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Oreste Biancoli is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Italien born on 20 october 1897 at Bologna (Italie)

Oreste Biancoli

Oreste Biancoli
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Nationality Italie
Birth 20 october 1897 at Bologna (Italie)
Death 25 november 1971 (at 74 years) at Rome (Italie)

Oreste Biancoli (20 February 1897 – 25 November 1971) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 92 films between 1930 and 1986. He also directed nine films between 1938 and 1952.

He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Biography

Il naît à Bologne en 1897. Diplômé en droit, il travaille comme journaliste et metteur en scène pour le théâtre. À la fin des années 1920, il déménage à Rome pour travailler dans le milieu du cinéma comme scénariste. Il obtient son premier crédit en 1930 avec le film Il richiamo del cuore de Jack Salvatori ) qui est une adaptation du roman Sarah and son de l'écrivain Timothy Shea.

Comme scénariste, il signe au cours de sa carrière plus de 90 scénarios et sujets pour le cinéma. En 1948, il fait notamment partie de la grande équipe chargée de l'adaptation du roman Ladri di biciclette de l'écrivain Luigi Bartolini pour Vittorio De Sica qui réalise le film Le Voleur de bicyclette (Ladri di biciclette) qui est aujourd'hui considéré comme l'un des chefs-d'œuvre du néoréalisme italien. Il obtient le Ruban d'argent du meilleur scénario en 1949 pour ce travail.

Biancoli a également travaillé sur de nombreuses comédies (Le Petit Monde de don Camillo de Julien Duvivier, la comédie policière Chacun son alibi (Crimen) de Mario Camerini, Gastone de Mario Bonnard, Il moralista de Giorgio Bianchi, Il vagabondo de Carlo Borghesio ou La segretaria per tutti d'Amleto Palermi à ses débuts) et a signé plusieurs films d'aventures et péplums au cours des années 1950 et 1960 dont une série consacrée aux aventures de Maciste. Parmi ses autres travaux, on trouve notamment le film de guerre Divisione Folgore de Duilio Coletti qui est consacré à la résistance de la division Folgore lors de la Seconde bataille d'El Alamein, le drame policier Le Bandit (Il bandito) d'Alberto Lattuada, le film historique Sant'Elena, piccola isola d’Umberto Scarpelli et Renato Simoni consacré à l’exil de Napoléon Ier à Sainte-Hélène et le mélodrame Yvonne la nuit de Giuseppe Amato. Il signe également quelques adaptations de romans et de pièces de théâtre, comme la pièce Les Crochets du père Martin d'Eugène Cormon et Eugène Grangé pour Mario Bonnard (Dette d'honneur en 1940), le roman pour enfant Le Livre-cœur d'Edmondo De Amicis pour Duilio Coletti (Les Belles années en 1948) ou le roman Le Pont des soupirs de Michel Zévaco pour Carlo Campogalliani et Piero Pierotti (Le Pont des soupirs en 1964).

Comme réalisateur, il débute en 1937 avec la comédie Ce soir à onze heures (Stasera alle undici) avec le couple John Davis Lodge et Francesca Braggiotti dans les rôles principaux. Entre 1937 et 1953, il signe neuf films. On retrouve dans ces réalisations plusieurs comédies, comme Amicizia réalisé d'après la pièce de théâtre Amitié du français Michel Duran ou Il chiromante avec le comique Erminio Macario, ainsi qu'un film de propagande fasciste Piccolo alpino consacré aux alpins de l'armée italienne et le drame ayant lieu pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale Plumes noires (Penne Nere) avec Marcello Mastroianni et Marina Vlady.

En parallèle à sa carrière au cinéma, il a continué à évoluer dans le domaine des revues et du théâtre de variété comme metteur en scène et dramaturge, signant plusieurs œuvres en collaboration avec Dino Falconi.

Il décède à Rome en 1971 à l'âge de 74 ans.

