Carlo Lizzani
Also Known As: Lee W. Beaver, Карло Лидзани, Карло Лиццани
Biography: Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: April 03, 1922
Deathday: October 05, 2013
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Gender: Male
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-09-02
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The Tough and the Mighty
Overview: Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-23
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Pope John XXIII
Overview: This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".
Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Outcry
Overview: A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1946-11-06
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Linee d'ombra
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Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Overview: Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-05-27
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Voi siete qui
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-09-08
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Portrait Of My Father
Overview: A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-10-27
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Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Luchino Visconti
Overview: A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-09-06
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The Years of Lost Images
Overview: A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini was never able to shoot: between 1962, the year he won the Golden Lion with Family Diary, and 1982, the year of his death, he directed only four features. The documentary features interviews with close collaborators (celebrated screenwriters Enrico Medioli and Nicola Badalucco) and some of his actors (Jacques Perrin and Claudia Cardinale).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-07-12
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Overview: A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Overview: This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-01
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A Dream of Women
Overview: A new documentary film on Fellini's 'La Città del Donne' ('City of Women') directed by Dominique Maillet, featuring producer Renzo Rossellini, film historian Aldo Tassone, producer and film historian Carlo Lizzani, and Federico Fellini's assistant Dominique Delouche (1955-1960).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-05-17
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The Violent Four
Overview: A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-03-29
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Sperduti nel buio
Overview: Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-04-09
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Il falso bugiardo
Overview: Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-07-03
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Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Overview: The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-09-22
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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Overview: The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-06-14
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Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-11-03
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Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Overview: Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-04-04
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Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Overview: Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Western all'italiana
Overview: "Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcasting of a selection of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns". In the course of the video, the birth, evolution and conclusion of the Italian western trend is told.
Genres: Documentary Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Behind Love and Anger
Overview: Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (director of the segment "L'indifferenza"), Marco Bellocchio (director of the segment "Discutiamo, discussamo"), Maurizio Ponzi (assistant director of the segment " La sequenza del fiore di carta," by Pier Paolo Pasolini), and Roberto Perpignani (editor of the segment "Agonia," by Bernardo Bertolucci).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine
Overview: Looks back at the Sciuscià, its success abroad, its influence on later filmmakers, its Oscar win, and the social conditions at the time of its production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-09-25
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Rossellini
Overview: A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, following his career and his relationship with Ingrid Bergman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Noi c'eravamo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-10-26
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Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Overview: This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constructed his movies in a conventional way but also experimented new path. His favorite actresses such as Clau
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-12-06
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