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Gualtiero Jacopetti is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor Italien born on 4 september 1919 at Barga (Italie)

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Nationality Italie
Birth 4 september 1919 at Barga (Italie)
Death 17 august 2011 (at 91 years) at Rome (Italie)

Gualtiero Jacopetti (4 September 1919 – 17 August 2011) was an Italian director of documentary films.

He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.

Biography

Gualtiero Jacopetti est né à Barga, dans la province de Lucques, dans le nord de la Toscane. Avec Paolo Cavara et Franco Prosperi il est à l'origine des films Mondo, appelés aussi « shockumentaries ».

Usually with

Franco E. Prosperi
Franco E. Prosperi
(6 films)
Riz Ortolani
Riz Ortolani
(5 films)
Paolo Cavara
Paolo Cavara
(2 films)
Francesco Prosperi
Francesco Prosperi
(4 films)
Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gualtiero Jacopetti (10 films)

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Actor

Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Gualtiero Jacopetti, Susan Hampshire, Franco E. Prosperi, Geoffrey Copleston
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.250893.250893.250893.250893.25089
Le film a été tourné quelques années après Africa addio, à l'origine de polémiques idéologiques, dues à la description des difficultés en tous genres du continent africain après la fin du colonialisme européen.
Africa Addio
Africa Addio (1966)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Roles Himself (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4904353.4904353.4904353.4904353.490435
Le documentaire comporte des images de la révolution de Zanzibar, (massacre d'environ 5 000 arabes en 1964), ainsi que de la révolte Mau Mau au Kenya.
A Day in Court
A Day in Court (1954)
, 1h41
Directed by Steno
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Giulio Calì, Walter Chiari, Sophia Loren
Roles Avv. Terenzio Anastasi
Rating64% 3.2405153.2405153.2405153.2405153.240515
In Rome it is seeing what happens in the Italian courts during the Fifties. There are all kinds of illegalities committed by the accused, from simple to ladronerie prohibited meetings, the complaints of jealous wives to gross misunderstandings. Judge Lo Russo is known for its inflexibility and severity in the administration of justice, so that on his desk lay a bust of Cicero. He sentinel various people who claim to be innocent but then slowly come to discover their wrongs. Among them is a funny character. Alberto Sordi plays the role of Nando Moriconi, the famous Roman bully who loves America, finished in district court for a misunderstanding, at least according to his statements. In fact, the presence of the Judge Peppino De Filippo, Nando tells of his Saunter with the kids of the suburbs of Rome near the countryside in Ciociaria where he is caught by a policeman while she was bathing. Since wallow in those waters was strictly forbidden, the policeman to give a lesson to Nando, steals all the clothes and leaves him naked. Not knowing where to go, Nando entered the house of a noble countess, who was giving a party with friends.

Director

Mondo Candido
Mondo Candido (1975)
, 1h47
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Jacques Herlin, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Salvatore Baccaro, Alessandro Haber, Sonia Viviani
Rating67% 3.368013.368013.368013.368013.36801
Candido (Christopher Brown) is a naïve young man raised by a Westphalian baron (Gianfranco D'Angelo). He is a devoted disciple of his tutor Dr. Panglos (Jacques Herlin) and a follower of his moral doctrines but cannot hide his feelings for the Baron's raunchy daughter Cunegonda (Michelle Miller). However, after a sudden invasion, Cunegonda disappears and Candido begins his errant in search of her and true love. The events take him to modern times and places like Israel where he witnesses the Arab–Israeli conflict and New York City, the living epitome of global capitalism.
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Gualtiero Jacopetti, Susan Hampshire, Franco E. Prosperi, Geoffrey Copleston
Rating65% 3.250893.250893.250893.250893.25089
Le film a été tourné quelques années après Africa addio, à l'origine de polémiques idéologiques, dues à la description des difficultés en tous genres du continent africain après la fin du colonialisme européen.
Africa Addio
Africa Addio (1966)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Rating69% 3.4904353.4904353.4904353.4904353.490435
Le documentaire comporte des images de la révolution de Zanzibar, (massacre d'environ 5 000 arabes en 1964), ainsi que de la révolte Mau Mau au Kenya.
Mondo Cane 2
Mondo Cane 2 (1963)

Directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Documentary, Horror
Actors Peter Ustinov
Rating58% 2.902212.902212.902212.902212.90221
Rites religieux, déviations sexuelles, performance arty et cannibalisme. D'un trafic de cheveux à l'exploitation d'enfants handicapés, Mondo Cane 2, digne héritier des spectacles de foire, ne cache rien par souci de vérité...
Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane (1962)
, 1h45
Directed by Paolo Cavara, Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Romance
Actors Rossano Brazzi
Rating62% 3.1013953.1013953.1013953.1013953.101395
At the beginning, there is a scene with a dog pound. At the dog pound, a dog is presumably killed by other dogs through the camera's point of view. At Castellaneta, Italy, there is a statue dedicated to Rudolph Valentino. In the US, Rossano Brazzi has his shirt torn off by his fans. In New Guinea, there is manhunting. Back at the US, bikini-clad girls woo sailors. Back at New Guinea, pigs are slaughtered for a long-waited feast. In Pasadena, California, pet owners mourn their beloved at a pet cemetery. Meanwhile, at Taipei, Taiwan, dogs are butchered and skinned alive for their meat. In Italy, chicks are painted for Easter. In France, geese are force-fed for foie gras. In Sydney, Australia there are the Life Savers Girls. Nuclear contamination takes its toll of animals on Bikini Atoll. Fishermen at the Malaysian village of Raiputh get even with sharks by shoving sea urchins down their throats. On the island of Tiberia, Italy, men in red robes guard the bones of their ancestors. On the Reeperbahn Strasse of Hamburg, Germans drink excessively and act incredibly stupidly. Tokyo has a massage parlor for men who were drunk. In Macao, the dead are covered in make-up for the funeral. In Singapore there is a hotel for the dying. Cars are smashed at a junkyard of Los Angeles and reduced to cubes. In Czechoslovakia, Yves Klein makes his paintings with the help of some female models and some musicians to express his favorite color, blue. In Honolulu, tourists are showered with leis and witness the Hula Dance. In Nepal, Gurkha soldiers perform a rite of passage by dressing up in women's clothing and bulls are beheaded for ritualistic purposes. In Portugal, there is the running of the bulls and bull fights where matadors challenge the bulls. At Garoka, New Guinea, there are indigenous tribes who go to church. The film concludes with a cargo cult at Port Moresby, New Guinea.

Scriptwriter

Mondo Candido
Mondo Candido (1975)
, 1h47
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Jacques Herlin, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Salvatore Baccaro, Alessandro Haber, Sonia Viviani
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.368013.368013.368013.368013.36801
Candido (Christopher Brown) is a naïve young man raised by a Westphalian baron (Gianfranco D'Angelo). He is a devoted disciple of his tutor Dr. Panglos (Jacques Herlin) and a follower of his moral doctrines but cannot hide his feelings for the Baron's raunchy daughter Cunegonda (Michelle Miller). However, after a sudden invasion, Cunegonda disappears and Candido begins his errant in search of her and true love. The events take him to modern times and places like Israel where he witnesses the Arab–Israeli conflict and New York City, the living epitome of global capitalism.
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Gualtiero Jacopetti, Susan Hampshire, Franco E. Prosperi, Geoffrey Copleston
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.250893.250893.250893.250893.25089
Le film a été tourné quelques années après Africa addio, à l'origine de polémiques idéologiques, dues à la description des difficultés en tous genres du continent africain après la fin du colonialisme européen.
Africa Addio
Africa Addio (1966)
, 2h20
Directed by Francesco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.4904353.4904353.4904353.4904353.490435
Le documentaire comporte des images de la révolution de Zanzibar, (massacre d'environ 5 000 arabes en 1964), ainsi que de la révolte Mau Mau au Kenya.