Piero Vivarelli (26 February 1927 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. Vivarelli was born in

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

. After his father's death in 1942 at the hands of

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

, Vivarelli joined the

Republic of Salò The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...

as a young volunteer of the

Decima Flottiglia MAS The ''Decima Flottiglia MAS'' (''Decima Flottiglia Motoscafi Armati Siluranti'', also known as ''La Decima'' or Xª MAS) (Italian for "10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla") was an Italian flotilla, with commando frogman unit, of the ''Regia Marina'' ...

and for a short time was a member of the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement ( it, Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national ...

.Giuliana Rotondi. "Trapassati alla storia: Piero Vivarelli". ''Focus Storia'' n. 49. November 2010. p. 26. Later, from 1949 through the 1990s, he was a member of the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...

, and was also the only Italian to receive the

Communist Party of Cuba The Communist Party of Cuba ( es, Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the sole ruling party of Cuba. It was founded on 3 October 1965 as the successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26t ...

's membership card from

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...

. Mainly active in genre films, he is regarded as a key figure in the

musicarello The musicarello (; plural: musicarelli) is a film subgenre which emerged in Italy and which is characterised by the presence in main roles of young singers, already famous among their peers, and their new record album. In the films there are alm ...

genre. He was also active as a lyricist of pop songs such as 24.000 baci, and several hits popularized by

Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

Selected filmography

* '' Supreme Confession'' (1956) * '' The Wanderers'' (1956) * ''

Cavalier in Devil's Castle ''Cavalier in Devil's Castle'' ( it, Il cavaliere del castello maledetto), also known as ''The Cavaliers of Devil's Castle'', is a 1959 Italian swashbuckler film written and directed by Mario Costa and starring Massimo Serato, Irène Tunc and ...

'' (1959) * ''

Rita the American Girl ''Rita the American Girl'' (Italian: ''Rita, la figlia americana'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Piero Vivarelli with Totò and Rita Pavone.Fehrenbach & Poiger p.159 Plot Professor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classica ...

'' (1965) * ''

Avenger X ''Avenger X'' ( it, Mister-X) is a 1967 film based on the Italian comic series '. Plot George Lamarro is the head of a pharmaceutical company that is also involved in the production and distribution of illegal narcotics. When his secretary attem ...

'' (1967) * ''

Satanik ''Satanik'' is an Italian noir comic book created in December 1964 by Max Bunker (writer) and Magnus (artist), also the authors of the popular series '' Kriminal'' and '' Alan Ford''. Synopsis Satanik is Marny Bannister, a skilled female chemis ...

'' (1968)

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* 1927 births 2010 deaths People from Siena Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian songwriters Male songwriters Italian lyricists 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-film-director-stub