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Osvaldo Desideri is a Set Decoration and Makeup Artist Italien born on 16 february 1939 at Rome (Italie)

Osvaldo Desideri

Osvaldo Desideri
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Nationality Italie
Birth 16 february 1939 (85 years) at Rome (Italie)

Osvaldo Desideri (born 16 February 1939) is an Italian art director. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Last Emperor.

Best films

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
(Set Decoration)
Death in Venice (1971)
(Assistant Set Dresser)
The Night Porter (1974)
(Set Decoration)

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Filmography of Osvaldo Desideri (28 films)

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Art

Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning, 1h31
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Milena Vukotic, Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Stefano Antonucci, Corrado Olmi, Jacopo Sarno
Roles Production Design
Rating46% 2.315612.315612.315612.315612.31561
Fantozzi finally died after his brief return to Earth from 1996. His superiors, exceeded the limits of human longevity, continue to manage and direct their institutions, taking many young people. However, new employees did not show very servile and humble like the old assumptions of previous generations. In fact, it is approaching the 21st century and young people are starting to be more aggressive and arrogant towards their managers who, finding himself in danger, decided to revive the "accountant doormat" Ugo Fantozzi.
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Towards Evening, 1h42
Directed by Francesca Archibugi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Sandrine Bonnaire, Zoe Incrocci, Giorgio Tirabassi, Veronica Lazăr, Paolo Panelli
Roles Production Design
Rating64% 3.200083.200083.200083.200083.20008
La vie tranquille d'un vieil universitaire est troublé par l'irruption de sa belle-fille anticonformiste accompagné de son enfant.
Christmas Vacation '90, 1h41
Directed by Enrico Oldoini
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Ezio Greggio, Diego Abatantuono, Corinne Cléry, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Roles Set Decoration
Rating48% 2.403062.403062.403062.403062.40306
In residence in the mountains of St Moritz, intertwine the stories of five characters. Nick, a poor waiter, wins a bet on a horse race, but he loses his voice. So he goes on vacation meets a rich lady. Bindo and Toni, old friends, meet them after an argument, and one falls for the wife of the other. Arturo and Beppe, also friends, participating in races with runners, stay in a chalet near the residence of St Moritz. Arturo also falls in love with a woman, but she is the wife of his best friend...
Fair Game
Fair Game (1988)
, 1h21
Directed by Mario Orfini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about snakes
Actors Trudie Styler, Gregg Henry, Bill Moseley, John Randolph, René Auberjonois
Roles Set Decoration
Rating49% 2.4692152.4692152.4692152.4692152.469215
After being dumped by his girlfriend Eva, who was tired of his constant negative and sexist attitude, Gene decides to take revenge killing her through a mamba, a poisonous snake, to which he also injected hormones to increase its aggressiveness.
The Professor, 2h48
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Lino Troisi, Franco Interlenghi, Leo Gullotta, Maria Carta
Roles Set Decoration
Rating70% 3.5446153.5446153.5446153.5446153.544615
In 1963 a young petty criminal, Raffaele Cutolo, kills a man who had harassed his sister Rosaria, and ends up in prison.
Once Upon a Time in America, 3h41
Directed by Sergio Leone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime, Politic, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Mafia films, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld
Roles Set Decoration
Rating83% 4.1506354.1506354.1506354.1506354.150635
The film is presented in non-chronological order, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and it is largely told through flashbacks from the viewpoint of one person. The specific scenes and their order varies from version to version. The following section describes the full European cut of the film:
Nothing Left to Do But Cry, 1h53
Directed by Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi, Amanda Sandrelli, Paolo Bonacelli, Carlo Monni, Livia Venturini
Roles Set Decoration
Rating76% 3.808053.808053.808053.808053.80805
