Antonio Pietrangeli

Biography

Antonio Pietrangeli (born 19 January 1919 in Rome, died 12 July 1968 in Gaeta) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli's work included Ossessione directed byVisconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa '51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada. His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960). He drowned in the sea of Gaeta in 1968 while working on Come, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini. [wikipedia]

Known For

Acting

1949

La Terra Trema

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Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing

1960

Adua and Her Friends

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1961

Ghosts of Rome

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1955

The Bachelor

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1963

The Visitor

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1954

Mid-Century Loves

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1965

I Knew Her Well

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1953

Empty Eyes

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1964

The Magnificent Cuckold

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1963

The Girl from Parma

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1966

The Queens

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1969

How, When, and with Whom

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1958

March's Child

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1957

It Happened in Rome

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1944

Obsession

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1952

Europe '51

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1953

The World Condemns Them

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