Vittorio Cottafavi

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Vittorio Cottafavi (born January 30, 1914 in Modena , † December 14, 1998 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Cottafavi graduated in law , literature and philosophy and then attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia , where he graduated in 1938. From the following year he worked on scripts and worked as an assistant director. In 1943 he made his directorial debut with I nostri sogni ; Due to the war, it lasted until 1946, so that - in collaboration with Michael Waszynski - further work followed. In 1949 he achieved success with two biographical films close to realism ( La fiamme che non si spegne about Salvo D'Acquisto and Una donna ha ucciso ).

From 1958 Cottafavi devoted himself to the commercial antique film , in which he created remarkable, excellent craftsmanship. He shot his last film for the big screen in 1964 and then devoted himself entirely to television, for which he had occasionally worked since 1957. For this he created several outstanding and well-equipped films ( Umiliati e affesi , Vita di Dante , Cristoforo Colombo ) as well as one of the first excursions into the field of science fiction (1972 with the series A come Andromeda ). A later success was Maria Zef, based on the novel by Paolo Drigo , which was staged with amateur actors . His last film Il diavolo sulle colline was shown at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1943: I nostri sogni
  • 1952: Anna and the executioner (Il boia di Lillà)
  • 1953: The Beloved (Traviata '53)
  • 1954: In the clutches of the past (Avanzi di galera)
  • 1954: The Eternal Song of Love (Nel gorgo del peccato)
  • 1958: Antigone (Antigone)
  • 1958: uprising of the gladiators (La rivolta dei gladiatori)
  • 1959: The Legions of Caesar (Le legioni di Cleopatra)
  • 1960: Messalina (Messalina, Venere imperatrice)
  • 1960: The Revenge of Hercules (La vendetta di Ercole)
  • 1961: Hercules conquers Atlantis (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide)
  • 1961: The Virgins of Rome (Le vergini di Roma)
  • 1964: The Hundred Knights (I cento cavalieri)
  • 1981: Maria Zef (TV movie)
  • 1985: Il diavolo sulle colline

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 124
personal data
SURNAME Cottafavi, Vittorio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1998
Place of death Rome