Best films

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
(Scriptwriter)
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)
(Scriptwriter)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
(Scriptwriter)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Oreste Biancoli (57 films)

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Actor

Submarine Attack, 1h26
Directed by Duilio Coletti
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini, Oreste Biancoli, Duilio Coletti, Folco Lulli, Ennio De Concini
Rating56% 2.8210952.8210952.8210952.8210952.821095
An Italian submarine captain conducts successful attacks on enemy merchant shipping in the eastern Atlantic Ocean during World War II, and then rescues the survivors of his victims, including a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (and a dog). The captain's compulsion to save his victims culminates in his taking aboard 24 additional Danish merchant seamen; with no space down below, they are accommodated under the walkway outside the hull, at risk of drowning if the submarine is forced to submerge. He then sails the survivors hundreds of miles across the open ocean on the surface to put them ashore in the Azores.
The King's Jester, 1h32
Directed by Mario Bonnard
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Michel Simon, Maria Mercader, Rossano Brazzi, Doris Duranti, Paola Barbara, Elli Parvo
Roles Courtier
Rating72% 3.621793.621793.621793.621793.62179
Le bouffon du roi tient à protéger sa fille des maux qui l'entourent. Le roi trahit son bouffon ; ce dernier souhaite se venger sur le fils du roi.

Director

Winter Holidays, 1h40
Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo, Camillo Mastrocinque, Michele Lupo, Oreste Biancoli, Rodolfo Sonego
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Alberto Sordi, Georges Marchal, Vittorio De Sica, Michèle Morgan, Christine Kaufmann, Eleonora Rossi Drago
Rating61% 3.099263.099263.099263.099263.09926
Cortina d’Ampezzo. C’est dans cette célèbre station italienne de sports d’hiver que la bourgeoisie s’apprête à fêter la fin de l’année. C’est là, dans l’un des plus beaux hôtels de la ville, que débarquent Alberto Moretti et sa fille Dina qui ont gagné ce séjour de rêve à un jeu télévisé. Alberto se prend au jeu de cette existence facile où les couples adultères et extravagants se défont aussi vite qu’ils se forment. Lui-même s’aventure à séduire une comtesse…

