Gianni Polidori (1923–1992) was an Italian

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. He designed the sets for several films by Michelangelo Antonioni.Chatman p.266-67

Selected filmography

* '' Bellissima'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

The Tired Outlaw ''The Tired Outlaw'' (Italian: ''Il bandolero stanco'') is a 1952 Italian comedy western film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Renato Rascel, Lauretta Masiero and Lia Di Leo.Curti p.77 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gi ...

'' (1952) * ''

At Sword's Edge ''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in ...

'' (1952) * '' The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) * '' Love in the City'' (1953) * '' I vinti'' (1953) * ''

We, the Women ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the privat ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Cheerful Squadron ''The Cheerful Squadron'' ( it, Allegro squadrone, french: Les gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini ...

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

Le Amiche ''Le Amiche'' (, lit. "The girlfriends") is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, and Valentina Cortese. Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella ''Tra do ...

'' (1955) * ''

Rascel-Fifì ''Rascel-Fifì'' is a 1957 Italian crime-comedy film directed by . It is a parody of Jules Dassin's ''Rififi''. The film was a success at the Italian box office. Plot Renato and Gideone team up in business and open a Night in one of the worst ...

'' (1957) * '' Kean: Genius or Scoundrel'' (1957) * ''

Goliath and the Vampires ''Goliath and the Vampires'' ( it, Maciste contro il vampiro) is a 1961 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Sergio Corbucci and Giacomo Gentilomo. Plot Set in the ancient world, this film follows a powerful muscular man out to battle a vampire a ...

'' (1961)

References

Bibliography

* Seymour Chatman. ''Antonioni, Or, The Surface of the World''. University of California Press, 1985.

External links

* 1923 births 1992 deaths Italian art directors Film people from Rome {{Italy-film-bio-stub