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Valerio Zurlini

Valerio Zurlini

Italian film director and screenwriter
March 19, 1926 (October 26, 1982)

The Desert of the Tartars

V.O.: Il Deserto dei Tartari
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Valerio Zurlini with Jacques Perrin, Giuliano Gemma, Vittorio Gassman. An officer spends his entire career in a border fortress waiting for hypothetical enemies.
Runtime: 137 min.

Le Professeur

V.O.: La Prima Notte di Quiete
It. 1972. Drama by Valerio Zurlini with Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Giancarlo Giannini. In Rimini, a professor with refined ideas but a sloppy appearance cheats on his depressed wife with one of his students who lives with a rich, debauched boy.
Runtime: 105 min.

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.

Black Jesus

V.O.: Seduto alla sua destra
It. 1968. Social drama by Valerio Zurlini with Woody Strode, Franco Citti, Jean Servais. In Africa, a Black leader and supporter of non-violence is arrested by mercenaries.
Runtime: 87 min.

Des filles pour l'armée

V.O.: Le Soldatesse
It. 1964. War drama by Valerio Zurlini with Tomas Milian, Marie Laforêt, Anna Karina. In 1941, an Italian officer is given the task of taking a dozen prostitutes to the front.
Runtime: 120 min.

Family Diary

V.O.: Cronaca Familiare
It. 1962. Psychological drama by Valerio Zurlini with Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Sylvie. When his brother falls ill, a man becomes aware of the bonds of affection that unite them.
Runtime: 110 min.

Girl With a Suitcase

V.O.: La Ragazza con la Valigia
It. 1961. Psychological drama by Valerio Zurlini with Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Romolo Valli. Discovering that his brother has behaved badly towards a singer, a teenager tries to help the young woman and becomes attached to her.
Runtime: 120 min.

Violent Summer

V.O.: Estate Violenta
It. 1960. Drama by Valerio Zurlini with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard. During World War II, a young man falls in love with a woman and tries to avoid enlistment.
Runtime: 95 min.

Les Jeunes Filles de San Frediano

V.O.: Le Ragazze di San Frediano
It. 1955. Comedy by Valerio Zurlini with Antonio Cifariello, Rossana Podesta, Giovanna Ralli. The conquests of a neighbourhood?s Don Juan.
Runtime: 88 min.

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