Aldo Vergano (1891–1957) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. He was the father of actress Serena Vergano.
Aldo Vergano | |
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| Born | 27 August 1891 |
| Died | 21 September 1957 (aged 66) Rome |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
| Children | Serena Vergano |
Biography
editBorn in Rome, Vergano was the co-founder with Alessandro Blasetti of the magazine Cinematografo.[1]
He made his film debut with the screenplay of Blasetti's Sun, one of the most important films of the Italian silent cinema.[1] In the thirties, though persecuted by fascism for his political views, he was a prolific screenwriter of Telefoni Bianchi films.[1] He made his debut as a director with the patriotic drama Pietro Micca.[1]
Vergano is probably best known for the film The Sun Still Rises, produced by the PNA, (the National Association of Italian Partisans),[1] which is considered "one of the cornerstones of neorealism".[2]
Selected filmography
edit- Director
- Pietro Micca (1938)
- Men of the Mountain (1943)
- The Sun Still Rises (1946)
- Czarci żleb (1949)
- The Outlaws (1950)
- La grande rinuncia (1951)
- Red Love (1952)
- Schicksal am Lenkrad (1954)
- Screenwriter
- Lowered Sails (1931)
- The Man with the Claw (1931)
- The Opera Singer (1932)
- The Telephone Operator (1932)
- The Blue Fleet (1932)
- Don Bosco (1935)
- Cavalry (1936)
- Adam's Tree (1936)
- The Carnival Is Here Again (1937)
- Marcella (1937)
- The Count of Brechard (1938)
- For Men Only (1938)
- The Night of Tricks (1939)
- The Cavalier from Kruja (1940)
- Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)
- Lost in the Dark (1947)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei Film 2008. Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2007. ISBN 9788860731869.
External links
edit- Aldo Vergano at IMDb
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