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Vittorio Cottafavi

Vittorio Cottafavi

Vittorio Cottafavi

1914-01-30

Modena, Italy

DIRECTING

Biography

Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film Il diavolo sulle colline was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Best known for:

Hercules and the Captive Women

Goliath and the Dragon

Traviata 53

A Free Woman

Messalina

100 Horsemen

Amazons of Rome

Legions of the Nile

The Felling of the Forest

Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana

The Flame that Never Dies

Ai poeti non si spara

A come Andromeda

The Devil in the Hills

Our Dreams

The Gate of Heaven

A Woman Has Killed

Maria Zef

Unknown Men of San Marino

Milady and the Musketeers

The Glorious Avenger

The Warrior and the Slave Girl

In the Eddy of Sin

Jailbirds

In amore si pecca in due

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Filmography:

Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana (1939)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Our Dreams (1943)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Fantasmi del mare (1948)
WORK AS:
Co-Director
Unknown Men of San Marino (1948)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Fire Over the Sea (1948)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Flame that Never Dies (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
capitano dei carabinieri
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
A Woman Has Killed (1952)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Milady and the Musketeers (1952)
WORK AS:
Director

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Traviata 53 (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
The Glorious Avenger (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
I Piombi di Venezia (1953)
WORK AS:
Co-Director
A Free Woman (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
In the Eddy of Sin (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Jailbirds (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
In amore si pecca in due (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
L'avaro (1957)
WORK AS:
Director

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The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Antigone (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Doll house (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Legions of the Nile (1959)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
False Steps (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Messalina (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Toro bravo (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Amazons of Rome (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
La trincea (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Operazione Vega (1962)
WORK AS:
Director
The Felling of the Forest (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
100 Horsemen (1964)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Incontro con il padre (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Vita di Dante (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Ai poeti non si spara (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Life of Dante (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
La fantarca (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
The Trial of Saint Therese of The Child Jesus (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
The Weisenthal Mission (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
The Trojan Women (1967)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
I racconti di Padre Brown (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
I racconti di padre Brown (1971)
WORK AS:
Director
Antigone (1971)
WORK AS:
Director
A come Andromeda (1972)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Almayer's Folly (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
L'allodola (1973)
WORK AS:
Director
The Persians (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
Con gli occhi dell'occidente (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Maria Zef (1981)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Devil in the Hills (1985)
WORK AS:
Director