Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film ''

Il diavolo sulle colline ''Il diavolo sulle colline'' is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Roberto Accornero * Urbano Barberini * Matteo Corvino * Alessan ...

'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the

1985 Cannes Film Festival The 38th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 20 May 1985. The Palme d'Or went to the ''When Father Was Away on Business'' by Emir Kusturica. The festival opened with ''Witness'', directed by Peter Weir and closed with ''The Emerald Forest'', ...

Selected filmography

* ' (1943) * '' The Gates of Heaven'' (1945) (actor) * '' The Sun Still Rises'' (1946) * ''

The Unknown Man of San Marino ''The Unknown Man of San Marino'' (Italian: ''Lo Sconosciuto di San Marino'') is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Michał Waszyński and starring Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica and Antonio Gandusio.Sieglohr p.156 It was shot at the Icet Stu ...

'' (1946) * ''

Fire Over the Sea ''Fire Over the Sea'' (Italian: ''Fiamme sul mare'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Michał Waszyński and Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Carlo Ninchi Evi Maltagliati and Silvana Jachino. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus ...

'' (1947) * ''La grande strada'' (1948) * ''

The Flame That Will Not Die ''The Flame That Will Not Die'' (Italian: ''Fiamma che non si spegne'') is a 1949 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Gino Cervi, María Denis and Leonardo Cortese.Bonsaver & Gordon p.104 It is based on the story of S ...

'' (1949) * ''

A Woman Has Killed ''A Woman Has Killed'' (Italian: ''Una donna ha ucciso'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama crime film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. While on a train journey a young woman tells another passenger how she murdered her husband, a British army officer.B ...

'' (1952) * '' Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * ''

Traviata '53 ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a Play (theatre), play by Alexandre Dumas fils, Alexandre D ...

'' (1953) * ''

A Free Woman ''A Free Woman'' ( it, Una donna libera) is a 1954 Cinema of Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Ministry of Cultural He ...

'' (1954) * ''

It Takes Two to Sin in Love ''It Takes Two to Sin in Love'' (Italian: ''In amore si pecca in due'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Giorgio De Lullo, Cosetta Greco and Alda Mangini.Moliterno p.94 The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1954) * '' Messalina'' (1960) * '' Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' (1961) * ''

100 Horsemen ''100 Horsemen'' ( it, I cento cavalieri, es, Los cien caballeros, german: Die hundert Ritter, also known as ''Son of El Cid'') is a 1964 Italian-Spanish-German historical-adventure film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. In 2004 it was restored an ...

'' (1964) * ''

'' (1985)

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* 1914 births 1998 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Film people from Modena Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub