Rate Furlan

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Rate Furlan (born March 9, 1911 in Padua , † November 28, 1989 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and actor .

Life

Furlan graduated in law , then graduated from the music school in the subject pianoforte and attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica . He began his artistic work as an opera director and, increasingly, at the theater. In 1948 he worked for the film for the first time; for Giuicatemi! and La figlia della Madonna , as well as writing the scripts, he also took on the music and editing tasks. After an unpublished film, he made his debut as a director in 1950; in the following year and 1958 two more cinema works followed, but his main field of work remained that of opera direction. He also appeared as a composer and television director. From 1960 he also devoted himself to acting until his death.

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1950: Zappatore (also book, equipment and music)
  • 1951: Malavita (also book, equipment and music)
  • 1958: Good-bye Firenze! (also book and music)

actor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 189