Luigi Comencini

Director, Writer, Actor

June 8, 1916 — April 6, 2007 (90 years)
Luigi Comencini (8 June 1916, Salò – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre.

His daughters Cristina and Francesca are both film directors.

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Known For

  • Bread, Love and Dreams
    Bread, Love and Dreams1953
  • The Scopone Game
    The Scopone Game1972
  • Misunderstood
    Misunderstood1966
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio
    The Adventures of Pinocchio5 episodes
  • Frisky
    Frisky1954
  • Till Marriage Do Us Part
    Till Marriage Do Us Part1974
  • The Cat
    The Cat1977
  • Traffic Jam
    Traffic Jam1979
  • Bebo's Girl
    Bebo's Girl1964
  • Somewhere Beyond Love
    Somewhere Beyond Love1974
  • Strange Occasion
    Strange Occasion1976
  • Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
    Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence1969
  • Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
    Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen1976
  • Heidi
    Heidi1952
  • A Boy from Calabria
    A Boy from Calabria1987
  • The Sign of Venus
    The Sign of Venus1955
  • Miracle of Marcellino
    Miracle of Marcellino1991
  • The Emperor of Capri
    The Emperor of Capri1949
  • Looking for Jesus
    Looking for Jesus1982
  • Eugenio
    Eugenio1980

Filmography

2002
Jailbreak · as Original Film Writer
1991
1989
1987
A Boy from Calabria · as Screenplay
1986
1984
Cuore (1984) · as Screenplay
1982
Looking for Jesus · as Screenplay
1980
1978
1974
1974
Delitto d'amore · as Screenplay
1972
Le avventure di Pinocchio · as Screenplay
1971
1969
Unknown Woman · as Screenplay
1968
Italian Secret Service · as Screenplay
1964
Bebo's Girl · as Screenplay
1960
Everybody Go Home! · as Screenplay
1959
1958
Mogli pericolose · as Screenplay
1952
1952
La tratta delle bianche · as Screenplay
1949
The Emperor of Capri · as Screenplay
1948
Guaglio · as Screenplay

2021
Senza malizia · as Self
2021
Futura · as Self (archive Footage) (voice)
2010
1960 · as Self (archive Footage)
1987
Sacrée soirée · as Self
1978
1976
A Fondo · as Self
1975
Sunday meetings · as Self

1980
Eugenio · as Carmelotti
1977
The Cat · as Old Violinist

1979
Traffic Jam · as Story
1976
1969
1965
La bugiarda · as Story
1964
My Wife · as Story
1964
3 notti d'amore · as Story
1961
1959
1957
1957
1955
The Belle of Rome · as Story
1955
The Sign of Venus · as Story
1954
Frisky · as Story
1953
1953
1951
Four Ways Out · as Story
1949
The Mill on the Po · as Adaptation