittorio Gassman , Marcello Mastroianni , Alberto Sordi and Totò . He made several films in the tradition of neorealism and directed the commercially successful entertainment films Liebe, Brot und Phantasie as well as Liebe, Brot und Jifersucht with Vittorio de Sica and Gina Lollobrigida as well as the first German-language film adaptation of Heidi .

His later films were often international co-productions with international actors, often from France ( Jacqueline Bisset , Gérard Depardieu , Annie Girardot , Maria Schneider , Michel Serrault , Jean-Louis Trintignant ), but also from German-speaking countries - Mario Adorf , Senta Berger , Elke Sommer - or Hollywood ( Lionel Stander , Bette Davis , Joseph Cotten ).

In addition to his directorial work, Comencini was also active as a screenwriter and film critic . He was one of the founders of the Cineteca Italiana film archive .

Comencini's daughters are also active in the film business: Paola Comencini works as a costume designer , production designer and art director , Francesca and Cristina Comencini are film directors. Cristina Comencini's film La bestia nel cuore was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.

Filmography

Director

  • 1946: Raid in Naples (Proibito rubare)
  • 1948: Closed curtains (Persiane chiuse)
  • 1952: Heidi
  • 1952: Trafficking in girls (La tratta delle bianche)
  • 1953: Bread, Love and Fantasy (Pane, amore e fantasia)
  • 1954: Love, Bread and Jealousy (Pane, amore e gelosia)
  • 1957: Husbands in the city (Mariti in città)
  • 1957: The window to the Luna Park (La finestra sul Luna Park)
  • 1958: girlfriends (Mowgli pericolose)
  • 1959: Surprises in love (Le sorprese dell'amore)
  • 1959: And that on Monday morning
  • 1960: The way back (Tutti a casa)
  • 1961: raped in chains (A cavallo della tigre)
  • 1963: Two days and two nights (La ragazza di Bube)
  • 1964: Three nights of love ( Tre notti d'amore )
  • 1965: The Dolls (Le bambole) (episode)
  • 1965: Comrade Don Camillo (Il compagno Don Camillo)
  • 1966: The Misunderstood (Incompreso (vita col figlio))
  • 1969: Without knowing much about her (Senza sapere niente di lei)
  • 1969: Childhood, calling and first experiences of the Venetian Giacomo Casanova (Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, Veneziano)
  • 1972: Devilish Game (Lo scopone scientifico)
  • 1972: Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio) (TV miniseries)
  • 1974: How deep have I sunk (Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso)
  • 1974: The Crime ( Delitto d'amore )
  • 1975: The Sunday woman (La donna della domenica) - based on a novel by Fruttero & Lucentini
  • 1976: Basta che non si sappia in giro! ...
  • 1976: source strane occasioni
  • 1977: The cat does not let the mouse moult (Il gatto)
  • 1979: traffic jam (L'ingorgo - una storia impossibile)
  • 1980: come back, kid! (Voltati Eugenio)
  • 1983: No Time for Miracles (Cercasi Gesù)
  • 1987: The boy from Calabria (Un ragazzo di Calabria)
  • 1987: La Storia (La storia)
  • 1989: Gino & Elvira - Old love doesn't rust (Buon Natale ... buon anno)
  • 1991: Marcellino

Screenwriter

  • 1955: In the sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere)

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personal data
SURNAME Comencini, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Salò , Lombardy , Italy
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2007
Place of death Rome