Pietro Francisci
Illustration — Image of Pietro Francisci Pietro Francisci (ˈpjɛːtro franˈtʃiʃʃi; 9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pietro Francisci was born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the 1966 science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in the U.S. in 1977 as Star Pilot.
Pietro Francisci
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- Born
- 1906 · Rome.
- Died
- 1977 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film editor · director
- Fields
- sword-and-sandal film · fantasy
- Honours
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Image of Pietro Francisci Pietro Francisci (ˈpjɛːtro franˈtʃiʃʃi; 9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pietro Francisci was born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the 1966 science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in the U.S. in 1977 as Star Pilot.
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Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• I Met You in Naples (1946) • Anthony of Padua (1949) • Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino (1951) • Attila (1954) • Hercules (1958) • Hercules and the Queen of Lydia (1959) aka Hercules Unchained • Siege of Syracuse (1960) • The Warrior Empress (1960) • Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1960) • Star Pilot (1966) • Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973)
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Pietro Francisci is recorded as having received Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Immagini provenienti dal film "l'assedio di Siracusa" edito nel 1960 e quindi foto di pubblico dominio.
autore sconosciuto
Scena del film Antonio di Padova (1949)
Pietro Francisci / Mario Bava · Italian film Antonio di Padova (1949) by Pietro Francisci
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1977
Pietro Francisci died at Rome.
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