Cesare Canevari (13 October 1927 - 25 October 2012) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Milan
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, Canevari began his career shortly after World War II as a stage actor, occasionally also appearing in films in minor roles.
Variously referred to as "a genius ahead of his time",
"a master of genre cinema"
[ and "one of the less labelable directors of Italian genre cinema",]giallo
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, ...
and melodrama.
Selected filmography
* '' Un tango dalla Russia'' (1965)
* '' Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper ''(1966)
* ''A Man for Emmanuelle
''A Man for Emmanuelle'' ( it, Io, Emmanuelle) is an Italian drama film directed by Cesare Canevari and starring Erika Blanc.
Cast
* Erika Blanc as Emmanuelle
* Adolfo Celi as Sandro
* Paolo Ferrari as Raffaello
* Milla Sannoner as Lesbian
* ...
'' (1969)
* '' Matalo! ''(1970)
* ''Last Orgy of the Third Reich
''Gestapo's Last Orgy'' ( it, 'L'ultima orgia del III Reich, lit=Last Orgy of the Third Reich) is an Italian Nazi exploitation film directed and co-written by Cesare Canevari and starring Daniela Poggi.
Plot
The film begins with a man named ...
'' (1977)
References
External links
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1927 births
2012 deaths
Italian film directors
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian screenwriters
Film people from Milan
Giallo film directors
Italian male screenwriters
Clergy from Milan
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