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Sergio Amidei is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Italien born on 30 october 1904 at Trieste (Italie)
Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement.
Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.
He died in Rome.
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Nationality Italie
Birth 30 october 1904 at Trieste (Italie)
Death 14 april 1981 (at 76 years) at Rome (Italie)
Birth 30 october 1904 at Trieste (Italie)
Death 14 april 1981 (at 76 years) at Rome (Italie)
Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement.
Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.
He died in Rome.
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De 1947 à 1962, Sergio Amidei a été nommé quatre fois à l'Oscar du meilleur scénario.Best films
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Maciste in Hell (1925)
Directed by Guido Brignone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Elena Sangro, Franz Sala, Polaire, Domenico Serra, Sergio Amidei, Felice Minotti
Rating67%
Pluton, maître des enfers, envoie sur terre le diable Barbariccia avec pour mission de corrompre Maciste, une force de la nature au cœur pur. Capturé, ce dernier est entraîné aux enfers où les démons vont tout faire pour le garder…
Scriptwriter
The Night of Varennes (1982)
Directed by Ettore Scola
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Didi Perego
Roles Writer
Rating71%
À Paris, en juin 1791, l’écrivain libertin Restif de La Bretonne est le témoin du départ, en pleine nuit et depuis le Palais Royal, d’un mystérieux carrosse. Intrigué, Restif se lance à sa poursuite en compagnie de Giacomo Casanova. Il découvre bientôt que ce carrosse tente d’en rejoindre un autre parti plus tôt et dont les occupants ne sont rien de moins que les membres de la famille royale…
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
, 1h41Directed by Marco Ferreri
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell, Tanya Lopert, Tobin Bell, Roy Brocksmith
Roles Writer
Rating66%
The film follows the meandering (sexual) adventures of the poet and drunk, Charles Serking, laying bare the sleaze of life in the less reputable neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Serking's life takes a turn for the better when he meets Cass, a young hooker with self destructive habits. They have a stormy relationship. When Serking gets an offer from a major publishing house, Cass tries to stop him from leaving, but fails. Serking gives in to the temptation of the big bucks, but soon realises his mistake and returns to LA only to find that Cass has killed herself in his absence. Devastated he hits the bottle in a nightmarish drinking bout, but finally reaches catharsis and returns to the seaside guesthouse where he spent his happiest moments with Cass. Here he rekindles his poetry with the aid of a young admirer in one of Ferreri's trademark beach scenes.
The Witness (1978)
, 1h50Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Peinture, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Alberto Sordi, Philippe Noiret, Roland Dubillard, Gisèle Préville, Paul Crauchet, Paul Müller
Roles Writer
Rating64%
À Reims, un riche provincial, M. Maurisson, homme d'affaires, mène une vie sans histoire. Il invite un jour son vieil ami Antonio, peintre italien, afin de restaurer les tableaux de la cathédrale. M. Maurisson commet un crime effroyable dans cette ville de notables: il étrangle une jeune fille de la chorale avec qui il avait eu une relation pédophile. Celle-ci ayant servi de modèle pour Antonio, les soupçons se portent sur lui. Antonio sera victime d'une erreur judiciaire, ceci malgré l'entêtement de l'inspecteur de police homosexuel qui pense connaître le vrai coupable. M. Maurisson est abattu accidentellement. Dès lors, Antonio ne peut plus prouver son innocence: il sera condamné à mort et exécuté.
Black Journal (1977)
, 1h55Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Actors Shelley Winters, Laura Antonelli, Max von Sydow, Renato Pozzetto, Milena Vukotic, Alberto Lionello
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Léa, originaire du Sud de l’Italie, s'est installée dans une ville du Nord pour rejoindre Rosario, son mari. Elle doit vendre des billets de loterie. Dès son arrivée, elle éprouve une aversion pour sa nouvelle demeure choisie par son mari, qui peu après est victime d'une attaque cérébrale paralysante. Léa a eu treize enfants, tous morts soit après un avortement lorsqu’ils n'avaient que quelques mois, sauf un, Michele (Antonio Marsina) pour qui Léa est prise d’une affection maladive. Elle reçoit en confidence de Berta Maner, une de ses clientes ayant gagné le gros lot à la loterie qu’elle doit rejoindre son époux aux États-Unis, après des années de séparation.
An Average Little Man (1977)
, 1h58Directed by Mario Monicelli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renato Malavasi, Enrico Beruschi
Rating78%
Giovanni Vivaldi (Alberto Sordi) is a petty bourgeois, modest white collar worker nearing retirement in a public office in the capital. His life is divided between work and family. With his wife (Shelley Winters) he shares high hopes for his son, Mario (Vincenzo Crocitti), a newly qualified accountant, not a particularly bright boy who willingly assists in the efforts which his father employs to make it in the same office.
My Brother Anastasia (1973)
Directed by Steno
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Alberto Sordi, Richard Conte, Luciano Pigozzi, Franco Angrisano, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.
