Leopoldo Savona

Biography

Born in Lenola, Italy, he started his career in 1949 as assistant director of Giuseppe De Sanctis. He made his directorial debut in 1955, with the adventure film Il principe dalla maschera rossa. He collaborated with Pier Paolo Pasolini as a technical adviser in Mamma Roma.

Known For

Acting

Production

1950

Under the Olive Tree

as

Crew

1960

It Started in Naples

as

1961

Erik the Conqueror

as

Directing

1961

Accattone

as

1955

The Prince with the Red Mask

as

1967

Killer Kid

as

1954

Daughters of Destiny

as

1954

Days of Love

as

1972

Byleth: The Demon of Incest

as

1972

Death Falls Lightly

as

1970

Apocalypse Joe

as

1957

Men and Wolves

as

1966

Rojo

as

1971

Pistol Packin' Preacher

as

1969

God Will Forgive My Pistol

as

1961

The Mongols

as

1951

Rome-Paris-Rome

as

1958

Piece of the Sky

as

1953

Trouble for the Legion

as

1959

Venetian Honeymoon

as

1959

Nights of the Teddy Boys

as

1962

Warriors Five

as

1970

Operation Snafu

as

1955

Totò all'inferno

as

1969

Thunder from the West

as

1953

Easy Years

as

1959

The White Warrior

as

1954

Woman of Rome

as

1962

La leggenda di Fra Diavolo

as

1976

Le due orfanelle

as

1963

Arms of the Avenger

as

1966

Knives of the Avenger

as