Franco Rossi

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28. April 1919 — 5. Juni 2000 (81 Jahre)
Franco Rossi (19 April 1919, Florence – 5 June 2000, Rome) was an Italian film screenwriter and director, mainly known for having directed the six-hour Italian-German-British-Swiss TV mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Rossi was born in Florence, Italy. He studied law and then began to work on theatre. He was assistant director of Mario Camerini, Luis Trenker, Renato Castellani, Aldo Vergano. Rossi made his debut as a director with the crime thriller I Falsari. He went on to have his first success with Il seduttore, starring by Alberto Sordi, and among Rossi's other films were The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle, 1955), Odissea Nuda (1961), "Smog" (1962), Three Nights of Love (1964), an episode of Le bambole (1965), and Porgi l'altra guancia with Bud Spencer in (1974).

Rossi was one of the first established Italian film directors also doing work for television, being one of the three directors for the 1968 mini-series L'Odissea. His largest TV undertaking was directing the international co-production of the six-hour mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985.

Bekannt aus

  • Einmal zu wenig, einmal zu viel
    Einmal zu wenig, einmal zu viel1965
  • Die Odyssee
    Die Odyssee8 Folgen
  • Freunde fürs Leben
    Freunde fürs Leben1955
  • Quo Vadis?
    Quo Vadis?6 Folgen
  • Ramba Zamba bei der Mafia!
    Ramba Zamba bei der Mafia!1976
  • Il seduttore
    Il seduttore1954
  • Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
    Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus1988
  • Ehen zu dritt
    Ehen zu dritt1964
  • Hihihilfe, sie liebt mich
    Hihihilfe, sie liebt mich1977
  • Eine Rose für alle
    Eine Rose für alle1967
  • Das normannische Schwert
    Das normannische Schwert1971
  • Odissea nuda
    Odissea nuda1961
  • Storia d'amore e d'amicizia
    Storia d'amore e d'amicizia6 Folgen
  • Geh ins Bett, nicht in den Krieg
    Geh ins Bett, nicht in den Krieg1966

Filmografie

1988
Un bambino di nome Gesù · as Screenplay
1985
Quo Vadis? · as Screenplay
1977
L'altra metà del cielo · as Screenplay
1976
Pure as a Lily · as Screenplay
1974
Turn the Other Cheek · as Screenplay
1971
Eneide · as Screenplay
1967
The Witches · as Screenplay
1967
1961
1960
1960
Death of a Friend · as Screenplay
1959
Everyone's in Love · as Screenplay
1958
Love at First Sight · as Screenplay
1955
1954
Il seduttore · as Screenplay

1975
La cognatina · as Production Supervisor
1972
The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire · as Production Supervisor
1971
Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman · as Production Secretary
1962
Smog · as Story