Biography
After studying architecture in Milan, Luigi Comencini, born in Salò in 1916, starts his career in film as a critic for the magazine L'Avanti!, then for the weekly Il Tempo. In 1947, he founds with Alberto Lattuada, the Cineteca Italiana in Milan and then starts directing documentaries such as La novoletta (1937) and Bambini in città (1946). In 1953, he meets an enormous success with Pane, amore e fantasia. From fiction to documentary, from comedy to drama, he always focussed on human feelings and civic engagement. Luigi Comencini dies in Rome on April 6, 2007.
Locarno Festival
Director
Series | |
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1982 |
Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani |
1972 |
Les Aventures de Pinocchio |
Documentaries | |
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1988 |
The French as Seen by... (series) |
1950 |
L'ospedale del delitto |
1946 |
Bambini in città |
1937 |
La novelletta |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1991 |
Marcelino, pan y vino |
1989 |
Joyeux Noël, Bonne Année |
1987 |
A Boy from Calabria |
1986 |
History (TV movie) |
1984 |
Heart (TV movie) |
1982 |
L´Imposteur |
1979 |
Traffic Jam |
1976 |
Bonsoir Mesdames et Messieurs |
1974 |
Mon Dieu, comment suis-je tombée si bas ? |
Somewhere Beyond Love |
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1972 |
Les Aventures de Pinocchio |
1969 |
Casanova, un adolescent à Venise |
Senza sapere niente di lei |
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1968 |
Pas de chocolat pour les Américains |
1965 |
La Bugiarda |
1964 |
Bebo's Girl |
La mia signora |
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1961 |
On the Tiger's Back |
1960 |
Everybody Go Home |
1959 |
Und das am Montagmorgen |
1958 |
Mogli pericolose |
1957 |
Maris en liberté |
1956 |
Tu es mon fils |
1955 |
The Belle of Rome |
1954 |
Bread, Love and Jealousy |
1953 |
Bread, Love and Dreams |
La valigia dei sogni |
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1952 |
La Traite des blanches |
1949 |
Il mulino del Po |
1948 |
Proibito rubare |
1947 |
Daniele Cortis |
Series | |
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1972 |
Les Aventures de Pinocchio |
Documentaries | |
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1946 |
Bambini in città |
Actor
Documentaries | |
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1988 |
The French as Seen by... (series) |
Performer
Shows | |
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1975 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche |