Oreste Palella
Oreste Palella (born August 19, 1912 in Messina , † November 18, 1969 in Rome ) was an Italian film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Palella was already working as the third assistant director for Frank Capra and John Ford in the United States in the 1930s . After returning to his home country, it was a few years before he reappeared in film. From 1946 he worked as a screenwriter, again assistant director and in the following year also as a director for some films of modest importance. He filmed the life of Catherine of Siena twice ; his most important film is Jessica, filmed in US co-production with Jean Negulesco in Forza d'Agrò . He also founded the production company “Segesta Film”. After Mafia alla sbarra from 1962, Palella turned to the performing arts and played supporting roles in around a dozen films; the best known, probably the first, when he embodied “Marshal Potenza” in Pietro Germi's Sedotto e abbandonata .
Filmography (selection)
- 1947: Ritrovarsi (director)
- 1960: Death trap Tresor 17 (Rapina al quartiere ovest) (book)
- 1961: Jessica (Jessica) (co-director, script)
- 1968: Serafino, the womanizer (Serafino) (Actor)
Web links
- Oreste Palella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergio Di Giacomo: Oreste Palella, regista e attore messinese (PDF; 712 kB)
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi. Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 317
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palella, Oreste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director, screenwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messina |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th November 1969 |
| Place of death | Rome |