Roberto Natale

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Roberto Natale (born April 21, 1921 in La Spezia ; † October 10, 2012 there ) was an Italian screenwriter and poet.

Life

After a degree in sea ​​trade and a ship's master's license , Natale joined a partisan group during the end of the Second World War . After the war he made documentaries , including two excellent short films in collaboration with Glauco Pellegrini . From 1958, now in the Italian capital, he wrote screenplays for numerous films of various genres, including Mario Bava's horror film The Dead Eyes of Dr. Dracula and 1976 turned Giallo The voice of death protrude. At times he formed under the anglicized pseudonym Robert Christmas . In 1972 he presented his only directorial work, the less than successful psychological thriller Il mio corpo con rabbia .

After doing some work for Italian television, he turned increasingly to poetry in the late 1970s and published several anthologies ( Per un diario had already appeared in 1960 ) such as Pieghe delle mie terre . Various radio works such as Mattia Prati and L'albero della memoria were also made during this time. In 1999 Piero Livi filmed Natales first screenplay in a long time, Sos laribiancos .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: Sogno a Venezia
  • 1965: Scarletto - Castle of the Blood (Il boia scarlatto)
  • 1966: The dead eyes of Dr. Dracula (Operazione paura)
  • 1967: Django - his last greeting (La vendetta è il mio perdono)
  • 1968: Hate Your Neighbor (Odia il prossimo tuo)
  • 1968: I am an escaped chain convict (Vivo per la tua morte)
  • 1970: At the end of a summer (Dipseratamente l'estate scorsa)
  • 1972: Il mio corpo con rabbia (& director)
  • 1975: The Tomato War (Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga)
  • 1976: The voice of death (Il gatto dagli occhi da gaida)
  • 1999: Sos laribiancos

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on the death of Natales  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.comune.laspezia.it  
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi. Rome 2002, p. 306
personal data
SURNAME Natale, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christmas, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian screenwriter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH La Spezia
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 2012
Place of death La Spezia