Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini (born June 28, 1922 in Pistoia , † May 14, 2001 in Rome ) was an Italian film director .

Life

Bolognini first studied architecture in Florence and from 1947 directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. After completing his studies, he worked as an assistant director to Luigi Zampa in Italy and to Yves Allégret and Jean Delannoy in France . In 1953 he made his debut film as a director with Ci troviamo in galleria , other feature films followed. In the so-called epoch of the “ second Italian neorealism ”, Bolognini developed his own style and at the beginning of the 1960s addressed the life of the poor in contrast to the rich in his country. During this time three of his most important works were created: Bel Antonio , When life beckons and The house in Via Roma .

He gained fame above all for his literary adaptations of important Italian post-war literature, including works by Pier Paolo Pasolini , Alberto Moravia , Mario Pratesi and Vasco Pratolini , which he also realized for television. Towards the end of his career he turned to lyric opera.

Filmography (selection)

Assistant director

• 1948: Anni Difficili - Director: Luigi Zampa
• 1949: Campane a martello - Director: Luigi Zampa
• 1950: Cuori senza frontiere - Director: Luigi Zampa
• 1951: È più facile che un cammello… - Director: Luigi Zampa
• 1952: City without Morals (Processo alla città) - Director: Luigi Zampa
• 1952: Nez de cuir - Director: Yves Allégret
• 1952: One night's confession (La minute de vérité) - Director: Jean Delannoy

Director

• 1953: Ci troviamo in galleria
• 1954: Adventure of the Four Musketeers (I cavalieri della regina)
• 1955: The Lovers (Gli innamorati)
• 1955: Change of Heart (La vena d'oro)
• 1955: The Adventures of the Three Musketeers (Le avventure dei tre moschettieri)
• 1956: Guardia, Guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
• 1956: I tre moschettieri - TV series
• 1957: Marisa (Marisa la civetta)
• 1958: love has short legs (Giovani mariti)
• 1959: Arrangiatevi!
• 1959: We from the street (La notte brava)
• 1960: Bel Antonio (Il bell'Antonio)
• 1960: When life beckons (La giornata balorda)
• 1961: The house in Via Roma (La viaccia)
• 1962: Agostino
• 1962: Hörig (Senilità)
• 1963: La corruzione
• 1964: La donna è una cosa meravigliosa
• 1964: La mia signora
• 1965: The Dolls (Le bambole)
• 1965: Three Faces of a Woman (I tre volti) - (2nd episode director)
• 1966: Die Gespielinnen (La fate) - (3rd episode director)
• 1966: Madamigella di Maupin
• 1967: The oldest trade in the world (Le plus vieux métier du monde) - Director of the 2nd episode
• 1967: Arabella
• 1967: L'attraverso i secoli
• 1967: Witches of Today (Le streghe) - Director of the 2nd episode
• 1968: Caprice Italian Style (Capriccio all'italiana)
• 1969: She and He (L'assoluto naturale)
• 1969: A hot November (Un bellissimo novembre)
• 1970: Metello
• 1971: Bubu from Montparnasse (Bubu)
• 1972: murder charges against a student (Imputazione di omicidio per uno students)
• 1973: Libera, amore mio
• 1974: The Murri affair (Fatti di gente perbene)
• 1975: Per le antiche scale
• 1976: The Ferramonti Legacy (L'eredità Ferramonti)
• 1977: Gran bollito
• 1978: Dove vai in vacanza? Episode: Sarò tutta per te
• 1980: The Lady of the Camellias (La vera storia della signora delle camelie)
• 1982: The Charterhouse of Parma (La certosa di Parma) - TV series
• 1986: Fever in the heart / Love fire in Venice / The Venetian woman (La venexiana)
• 1987: Imago urbis
• 1987: Farewell Moscow (Mosca addio)
• 1988: Counterfeiters of Love (Gli indifferenti) - TV series
• 1989: 12 registi per 12 città episode: Palermo
• 1991: Men and Lovers (La villa del venerdì)
• 1994: La famiglia Ricordi - TV series

Web links

• Mauro Bolognini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Mauro Bolognini on MyMovies (Italian).
• Website dedicated to Bolognini

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 62