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Oreste Biancoli(1897-1971)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Italian playwright, screenwriter, and director. At age 24, he received his law degree, but proceeded upon a career in journalism. He collaborated with Dino Falconi on a number of successful comedies for the stage before entering films soon after the coming of sound. Soon thereafter he began directing as well as writing films. During the Second World War he assumed the artistic leadership of Scalera Films. He continued to write fiction, reviews, and plays as well as films, his most renowned film script being that for Bicycle Thieves (1948).
BornFebruary 20, 1897
DiedNovember 25, 1971(74)
BornFebruary 20, 1897
DiedNovember 25, 1971(74)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves
8.2
  • Writer
  • 1948
Stasera alle undici (1938)
Stasera alle undici
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1938
Il sogno di tutti
  • Writer
  • 1940
La mazurka di papà (1938)
La mazurka di papà
4.4
  • Writer
  • 1938

Credits

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Writer



  • Love and Marriage (1964)
    Love and Marriage
    4.9
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • The Avenger of Venice (1964)
    The Avenger of Venice
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • The Ghost (1963)
    The Ghost
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • story (as Robert Davidson)
    • 1963
  • Il mio amico Benito (1962)
    Il mio amico Benito
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1962
  • Le massaggiatrici (1962)
    Le massaggiatrici
    5.8
    • story and screenplay
    • 1962
  • Marco Polo (1962)
    Marco Polo
    5.2
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 1962
  • The Witch's Curse (1962)
    The Witch's Curse
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Pontius Pilate (1962)
    Pontius Pilate
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Erik the Conqueror (1961)
    Erik the Conqueror
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1961
  • Gordon Scott and Yôko Tani in Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)
    Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
    4.8
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1961
  • Geoffrey Horne and Robert Morley in Joseph and His Brethren (1961)
    Joseph and His Brethren
    5.3
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Gordon Mitchell and Paul Wynter in Atlas Against the Cyclops (1961)
    Atlas Against the Cyclops
    4.6
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1961
  • Love, the Italian Way (1960)
    Love, the Italian Way
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1960
  • ...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960)
    ...And Suddenly It's Murder!
    7.0
    • story
    • 1960
  • Son of Samson (1960)
    Son of Samson
    5.1
    • story and screenplay
    • 1960

Director



  • Penne nere (1952)
    Penne nere
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1952
  • La carica degli eroi
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Il chiromante (1941)
    Il chiromante
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Il sogno di tutti
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Piccolo alpino (1940)
    Piccolo alpino
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1940
  • L'eredità in Corsa
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Friendship
    • Director
    • 1938
  • La mazurka di papà (1938)
    La mazurka di papà
    4.4
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Stasera alle undici (1938)
    Stasera alle undici
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1938

Additional Crew



  • Il vagabondo (1941)
    Il vagabondo
    6.6
    • supervising director
    • 1941

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • O. Biancoli
  • Born
    • February 20, 1897
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Died
    • November 25, 1971
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    L'uomo di Birzulah (1926) (play)

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    • Robert Davidson

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