Cesare Canevari
Cesare Canevari (13 October 1927 – 25 October 2012) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Cesare Canevari
- Name
- Cesare Canevari
- Birthplace
- Milan, Italy
- Occupation
- Director
- Born
- Cesare Canevari was born, sources differ on the date (on 13 October 1927 and on 25 October 1927). · Milan.
- Died
- Cesare Canevari died on 25 October 2012. · Milan.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Cesare Canevari (13 October 1927 – 25 October 2012) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Cesare Canevari was an Italian and Italian actor, film director and film editor, among other activities. Born in Milan, the actor died in Milan. Languages used include Italian.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 01 October 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Cesare Canevari. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1056757 · wikipedia · Cesare Canevari
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Cesare Canevari • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Occupation — Director
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Milan, Canevari began his career shortly after World War II as a stage actor, occasionally also appearing in films in minor roles. Variously referred to as "a genius ahead of his time", "a master of genre cinema" and "one of the less labelable directors of Italian genre cinema", he directed nine films between 1964 and 1983. Often characterized by an unusual style, his films ranged through different genres, including noir, Nazisploitation, Spaghetti Western, giallo and melodrama. His films generally were produced and shot in Milan. His final film was Delitto carnale (1983)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Un tango dalla Russia (1965) • Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper (1966) • Una jena in cassaforte (1968) • A Man for Emmanuelle (1969) • Matalo!(1970) • Last Orgy of the Third Reich (1977) • Delitto carnale (1983)
Identity
Identity
Cesare Canevari is recorded with the occupation film producer. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2012
Cesare Canevari died on 25 October 2012.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Cesare Canevari was born at Milan.
Birthplace
Cesare Canevari died at Milan.
Deathplace
Milan.
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Cesare Canevari”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1056757: Cesare Canevari
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. 2002. 8884401712.
- 2.Addio a Cesare Canevari Fu regista di "Matalo!". Corriere della Sera. 27 October 2012.
- 3.Omaggio a Cesare Canevari, un regista poco italiano. Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. 11 December 2012.
- 4.Eugenio Ercolani. MATALO! - Il cinema nordico di Cesare Canevari. Orizzonti di gloria. 6 June 2014.
- 5.Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. 276. 2022. 978-1-4766-8248-8.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,928 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- César Fernández-ArdavínPerson
- César MiróPerson
- Cesar PaesPerson
- Cesar RomeroPerson
- Cesare DanovaPerson
- Cesare FantoniPerson
- Cesare GravinaPerson
- Cesare LanzaPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Cesare Canevari?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.