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Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Italian film director (1919-2006)
November 19, 1919 (October 12, 2006)

Ogro

V.O.: Operacion Ogro
Runtime: 115 min.

Burn!

V.O.: Queimada
It. 1968. Social drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori. A British agent incites a revolution in a Portuguese colony.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Battle of Algiers

V.O.: La Battaglia di Algeri
It. 1966. Social drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi. In 1957, French parachutists capture one of the leaders of the independence rebels in Algiers.
Runtime: 121 min.
It. 1960. Drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Susan Strasberg, Emmanuelle Riva, Laurent Terzieff. A Jewish teenager detained in a concentration camp accepts a surveillance job.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Wide Blue Road

V.O.: La Grande Strada Azzurra
It. 1958. Social drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Mario Girotti. A poor Italian fisherman who fishes with grenades is being watched by customs officers.
Runtime: 103 min.

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