Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977.

Career

Born in

Penne, Abruzzo Penne (, ; ''Pònne'' in the local dialect) is an Italian town in the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region, in mid-southern Italy. According to the last census in 2014 the population was 12,451. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of ...

, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profession for a short time. He entered the film industry as a screenwriter and assistant director in early 1930s, then made his directorial debut in 1935 with ''Pierpin''. Coletti specialized in films of great spectacular impact and was particularly appreciated in the direction of action movies. His film ''

Submarine Attack ''La Grande Speranza'' (''The Big Hope''), retitled ''Submarine Attack'' and ''Torpedo Zone'' in English, is a 1954 Italian anti-war film starring Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini and Earl Cameron (actor), Earl Cameron. It won the Special Prize of the ...

'' was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

* '' The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1940) * '' The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (1941) * '' The Adulteress'' (1946) * '' Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) * ''

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'' (Cuore) (1948) * '' The Earth Cries Out'' (Il grido della terra) (1948) * '' The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) * '' Romanzo d'amore'' (1950) * '' Free Escape'' (1951) * ''

The Shameless Sex ''The Shameless Sex'' (, also known as ''Wanda the Sinner'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti. Plot Stefano, a naval officer for some time not operating on ships following a removal and therefore seconded to a Minist ...

'' (1952) * '' The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952) * '' Hell Raiders of the Deep'' (I sette dell'orsa maggiore), a.k.a. ''Human Torpedoes'' (1952) * ''

'' (1954) * '' Folgore Division'' (Divisione Folgore) (1954) * '' Bella non piangere!'' (1955) * '' The House of Intrigue'' (Londra chiama Polo Nord), a.k.a. ''London Calling North Pole'' (1956) * ''

The Italians They Are Crazy ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (Italian: ''Gli italiani sono matti'') is a 1958 Italian-German comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this g ...

'' (Gli italiani sono matti) (1958) * '' Under Ten Flags'' (1960) * '' Black City'' (Il re di Poggioreale) (1961) * ''

Anzio Anzio (, also ; ) is a town and ''comune'' on region of Italy, about south of Rome. Well known for its seaside resorts, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola, and Ve ...

'' (1968)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coletti, Duilio 1906 births 1999 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian film producers Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers People from Penne, Abruzzo