Steno

Biography

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Known For

Acting

1957

Female Three Times

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Production

Crew

Directing

1980

Flatfoot in Egypt

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1973

The Knock Out Cop

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1978

Flatfoot in Africa

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1975

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

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1982

Banana Joe

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1979

Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

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1954

An American in Rome

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1952

Totó in color

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1959

Toto in Madrid

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1951

Cops and Robbers

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1960

Letto a tre piazze

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1976

Horse Fever

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1963

Totò vs the Four

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1977

Three Tigers Against Three Tigers

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1982

An Ideal Adventure

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1952

Toto and the Women

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1949

Totò cerca casa

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1952

Toto and the Kings of Rome

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1954

A Day in Court

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1956

Nero's Mistress

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1958

Totò nella Luna

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1968

Caprice Italian Style

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1959

The Overtaxed

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1955

Piccola posta

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1983

Magic Touch

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1983

Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style

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1967

Rita the Field Marshal

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1962

Totò diabolicus

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1979

Hot Potato

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1980

Prickly Pears

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1963

Two Colonels

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1958

Maid, Thief and Guard

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1972

Execution Squad

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1957

Susanna tutta panna

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1977

Double Murder

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1985

Sue Me

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1982

Dio li fa poi li accoppia

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1957

Female Three Times

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1968

How to Kill 400 Duponts

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1964

Un mostro e mezzo

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1963

Heroes of the West

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1964

Twins from Texas

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1965

Letti sbagliati

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1959

Uncle Was a Vampire

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1981

The Tango of Jealousy

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1974

Policewoman

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1966

Love Italian Style

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1976

Italy is Rotten

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1971

No One Will Notice You're Naked

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1978

My Loves

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1953

The Unfaithfuls

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1961

Psycosissimo

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1988

Animali metropolitani

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1953

Man, Beast and Virtue

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1950

È arrivato il Cavaliere

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1962

Musketeers of the Sea

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1970

Transplant

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1973

My Brother Anastasia

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1972

The Migratory Bird

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1971

Cose di Cosa Nostra

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1949

Fame and the Devil

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1950

A Dog’s Life

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1954

Sins of Casanova

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1962

Copacabana Palace

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1940

Il pirata sono io!

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1939

Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei?

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1964

Risate all'italiana

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1941

Luce nelle tenebre

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1958

Mia nonna poliziotto

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1961

The Girl of a Thousand Months

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1953

Cinema of yesteryear

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1982

Quando la coppia scoppia

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1960

Un militare e mezzo

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1975

The Boss and the Worker

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1987

L'ombra nera del Vesuvio

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1960

We Like It Cold

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1966

The Invincible

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1972

The Terror with Cross-Eyes

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Big Man

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