School janitor Mario (Massimo Troisi) and teacher Saverio (Roberto Benigni) are in a car at a level crossing, waiting for the train to pass. The scenery is the Tuscan countryside, in 1984. As the train is late, the two decide to go for an alternative path and take a road through the fields. Shortly afterwards, the car breaks down, and as the night approaches, it starts to rain. The two men manage to find shelter under a huge tree, but it is late, and there seems to be no hope the rain might stop before the night is over.
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Bomber
Bomber (1982)
, 1h36
Directed by Michele Lupo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Bud Spencer, Jerry Calà, Valeria Cavalli, Angela Campanella, Nando Paone, Rik Battaglia
Roles Set Decoration
Rating62% 3.1050853.1050853.1050853.1050853.105085
Bud Graziano said "Bomber" is a former heavyweight boxing champion who retired to private life on a ship. Jerry Calà is instead a Lombard punter who finds himself always in trouble and one day gets really big. In fact, he unwittingly sets himself against a group of thugs who answer only to the orders of a new boxing champion who is making the rounds in the area with his victories. Even Bomber collides later with this sample name Rosco. So Bomber, suddenly awakened his passion for boxing, opening a gym for amateurs and begins to train the promising young George.
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Buddy Goes West, 1h30
Directed by Michele Lupo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Actors Bud Spencer, Amidou, Sara Franchetti, Renato Scarpa, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Riccardo Pizzuti
Roles Set Dresser
Rating64% 3.2432153.2432153.2432153.2432153.243215
Malabar et Girolamo, deux hors-la-loi, viennent défendre un petit village attaqué par des bandits afin de piller l'or qui a été découvert...
Buddy Goes West
Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Michele Lupo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Bud Spencer, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Renato Scarpa, Stefania Sandrelli, Amidou
Roles Set Decoration
Rating62% 3.1194553.1194553.1194553.1194553.119455
Malabar et Girolamo, deux hors-la-loi, viennent défendre un petit village attaqué par des bandits afin de piller l'or qui a été découvert...
Flatfoot in Egypt, 1h44
Directed by Steno
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Angelo Infanti, Cinzia Monreale, Karl-Otto Alberty, Robert Loggia
Roles Set Decoration
Rating61% 3.0516953.0516953.0516953.0516953.051695
The Neapolitan Commissioner Rizzo, said "Flatfoot", leaves to Egypt; a major Italian scientist has disappeared. The man in fact, before the kidnapping, was doing a research on the oil fields in Egypt, and as a gang of criminals had put on his trail to get their hands on his projects. Flatfoot, who arrives in the land of the pharaohs, discovers that the scientist is kidnapped because he has realized that a particular beetle is attracted by land oilfields and nests on them. Now that the criminals have in hand the research of the scientist, Flatfoot sets out in search of them ...
They Called Him Bulldozer, 1h50
Directed by Michele Lupo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Nando Paone, Riccardo Pizzuti, Giovanni Cianfriglia
Roles Set Decoration
Rating67% 3.3513853.3513853.3513853.3513853.351385
Bulldozer is a sailor and a retired American football superstar; landed by accident in the port of Livorno, he is involved in a sport challenge.
The New Monsters, 1h55
Directed by Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Ugo Tognazzi, Alberto Sordi, Eros Pagni, Luigi Diberti
Roles Assistant Production Design
Rating69% 3.4920953.4920953.4920953.4920953.492095
The film, like the previous one, consists of short episodes that portray the evil and meanness of Italian middle-class society during the years of lead in the 70s.
Fear in the City
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Maurizio Merli, James Mason, Raymond Pellegrin, Silvia Dionisio, Fausto Tozzi, Cyril Cusack
Roles Production Design
Rating58% 2.9494352.9494352.9494352.9494352.949435
"Mitraillette" véritable fauve à la gâchette facile, s'évade de la prison de Rome avec sa bande et un ancien cheminot inoffensif qui avait tué sa femme pour lui épargner d'atroces souffrances. Les vengeances mûries par les bandits pendant leurs années de détention sont immédiates, terribles, impitoyables, la police est dépassée...