Pietro Germi

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Attore, Produttore

14 settembre 1914 — 5 dicembre 1974 (60 anni)
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Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.

He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage.

Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori.

Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Il ferroviere
    Il ferroviere1956

Famoso per

  • Amici miei
    Amici miei1975
  • Signore e signori
    Signore e signori1966
  • Un maledetto imbroglio
    Un maledetto imbroglio1959
  • Il ferroviere
    Il ferroviere1956
  • Il cammino della speranza
    Il cammino della speranza1950
  • In nome della legge
    In nome della legge1949
  • Serafino
    Serafino1968
  • La città si difende
    La città si difende1951
  • La viaccia
    La viaccia1961
  • Il testimone
    Il testimone1946
  • Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo
    Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo1952
  • Gioventù perduta
    Gioventù perduta1948
  • Il rossetto
    Il rossetto1960
  • Fuga in Francia
    Fuga in Francia1948
  • La peccatrice
    La peccatrice1940
  • Amori di mezzo secolo
    Amori di mezzo secolo1954
  • E venne un uomo
    E venne un uomo1965
  • Il sicario
    Il sicario1961

Filmografia

1972
Alfredo, Alfredo · as Screenplay
1964
Seduced and Abandoned · as Screenplay
1961
Divorce Italian Style · as Screenplay
1959
The Facts of Murder · as Screenplay
1958
Man of Straw · as Screenplay
1956
The Railroad Man · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1953
Jealousy · as Screenplay
1949
In the Name of the Law · as Screenplay
1943
1943
1939

1965
A Man Named John · as Pontiff's Father
1961
La viaccia · as Stefano
1961
Blood Feud · as Bolognesi
1960
Lipstick · as Commissario Fioresi
1960
5 Branded Women · as Partisan Commander
1959
The Facts of Murder · as Il Dott. Ingravallo
1958
Man of Straw · as Andrea
1956
The Railroad Man · as Andrea MarcocciSu Plex
1948
Escape in France · as Tembien
1941
The Iron Crown · as Cavaliere
1939
Il fornaretto di Venezia · as Un Frate Domenicano

2006
Marcello, una vita dolce · as Self (archive Footage)
1971
V.I.P.-Schaukel · as Self
1956
Cinépanorama · as Self

1975
My Friends · as Story
1970
1968
Serafino · as Story
1967
The Climax · as Story
1966
1952
1951
Four Ways Out · as Co-Writer
1950
The Path of Hope · as Story
1948
Lost Youth · as Story
1946
The Testimony · as Story
1940
The Sinner · as Assistant Director