Umberto Scarpelli
Umberto Scarpelli (born May 25, 1904 in Orvieto , † May 15, 1980 in Rome ) was an Italian film director .
Life
Scarpelli was assistant director and production manager for numerous films in the 1930s and at the beginning of the 1940s (for Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica , among others ), until he himself took the chair for a number of works. Notable among his few films are Vom Landpfarrer zum Pope ( Gli uomini non guardano il cielo ), a biography of Pope Pius X , for which he also wrote the screenplay with Ettore Margadonna , and the atmospheric, early fantasy film The Downfall of Metropolis .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: From country pastor to pope ( Gli uomini non guardano il cielo )
- 1960: The trail leads to Caracas ( Le schiave bianche )
- 1961: The fall of Metropolis ( Il gigante di Metropolis )
literature
- Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano - I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 390
Web links
- Umberto Scarpelli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scarpelli, Umberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orvieto |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1980 |
| Place of death | Rome |