Scriptwriter

The Ghost
The Ghost (1963)
, 1h31
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin, Umberto Raho
Rating61% 3.050293.050293.050293.050293.05029
In 1910 in Scotland, an ill Dr. Hichcock (Elio Jotta) presides over a seance where his housekeeper Catherine (Harriet Medin) is a medium. Hichcocks wife Margaret (Barbara Steele), is having an affair with Dr. Livingstone (Peter Baldwin) who she persuades to kill Dr. Hichcock. After murdering him, Livingstone and Catherine find themselves not receiving much in his will while the key to his safe was buried with him. The two visit his grave to retreieve the key but find his safe empty. Hichcock begins to visit his wife and Livingstone in a supernatural manner vocally through Catherine or or as a poltergeist. Margaret eventually learns from these encounters that Hichcocks fortune is buried beneath his coffin. She returns to the grave only to find an empty box and is told by the possessed Catherine that Livingstone had already taken the jewels there for himself. Margaret return to to her lover and takes him to a celler where she kills him.
Pontius Pilate, 1h40
Directed by Irving Rapper, Gian Paolo Callegari
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Jean Marais, Jeanne Crain, Basil Rathbone, Letícia Román, Massimo Serato, Riccardo Garrone
Roles Ecrivain
Rating55% 2.7643752.7643752.7643752.7643752.764375
Ponce Pilate, le procurateur de Judée, revient à Rome pour se défendre devant ses accusateurs, Caligula, le nouvel empereur, et le Sénat tout entier. Pendant son procès, Ponce Pilate revoit les dernières années de sa vie, depuis son arrivée en terre palestinienne, jusqu'à l'exécution d'un prophète poursuivi par la haine des Pharisiens, Jésus de Nazareth.
The Witch's Curse, 1h23
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Peplum
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Hélène Chanel, Andrea Bosic, Vira Silenti, Charles Fernley Fawcett, John Karlsen
Roles Writer
Rating51% 2.5579752.5579752.5579752.5579752.557975
In the mid 1500s a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hundred years later the tree she was chained to and burned still stands with no one daring to destroy it. The curse remains by forcing women to commit suicide. The descendent of the witch, Martha Gunt is sentenced to be burned for witchcraft.
The Masseuses, 1h35
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Sylva Koscina, Cristina Gaioni, Marisa Merlini, Valeria Fabrizi, Philippe Noiret, Ernesto Calindri
Rating60% 3.0251053.0251053.0251053.0251053.025105
Deux industriels de Milan sont à Rome pour établir des contacts afin de construire un 'home' YMCA. Ils entrent en contact avec un réseau de 'masseuses' dont l'une est introduite auprès du président du YMCA, comme l'épouse de l'un des deux. S'ensuit ce qui devait s'ensuivre, et le président meurt d'une crise cardiaque alors qu'on le cherche partout et qu'il est avec l'une des 'masseuses'. Comment fera-t-on pour cacher sa mort ?
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1962)
, 1h35
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure
Actors Rory Calhoun, Yoko Tani, Camillo Pilotto, Michael Chow (restaurateur), Pierre Cressoy, Michael Chow
Roles Writer
Rating52% 2.6250152.6250152.6250152.6250152.625015
Marco Polo, fils et neveu de grands voyageurs, arrive en Chine, précédé d'une réputation louangeuse. Il est accompagné de son fidèle serviteur Julin. Il commence par délivrer la belle princesse Amurroy, fille du Grand Khan, captive des brigands d'abord, des agissements du Premier Ministre ensuite, lequel complote d'assassiner le Grand Khan et d'épouser la princesse.
Il mio amico Benito, 1h40
Directed by Giorgio Bianchi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Peppino De Filippo, Ciccio Ingrassia, Mario Carotenuto, Didi Perego, Luigi Pavese, Luigi De Filippo
Roles Histoire
Rating61% 3.088943.088943.088943.088943.08894
Peppino Di Gennaro is a simple clerk who wants to make a career without success. After a friend gave him a photo taken during the First World War that shows him together with Benito Mussolini, he tries to take advantage of it getting an invitation from Duce, but the OVRA stops him every time. After numerous failed attempts he eventually succeeds in entering his office in the exact moment Mussolini was on the balcony announcing the Italian entry into the war; disappointed and embittered, Peppino goes away destroying the photo.
Joseph and His Brethren, 1h43
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Peplum
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Geoffrey Horne, Robert Morley, Robert Rietti, Belinda Lee, Terence Hill, Finlay Currie
Rating54% 2.719772.719772.719772.719772.71977
Joseph, son of Israel (Jacob) and Rachel, lived in the land of Canaan with eleven brothers and one sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Israel's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was loved by his father the most. Israel even arrayed Joseph with a "long coat of many colors". Israel's favoritism toward Joseph caused his half brothers to hate him, and when Joseph was seventeen years old he had two dreams that made his brothers plot his demise. In the first dream, Joseph and his brothers gathered bundles of grain. Then, all of the grain bundles that had been prepared by the brothers gathered around Joseph's bundle and bowed down to it. In the second dream, the sun (father), the moon (mother) and eleven stars (brothers) bowed down to Joseph himself. When he told these two dreams to his brothers, they despised him for the implications that the family would be bowing down to Joseph. They became jealous that their father would even ponder over Joseph's words concerning these dreams.
Erik the Conqueror, 1h38
Directed by Mario Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors Cameron Mitchell, George Ardisson, Andrea Checchi, Folco Lulli, Franco Ressel, Joe Robinson
Roles Histoire
Rating62% 3.1024153.1024153.1024153.1024153.102415
In 786 AD, three large Viking ships land in England. King Harald (Folco Lulli), the only Viking chieftain interested in maintaining peace, makes a plea to King Loter (Franco Ressel). The English king sends Sir Rutford (Andrea Checchi) to work out a deal with the Vikings. Rutford stages a surprise attack on the Vikings. King Harald is felled by an arrow fired by Rutford's chief assassin. During the battle, Harold's two young sons, Erik and Eron, are whisked away by one of his chiefs. Eron is rescued but Erik is left behind in the chaos.
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World, 1h35
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani, Hélène Chanel, Gabriele Antonini, Franco Ressel
Roles Histoire
Rating48% 2.4290752.4290752.4290752.4290752.429075
In his eternal wandering Maciste finds himself in 13th Century China rescuing a Chinese prince and princess from the Tartars and leading the Chinese into a revolt against them.
Atlas Against the Cyclops, 1h40
Directed by Antonio Leonviola
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Gordon Mitchell, Vira Silenti, Aldo Bufi Landi, Raffaella Carrà, Fabio Lanzoni, Tullio Altamura
Roles Story
Rating46% 2.339092.339092.339092.339092.33909
Queen Capys is doomed to a life of slavery by the Powers of Darkness until the last descendant of Ulysses is put to death to please the Cyclops. This is almost accomplished in a raid on a village by the Queen's soldiers where a descendant of Ulysses is killed and his wife enslaved; however, their infant son is taken away to be protected by Maciste.