Riccardo Freda

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Riccardo Freda (born February 24, 1909 in Alexandria , Egypt , † December 20, 1999 in Paris ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Freda was born in Alexandria to Italian parents. He later grew up in Milan , where he studied at the university, became a sculptor and later an art critic for "Il Popolo di Lombardia". In the mid-1930s, Freda worked under Luigi Freddi in the political administration of the film industry in Fascist Italy and shortly afterwards began his film career in 1937 as a screenwriter and production assistant for “Tirrenia” and later for “Elica Films”. Up until his directorial debut, he wrote numerous screenplays for directors such as Gennaro Righelli and Raffaello Matarazzo . With his first film Don Cesare de Bazan began a series of successful works, whereby he concentrated on period films , which found especially large audiences. After that he turned to mythological film; with I vampiri in 1956 he was also one of the pioneers of the Italian horror film , for which he submitted early masterpieces.

Freda was also known for the mastery of crowd scenes, so that he took over the direction of the 2nd staff for some films.

Freda was married to the Italian actress Gianna Maria Canale . One of his pseudonyms was George Lincoln

Filmography

  • 1942: Don Cesare di Bazan
  • 1946: Black Eagle (Aquila nera)
  • 1948: The wretched (I miserabili)
  • 1948: The mysterious Chevaliere (Il cavaliere misterioso)
  • 1951: The Revenge of the Black Eagle (La vendetta di Aquila Nera)
  • 1952: Spartacus, the rebel of Rome (Spartaco)
  • 1954: Theodora - Empress of Byzantium (Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio)
  • 1956: The Vampire of Notre Dame (I vampiri)
  • 1957: Focal Point Tangier (Agguato a Tangeri)
  • 1959: Caltiki, Riddle of Horror (Caltiki - il mostro immortale)
  • 1960: The sword of the red giant (I giganti della Tessaglia)
  • 1961: Maciste in the hands of the tyrant (Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan)
  • 1962: Maciste, the avenger of the damned (Maciste all'inferno)
  • 1962: The Terrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock (L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock)
  • 1964: Love in Verona (Giulietta e Romeo)
  • 1965: Secret order CIA - Istanbul 777 (Coplan FX 18 casse tout)
  • 1967: Death does not count dollars (La morte non conta i dollari)
  • 1969: The face in the dark (A doppia faccia)
  • 1970: In the glow of midday (La salamandra del deserto)
  • 1971: The beast with the fiery breath (L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco)
  • 1980: Delirium (L'ossessione che uccide)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fabian Tietke: Cinema a colori. About Riccardo Freda, the "highest paid director in Italy". In: CARGO Film / Medien / Kultur, No. 23 (December 2014-February 2015), pp. 44–48.
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 187.
personal data
SURNAME Freda, Riccardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lincoln, George (pen name); Hampton, Robert (pen name); Pareto, Willy (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria , Egypt
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1999
Place of death Paris , France