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Paolo Heusch is a Director and Scriptwriter Italien born on 26 february 1924 at Rome (Italie)

Paolo Heusch

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Nationality Italie
Birth 26 february 1924 at Rome (Italie)
Death 16 october 1982 (at 58 years) at Rome (Italie)

Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1958 and 1970. His film The Defeated Victor was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

Biography

Avant de commencer sa carrière de réalisateur, Paolo Heusch a d'abord été l'assistant, pendant une dizaine d'années de quelques grands noms du Cinéma italien, tels que Luigi Comencini, Mario Bonnard, Curzio Malaparte, Alberto Lattuada, Giuseppe Bennati, Mario Camerini, Mario Costa, Mario Mattoli, Dino Risi ou Gianni Franciolini.

Il réalise son premier film — Le danger vient de l'espace (La morte viene dallo spazio) — en 1958, un film de science-fiction avec Paul Hubschmid, Fiorella Mari, Marcelle Lajeunesse et Madeleine Fischer.

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Filmography of Paolo Heusch (9 films)

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Director

Bali
Bali (1970)
, 1h30
Directed by Usmar Ismail, Paolo Heusch
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors John Steiner, Laura Antonelli, Umberto Orsini, La Cicciolina, Johannes Schaaf, Ettore Manni
Rating52% 2.638612.638612.638612.638612.63861
La femme (Laura Antonelli) d'un photographe en vacances à Bali tombe sous le charme d’une énigmatique jeune beauté locale adepte d'un rite mystérieux de mort mystique....
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?, 1h41
Directed by Paolo Heusch, Mario Castellani
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Totò, Mischa Auer, Pietro De Vico, Mario Castellani, Olimpia Cavalli, Stelvio Rosi
Rating62% 3.1163353.1163353.1163353.1163353.116335
A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft they discover that the stolen suitcase they got from an apparent sweet old lady actually contains a corpse. In an attempt to discard the suitcase they mistakenly exchange it with the one of two German hitchhikers, Helga and Inga.
The Commandant, 1h43
Directed by Paolo Heusch
Genres Comedy
Actors Totò, Andreina Pagnani, Franco Fabrizi, Britt Ekland, Linda Sini, Mario Castellani
Rating66% 3.316363.316363.316363.316363.31636
Colonel Antonio Cavalli (Toto), promoted to general, after many years spent fighting in the army and commanding Italian Army troops in the Great War and the Second World War, is sent into retirement. But he, accustomed to the command of everything and everyone, cannot get used to quiet family life. He decides to work in an office. When Antonio discovers that his wife (Andreina Pagnani) is secretly paying his salary, this depresses him even more. Eventually two crooks involve him in a real estate ripoff, using his reputation they get him to him sign off on several frauds and scams, which threaten to send him to jail and compromises his high honor as an Italian Army General. On the brink of prison, the general attempts suicide, but once again his wife gets him out of the mess .
Violent Life, 1h55
Directed by Brunello Rondi, Paolo Heusch
Genres Drama
Actors Franco Citti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Serena Vergano, Brunello Rondi
Rating68% 3.429183.429183.429183.429183.42918
The film tells the story of a group of kids who lives in a township of the poorest and most disreputable streets of Rome. The story is set in the typical climate of the Second World War's end. Thomas is a guy almost adult who lives at the expense of others, like all his other companions, stealing and wasting time. In fact there is nothing in his area, there is no education, no job, no social centers... Thomas in fact goes along with cronies stealing garbage and pieces of old iron to resell them to messy and equally poor body of the township. Thus, gleaned a few hundred pounds, Thomas and friends can have fun going to prostitutes or watching movies at the cinema.
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory, 1h22
Directed by Paolo Heusch
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac, Luciano Pigozzi, John Karlsen
Rating48% 2.409492.409492.409492.409492.40949
Wolves have been seen roaming around a girls' reformatory, and when the girls begin to get murdered, suspicion focuses on both the wolves and on a newly hired science teacher who might be a werewolf.
The Day the Sky Exploded, 1h22
Directed by Mario Bava, Paolo Heusch
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Sur la Lune, Impact events in fiction, Sur la Lune, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Paul Hubschmid, Fiorelle Mari, Madeleine Fischer, Ivo Garrani, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Annie Berval
Rating45% 2.261162.261162.261162.261162.26116
An atomic rocket is launched on a manned moon mission, but one of the engines malfunctions. The rocket's steering is broken. The pilot disengages the capsule and returns to Earth. The atomic booster, however, continues on, eventually crashing into and exploding in an asteroid belt. The explosion dislodges many asteroids from their orbits. They coalesce into one giant cluster and are heading for earth. As the cluster approaches earth it causes global scale disasters: tidal waves, wind, fire storms and earthquakes. One scientist loses his sanity in the crisis and disables the great computer needed to calculate all the firing data. He is stopped and the data provided. When there seems to be no reasonable hope that humans could eventually avoid the crash, scientists find that the moon will pass in front of the cluster so that the Earth will be shielded from most of it. However, a small part of the cluster is not shielded and goes towards the Earth. At this point, mankind's only hope is to arm every missile on earth with a nuclear warhead and fire them all at the cluster. The nations of the world band together and fire the volley. The cluster is destroyed.

Scriptwriter

Violent Life, 1h55
Directed by Brunello Rondi, Paolo Heusch
Genres Drama
Actors Franco Citti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Serena Vergano, Brunello Rondi
Rating68% 3.429183.429183.429183.429183.42918
The film tells the story of a group of kids who lives in a township of the poorest and most disreputable streets of Rome. The story is set in the typical climate of the Second World War's end. Thomas is a guy almost adult who lives at the expense of others, like all his other companions, stealing and wasting time. In fact there is nothing in his area, there is no education, no job, no social centers... Thomas in fact goes along with cronies stealing garbage and pieces of old iron to resell them to messy and equally poor body of the township. Thus, gleaned a few hundred pounds, Thomas and friends can have fun going to prostitutes or watching movies at the cinema.