Roles Writer
Rating60%
, 1h46Directed by Ettore Scola
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Janet Ågren, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin, Pierre Brasseur
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Lors d'un court « séjour en Suisse pour affaires », le dottor Rossi (en fait un patron-voyou et escroc italien qui vient déposer des fonds en Suisse) est attiré par une superbe jeune femme à motocyclette sur des routes escarpées en montagne. Sa Maserati tombe en panne. Il rentre dans le château d'un comte âgé, ancien magistrat, pour téléphoner. Le comte propose au docteur Rossi de passer la soirée avec lui et trois amis (deux ex-magistrats et un greffier) et de participer à un jeu de rôle. Le jeu consistera à faire le procès de Rossi, et sa vie sera passée au crible…
Why (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Nanni Loy
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Alberto Sordi, Lino Banfi, Elga Andersen, Andrea Aureli, Michele Gammino, Tano Cimarosa
Roles Histoire
Rating75%
Roman surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi, who moved to Sweden for years, married to a Swedish woman and respected professional, decides to take on holiday in Italy his family. At the Italian border he is stopped and arrested without any explanation. After three days in jail in Milan, he learns - through the efforts of a guard - to have been charged with "manslaughter" of a German citizen. Giuseppe is deemed a "fugitive" and thus ineligible for house arrest; he is instead transferred from prison to prison until the imaginary town of Sagunto (near Salerno), where he gets placed in solitary confinement.
Medicine Italian Style (1969)
, 1h48Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Alberto Sordi, Ida Galli, Pupella Maggio, Claudio Gora, Alessandro Cutolo, Nanda Primavera
Roles Histoire
Rating67%
The doctor Guido Tersilli, with numerous cheating, has become the primary of a major clinic in Rome called Villa Celeste. Now he is no longer the simple surgeon of any hospital, but is a doctor by profession, which is enhanced by providing input to his clinic to very rich people of Rome. The previous clients borrowed for him now are not worth anything, especially the poors who can not afford, even if they're sick, stay in the clinic. Begins the controversy and so Guido Tersilli, not to get him in trouble, decides to hire a renowned surgeon at his clinic, so that it will convince other wealthy clients to enter in the clinic Villa Celeste for treatment.
Be Sick… It's Free (1968)
, 1h39Directed by Luigi Zampa
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Alberto Sordi, Ida Galli, Nanda Primavera, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Leopoldo Trieste
Roles Ecrivain
Rating70%
Dr. Guido Tersilli finds himself in the hospital for a nervous breakdown. In fact, this is due to the disproportionate number of borrowed that the doctor had at his studio. However, a few months before this event Guido was a different person. He was just a simple pediatrician of Rome who performed a few visits for children. But the mother planned for him a great future as a doctor, and taught him to play dirty hospital where Guido worked to gain more customers can be borrowed. Mutual is an association that gave the Italians the State contribution for care by doctors, in Italy the period of maximum growth was precisely that of the sixties in which doctors and primary clinics trying to accumulate for their many customers who had to scrape together more money mutual. Tersilli from a simple pediatrician starts to become a real doctor raking here and there with mutual customers. The turning point occurs when Guido is called by a rich lady to visit her husband. Guido takes just a chance to woo the woman, although he was already engaged to another girl to bring her into his list of patients borrowed. So Guido, under the envy of colleagues, start earning with the rich lady countless customers borrowed touching the 2000 patients. However Guido fails for a long time to heal all the stress due to the ongoing work of the cause exhaustion. In the hospital Guido finds himself face to face with his enemies colleagues who decide to take care of him but stealing a portion of the best clients with mutual. Then Guido Tersilli continue to see patients but staying in bed and talking by phone.
Singapore, Singapore (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel
Origin France
Genres Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Sean Flynn, Marika Green, Marc Michel, Dennis Berry, Andrea Aureli, Foun-Sen
Roles Writer
Rating47%
Five US Marines in Singapore investigating the disappearance of other Marines on shore leave in the city discover that a mad scientist is responsible.
, 2h9Directed by Alberto Sordi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Alberto Sordi, Bibiana Fernández, Pamela Tiffin, Silvana Mangano, Laura Antonelli, Giulietta Masina
Roles Story
Rating58%
Tullio Conforti is a successful entrepreneur who is opposed to divorce, since the time in which the story is set in Italy there has been a lively protest about the separation of couples united by the bond of religion. Tullio therefore is advertising, serving as a model to follow, as he argues that in Italy there is none more faithful to him. In fact Tullio is de facto divorced since many years, and has many relations with separated women too ...
Maigret at the Pigalle (1966)
, 1h40Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Gino Cervi, Lila Kedrova, Riccardo Garrone, Alfred Adam, Christian Barbier, José Greci
Roles Storyboard
Rating58%
Arlette is a stripper in a Paris nightclub called the "Picrate" in Pigalle. One evening, she comes into a police station to inform Inspector Lognon of a crime. She heard two strangers planning to assassinate an old countess in order to rob her of her gold. Nobody gives her any consideration, but in the following hours, the body of Arlette and the one of a noblewoman are found. Both dead by strangulation. Inspector Maigret is about to depart for his annual leave, but he decides to stay in town to help fellow Lognon in the investigations.
Smoke Over London (1966)
, 1h46Directed by Alberto Sordi
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Alberto Sordi, Fiona Lewis, Clara Bindi, Amy Dalby, Michael Trubshawe, Caroline Munro
Roles Story
Rating57%
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer of Perugia, and is infatuated with British culture. But he is always thwarted by his wife and relatives, who see him as a silly dreamer who gets lost in stories rather than doing serious work. But Dante does not lose hope, and plans a vacation to London to learn more about the habits of the British so much that make him mad. However, Dante is hard to settle in, and often makes typical Italian blunders, gaining the scorn of the highly educated and refined British public. After taking part in a fox hunt, Dante is invited by a rich English nobleman who shows him an ancient Etruscan statuette. Dante says that the object is a fake and shatters it. Then chased away by gunfire, Dante takes refuge with a group of young flower children and with them, takes part in a riot. Arrested, Dante is sent back to Italy where he resumes his monotonous work.