Franco Castellano
Birthday: Born in 1957-01-11 in San Vito al Tagliamento, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Deathday: Alive
Franco Castellano was born June 20, 1925 in Rome Italy, and died December 28, 1999, was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 94 films between 1958 and 1997, He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1992. His 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. About - Franco Castellano was born on 20 June 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980), Madly in Love (1981) and The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964). He died on 28 December 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Relatives - Noah D'castellano (grandson) Lorenzo Castellano (Children)
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Luisa Spagnoli
Character: Leone Cravero
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Anna e i cinque
Character: il Secco
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Il sangue e la rosa
Character: Rudolf Kruger
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Cime tempestose
Character: Ivory
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Orgoglio
Character: Herman Ludovici
1912. The dramatic love story between Anna Obrofari e Pietro Pironi....
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Character: avvocato Solanas
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Character: Adam
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Faccia d'angelo
Character: dottor Arosio
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Barabbas
Character: Pietro
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Character: Mario Carità
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La Piovra
Character: Calogero Cinisi
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Intolerance
Character: (segment "Max suona il piano")
A collective cinematic project to promote tolerance and the value of diversity....
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Character: Architetto Garrone
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Character: Toscanini
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Cine Tempestose
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Luisa Spagnoli
Character: Leone Cravero
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Character: Professor Levi
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Il sangue e la rosa
Character: Rudolf Kruger
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Il mistero del cortile
Character: Alberto Salvi
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Character: Piero Grasso
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La Donna del Treno
Character: Giorgio
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La voce - Il talento può uccidere
Character: Magistrato De Bartolomei
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Un'isola d'inverno
Character: Il Capitano
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Barabbas
Character: Pietro
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Vorrei vederti ballare
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Mafalda of Savoy
Character: Aldo Maggio
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Character: Comandante Carità
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Enrico Mattei
Character: Marcello Boldrini
Giorgio Capitani reconstructs in the Rai TV film the parable of the famous entrepreneur, in a product that in technical terms does not escape the logic of television, but still manages to offer an interesting picture of a key figure of postwar Italy....
Rose's Songs
Character: Géza Halász
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Un uomo perbene
Character: Sostituto Procuratore Felice Di Persia
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Hannover
Character: Vico
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Jeremiah
Character: Babylonian Minister
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