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Pietro Germi (1914–1974)

Writer | Director | Actor

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Leading Italian neo-realist actor/director. Graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. Initially concerned with socio/political issues in post-war Italy, he also made a series of satirical films about the Mafia and Sicilian social customs. He lampooned Italian divorce laws in his most famous film, 'Divorce, Italian Style'. See more trivia »

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in Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Died:

(age 60) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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1975 My Friends
 
1972 Alfredo, Alfredo (screenplay / story)
 
1970 A Pocketful of Chestnuts
 
1968 Serafino (screenplay / story)
 
1967 The Climax
 
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (story and screenplay)
 
1964 Seduced and Abandoned (dialogue)
 
1961 Divorce Italian Style (screenplay / story)
 
1959 The Facts of Murder (screenplay)
 
1958 A Man of Straw (story / writer)
 
1956 Il ferroviere
 
1953 Black 13 (original script)
 
1953 Jealousy
 
1952 The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo
 
1951 Four Ways Out (screenplay)
 
1950 Path of Hope (story)
 
1950 Against the Law (story)
 
1949 In the Name of the Law (screenplay)
 
1948 Lost Youth (screenplay / story)
 
1946 The Testimony (screenplay / story)
 
1945 Ten Commandments (screenplay)
 
1943 Gli ultimi filibustieri (screenplay)
 
1943 Il figlio del corsaro rosso (screenplay)
 
1941 L'amore canta (screenplay)
 
1939 Retroscena (screenplay / as P. Germi)
 
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1965 E venne un uomo
Pontiff's Father
 
1961 La viaccia
Stefano
 
1961 Blood Feud
 
1960 Lipstick
Commissario Fioresi
 
1960 5 Branded Women
Partisan commander
 
1959 The Facts of Murder
Dottor Ingravallo
 
1958 A Man of Straw
Andrea
 
1956 Il ferroviere
Andrea Marcocci
 
1949 Fuga in Francia
Tembien
 
1946 Monte Cassino
 
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1970 I giovedì della signora Giulia (TV mini-series) (producer - 5 episodes)
– Episode #1.5 (1970) (producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1970) (producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1970) (producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1970) (producer)
– Episode #1.1 (1970) (producer)
 
1968 Serafino (producer)
 
1967 The Climax (producer)
 
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (producer)
 
1945 Responsibility Comes Back (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1940 The Sinner (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1939 Retroscena (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1972 Alfredo, Alfredo (writer: "Sponsali")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2006 Marcello, una vita dolce (documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
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1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1972) … Himself
 
1964 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
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2010 Pupi Avati, ieri, oggi, domani
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2006 Marcello, una vita dolce (documentary)
Himself
 

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Trivia:

Leading Italian neo-realist actor/director. Graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. Initially concerned with socio/political issues in post-war Italy, he also made a series of satirical films about the Mafia and Sicilian social customs. He lampooned Italian divorce laws in his most famous film, 'Divorce, Italian Style'. See more »

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Star Sign:

Virgo