Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1917 – 12 September 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Baldi was born in

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, on 19 May 1917. His early film work began in Italy in the early 1950s with films such as ''Il Prezzo dell'Onore''. He directed

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in the films ''

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'' and ''

The Tartars ''The Tartars''/''I Tartari'' is a 1961 Italian-Yugoslavian epic historical Technicolor film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Victor Mature and Orson Welles. It is one of the sword-and-sandal genre films made in Italy in the 1950s and e ...

''. Baldi died in Italy on 12 September 2007.

Selected filmography

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Il prezzo dell'onore ''Il Prezzo dell'onore'' is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Cast * Maria Frau as Maria * Mario Vitale as Antonio * Vincenzo Musolino as Francesco * Mino Doro as Don Nicola * Armando Guarnieri as Michele * Amedeo T ...

'' (1952) *''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) *''

'' (1960) *''

Duel of Champions ''Duel of Champions'' (Italian: ''Orazi e Curiazi'') is a 1961 film about the Roman legend of the Horatii, triplet brothers from Rome who fought a duel against the Curiatii, triplet brothers from Alba Longa in order to determine the outcome of a w ...

'' (1961) *''La spada del Cid'' (1962) * ''

Taras Bulba, the Cossack ''Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (Italian: ''Taras Bulba, il cosacco'') is a 1962 Italian historical adventure film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Vladimir Medar, Jean-François Poron and Fosco Giachetti. It received an American release in 1 ...

'' (1962) *''Il figlio di Cleopatra '' (1964) *''Sfida al re di Castiglia'' (1964) *'' Suicide Mission to Singapore'' (1966) *''

All'ombra delle aquile ''In the Shadow of Eagles'' (original title ''All'ombra delle aquile'') is a 1966 sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Cameron Mitchell and Beba Lončar. Plot Emperor Tiberius is warned of the threat posed ...

'' (1966) *''

Texas, Adios ''Texas, Adios'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Texas, addio'') is a 1966 Italian/Spanish international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Franco Nero. It is often referenced in connection with ''Django ...

'' (1966) *'' Massacre in the Black Forest'' (1967) *'' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) *'' Rita of the West '' (1967) *''

Hate Thy Neighbor ''Hate Thy Neighbor'' ( it, Odia il prossimo tuo, also known as ''Hate Your Neighbor'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Cast * Clyde Garner: Ken Dakota * George Eastman: Gary Stevens * Nic ...

'' (1968) *''

Django, Prepare a Coffin ''Django, Prepare a Coffin'' ( it, Preparati la bara!, “Prepare the Coffin!”), alternatively titled ''Viva Django'', is a List of Italian films of 1968, 1968 Cinema of Italy, Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The f ...

'' (1968) *''

The Forgotten Pistolero ''The Forgotten Pistolero'' (Italian: ''Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria'', lit. "The Gunman of Hail Mary") is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Ore ...

'' (1969) *''

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'' (1969) *''

Blindman ''Blindman'' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, ...

'' (1971) *''

The Sicilian Connection ''The Sicilian Connection'' ( it, Afyon oppio, french: Action héroïne, also known as ''The Opium Connection'' and ''La filière'') is a 1972 Italian- French crime-thriller film directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Plot The Italian-American Joseph ...

'' (1972) *'' Long Lasting Days'' (1973) *'' Carambola!'' (1974) * '' Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket'' (1975) *'' Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk'' (1976) *''

Get Mean ''Get Mean'', also known as ''Beat a Dead Horse'', ''Vengeance of the Barbarians'' and ''The Stranger Gets Mean'', is a 1975 Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Tony Anthony, Lloyd Battista, Raf ...

'' (1976) *''Geometra Primetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1977) *''La compagna di viaggio'' (1980) *'' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) *'' Treasure of the Four Crowns'' (1983) *''

Warbus ''Warbus'' (also known as ''War Bus'') is a 1985 Italian-Philippine internationally co-produced action film directed by Ferdinando Baldi under the pseudonym "Ted Kaplan". Premise During the Vietnam War, three soldiers are escorting an old school ...

'' (1985) *''Un maledetto soldato'' (1988) *'' Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission'' (1988) (as "Ted Kaplan")

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldi, Ferdinando 1917 births 2007 deaths Italian film directors Italian film producers People from Cava de' Tirreni 20th-century Italian screenwriters Giallo film directors German-language film directors Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers