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Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli

Italian film director and screenwriter (1919-1968)
January 19, 1919 (July 12, 1968)

How, When, and with Whom

V.O.: Come, Quando, Perché
It. 1968. Psychological drama by Antonio Pietrangeli, Valerio Zurlini with Philippe Leroy, Danièle Gaubert, Horst Buchholz. The young wife of an industrialist ends up giving in to the advances of a friend of her husband.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Queens

V.O.: Le Fate
It. 1967. Sketches by Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli with Monica Vitti, Claudia Cardinale, Raquel Welch. The romantic affairs of four whimsical women.
Runtime: 110 min.

I Knew Her Well

V.O.: Io la conoscevo bene
It. 1966. Psychological drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Stefania Sandrelli, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Claude Brialy. A pretty manicurist has various sentimental adventures, while dreaming of a career in cinema.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Magnificent Cuckold

V.O.: Il Magnifico Cornuto
It. 1964. Mores comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Ugo Tognazzi, Claudia Cardinale, Bernard Blier. Convinced that all wives cheat on their husbands, a man comes to doubt his wife's fidelity.
Runtime: 123 min.

Ghosts in Rome

V.O.: Fantasmi a Roma
It. 1961. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Sandra Milo. In Roma, ghosts worry about the upcoming demolition of the house they haunt.
Runtime: 85 min.

Adua and Her Friends

V.O.: Adua e le compagne
It. 1960. Social drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Simone Signoret, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere. Four prostitutes gather their savings to open a restaurant in Rome.
Runtime: 120 min.

It Happened in Rome

V.O.: Souvenir d'Italie
It. 1957. Sentimental comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Isabelle Corey, June Laverick, Ingeborg Schöner. Three young girls of different nationalities go sightseeing in Italy.
Runtime: 86 min.

March's Child

V.O.: Nata di marzo
It. 1957. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Jacqueline Sassard, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tina de Mola. After getting married, a couple experiences various difficulties, not least because of the young woman's frivolity.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Bachelor

V.O.: Lo Scapolo
It. 1955. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Alberto Sordi, Sandra Milo, Abbe Lane. A hardened bachelor ends up marrying a charming young girl.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Island Princess

V.O.: La Principessa delle Canarie
It. 1955. Adventures by Paolo Moffa with Silvana Pampanini, Marcello Mastroianni, Elvira Quintilla. In the 15th century, while leading the colonization of the Canary Islands, a Spanish captain falls in love with the daughter of the king he is trying to subdue.
Runtime: 81 min.

Where Is Freedom?

V.O.: Dov'è la libertà...?
It. 1954. Dramatic comedy by Roberto Rossellini with Totò, Vera Molnar, Nyta Dover.
Runtime: 93 min.

She Wolf

V.O.: La Lupa
It. 1953. Drama by Alberto Lattuada with Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt. An ambitious woman with a bad reputation finds her hold on men challenged.
Runtime: 82 min.

All for Love

V.O.: Romanzo d'Amore
It. 1950. Biography by Duilio Coletti with Danielle Darrieux, Rossano Brazzi, Charles Rutherford. The love story of virtuoso pianist Toselli and Princess Louise of Saxony.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Earth Trembles

V.O.: La Terra Trema
It. 1948. Social drama by Luchino Visconti with Antonio Arcidiacono, Rosa Costanzo, Nicola Castorino. The miserable living conditions of Sicilian fishers squeezed by unjust fishmongers.
Runtime: 154 min.

Lost Youth

V.O.: Gioventù perduta
It. 1947. Social drama by Pietro Germi with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas. The son of a university professor becomes the leader of a gang of criminals.
Runtime: 80 min.

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