Biography
Although the self-taught filmmaker and intellectual took the Palme d'Or at Cannes (The Working Class Goes to Heaven, 1971) and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, 1969), he was intentionally marginalized until recently thanks to his pointed, uncompromising views of contemporary politics, morality, and art. This fascinating personality attracted numerous key figures of Italian film, and they became his long-term friends and cooperators on distinctively stylized movies: screenwriters Tonino Guerra (including Numbered Days and A Quiet Place in the Country) and Ugo Pirro (e.g. We Still Kill the Old Way and Property Is No Longer a Theft), composer Ennio Morricone (cooperation on seven films), and actors Gian Maria Volonté (including Todo modo) and Marcello Mastroianni (e.g. The Assassin and The 10th Victim).
MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
Movies | |
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1979 |
Good News |
1978 |
Le mani sporche (TV movie) |
1976 |
Todo Modo |
1973 |
Property Is No Longer a Theft |
1971 |
The Working Class Goes to Heaven |
1970 |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion |
1968 |
A Quiet Place in the Country |
1967 |
We Still Kill the Old Way |
1965 |
The Tenth Victim |
1964 |
High Infidelity |
1963 |
The Teacher from Vigevano |
1962 |
His Days Are Numbered |
1961 |
The Assassin |
Documentaries | |
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1970 |
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli |
1964 |
L'Italia con Togliatti |
Nudi per vivere |
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1949 |
I sette contadini |
Short | |
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1954 |
Nasce un campione |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1979 |
Good News |
1978 |
Le mani sporche (TV movie) |
1976 |
Todo Modo |
1973 |
Property Is No Longer a Theft |
1971 |
The Working Class Goes to Heaven |
1970 |
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion |
1968 |
A Quiet Place in the Country |
1967 |
We Still Kill the Old Way |
1965 |
The Tenth Victim |
1964 |
High Infidelity |
1963 |
The Monsters |
The Teacher from Vigevano |
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1962 |
His Days Are Numbered |
1961 |
The Assassin |
1960 |
L'Impiegato |
La garçonnière |
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1959 |
Le notti dei Teddy Boys |
Train Without a Timetable |
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1958 |
La strada lunga un anno |
Un ettaro di cielo |
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1957 |
Men and Wolves |
1955 |
When the Sun Goes Down |
1954 |
Days of Love |
1953 |
A Husband for Anna |
Angels of Darkness |
Documentaries | |
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1970 |
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli |
Short | |
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1954 |
Nasce un campione |
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2021 |
Morceaux de Cannes (TV movie) - a.f. |
2005 |
Elio Petri: Notes on a Filmmaker - a.f. |