Ermanno Donati was an Italian film producer. Along with
Luigi Carpentieri, Donati won the
Nastro d'Argento award for Best Producer for the film ''
The Day of the Owl
''The Day of the Owl'' ( it, Il giorno della civetta ) is a crime novel about the Sicilian Mafia by Leonardo Sciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961.
As the author wrote in his preface of the 1972 Italian edition, the novel was writ ...
''.
Selected filmography
As producer
* ''
I Vampiri
''I Vampiri'' ( The Vampires) is a 1957 Italian horror film. The film was directed by Riccardo Freda and completed by the film's cinematographer, Mario Bava. It stars Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo and Dario Michaelis. The film is about a s ...
'' (1957)
* ''
The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1959)
* ''
Winter Holidays
''Winter Holidays'' ( it, Vacanze d'inverno) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and Giuliano Carnimeo (collaborating director), based on story by Oreste Biancoli. The music score is by Armando Trovajoli.
Cast
*Albert ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Atlas Against the Cyclops'' (1961)
* ''
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan'' (1961)
* ''
The Witch's Curse
''The Witch's Curse'' ( it, Maciste all'inferno, lit=Maciste in Hell) is a 1962 peplum- fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda.
Plot
In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hu ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Marco Polo'' (1962)
* ''
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
''The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' (Italian title: ''L'Orribile Segreto del Dr. Hichcock'', literally ''The Horrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock'') is a 1962 Italian horror film, directed by Riccardo Freda and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. The film stars B ...
'' (1962)
* ''
The Ghost'' (1963)
* ''
The Magnificent Adventurer
''The Magnificent Adventurer'' ( it, Il magnifico avventuriero) is a 1963 adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on real life events of Benvenuto Cellini.
Plot
Cast
Production
''The Magnificent Adventurer'' was di ...
'' (1963)
* ''
Samson in King Solomon's Mines'' (1964)
* ''
The Third Eye'' (1966)
* ''
The Hills Run Red'' (1966)
* ''
Navajo Joe
''Navajo Joe'' is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Burt Reynolds as the titular Navajo Indian who opposes a group of bandits responsible for killing his tribe.
Plot
Having massacred an Indian village with h ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Col cuore in gola
''Col cuore in gola'' () is a 1967 ''giallo'' film directed by Tinto Brass. It is loosely based on the novel ''Il sepolcro di carta'' ( The Paper Tomb) written by Sergio Donati. The film used storyboards from cartoonist Guido Crepax. It has be ...
'' (1967).
* ''
The Day of the Owl
''The Day of the Owl'' ( it, Il giorno della civetta ) is a crime novel about the Sicilian Mafia by Leonardo Sciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961.
As the author wrote in his preface of the 1972 Italian edition, the novel was writ ...
'' (1968)
* ''
Salon Kitty
Salon Kitty was a high-class Berlin brothel used by the Nazi intelligence service, the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD), for espionage purposes during .
Created in the early 1930s, the salon was taken over by SS general Reinhard Heydrich and his sub ...
'' (1976)
* ''
Beyond the Darkness'' (1979)
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Italian film producers