Sergio Bergonzelli

• Name — Sergio Bergonzelli • Born — 25 August 1924 • Birthplace — Alba, Italy • Died — 24 September 2002 25 August 1924 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Other Names — Siro Carme • Occupation — Director Screenwriter

Born in Alba, Cuneo, Bergonzelli graduated in philosophy, then he started working as an actor with the stage name Siro Carme. After being assistant and second unit director in a number of genre films, in 1960 he made his debut as director and screenwriter with Seven in the Sun. Also a film producer, Bergonzelli was the first to produce Spaghetti Western films entirely shot in Italy. In the 1970s he specialized in the erotic genre. A graduate in philosophy, Sergio Bergonzelli made his debut as an actor in 1952, initially using the pseudonym Siro Carme. This year marks the release of no less than four films:La storia del fornaretto di Venezia directed by Giacinto Solito,a historical film;The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953 film) directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, director of this reinterpretation of the famous novel by writer Francesco Mastriani; and finally I, Hamlet, a comedy by Giorgio Simonelli described by critics as "a rather feeble Shakespearean parody of dubious taste" and finally the same year with Pietro Germi's The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo. The year 1953 marked an intensification of Bergonzelli's acting career with the release of 6 films, namely Terra straniera, a drama film by Sergio Corbucci,Prima di sera,a comedy by Piero Tellini, It's Never Too Late (1953 film)[7] allegorical film by Filippo Walter Ratti, Passione (film 1953), dramatic film by Max Calandri, La figlia del reggimento, cheerful comedy directed by Tullio Covaz, Géza von Bolváry, and Cristo è passato sull'aia, drama by Oreste Palella. 1954 opened with her participation in the drama film The King's Prisoner (1954 film), an Italian-French collaboration by Giorgio Venturini and Richard Pottier, the same year she appeared in another film entitled Farewell, My Beautiful Lady! by Fernando Cerchio. After a two-year absence from motion pictures we see him again in 1957 with his last two films as an actor,The Most Wonderful Moment directed by Luciano Emmer where he plays the role of Mr. Mancini, and The Violent Patriot a historical film by Sergio Grieco.

• Director • Seven in the Sun (1960)* • The Last Gun (1964) • Stranger in Sacramento (1965)* • The Sea Pirate (1966) • M.M.M. 83 (1966)* • Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1967)* • In the Folds of the Flesh (1970) • Blood Delirium (N/A)* • '*' denotes he wrote the screenplay • Actor • Messalina (1951) • The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952) • La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952) • I, Hamlet (1952) – fencing master • The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) – the young conspirator • It's Never Too Late (1953) • Una donna prega (1953) • The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) • Passione (1953) • Cristo è passato sull'aia (1953) • Terra straniera (1954) • Gran varietà (1954) • The King's Prisoner (1954) • Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954) – the student who gives a speech (uncredited) • The Violent Patriot (1956) • The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) – Mr. Mancini • Et la tendresse?... Bordel! (1979) • Pasiones desenfrenadas (1981) • Tentazione (1988) (uncredited) • Sick-o-pathics (1955) – neighbour #1 (segment "The Poor, The Flesh & The Bag") (final film role)