Valerio Zurlini

Scenariusz, Reżyseria, Aktor

19 marca 1926 — 26 października 1982 (56 years)
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter.

During his law studies in Rome , he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance . Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party . He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period before he directed his first feature film in 1954, The Girls of San Frediano . In 1958, Zurlini won the Nastro d'Argento together with Leonardo Benvenuti , Piero De Bernardi and Alberto Lattuada for Best Script for Lattuada's Guendalina . Zurlini made his name as a director with his second feature film, Violent Summer (1959), starring Eleonora Rossi Drago and Jean Louis Trintignant . In 1961, Zurlini filmed Girl with a Suitcase , starring Claudia Cardinale , who became a film star in Italy, and Jacques Perrin , who would become Zurlini's favorite actor. His 1962 film Family Diary earned Zurlini the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (it tied with Tarkovsky 's Ivan's Childhood ). Both The Girls of San Frediano and Family Diary were based on Vasco Pratolini 's work.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Lato przemocy
    Lato przemocy1959

Known For

  • Pierwsza spokojna noc
    Pierwsza spokojna noc1972
  • Pustynia Tatarów
    Pustynia Tatarów1976
  • Kronika rodzinna
    Kronika rodzinna1962
  • Żołnierki
    Żołnierki1965
  • Siedzący po prawicy
    Siedzący po prawicy1968
  • Dziewczęta z Florencji
    Dziewczęta z Florencji1955
  • Guendalina
    Guendalina1957
  • Come, quando, perché
    Come, quando, perché1969

Filmografia

1976
The Desert of the Tartars · as Screenplay
1972
Indian Summer · as Screenplay
1970
1965
1962
Family Diary · as Screenplay
1961
Girl with a Suitcase · as Screenplay
1959
Violent Summer · as ScreenplayNa Plex