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Italian neorealist [[director]] and [[actor]], July 7 1901 - November 13, 1974.
Italian neorealist [[director]] and [[actor]]. Sora, July 7, 1901 - Paris, November 13, 1974.
Born into poverty, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early Twenties. In 1923, he joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company. In 1933 he founded his own company, with his wife [[Giuditta Rissone]] and [[Sergio Tofano]]. The company mostly performed light comedies, but they also staged plays by [[Beaumarchais]], and worked with famous directors like [[Luchino Visconti]].
His meeting with [[Cesare Zavattini]] was a very important event: they wrote together some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age, like [[Sciuscià]] and [[Ladri di biciclette]]. One of his masterpieces is [[La Ciociara]] (1961): [[Sophia Loren]] won the Oscar for her unforgettable performance.


Notable films:
Notable films:
* [[Shoeshine]] (1946)
* [[Gli uomini che mascalzoni]] (1932)
* [[The Bicycle Thief]] (1948)
* [[Il signor Max]] (1937)
* [[Miracle in Milan]] (1951)
* [[Rose scarlatte]] (1939)
* [[Grandi magazzini]] (1939)
* [[Maddalena, zero in condotta]] (1940)
* [[Teresa Venerdì]] (1941)
* [[I bambini ci guardano]] ([[The Children Are Watching Us]]) (1942)
* [[Sciuscià]] ([[Shoeshine]]) (1946)
* [[Ladri di biciclette]] ([[The Bicycle Thief]]) (1948)
* [[Miracolo a Milano]] ([[Miracle in Milan]]) (1951)
* [[Umberto D]] (1952)
* [[Umberto D]] (1952)
* [[L'oro di Napoli]] ([[The Gold of Naples]]) (1954)
* [[Two Women]] (1961)
* [[The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]] (1970)
* [[La Ciociara]] ([[Two Women]]) (1961)
* [[Ieri, oggi e domani]] ([[Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow]]) (1963)
* [[Matrimonio all'italiana]] ([[Marriage Italian-Style]]) (1964)
* [[Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini]] ([[The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]]) (1970)

Revision as of 08:55, 18 March 2002

Italian neorealist director and actor. Sora, July 7, 1901 - Paris, November 13, 1974. Born into poverty, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early Twenties. In 1923, he joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company. In 1933 he founded his own company, with his wife Giuditta Rissone and Sergio Tofano. The company mostly performed light comedies, but they also staged plays by Beaumarchais, and worked with famous directors like Luchino Visconti. His meeting with Cesare Zavattini was a very important event: they wrote together some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age, like Sciuscià and Ladri di biciclette. One of his masterpieces is La Ciociara (1961): Sophia Loren won the Oscar for her unforgettable performance.

Notable films:

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