Gian Paolo Callegari (1909-1982) was an Italian

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and

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. He worked on several American films shot in Italy. This included

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's 1950 film ''

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''.Santas & Wilson p.94

Selected filmography

* ''

The Thrill of the Skies ''The Thrill of the Skies'' (Italian: ''L'ebbrezza del cielo'') is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Silvana Jachino, Mario Giannini and Mario Ferrari. A group of aspiring young pilots in the city of Asiago construct ...

'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1941) * ''

Il fanciullo del West ''Il fanciullo del West'' ( ''The Boy of the West'' ) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. It is named after Puccini's opera ''La fanciulla del West'' (''The Girl of the West'' ) and is consider ...

'' (1943) * '' Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

Macario Against Zagomar ''Macario Against Zagomar'' (Italian: ''Macario contro Zagomar''; also known as ''Macario Against Fantomas'') is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. Plot In Paris, the dreaded Zagomar kidnapped the ...

'' (1944) * ''

Ring Around the Clock ''Ring Around the Clock'' (Italian: ''Vogliamoci bene!'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo William Tamburella and starring Nando Bruno, Lauro Gazzolo, and Peppino Spadaro.Paietta p.162 The film's sets were designed by Arrigo Equin ...

'' (1950) * '' The Fighting Men'' (1950) * ''

'' (1950) * ''

They Were Three Hundred ''They Were Three Hundred'' (Italian: ''Eran trecento'') is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and starring Rossano Brazzi, Franca Marzi and Myriam Bru. Di Fiore p.369 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in R ...

'' (1952) *''

The Treasure of Bengal ''The Treasure of Bengal'' ( it, Il tesoro del Bengala, french: Le trésor du Bengale) is a 1953 Italian-French adventure film directed by Gianni Vernuccio and starring Sabu.Lorenzo Ventavoli. ''Pochi, maledetti e subito''. Museo Nazionale del Cin ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Warrior and the Slave Girl ''The Warrior and the Slave Girl'' ( it, La rivolta dei gladiatori, es, La rebelión de los gladiadores, french: La révolte des gladiateurs) is a 1958 Italian-Spanish-French adventure film in Supercinescope and Eastman Color directed by Vitto ...

'' (1958) * ''

Head of a Tyrant ''Head of a Tyrant'' or ''Judith and Holofernes'' (Italian:''Giuditta e Oloferne'') is a 1959 Italian-French historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.Parish p.53 It is part of t ...

'' (1959) * ''

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete'' ( it, Teseo contro il Minotauro, lit=Theseus against the Minotaur) is a 1960 film based on the Greek legend of Theseus, the Athenian hero who is said to have slain a minotaur on Minoan Crete around 1500 or 14 ...

'' (1960) * ''

Gladiator of Rome ''Gladiator of Rome'' ( it, Il gladiatore di Roma) is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Costa. Co-written by Gian Paolo Callegari and Giuseppe Mariani, it stars Gordon Scott.Howard Hughes. ''Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide ...

'' (1962) * ''

The 300 Spartans ''The 300 Spartans'' is a 1962 CinemaScope epic film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese. The working title was ''Lion of Sparta''. It ...

'' (1962) * ''

Pontius Pilate (film) ''Pontius Pilate'' ( it, Ponzio Pilato, french: Ponce Pilate) is an Italian drama film from 1962, directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and Irving Rapper, written by Oreste Biancoli, starring Jean Marais and Jeanne Crain. The film is known under th ...

'' (1962) * ''

Goliath and the Rebel Slave ''Goliath and the Rebel Slave'' ( it, Goliath e la schiava ribelle), also known as ''The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules'', is a 1963 Eastmancolor adventure peplum film directed by Mario Caiano. Plot Cast * Gordon Scott as Goliath ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules ''The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules'' ( it, L'eroe di Babilonia, french: Héros de Babylone, also known as ''Heroes of Babylon'', ''Hero of Babylon'' and ''Goliath, King of Slaves'') is a 1963 Italian-French peplum film written and ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Avenger of Venice ''The Avenger of Venice'' ( it, Il ponte dei sospiri, es, El puente de los suspiros, link=no) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is b ...

'' (1964) * ''

Revolt of the Praetorians ''La Rivolta dei Pretoriani'' (AKA: ''Revolt of the Praetorians'') is a 1964 sword and sandal film about the conspiracy to assassinate the emperor Domitian in the year AD 96, though the historical facts have been heavily fictionized. This film was ...

'' (1964) * ''

Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules ''Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules'' ( it, L'ultimo gladiatore, lit=The Last Gladiator) is a 1964 ''peplum'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Richard Harrison and Lisa Gastoni.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 19 ...

'' (1964) * '' Password: Kill Agent Gordon'' (1966) * ''Agente Sigma 3 - Missione Goldwalther'' (1967) * '' The Long, the Short, the Cat'' (1967) * ''

Come rubammo la bomba atomica ''Come rubammo la bomba atomica'' or ''How We Stole the Atomic Bomb'' is a 1967 Italian-Egyptian international co-production Eurospy comedy based on the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash. Filmed in Italy and Egypt, it stars the Italian comic duo of Fran ...

'' (1967)

References

Bibliography

* Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990''. McFarland, 2017. * Santas, Constantine & Wilson, James M. ''The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

External links

* 1909 births 1982 deaths Italian film directors Italian screenwriters People from Bologna {{Italy-film-director-stub