Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in

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. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including

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's ''

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'' which was shot at

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.Richards p.70

Selected filmography

* ''

Hurricane in the Tropics ''Hurricane in the Tropics'' (Italian:''Uragano ai tropici'') is a 1939 Italian adventure film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo and Gino Talamo and starring Fosco Giachetti, Rubi D'Alma, and Osvaldo Valenti.Poppi p.396 The film is based on a nove ...

'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * '' I, His Father'' (1939) * ''

Red Tavern ''Red Tavern'' (Italian: ''Taverna rossa'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, André Mattoni, and Lauro Gazzolo. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome. A young woman eventually marrie ...

'' (1940) * '' Light in the Darkness'' (1941) * '' Fedora'' (1942) * '' Invisible Chains'' (1942) * ''

A Little Wife ''A Little Wife'' (Italian: ''Una piccola moglie'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" drama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Fosco Giachetti, Assia Noris and Clara Calamai.Chiti & Poppi p.435 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Devil's Gondola ''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it wa ...

'' (1946) * ''

Bullet for Stefano ''Bullet for Stefano'' ( it, Il Passatore, also known as ''The Ferryman'') is a 1947 Italian adventure-drama-crime film written and directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese. It is loosely based on real-life eve ...

'' (1947) * ''

Fatal Symphony ''Fatal Symphony'' (Italian: ''Sinfonia fatale'') is a 1947 Italian war-melodrama film directed by Victor Stoloff and starring Douglass Montgomery, Marina Berti and Sarah Churchill. It was screened and awarded a prize at the Lugano Festival.Lov ...

'' (1947) * '' Be Seeing You, Father'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949) * ''

'' (1949) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * ''

The Count of Saint Elmo ''The Count of Saint Elmo'' (Italian: ''Il Conte di Sant'Elmo'') is a 1950 historical adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero and Tino Buazzelli.Chiti & Poppi p.103-4 It was shot at the Farnesin ...

'' (1950) * '' The Thief of Venice'' (1950) * ''

Women and Brigands ''Women and Brigands'' (Italian: ''Donne e briganti'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Maria Mauban and Jean Chevrier. It is based on the story of the legendary guerilla f ...

'' (1950) * '' Nobody's Children'' (1951) * ''

The Piano Tuner Has Arrived ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (Italian: ''È arrivato l'accordatore'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Virgilio Riento.Segrave & Martin p.52 The film's sets were de ...

'' (1952) * '' A Woman Has Killed'' (1952) * '' Black Feathers'' (1952) * '' Woman of the Red Sea'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

'' (1953) * '' Genoese Dragnet'' (1954) * '' A Parisian in Rome'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

Sunset in Naples ''Sunset in Naples'' (Italian: ''Quando tramonta il sole'') is a 1955 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carlo Giuffrè, Maria Fiore and Giacomo Rondinella.Morreale p.197 The film's art direction was by Ottavi ...

'' (1955) * '' Carovana di canzoni'' (1955) * '' The Prince with the Red Mask'' (1955) * '' The White Angel'' (1955) * '' The Wolves'' (1956) * '' Toto and Marcellino'' (1958) * '' È arrivata la parigina'' (1958) * ''

Nella città l'inferno ''Nella città l'inferno'' (''Behind Closed Shutters'') is a 1959 Italian film directed by Renato Castellani. Plot When the wide-eyed Lina ( Giulietta Masina) lands in a women's prison, she meets a world-weary prostitute named Egle (Anna Magnani) ...

'' (1959) * '' Siege of Syracuse'' (1960) * '' Howlers in the Dock'' (1960) * '' Letto a tre piazze '' (1960) * '' La garçonnière'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1961) * ''

My Son, the Hero ''My Son, the Hero'' (Italian title: ''Arrivano i titani'' - ''The Coming of the Titans''; alternative UK title: ''Sons of Thunder'') is a 1962 mythological sword-and-sandal comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Jacque ...

'' (1962) * '' The Slave'' (1962) * ''

The Monk of Monza ''The Monk of Monza'' ( it, Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in the Alessandro Manzoni's novel '' The Betrothed''. Plot Monza, 1630, a period ...

'' (1963) * ''

Castle of Blood ''Castle of Blood'' ( it, Danza Macabra, links=no) is a 1964 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti and Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Barbara Steele, Arturo Dominici and Georges Rivière. The film was initially commissioned to director Ser ...

'' (1964) * '' Gideon and Samson'' (1965) * ''

The Almost Perfect Crime ''The Almost Perfect Crime'', also known as ''Delitto quasi perfetto'' and ''Imperfect Murder'', is a 1966 Italian crime-comedy film written and directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Philippe Leroy: Paolo Respighi * Pamela Tiffin: Annie Robson ...

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1967) * '' Web of the Spider'' (1971)

References

Bibliography

* Richards, Jeffrey. ''Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York''. Routledge, 2014.

External links

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