Vittorio Cottafavi
Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film Il diavolo sulle colline was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Vittorio Cottafavi
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- Name
- Vittorio Cottafavi
- Born
- 30 January 1914
- Birthplace
- Modena, Italy
- Died
- 14 December 1998
- Place of death
- Anzio, Italy
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Italy and Kingdom of Italy.
- Languages
- Italian.
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• Name — Vittorio Cottafavi • Born — 30 January 1914 • Birthplace — Modena, Italy • Died — 14 December 1998 • Place of death — Anzio, Italy • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1943-1985
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Vittorio Cottafavi (30 June 1914 – 14 December 1998) was a screenwriter and director. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• I nostri sogni (1943) • The Gates of Heaven (1945) (actor) • The Sun Still Rises (1946) • The Unknown Man of San Marino (1946) • Fire Over the Sea (1947) • La grande strada (1948) • The Flame That Will Not Die (1949) • A Woman Has Killed (1952) • Milady and the Musketeers (1952) • Traviata '53 (1953) • A Free Woman (1954) • It Takes Two to Sin in Love (1954) • Le legioni di Cleopatra (1959) • Messalina (1960) • Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) • 100 Horsemen (1964) • Il diavolo sulle colline (1985)
Vittorio Cottafavi
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Vittorio Cottafavi died at Rome.
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- 1.lien web https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vittorio-cottafavi_(Enciclopedia-del-Cinema)/ COTTAFAVI, Vittorio it Encyclopédie Treccani consulté le=12 juin 2024
- 2.lien web it https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vittorio-cottafavi_(Enciclopedia-del-Cinema)/ Vittorio Cottafavi treccani.it
- 3.lien web it https://biblioteche.provincia.re.it/biblioteche/biblioteca-comunale-di-correggio/centri-di-documentazione/ Centri di documentazione Vittorio Cottafavi biblioteche.provincia.re.it
- 4.lien web it https://www.mymovies.it/persone/vittorio-cottafavi/56061/ Vittorio Cottafavi mymovies.it
- 5.Bifi nom id=12359 Vittorio Cottafavi
- 6.lien web it https://www.comingsoon.it/film/i-nostri-sogni/28440/scheda/ Nostri sogni comingsoon.it
- 7.Stefano Francia Di Celle, Enciclopedia del Cinema, 2003
- 8.lien web https://www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/vittorio-cottafavi-393.html Vittorio Cottafavi cinematheque.fr
- 9.Enciclopedia Garzanti della televisione, a cura di A. Grasso, 2002f
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